Deportivo La Coruna have sacked head coach Pepe Mel following their difficult start to the season.
A 2-1 defeat at home to Girona on Monday left the Galician side two points above LaLiga s relegation zone, with only two wins from their first nine games.
Youth coach Cristobal Parralo has been placed in charge until the end of 2017-18.
The board of directors have decided to rescind the contract of Pepe Mel as first-team coach, a club statement confirmed.
The club want to sincerely thank the Madrid-born coach and his coaching staff for the dedication, effort and professionalism they have shown during the time they have been in charge of the first-team squad.
Cristobal Parralo, coach of Deportivo Fabril, will be placed in charge of the team until t…
Jack Grealish has earned a first senior England call-up for the Nations League clashes with Iceland and Denmark, while Marcus Rashford and Harry Winks have withdrawn from the squad.
Grealish was initially overlooked for the Group A2 encounters with Iceland in Reykjavik on Saturday and Denmark in Copenhagen three days later.
The Aston Villa captain has now been drafted into the squad by Gareth Southgate, who came in for criticism for omitting the midfielder last week.
Grealish represented England at under-21 level and played in Southgate s 2016 Toulon Tournament-winning squad.
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Wednesday 11th July
19:00 BST Croatia vs England
With a nation now believing, although Gareth Southgate s Three Lions are still the youngest and most inexperienced side at this summers World Cup finals, England have now reached their first semi-finals since 1990 and find their confidence at an all-time high. Coming off the back of a dominant 2-0 win over Sweden in the quarter-finals, The Whites have lost just two of their last 30 competitive matches (W22, D6) s…
Liverpool are ready to offer Joe Gomez a fresh contract, according to the Mirror.
The England international has more than three years remaining on his current deal but is set to be rewarded for his early season form.
The twenty-one-year-old has played in all but one of the Reds’ league games and every minute of their Champions League campaign so far while he also featured in three of the last four fixtures for his country.
Gomez signed from Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2015 and has since racked up in fifty-three appearances in all competitions.
He has been capped five times for the Three Lions and would most likely have been part of their squad for this summer’s World Cup finals had he not been injured.
Jurgen Klopp’s side trave…
Cast your mind back to May 17. Monaco were confirmed as Ligue 1 champions, Paris Saint-Germain had been dethroned by an exciting team of young upstarts, failing to win the title for the first time since 2012.
Back then you could have been forgiven for thinking that Ligue 1, a division PSG had run roughshod over for five years, was about to to become a bastion competitiveness.
Nice hung around in the title race for longer than most would have expected and Marseille and Lille were the subject of takeovers, generating hope they could again contend at the summit of French football.
Fast forward to the present day and, going into PSG s visit to Monaco, hopes of Ligue 1 being competitive for the long-term have been emphatically dashed.
PSG s response to losing the tit…
Prediction: Match to end in 2-2 draw
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Crystal Palace and Fulham will lock horns with each other in the Premier League next week. The London derby between the Eagles and the Cottagers will be held at Selhurst Park and is scheduled to kick off at 3pm UK time next Monday (Boxing Day).
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace are an established club in the Premier League and tend to finish in mid-table. That has been the case for a while, and it is not going to change anytime soon. The Eagles are 11th in the Premier League table at the moment with 19 points from 14 matches, 10 points behind London rivals and fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur (who have played 15 games) and six points above the relegation zone.
Palace’s last Premier Leag…
Colombia will look to pull off an upset and reach the Copa America final for the first time outside of their country when they take on a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina on Tuesday.
Los Cafeteros have lost their six previous semi-finals at neutral venues in the competition, with their only two final appearances – in 1975 and 2001 – seeing them play at least one game on home soil.
Reinaldo Rueda s side beat Uruguay on penalties in the quarter-finals – David Ospina saving two spot-kicks in the shoot-out – following a goalless draw after 90 minutes.
A tough match with Argentina in Brasilia awaits and Rueda, who was only reappointed by Colombia in January, is happy with the progress made by his side in that short period.
We played a very collective ga…
Prediction: Inter Milan to win 2-1
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Inter Milan and Real Madrid will lock horns with each other in Italy in the Champions League this week. The Group B match is slated to kick off at 8pm UK time on Wednesday at San Siro in Milan and promises to be a cracking game of football.
Inter Milan
Inter are struggling in the Champions League at the moment and are in danger of not getting through to the knockout stages. Antonio Conte’s side are currently at the bottom of the group with just two points from three matches. A defeat to Madrid at home could see their hopes of playing in Europe’s premier club competition in the New Year dim.
The Nerazzurri, though, will head into the match against Zinedine Zidane’s side high on conf…
John Stones missed England s second training session in Germany through illness four days before the start of their Euro 2024 campaign.
The Manchester City defender featured in the Three Lions 1-0 defeat to Iceland last week, but was substituted at half-time after picking up an injury.
However, he was involved in training on Tuesday in Blankenhain.
Gareth Southgate has had to deal with several absentees and fitness concerns in the build-up to the tournament, with Stones long-term international defensive partner Harry Maguire having been left out of the squad due to injury.
The Three Lions squad is out at training this morning, except John Stones who misses out through illness, England posted to X on Wednesday ahead of their Group C fixture with Serbia…
Harry Kane has launched a staunch defence of under-fire England team-mate Harry Maguire after the defender was jeered by fans, describing the reception as just not right .
Manchester United captain Maguire started Tuesday s 3-0 win over Ivory Coast at Wembley, where goals from Ollie Watkins, Raheem Sterling and Tyrone Mings sealed victory for the hosts.
Despite having been a key figure under Gareth Southgate, even earning a spot in the UEFA Team of the Tournament for his performances at Euro 2020, Maguire has become a target for the boo boys in club and international colours.
Southgate labelled the reaction an absolute joke , and Kane took to Twitter on Wednesday to echo those sentiments, adding that Maguire had the full backing of his international team-mate…