Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has indicated that Roy Hodgson will continue to manage England beyond the FIFA World Cup.
Questions over the head coach s future arose after England s tournament status was left hanging by a thread following Thursday s 2-1 loss to Uruguay.
With Hodgson s men having been defeated by the same scoreline against Italy on Saturday, England now need every remaining Group D result to go their way to have any hope of progressing.
Yet despite those disappointing results, Dyke has revealed Hodgson who said immediately after the Uruguay game he had no intention of resigning will remain at the helm until at least 2016.
He told Sky Sports News: We re supportive of Roy Hodgson, we ve asked him to stay as manager.
We were…
Howe backs Wilson´s World Cup chances, with Newcastle boss confident of avoiding repeat of Toney mis
Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe said the media should never write off Callum Wilson making a late run for England s World Cup squad.
Wilson scored twice in three Premier League appearances at the start of the season, only to suffer a thigh injury in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Manchester City on August 21.
The 30-year-old has been plagued by persistent injury issues since he joined Newcastle from Howe s former club Bournemouth in 2020, with the Magpies spending a club-record fee on Alexander Isak late in the transfer window to bolster their attacking options.
Wilson is nearing a return, but Newcastle s meeting with Bournemouth on Saturday is likely to come too soon, while the injury also dashed any chances of him making Gareth Southgate s final England squa…
Competition: Euro 2016 qualifier
Market: England to win against Slovenia
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England travel to face Slovenia in this afternoon’s Euro 2016 qualifier, with the in-form Three Lions looking to preserve their 100% record in the group. Roy Hodgson’s side have won all five games played so far, seeing past the likes Slovenia, in their reverse meeting, Switzerland, Lithuania, Estonia and San Marino, conceding just one goal for their troubles.
The visitors beat Slovenia 3-1 in their last meeting, and boast a considerably stronger side to get the job done today. England are six points clear at the summit of Group E, and could extend their lead to nine points with a win. It would see them in pole position to qualify for next year’s European Championships, so Sl…
Pep Guardiola says he has no doubts that Xavi is ready to take over the reins at Barcelona, should the Catalan giants offer the former midfielder the job.
Managing Al Sadd in the Qatar Stars League, Xavi has been heavily linked with a return to the Camp Nou following the departure of Ronald Koeman earlier this week.
Widely considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time, the World Cup and two-time European Championship winner made 767 appearances for Barca between 1998 and 2015; then a club record that has since been surpassed by Lionel Messi.
Guardiola played for three years alongside Xavi, who was the heartbeat of the side that delivered three LaLiga titles and two Champions Leagues during the former s trophy-laden tenure between 2008 and 2012.
Francesco Totti leapt to the defence of under-fire Roma head coach Jose Mourinho by saying the Giallorossi do not have any world-class players, while calling for time for the Portuguese to overhaul the Serie A side.
Mourinho – who arrived in the Italian capital at the start of the season – has cut a frustrated figure amid Roma s run of just three wins in nine Serie A matches.
After a 3-0 loss to Inter on Saturday condemned Roma to back-to-back losses, Mourinho snapped at a journalist and refused to answer his question in a media conference, having cancelled his pre-match news conference.
Mourinho has also been critical of recruitment, the former Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter boss determined to bolster his Roma squad in January.<…
Having secured their return to the Premier League next season, Ipswich Town are obviously working on reinforcing their squad, and according to multiple sources, they re in advanced negotiations to sign Ben Johnson as a free agent when his contract with West Ham expires at the end of the month.
A few weeks ago, West Ham reportedly offered the 24-year-old defender a new deal with improved terms, but he obviously hasn t signed it. The likes of Crystal Palace, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton, Rangers and Leeds United have been credited with interest in his services too, but it seems Johnson has picked Ipswich as his next destination.
Playing for the Hammers, Johnson alternated with Vladimir Coufal through the 2023/24 season on the right defensive flank, and he…
Manchester City make the trip to Arsenal on Wednesday with the opportunity to move top of the Premier League table at the expense of their opponents for the first time in over three months.
Not since November 6, when Arsenal beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with another statement victory, has a side other than the Gunners led the way at the summit.
But after only two wins in their past five matches for Arsenal, and three wins in four for City, a gap that stood at eight points less than a month ago has been cut to just three ahead of their showdown at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal still have a game in hand, while the sides also still have to face off again at the Etihad Stadium in April, but the signs are pretty ominous as City chase down a fifth league title in six se…
The United States will kick off next year s Copa America on June 3 after the host nation were confirmed as one of the top seeds for the tournament.
USA have been placed in Group A and will begin their campaign at Levi s Stadium a venue which is less than two year s old in Santa Clara, California, although they do not yet know who they will face on the event s opening night.
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are the other top seeds for an expanded 16-team tournament that will be made up of 10 nations from South America and a further six from the CONCACAF region.
The seedings announcement means current holders Chile who lifted the trophy in 2015 on home soil have been overlooked to head one of the groups.
The Copa America is normally staged every fo…
Leeds have announced the EFL has approved the club’s takeover by American investment group 49ers Enterprises.
Chairman and majority shareholder Andrea Radrizzani agreed to sell his controlling stake last month and the deal, which valued the club at around £170million, has now been confirmed.
49ers Enterprises, which owns NFL franchise the San Francisco 49ers, has steadily increased its stake in Leeds since becoming a minority shareholder in 2018, while the deal includes full ownership of Elland Road.
can announce that the EFL has approved the sale of the Club to 49ers Enterprises, paving the way for the immediate transition of ownership
— Leeds United (@LUFC)
Paraag Marathe, previously vice-chairman, will take over as chairman, chief execu…
Argentina can recover from their woeful World Cup start and reach the knockout rounds, says Barcelona boss Xavi.
Lionel Scaloni s side were handed a shock defeat in Group C by Saudi Arabia in their opener, with Lionel Messi s first-half penalty cancelled out by goals from Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari.
With Mexico and Poland drawing their first match elsewhere, it has handed La Albiceleste an arduous, though not improbable, pathway beyond the opening stages of Qatar 2022.
But speaking for Adidas in Qatar, Xavi, who was a member of the Spain squad that lost their opener at South Africa 2010 before rallying to win the tournament, believes they have what it takes to turn matters around.
I know [how it feels], because it happened to us in 2010 in Sout…