Italy forward Andrea Belotti said winning Euro 2020 is the aim for the Azzurri following their winning start.
Roberto Mancini s Italy opened the rescheduled European Championship with a commanding 3-0 victory over Turkey in Rome on Friday.
Italy – enjoying a resurgence under head coach Mancini following their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup – are in the midst of a 28-match unbeaten streak as they prepare for Wednesday s clash with Switzerland in the Italian capital.
The 1968 European champions have kept a clean sheet in each of their last nine matches in all competitions, going 875 minutes without conceding since a Donny van de Beek goal for the Netherlands last October – Italy have not kept 10 consecutive clean sheets since doing so between Novem…
Adrien Rabiot
Really impressing at the heart of France’s midfield this summer as Les Bleus reached the European Championships semi-final stage, would have certainly put many of Europe’s elite on notice.
While Juventus might have been confident that the 29-year-old would sign a contract extension in Turin, Rabiot shockingly announced his Allianz departure last month following the expiry of his most recent deal.
Making 212 appearances for the Italian giants after completing a move from PSG back in 2019, Rabiot won a Serie A title, two Italian Cups and one Italian Super Cup during his time in Turin.
With the 48-cap international reportedly making a Premier League move his priority this summer, the one-time academy product has plenty of heavyweight admirers c…
Sheffield United kickstarted their quest for an immediate return to the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Preston North End at Deepdale.
Oliver Arblaster would net the Championship s first goal of the season with 12 minutes on the clock as his deflected effort wrong-footed Freddie Woodman.
In a half that only saw seven attempts from either side, a moment of magic from Gustavo Hamer after the interval would secure Chris Wilder s men the win.
Hamer, who scored nine goals in his last campaign in the second tier with Coventry, intercepted Woodman s throw out from the back, taking a touch before lobbing the North End goalkeeper.
The Blades will be looking for an improved display when they face QPR next weekend, recording an expected goals (xG)…
Manchester City have confirmed Raheem Sterling has signed a three-year contract extension, committing him to the Premier League champions until the end of the 2022-23 season.
Sterling played a vital part last in last season s Premier League title success, scoring 18 goals and setting up another 11.
He has started the new campaign impressively as well, playing a role in 11 goals in just nine league outings as City sit top of the table ahead of Sunday s Manchester derby.
Sterling s previous deal was set to expire in 2020 and talks over a renewal were reported to have been started many months ago.
The 23-year-old attacker has come on leaps and bounds at City since joining from Liverpool in 2015, a deal which may eventually cost the club nearly £50million.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Ballon d Or, taking out the most prestigious individual prize in world football for the fourth time.
Respected publication France Football named the 31-year-old forward as its player of the year on Monday, Ronaldo claiming the accolade ahead of arch-rival Lionel Messi of Barcelona.
Ronaldo enjoyed a glittering 2015-16 season with club and country, lifting the Champions League with Real Madrid and finally ending his wait for international honours, as Portugal triumphed at Euro 2016.
The former Sporting CP player won his first Ballon d Or at Manchester United in 2008, before collecting the prize again at Madrid in 2013 and 2014.
Ballon d or France Football 2016 winner : CRISTIANO RONALDO
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Massimiliano Allegri believes AC Milan have nothing to lose as they look to put a turbulent 2012 behind them.
Milan s form has been inconsistent during the early part of the campaign after a summer of wholesale changes within the squad, but Allegri is confident his side can kick on in 2013.
I m sure that we ll have a good second half of the season, he told Sky Sport Italia.
We re behind in the standings so we have nothing to lose.
It will be fundamental that we beat Siena when the championship re-starts and that we get to the half-way point of the league with 30 points on the board.
We know that we can’t fix the league table in a month or a game and we are aware that we have some really important matches from now until February.
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Rico Lewis is a surprise omission from the England Under-21s squad for their Euro 2023 campaign this summer.
Lee Carsley’s Young Lions head to Romania and Georgia hoping for a first European Championship success since 1984, but they will be without the young City star after he was not included in the 23-man squad.
Lewis, just 18, played 23 times for City during their treble-winning season.
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Folarin Balogun is a notable absentee following his recent decision to represent the United States.
Head coach Carsley had been hopeful that Balogun would decide on his future after this summer’s tournament, but the 21-year-old informed the Football Association of his choice to …
Manchester City equalled the record for consecutive wins in the Premier League with their 14th in a row on December 10, 2017.
Pep Guardiola’s side achieved the milestone in style with a 2-1 victory over neighbours Manchester United at Old Trafford.
City opened up an eye-watering double-digit lead over their local rivals after Nicolas Otamendi fired Guardiola’s men to a derby win.
The much-anticipated 175th Manchester derby was comfortably the biggest game of the Premier League season to that point, such was the need for Jose Mourinho’s Reds to claw back their swashbuckling rivals.
But the gap between table-topping City and second-placed United grew to 11 points, with Otamendi volleying home a second-half winner after Marcus Rashford had cancelled ou…
The Carolina Panthers nor the Minnesota Vikings walked away from last Sunday looking good, but at least the Vikes scrounged up a win while the Panthers let a victory slip away due to a late-game collapse.
Those fortunes have the NFL betting odds installing Carolina as a slim 1.5-point favorite for this Week 6 matchup, trying to avoid a three-game slide after starting the new season 3-0. Minnesota, on the other hand, is desperate for any momentum after a 2-3 start to the year.
Here are our NFL free picks and predictions for Vikings vs. Panthers on Sunday, October 17.
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When the Carolina Panthers traded with the Chicago Bears to acquire the first overall pick in April’s NFL Draft, they shook up not just the draft board but the NFL odds for the first overall selection as well.
With the Panthers’ big move, the NFL combine in the rearview mirror, and free agency in full swing, it’s time for the real NFL mock drafts to begin.
In Version 2.0 of my 2023 NFL mock draft, the Panthers get their guy… but is that guy Bryce Young? The NFL Draft odds aren’t so sure — and neither am I.
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