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Frank Soo: Football Association urged to award honorary cap to Asian trailblazer who played for England during the war | Football News
The Football Association is being urged to award wartime international Frank Soo an honorary cap after the East Asian trailblazer was appointed to the Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame. Soo, whose father was Chinese, became the first player of Asian heritage to represent England when he appeared in a wartime international against Wales in 1942.…
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England squad: No Raheem Sterling or Reece James, James Maddison and Jordan Henderson both in | Football News
Gareth Southgate has again left Raheem Sterling out of his England squad despite the Chelsea winger’s club form, with Jordan Henderson and James Maddison both included. Sterling has started 10 of Chelsea’s 11 league matches this season, scoring three times, but has still not been picked by Southgate for his squad since the 2022 World…
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Women’s FA Cup: Overall prize fund to double for 2023/24 season | Football News
The winners of this season’s Women’s FA Cup will now receive £430,000 – £100,000 more than Chelsea earned for landing the competition last season – with the Football Association having doubled the size of the overall FA Cup prize pot. An additional investment of £3m has been approved by the FA Board, bringing the total…
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Jonas Eidevall hits back at Gareth Taylor’s ‘unacceptable’ claims of bullying fourth official in Arsenal’s WSL win over Man City | Football News
Jonas Eidevall has called Gareth Taylor’s comments “unacceptable” and “borderline slander” after his claims that the Arsenal boss bullied a fourth official. Manchester City manager Taylor accused Arsenal boss Eidevall, and said he acting to “protect” the officials, after their Women’s Super League match on Sunday, which the Gunners won 2-1 through Stina Blackstenius’ late…
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John Stones: Pep Guardiola says Man City defender will be out for a while after injury in Champions League win over Young Boys | Football News
Manchester City and England defender John Stones is “out for a while” – according to Pep Guardiola – after the centre-back picked up another injury in Man City’s 3-0 win over Young Boys in the Champions League. Stones, who began this season with a hip injury and missed the first seven matches of the season,…
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Erling Haaland chasing Cristiano Ronaldo’s record as Eddie Howe’s Newcastle rotation backfires – Champions League hits and misses | Football News
Haaland out to break all the records Image: Erling Haaland has 39 Champions League goals in 34 games After Erling Haaland twisted his ankle in Saturday’s thrashing of Bournemouth, there was scepticism about risking him against Young Boys ahead of a tough run starting with a trip to Chelsea on Sunday in the Premier League,…
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SWPL: Rangers’ Kirsty Howat and Queen’s Park’s Ellie Kane win Player of Month awards for October | Football News
Rangers’ Kirsty Howat and Queen’s Park’s Ellie Kane have won the SWPL and SWPL 2 Player of the Month awards for October. Howat becomes the first player to win the top-flight award in consecutive months after continuing her fine form for Rangers as they won all four of their matches in October. She contributed to…
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Liam Manning: Bristol City appoint Oxford boss as new head coach 10 days after Nigel Pearson sacking | Football News
Bristol City have named Oxford United boss Liam Manning as their new head coach, 10 days after sacking Nigel Pearson. Manning leaves Oxford second in League One only eight months and 29 games after joining the club in March. The 39-year-old, who previously managed MK Dons, Belgian side FK Lommel and West Ham’s U23s, will…
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Tottenham vs Chelsea chaos reviewed in Ref Watch special as Destiny Udogie and Cristian Romero incidents dissected | Football News
After a chaotic Monday Night Football, Dermot Gallagher takes a look back at some of the big decisions in a special edition of Ref Watch. ‘Right decision reached for Udogie yellow card’ INCIDENT: Destiny Udogie was yellow carded for a rash challenge on Raheem Sterling. A VAR review did not upgrade it to a red…
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Chelsea want Jean-Clair Todibo to replace Thiago Silva who is set to leave at end of season – Paper Talk | Football News
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers… THE SUN Chelsea have eyed up Jean-Clair Todibo to replace Thiago Silva – who is set to leave the Blues at the end of the season. Erik ten Hag has received a further boost ahead of this week’s crunch clash with Copenhagen – the “unwavering…
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