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Gareth Southgate has questioned what England would achieve by boycotting this year’s World Cup due to human rights issues in Qatar.
The Gulf state has been mired in controversy ever since it was awarded the finals in 2010 but alleged human rights violations and ill-treatment of migrant
Gareth Bale has again hit out at Spanish newspaper Marca for “slanderous, derogatory and speculative journalism” – after he was called “parasite” this week.
Marca had criticised Bale after he linked up with Wales having been absent for Real Madrid in Sunday’s El Clasico against Barcelona.
Two Premier League clubs are monitoring Antonio Rudiger’s contract situation as Juventus firm up their interest in the Chelsea defender.
Juventus are the latest club to propose a deal to sign the 29-year-old Germany international, who is out of contract at Stamford Bridge at the end of the season,
Harry Kane says England’s players will use their platform at the World Cup to try to improve human rights issues in Qatar.
Accusations concerning the treatment of migrant workers and a poor record of human rights have plagued the Gulf state since it was controversially awarded the finals
The UK government has made amendments to Chelsea’s operating licence, meaning fans are now able to buy tickets to certain matches and Roman Abramovich can put £30m into the club to keep it running.
Chelsea fans can now buy tickets to away matches, cup games and women’s fixtures. It means that fans will be able to purchase tickets for Chelsea’s FA Cup
Manchester United have still not internally outlined the nature of Ralf Rangnick’s consultancy role, but Sky Sports News has been told it is “not envisaged to be very hands-on”.
No meetings have taken place as yet with the interim manager regarding the design of his future position, which comes into effect on June 1.
Nick Candy has improved his British-led bid to buy Chelsea Football Club following the addition of another large international backer to his Blue Football Consortium.
Candy submitted a bid of over £2billion to The Raine Group last Friday but is now known to have increased this significantly after another large Korean
“You don’t expect miracles immediately from these kind of players,” Jurgen Klopp tells Sky Sports. “But he is not far away from doing exactly that. Long may it continue.”
The Liverpool manager is talking about Luis Diaz,
Wales are hopeful Gareth Bale will be fit for Thursday’s World Cup play-off with Austria despite the Real Madrid forward missing the El Clasico defeat to Barcelona.
Bale was omitted from Real Madrid’s 23-man matchday squad against Barcelona on Sunday, with reports in Spain saying the Wales captain was absent due to back pain.
There’s a song called ‘The Hungry Years’, a not so famous masterpiece by the singer songwriter Neil Sedaka.
I’m sure, following the weekend’s embarrassing exit from the FA Cup, the lyrics will resonate powerfully with a lot of Everton fans.