England will discover their group stage opponents at Qatar 2022 when the World Cup draw is made this Friday. Gareth Southgate’s men enter the draw among the favourites having reached the semi-finals in 2018 and the final of Euro 2020. Thirty-two team...
Ralf Rangnick looks set to take more of a backseat at Manchester United when his consultancy role kicks in over the summer and a new era unfolds at Old Trafford. Rangnick is in temporary charge until the end of the season but the German is not a cont...
The draw for the 2022 World Cup is almost upon us, with England eager to see who they will face in Qatar. Gareth Southgate’s side have been seeded in the top pot of teams, which means they avoid some of the biggest hitters – however, there are still ...
Trent Alexander-Arnold finds himself in a race against time to be fit for Liverpool’s season-defining month in which the Reds will face Manchester City twice. Jurgen Klopp revealed on 18 March that Alexander-Arnold had suffered a hamstring injury tha...
On a bridge on the main road that leads into Kryvyi Rih, someone has installed a banner on which five words are written, draped down so nobody who passes beneath can miss them: “Welcome to hell, Russian occupant”. To the south of the city, Kherson ha...
“The Northern Notebook” is the i‘s weekly look at the issues and news setting the agenda for football in the north Nick Hammond told Newcastle United’s owners the January transfer window would be the hardest of their time in charge as he praised the ...
Eight months out from the World Cup and with the draw looming on Friday, there’s already a major conundrum for England manager Gareth Southgate waiting in the wings. It’s what football managers like to call a good problem, a welcome problem, a proble...
It’s the end of the international break and in a merciful release, it’s the last one of the season – which means we are entering the home stretch of the Premier League campaign. John Stones and Bukayo Saka were the most high-profile casualties from a...
Gareth Southgate has criticised the England fans who booed Harry Maguire before and during England’s friendly with the Ivory Coast. A small section of supporters inside Wembley Stadium jeered Maguire when his name was announced pre-match and then aga...