St Johnstone are facing early Premier Sports Cup elimination after losing another penalty shoot-out.The 2020-21 winners have only two points from two games after following a midweek stalemate against Annan with a 2-2 draw against Queen of the South in Dumfries.Jamie Murphy’s well-taken double was the highlight for Callum Davidson’s side. The summer signing twice equalised, the s...Full Story »

Northern Ireland boss Kenny Shiels insisted it would be a “massive failure” if England did not win Euro 2022 after seeing his side brushed aside by the host nation.The Lionesses cruised to a 5-0 victory over Shiels’ team at St Mary’s Stadium on Friday night to finish top of Group A with a 100 per cent record and cement their place among the tournament favourites.Having fe...Full Story »

France secured safe passage through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2022 with a 2-1 victory over Belgium at the New York Stadium.France opened the scoring in the sixth minute when Kadidiatou Diani headed in at the back post and even though it was one-way traffic for much of the half, Belgium scored a shock equaliser after 36 minutes when Janice Cayman neatly tucked home.The French regained their a...Full Story »

Italy kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2022 quarter-finals by coming from behind to take a point in a 1-1 draw with Iceland.Italy suffered a nightmare start to their campaign when they were beaten 5-1 by France, and they were staring at an early exit when Karolina Lea Vilhjalmsdottir gave Iceland the lead inside three minutes at the Academy Stadium in Manchester.But Valentina Bergamas...Full Story »

Partick Thistle moved into pole position in Group B of the Premier Sports Cup after coming out on top in a penalty shoot-out at Kilmarnock.Fraser Murray’s slip cost Killie as Thistle edged their hosts 5-4 in the shoot-out following a 1-1 draw.Murray lost his footing as he scuffed his penalty over the bar before Kyle Turner netted to earn the Jags a bonus point which put them above the Cham...Full Story »

Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has no intentions of letting her side ease up after another impressive display saw them beat Spain 2-0 to secure a quarter-final place as Group B winners.Voss-Tecklenburg’s well-drilled team had swept past Denmark 4-0 in their opening fixture and proved too strong for a Spanish side looking to build their own momentum having comfortably seen off Finla...Full Story »

Hibernian manager Lee Johnson suffered his first defeat on a poor night for top-flight clubs in the Premier Sports Cup.Aidan Nesbitt’s 39th-minute goal earned Falkirk a 1-0 victory over Hibs to send the Bairns top of Group D.Livingston had goalkeeper Max Stryjek sent off as they fell to a 2-1 home defeat by Inverness while St Johnstone went down to nine men in a goalless home draw with Ann...Full Story »

Denmark beat Finland 1-0 in their Euro 2022 Group B match at Stadium MK to keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.Captain Pernille Harder, the Chelsea forward, nodded in from close range with 18 minutes left after the ball had bounced back down off the crossbar.Both sides had lost their opening games, the Danes thrashed 4-0 by an impressive Germany, while Finland were well beaten ...Full Story »

England secured their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2022 in stunning fashion as they hammered Norway 8-0 at the Amex Stadium to record the biggest win in the competition’s history.The tournament hosts scored six times in a rampant first-half display, with Georgia Stanway’s 12th-minute penalty and a finish from Lauren Hemp three minutes later being followed by a brace apiece fro...Full Story »

Northern Ireland’s hopes of reaching the Euro 2022 knockout stages were extinguished following a 2-0 loss to Austria in Southampton.Goals from Katharina Schiechtl and Katharina Naschenweng condemned Kenny Shiels’ side to a second successive Group A defeat as the Austrians bounced back from being beaten by hosts England.The championship’s lowest-ranked nation, who were thumped 4...Full Story »

France head coach Corinne Diacre played down the significance of their 5-1 thumping of Italy in their Euro 2022 Group D opener, describing it as only “the first of six steps”.France blew Italy away in a one-sided first half, opening the scoring in the ninth minute though Grace Geyoro’s close-range finish before Marie-Antoinette Katoto doubled the lead a matter of minutes l...Full Story »

Defending champions the Netherlands overcame a nightmare first half to draw 1-1 with Sweden in their Euro 2022 opener.Jonna Andersson gave Sweden a half-time lead, with Dutch goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal and defender Aniek Nouwen forced off injured, but Jill Roord responded early in the second period and wasted a glorious chance for a winner in the closing stages.The result – in front of...Full Story »

Argentina opt for their traditional national colours in an effort to tap into past World Cup triumphs Argentina will don this new home kit throughout the 2022 Qatar World Cup, which takes inspiration from the nation's historic winning ways. The kit features stripes across the top in the nation's traditional white and baby blue colour scheme and navy blue accents throughout, including the cla...Full Story »

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Bayern Munich are ready to offer 80 million euros for Matthijs de Ligt. The report pointed out that Juventus are preparing to sell the Dutchman this summer, and Bayern are preparing to offer 75 million euros + 5 million euros for the player. Considering that Juventus hope to get a transfer fee of around 100 million euros, the final transfer f...Full Story »

England made a winning start to their home European Championship campaign as Beth Mead’s early goal secured a 1-0 victory over Austria in the tournament curtain-raiser at a packed Old Trafford.In front of a competition-record crowd of 68,871 generating a pulsating atmosphere, Mead caused the noise levels to go up even further when she continued her fine goalscoring form by putting the Lion...Full Story »

Reports from French media Foot Mercato claim that Paris Saint-Germain are ready to sell Presnel Kimpembe this summer, with the France international currently labelled 50 million euros. Kimpembe had previously said in an interview that he would meet with the club's board to discuss his future. Now, according to Foot Mercato, while Paris wants to sign Milan Skriniar, they are also preparing to...Full Story »

Real Madrid star Marcelo has received offers from USA Major League Soccer (MLS), but would prefer to stay in Europe, according to World Sport. The Brazilian full-back is set to become a free agent as he will be out of contract with Real Madrid at the end of June. Marcelo is understood to have received offers from a number of MLS teams, including Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Galaxy. Marcelo...Full Story »

GARETH BALE looks to have made the wisest move of his career - and not just because of the 19 local golf courses in Los Angeles. The Wales captain is heading for the golden state of California as he prepares his all-important countdown for the World Cup with MLS outfit LAFC. There are 19 local golf courses within teeing distance of LAFC's home stadium Bale grinned when he had "loads" of optio...Full Story »

Costa Rica beat New Zealand 1-0 in the World Cup play-off final Former Arsenal man Joel Campbell helped Costa Rica book their place at November's World Cup in Qatar as they beat New Zealand 1-0 in their closely-contested high-stakes play-off. Ticos have appeared at three of the last four tournaments having previously featured in Germany (2006), Brazil (2014) and Russia (2018). Now they have mo...Full Story »

Gareth Bale says it is better Wales make their mistakes now and not at the World Cup after suffering more stoppage-time heartbreak against Holland.Memphis Depay secured an eventful 3-2 Nations League victory for Holland in the third minute of stoppage time in Rotterdam, just seconds after Bale had equalised from the penalty spot.Wales are bottom of their A4 group with one point having lost three...Full Story »