Todd Cantwell will miss Norwich’s Carabao Cup third round clash with Liverpool on Tuesday night due to personal reasons.Canaries boss Daniel Farke has seen his side lose all five of their Premier League games this season but they were 6-0 winners against Bournemouth in round two.He is likely to make a host of alterations with Christoph Zimmermann (ankle) and Przemyslaw Placheta (Covid) abs...Full Story »

Cristiano Ronaldo has been scammed out of approximately 288,000 euros by an employee of a travel agency. The woman involved, who had been entrusted with come of Ronaldo's credit card details, carried out the crimes over a period of three years. The report released by newspaper 'Jornal de Noticias' states that the sum was defrauded through 200 trips that the Portuguese star never actually too...Full Story »

"There's something special at Trigoria this year," said Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini in what must have come as music to Jose Mourinho's ears on Thursday night, following the Giallorossi's 5-1 victory against CSKA Sofia to start their Europa Conference League campaign. Pellegrini has become something of a teacher's pet since Mourinho arrived, and the Portuguese previously heaped praise on t...Full Story »

Gareth Southgate believes the ugly aftermath of England's Euro 2020 final defeat showed the country at its worst but believes a brighter future can be moulded from the adversity. England players Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were subjected to considerable racist abuse online after missing penalties in the shoot-out loss to Italy at Wembley in July. The occasion was also marre...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard’s 50th European tie as Rangers boss ended in a 2-0 Europa League defeat by Lyon at Ibrox.Cameroon international Karl Toko Ekambi fired in a terrific opener for the French side after 22 minutes of the Group A opener in Govan.The Scottish champions had come close on a few occasions in the first half but in the 55th minute Gers skipper James Tavernier put through his own goal t...Full Story »

David Moyes was left licking his lips at the prospect of how just good West Ham could be after they announced themselves on the Europa League stage with a 2-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb.Goals from Michail Antonio and Declan Rice gave the Hammers a comfortable victory on their debut in the group stages against a seasoned European side.“I was really pleased with the way the players played,” ...Full Story »

FIFA aim for tournament every two years Jurgen Klopp is far from impressed with FIFA's plan to host a World Cup every two years instead of every four, believing that it is purely a financial decision. The Liverpool coach mentioned that the wellbeing of the players are not being considered amid the push for a biennial tournament. "There is no other sport in the world with such a relentless c...Full Story »

Gareth Southgate’s delight at England’s positive response to their Euro 2020 final heartache outweighed his frustration at conceding a last-gasp equaliser against Poland in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier.Less than two months on from the crushing penalty shoot-out loss to Italy, the Three Lions regathered their thoughts and returned with back-to-back 4-0 wins against Hungary an...Full Story »

Wales’ World Cup qualification hopes were dented by a 0-0 draw against Estonia in Cardiff.Estonia, ranked a lowly 110th in the world and sandwiched between Guinea-Bissau and North Korea, were bottom of Group E having conceded 15 goals in three games.But Wales failed to break down stubborn visitors on a night when even skipper Gareth Bale, who was winning his 99th cap, was unable to rescue ...Full Story »

Members of the Guinea Armed Forces drive through the central neighbourhood of Kaloum in Conakry after sustainable gunfire was heard. Morocco's national team have been evacuated from the Guinean capital Conakry and their World Cup qualifier against Guinea has been postponed because of a coup d'etat in the West African country. The Morocco camp boarded a plane after CAF released a statement conf...Full Story »

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus will be conspicuous absentees when the Prem 'Big Six' return to the European Club Association ranks in Geneva on Monday. Barcelona chief Joan Laporta, Juve's Andrea Agnelli (below, second left) and Real Madrid supremo Florentino Perez (bottom centre) have not given up on the European Super League Credit: Getty Credit: Rex Credit: Getty But the trio have en...Full Story »

Denmark struck early to finish off Scotland in their 2-0 World Cup qualifying win in Copenhagen.Steve Clarke’s side were two down in 15 minutes through goals from Daniel Wass and Joakim Maehle and were then run ragged for the rest of the first half.A reshuffled Scotland side with Lyndon Dykes on for the second half showed marked improvement but nowhere near enough to dent the scoreline.Whi...Full Story »

Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey will be absent again with Wales hit by injury and visa issues ahead of their World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia. Ramsey, who featured in only 19 of Wales’ previous 44 games before playing at Euro 2020 this summer, suffered a thigh injury playing for his Italian club on August 22. Liverpool full-back Neco Williams, Tottenham defender Joe Ro...Full Story »

The 2021/22 Europa League group stage is set Group stage of the Europa League.@EuropaLeague Napoli and Leicester will have more than usual to play for when they meet in the group stage of the Europa League. The teams were drawn into the same group on Friday, along with Spartak Moscow and Legia Warsaw, for the slimmed down tournament that now has 32 teams instead of 48. Only the group winners ...Full Story »

Nine-man St Johnstone’s European journey ended in some controversy with a 2-0 home defeat to LASK at McDiarmid Park.Following an encouraging 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Europa Conference League play-off in Austria last week, Saints were on level pegging with the visitors at the goalless interval.However, in the 71st minute, substitute Husein Balic fired the ball in from 14 yards and t...Full Story »

Aberdeen boss Stephen Glass showed a refreshing sense of humility after his side exited the Europa Conference League at the play-off round, having been beaten 4-1 on aggregate by Azerbaijani side Qarabag.Trailing 1-0 from the away leg, the Dons fell behind early to Tural Bayramov’s crisp strike and further goals from Kady Borges and Abdellah Zoubir as the visitors had the tie closed out lo...Full Story »

Kyogo Furuhashi’s early goal proved crucial as Celtic reached the Europa League group stage despite a torrid night in Holland.Celtic gifted AZ Alkmaar two extremely soft goals before hanging on for a 3-2 aggregate victory, losing 2-1 on the night.Ange Postecoglou’s side went three up on aggregate with little over two minutes gone. Anthony Ralston’s ball over the top sent Liel A...Full Story »

Aberdeen’s hopes of making the Europa Conference League group stage were ended on a disappointing night at Pittodrie as they suffered a 3-1 defeat to Qarabag in the second leg of their qualifying play-off.Trailing 1-0 from the opening match against the Azerbaijan club, the Dons’ task was made all the more difficult by an early strike from Tural Bayramov.Kady Borges and Abdellah Zoubi...Full Story »

The Premier League's Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League teams enter the Carabao Cup third-round stage and will learn their opponents in tonight's draw. Express Sport provides live coverage with 16 ties to be drawn out. Carabao Cup third round draw LIVE (Image: GETTY) Premier League teams competing in this year's Champions League, Europa League and the Europa Conferenc...Full Story »

Wayne Hennessey was the hero as he denied Allan Saint-Maximin and Miguel Almiron in a penalty shootout to edge Burnley past Newcastle and into the Carabao Cup third round.The Wales international had earlier produced fine stops from Jeff Hendrick, Dwight Gayle and Javier Manquillo to ensure the game finished 0-0 after 90 minutes in front of a crowd of 30,082 at St James’ Park.In the process...Full Story »