A stunning strike from Marcus Rashford and a Danny Welbeck header gave a confident-looking England a 2-0 win over Costa Rica in their pre-World Cup friendly at Elland Road on Thursday. Rashford, who impressed throughout with his speed and control,...
Malta 0 Sweden 4 Andersson 3; Strandberg 33, 60, Rakip 80 pen. Malta’s woes in the 2019 UEFA U-21 Championship qualifying trek show no signs of abating as Silvio Vella’s team succumbed to a 4-0 defeat to Sweden, on Thursday. If the Swedes were looking...
Birkirkara continued their transfer activity when they prolonged the contracts of midfielders Mislav Andelkovic and Terence Agius. Andelkovic, seen by many as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League, returned to Birkirkara FC last January...
Goran Galesic will join the Greens
Birkirkara completed another two major signings, as Nigerian midfielder Uchenna Calistus Umeh and Brazilian offensive player Marcelo De Siqueira signed a one-year contract with the Stripes. Umeh needs no introduction in Maltese football as he has been...
Belgium hammered the final nail into Egypt's halting World Cup warm-up campaign with an assured 3-0 win in Brussels on Wednesday that settled some nerves among the fancied hosts, who lacked injured defensive linchpin Vincent Kompany. Sticking with a...
Malta U-21 coach Silvio Vella knows that his team face a tough task in their UEFA Under-21 home qualifier against Sweden on Thursday but insisted that his players always go out to get a positive result, regardless of the opposition. The Malta U-21s...
Porto defender Diogo Dalot has completed a move to Manchester United after signing a five-year contract, the club has announced. The 19-year-old, who reportedly had a £17.4million release clause in his contract, emerged from Porto's academy to make his...
Birkirkara completed their first major signing in the summer transfer market, when Malta midfielder Paul Fenech signed a three-contract with the stripes. MFA Footballer of the Year 2013, Fenech will be returning with Birkirkara for his second...
Iran became the first team to arrive in Russia for the World Cup on Tuesday, nine days before the opening match of the June 14 to July 15 tournament. Iran have been drawn in Group B alongside former World Cup winners Spain, reigning European champions...
World Cup hosts Russia squandered the lead to draw 1-1 with Turkey in Moscow on Tuesday, extending their winless streak to seven matches in their last friendly before the tournament kicks off next week. Stanislav Cherchesov's side took the lead in the...
Juventus goalkeeper sanctioned for rant in Champions League
Manchester United have reached an agreement with Shakhtar Donetsk to sign Brazil midfielder Fred for a reported fee in excess of £50million. United announced the news in a brief statement on their official website, which read: "Manchester United is...
Arsenal have signed Swiss defender Stephan Lichtsteiner from Italian champions Juventus on a free transfer, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 34-year-old made more than 250 appearances for Juve, winning the Serie A title in each of his seven...
Morocco's Ayoub Kaabi and Younes Belhanda scored in a 10-minute second-half spell to give the World Cup-bound side a convincing 2-1 win over Slovakia in a warm-up friendly on Monday. The North Africans, who play Spain, Portugal and Iran in their first...
rnament in Russia after a tepid performance in Monday's 1-0 friendly defeat by a second-string Chile side. Only two astonishing misses by substitute Angelo Henriquez spared the Serbians from a heavier defeat, with centre back Guillermo Maripan heading...
Karius was caught in the head by Ramos
Attacking midfielder Leroy Sane was a surprise omission from Joachim Loew's final Germany squad for the World Cup finals on Monday as goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was named among the 23 players heading to Russia for the defending champions. Neuer made the...
Spain goalkeeper David de Gea made a rare error which led to his side drawing 1-1 at home to Switzerland in a World Cup warm-up friendly on Sunday which the hosts dominated but failed to make their superior possession count. Real Sociedad right back...
Neymar scored on his return to action after three months out through injury as Brazil warmed up for the World Cup with a 2-0 friendly win over Croatia at Anfield on Sunday.
The Malta national team footballer wants to inspire young talent to make it overseas
Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer made his comeback from a nine-month injury break on Saturday but was unable to prevent the world champions suffering a surprise 2-1 friendly defeat to Austria. Neuer, who had not played a single official game since...
England beat Nigeria 2-1 in a friendly on Saturday that provided some clues as to how coach Gareth Southgate will line up his still experimental side when the World Cup gets underway in two weeks' time. First-half goals from Gary Cahill and captain...
France showed the full range of their attacking weapons as they continued their preparations for the World Cup in convincing fashion with a 3-1 win over Italy in a friendly on Friday. Roberto Mancini's second game in charge of Italy, who did not...
South Korea were left with plenty to ponder ahead of this month's World Cup finals after Edin Visca scored a hat-trick to give Bosnia and Herzegovina a 3-1 victory in a friendly in Jeonju on Friday. The Koreans had been hoping for a win in their final...
Australia cruised to a 4-0 win against the Czech Republic on Friday, giving the Socceroos a much-needed confidence boost ahead of this month's World Cup with their first victory abroad in nearly two years. Australia, headed to their fourth straight...
Ray Farrugia suffered his first defeat as coach of the national team after Malta conceded a late 1-0 defeat to Georgia in Austria, on Friday. Georgia made their intentions clear from the early stages of the game when Otar Kiteishvili connected with a...
Ryan Fenech has completed a return to his former club Sliema Wanderers after the veteran midfielder put pen to paper on a three-year contract. The 32-year-old left Balzan at the end of last season and the Wanderers immediately stepped up their interest...
Real Madrid have started their search for Zinedine Zidane’s replacement – but will face a challenge to lure Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino to the Bernabeu. Less than a week after leading Los Blancos to Champions League glory for a third straight...
World Cup hosts Russia turned in another unconvincing display as Austria extended their winless run stretching back to October with a 1-0 victory in a friendly on Wednesday. The home side, who have not qualified for the finals, exposed defensive...
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