Euro 2016

Italy will replace Chelsea-bound national coach Antonio Conte with Giampiero Ventura after Euro 2016. Conte’s move to Stamford Bridge was announced in April and he will take over when his Italy contract expires at the end of this summer’s tournament. Ventura, 68, most recently coached Serie A side Torino and …

Arsenal wanted an answer before Jamie Vardy got on the plane to France yesterday but they didn’t get the answer they wanted, come to think of it they didn’t get any answer and now we could be looking at one of the most protracted transfer deals of the early Summer …

Now this is how you do a trailer for a major tournament. From those opening few bars of ‘Genesis’ by French Electronic Juggernauts Justice I don’t know about you but it just makes your hairs stand on end. I’ve heard Justice play this live and it’s the kind of music …

Wales preparations for Euro 2016 ended in a miserable fashion as they were well beaten by Sweden yesterday. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been in the headlines with a move to Manchester United imminent and he led his side to a comfortable 3-0 win over Chris Coleman’s side Gareth Bale only featured …

You may have noticed that there was no content posted over the weekend, I took the decision of giving myself a well earned weekend break from it all especially with the European Championships and Copa America right around the corner. But after any break it means I’m back and raring …

England XI: Joe Hart, Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Chris Smalling, Gary Cahill, Eric Dier, James Milner, Dele Alli, Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy Roy Hodgson has gone with what seems to be a strong starting lineup some may even argue it’s the strongest possible lineup. Is this an indication …

Tonight sees the final warm up game for England as their preparations for Euro 2016 come to a close. After a mini tour of the country they return to their spiritual home of Wembley to take on Portugal After the final 23 was named on Tuesday, this will be the …

Goalkeepers: Volkan Babacan (Medipol Basaksehir), Onur Recep Kivrak (Trabzonspor), Harun Tekin (Bursaspor) Defenders: Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Sener Ozbayrakli (Bursaspor), Semih Kaya (Galatasaray), Ahmet Calik (Genclerbirligi), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahce), Ismail Koybasi (Besiktas) Midfielders: Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahce), Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahce), Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas), Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer …

Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tatarusanu (Fiorentina), Costel Pantilimon (Watford), Silviu Lung (Astra Giurgiu). Defenders: Cristian Sapunaru (Pandurii Targu Jiu), Alexandru Matel (Dinamo Zagreb), Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), Valerica Gaman (Astra Giurgiu), Cosmin Moti (Ludogorets), Dragos Grigore (Al-Sailiya), Razvan Rat (Rayo Vallecano), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Bucharest). Midfielders: Mihai Pintilii (Steaua Bucharest), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel …

Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Stoke), Darren Randolph (West Ham), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday). Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie (Derby), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Richard Keogh (Derby), John O’Shea (Sunderland), Shane Duffy (Blackburn), Stephen Ward (Burnley). Midfielders: Aiden McGeady (Sheffield Wednesday), James McClean (West Brom), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), James McCarthy (Everton), …