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  The 49-year-old Portuguese replaces Stuart Gray, who parted company with the Championship side on 11 June after 18 months in charge at Hillsborough. Carvalhal has managed extensively in Portugal and also had a spell in charge of Turkish club Besiktas. “I firmly believe that this appointment will take our …

Just 24 days after Barcelona completed the treble with a 3-1 win over Juventus in the Champions League Final, European club Football started again last night with three Champions League Qualifying Round matches taking place and another one taking place tonight. Below are the results from yesterday’s matches. Team 1 …

In their latest reign as champions Argentina destroyed Paraguay 6-1 in the Copa America Semi Finals to now move onto Sunday’s final against Chile. A quite emphatic first title defence it must be said, can they go on and add a Copa America title to their UFWC Reign or will …

If you didn’t see the second of the Copa America Semi Finals in the early hours of the morning, here is all you need to know.

Leicester City have sacked manager Nigel Pearson, with the club saying the working relationship between Pearson and the board was “no longer viable”. Pearson, 51, guided the Foxes to 14th in the Premier League in 2014-15. “Regrettably, the club believes that the working relationship between Nigel and the board is …

  In one of the more bizarre transfer stories you will read this week, Gervinho’s move out of Roma has collapsed because of his outrageous demands. Initially it was thought that wages had been the issue as a £10m fee between Roma and Al Jazira had been agreed for the …

So more business at White Hart Lane, this time it’s a player departing with Brazilian International Paulinho moving to Evergrande Guangzhou for a fee of £10m. The money recouped means a £7m loss on Tottenham’s original outlay back in 2013. The move to China will consign Paulinho to the “flop” …

The Second Semi Final of the Copa America in the early hours of the morning also gives us the next UFWC Title Match as Argentina take on Paraguay. There have already been two title changes during the tournament, could there be a third and somewhat of an upset by 2am …

Guus Hiddink has left his position as Netherlands head coach after just 10 months in charge. The 68-year-old began his second spell in charge in August and had a contract until the end of Euro 2016 Hiddink lost five and won four of his 10 matches in charge and leaves …

If you didn’t see the first of the Copa America Semi Finals then here is all you need to know.