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Gareth Southgate says there can be no let-up for already-qualified England if they are to win next summer’s Euros and become the top-ranked team in the world.

The Euro 2020 runners-up last month sealed their place at the 2024 edition in Germany with two matches to spare and were below par in Friday’s qualifier against Malta.

England disappointed in the 2-0 victory at a packed Wembley and will look to end 2023 on a high as they round off Euro 2024 qualification in North Macedonia.

Last time out against North Macedonia…

— England (@England)

Southgate’s side arrived in Skopje all but assured of being among the top seeds in December’s draw in Hamburg, but every moment counts as they seek to be best on the planet.

“Qualificatio…

Nemanja Matic hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as an example to everyone and a winner , as the midfielder prepares to make his final Manchester United appearance on the final day of the season.

Having joined United from Chelsea in 2017, Matic will depart Old Trafford as a free agent after the Red Devils travel to Crystal Palace for their final Premier League outing of the campaign on Sunday.

Matic has made 23 league appearances for United this term, although the Red Devils can only finish as high as sixth after enduring a frustrating campaign under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick. 

The form of Ronaldo has been one positive during United s underwhelming season, with the Portuguese legend scoring 18 goals in 30 league appearances since returning to Old Trafford at …

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Premier League rivals Manchester United and Liverpool will lock horns with each other in the FA Cup this weekend. The quarter-final tie between Erik ten Hag’s side and Jurgen Klopp’s team will be held at Old Trafford and is scheduled to kick off at 3:30 pm UK time on Sunday.

Manchester United

Manchester United are arguably the biggest club in the world and have spent millions on players in recent years, but they are not as competitive as Liverpool, Manchester City or even Arsenal. The Red Devils have not won the Premier League since the Sir Alex Ferguson era and are not competent enough at the moment to even challenge for the league.

Erik ten Hag’s side are sixth in the Premier Leagu…

Wrexham’s 5-5 draw with Swindon this weekend continued their remarkable trend for high-scoring games since their takeover by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.

The actors have brought a Hollywood feel to the club on their rise from the National League, with blockbuster finishes and scorelines to stretch credulity.

Here, the PA news agency looks at Wrexham’s most outlandish storylines in recent seasons.

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Relive that last minute equaliser

Youngy is all of us in the last angle

— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC)

The end of the 2020-21 season gave a taste of things to come, beating Boreham Wood 3-2 and King’s Lynn 5-3 as they just missed the play-offs. After the takeover they averaged 2.54 total goals per game (score…

Norway s players will face no disciplinary action from FIFA for their decision to wear T-shirts with the message Human rights on and off the pitch to show their support for migrant workers in Qatar.

Ahead of Wednesday s 3-0 victory over Gibraltar in the opening game of their 2022 World Cup qualification campaign, Norway s team – including star striker Erling Haaland and playmaker Martin Odegaard, who is also captain – wore the T-shirts during the national anthems.

Odegaard had said before the game that the team were planning to make their feelings clear, with Norwegian clubs having pressurised the country s football association to boycott the upcoming World Cup, which takes place in November and December next year.

These objections followed a report in The…

Inter loanee Matteo Politano scored the only goal as Milan s Serie A title hopes were dealt another huge blow with a 1-0 defeat at home to Napoli.

Antonio Conte s Inter moved nine points clear at the summit thanks to a late 2-1 win at Torino earlier on Sunday and that gap remains the same following stuttering Milan s fifth league loss of the campaign.

Both sides lacked quality in a low-key first half but it took just four minutes of the second for Napoli winger Politano to make the breakthrough at San Siro.

Milan had a late penalty appeal rejected for Tiemoue Bakayoko s challenge on Theo Hernandez, shortly before substitute Ante Rebic was sent off for dissent, as Napoli stretched their unbeaten league run away in this fixture to a sixth game.

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Sheffield United fans can be forgiven for fearing the worst after Saturday s 3-1 reverse at Chelsea left Chris Wilder s men still rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.

The Blades confounded expectations to finish ninth last season having gained promotion from the Championship in the 2018-19 campaign.

But the defeat against Frank Lampard s Blues means the men from the Steel City have just a solitary point through eight matches this time around, and only on four occasions have teams had such a record at the same stage of a Premier League season.

So, are Sheffield United – who have scored just four top-flight goals so far – already doomed for the drop?

Well, history suggests perhaps not. Below, we remember some of the Premier League s worst s…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United can win the Premier League title this season.

United manager Solskjaer is under mounting pressure heading into Saturday s derby against Manchester City following the club s Champions League group-stage exit.

Solskjaer s side are seventh in the Premier League standings and five points behind leaders Tottenham as they prepare to host Pep Guardiola s City at Old Trafford.

United are looking to beat City for the third consecutive match in the top flight for the first time since a run of four victories from 2008 to 2010, and Solskjaer talked up the Red Devils title challenge.

 Tunnel vision

— Manchester United (@ManUtd)

At Manchester United, you should always aim to win trophies, said Sol…

Ilkay Gundogan withdrew before the end of Manchester City s training session on the eve of their Champions League final clash with Chelsea in Porto.

Gundogan, who is the Premier League champions top scorer in all competitions this term with 17 goals this term, appeared to be suffering from discomfort in his right thigh after a collision with captain Fernandinho.

City s practice match at Estadio do Dragao continued in the Germany international s absence, with the players and manager Pep Guardiola retaining an overall relaxed demeanour – suggesting the nature of Gundogan s knock, being impact rather than muscular, meant it was not a major cause for concern.

Gundogan is the only member of the City squad to have featured in a Champions League final when he scored …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes Liverpool can still retain their Premier League crown, despite Jurgen Klopp surrendering the title.

City are seven points clear atop the table, and 13 ahead of Liverpool, with a game in hand following Saturday s 3-0 win over Tottenham.

Liverpool manager Klopp admitted the titleholders cannot hope to go back-to-back this season after suffering a 3-1 defeat at Leicester City.

But Guardiola told reporters: From what I saw, the way they played today against Leicester, of course we have to lose games but of course they can do it.

It is the same Liverpool that I met in the last years but in the boxes they are not as clinical as they were before. The quality they played, to do what they ve done against Leicester, t…