Holders Chelsea have been drawn to play at Manchester United in the Women’s FA Cup semi-finals and Tottenham will face Leicester at home.
Emma Hayes’ side take on United in a repeat of last season’s final, which the Blues won 1-0 to lift the trophy for a third consecutive year.
The draw for the semi-final is complete!
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Spurs, who beat Manchester City on penalties in Sunday’s quarter-final, and Leicester, 2-0 winners at Liverpool in their last-eight clash on Saturday, have both reached the last four for the first time.
The semi-finals will take place over the weekend April 13-14, with the final to be held at Wembley on May 12.
This season’s semi-final winners will each receive £160,000, w…
David Moyes took the handbrake off West Ham and watched them race into the last eight of the Europa League with a 5-0 win over Freiburg.
Hammers boss Moyes uncharacteristically named an attacking line-up in a bid to repair the damage of the 1-0 first-leg defeat in Germany last week.
He was rewarded with a sparkling display as goals from Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen, Aaron Cresswell and two from Mohammed Kudus – including a sensational solo effort – secured a 5-1 aggregate win and a place in a European quarter-final for a third-successive season.
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Marseille, Benfica, West Ham and Milan are through to the quarter-finals
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As a consequence the Hammers may have also done some of their Premier …
Valencia have completed the signing of Bordeaux defender Lucas Orban on a five-year deal.
The 25-year-old favours playing at full-back, but can also be utilised in central defence and will add versatility to Valencia s backline.
Orban brings an end to his short stay in Ligue 1 after he moved to Bordeaux in August 2013 and will remain in Spain until at least 2019.
The Spanish side confirmed in a statement: Valencia Football Club and Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux have reached an agreement for the transfer of Argentina international Lucas Orban until June 30, 2019.
Orban, who has one cap for Argentina, started his career at River Plate before moving to Tigre, initially on loan, in 2011.
A switch to Bordeaux followed 12 months ago and he ma…
FIFA World Cup-winning Italy coach Marcello Lippi has visited the current crop of players before they head to this year s event in Brazil.
The 66-year-old led his nation to the title in 2006, claiming a 5-3 victory on penalties in a fiery final against France.
Lippi left the position following that triumph, but returned to guide Italy to the finals in South Africa four years later.
However, his second stint at the helm of the national side was not as fruitful as the first, as Italy crashed out in the group stage of the 2010 tournament.
Lippi was subsequently replaced by Cesare Prandelli, who welcomed his predecessor to Coverciano for a training session on Thursday.
The duo appeared deep in conversation throughout, and Prandelli will now be hoping to emulate…
Ricardo Carvalho hopes to watch Portugal add the Confederations Cup to their trophy cabinet after defying his advancing years to win the European Championship last season.
Then 38, Carvalho became the oldest player in the history of the UEFA event in France last year, and helped his team claim their first piece of major international silverware thanks to a dramatic extra-time triumph over the hosts in the showpiece in Paris.
Now 39 and playing for Shanghai SIPG, the former Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Monaco defender is not among the squad picked by head coach Fernando Santos for the World Cup warm-up event in Russia, where Portugal face Mexico in their opening game in Kazan on Sunday, but he will be watching his countrymen with keen interest.
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Neymar insists he could handle the rigours of representing Brazil at the Copa America Centenario and Rio Olympics this year, despite Barcelona coach Luis Enrique s concerns over the physical impact.
Brazil coach Dunga met the Barca boss to discuss the forward s availability for the two international competitions, with the Copa taking place in the United States in June before the Games get underway in August.
Luis Enrique has expressed worries over the possibility of Neymar as well as Barca team-mates Rafinha and Dani Alves being called up for both squads and potentially hampering preparations for the next club season.
However, the former Santos forward says he is young enough to cope with the demands of featuring in the Copa and in Rio, where he hopes to help Bra…
Alvaro Morata scored his first senior goal for Atletico Madrid as they secured a 2-0 LaLiga win over Villarreal at the Wanda Metropolitano.
The Spain striker had gone nine league matches without scoring, his worst run since January 2016 when he played for Juventus, but his clever finish after 31 minutes set Diego Simeone s side on their way before Saul Niguez added a late second.
Barcelona s battling 4-2 defeat of Sevilla on Saturday left Atleti needing a good result to keep the pressure on in the title race, and Simeone named a strong side despite having only four days rest from the Champions League victory over Juventus.
Atleti could have paid for a slow start, though, when Karl Toko Ekambi went through on goal, but he could only shoot straight …
Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko is wanted by Turkish outfit Trabzonspor
A lack of transfer activity has slightly marred Tottenham’s preparations for the new Premier League campaign.
However, one of last summer’s mistakes, I mean signings Moussa Sissoko could leave the club this summer according to Sky Sports.
Sky is reporting that Turkish club Trabzonspor have made a loan offer for the Frenchman midfielder. Spurs have reportedly not made a decision on the offer.
However, they would rather sell the midfielder on a permanent basis than loan him out according to Trabzonspor vice-chairman Gencaga Meric.
Meric told : Sissoko is keen on joining, we have spoken with him and talks went well.
We have yet to convince Tottenham or their man…
Bayern Munich have confirmed that goalkeeper Alexander Nubel will spend the next two seasons on loan at Monaco.
And the German champions have brought Sven Ulreich back to the club on a free transfer in order to fill the newly created vacancy behind first choice Manuel Neuer.
Nubel, who signed from Schalke in June 2020, took on that role last term and ultimately made just four appearances across all competitions.
The 24-year-old is considered a long-term successor to Neuer but had made clear to Bayern his desire to play more regularly next season.
As sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic explained: It was Alexander Nubel s wish to gain match practice. We supported that.
Nubel joins Monaco on a two-year deal with Bayern reserving the right to recall…
According to , Chelsea central defender Fikayo Tomori turned down a move to West Ham United on summer deadline day. It has been reported that West Ham had agreed a loan deal with Chelsea, but the defender decided just 10 minutes before the window shut that he did not want to make the move to the London rivals.
Tomori reportedly wants to stay at Chelsea and fight for his place in manager Frank Lampard’s starting lineup. As for West Ham, David Moyes’s side want to sign a new centre-back, and now they will have to look at the Championship to reinforce that position.
According to , Tomori has played just 45 minutes in the Premier League for Chelsea so far this season. During the 2019-20 campaign, the 22-year-old centre-back scored one goal in 15 league matches, and prov…