When Wayne Rooney came to Germany for the 2006 World Cup, he was 20 years old but a preternaturally mature 20. It was his second major tournament having dazzled at Euro 2004, and he had just completed his second season at Manchester United. He too was talked of as one of the best players in...
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Gareth Southgate may be England’s greatest ever manager. So why the hate?
They have a word for it in German: der Briefcasetrainerparadigm, a phrase used to describe a person who is self-evidently good at what they do, but who is still universally regarded as a disaster. OK, there is no such actual word word. The phrase “there’s a German word for it” is in itself a longstanding red...
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Phil Foden ‘feels sorry’ for Gareth Southgate after England criticism
Phil Foden insists England’s best players need to take responsibility for a string of poor performances at Euro 2024 and said he “feels sorry” for under-fire manager Gareth Southgate. England are ramping up preparations for their quarter-final clash with Switzerland in Dusseldorf on Saturday night having stumbled through to the last eight. Southgate’s side topped...
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England at Euro 2024: Gareth Southgate will reach 100th game but changes needed for Switzerland quarter-final
Gareth Southgate will make his century. It is an incredible achievement. But Southgate will reach the landmark on the back of a streaky forward-defensive that snicked the edge of his bat, and just evaded the wicketkeeper. Southgate invited Ben Stokes to talk to the squad in their pre-tournament training camp in County Durham. Cricket is...
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Full England squad in training, Shaw update later, Bellingham ban latest
Arsenal legend says Germany will beat Spain Former Germany and Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has claimed that Spain are ‘too small and inexperienced’ to win Euro 2024. La Roja have cemented themselves as tournament favourites having become the only team to win all of their games. In comparison, England and France have both struggled to...
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Kane: Bellingham goal one of England’s best ever
England captain Harry Kane hailed Jude Bellingham‘s added-time overhead kick against Slovakia as one of the best goals in the country’s history as they fought back to win 2-1 in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday. Bellingham’s 95th-minute goal rescued a dire England, who trailed Slovakia for the majority of the round-of-16 tie, and forced the game into...
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Sunday Headlines: Barion Brown listed as top-10 receiver in college football
Good morning BBN! Football season is quickly approaching as the Kentucky Wildcats look to take on one of the toughest schedules in the SEC. Featuring teams such as Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, and several others the Cats will need some firepower on the offensive side of the ball to go and win some games. With a...
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Phil Foden returns to England camp, Declan Rice told to ‘take less touches’
Hell’s Bells Jude Bellingham has told his England team-mates to forget about any negative supporters as he praised the fans who dragged him over the line against Slovenia despite being ‘absolutely dead’ on his feet. Despite drawing widespread criticism for their performances at Euro 2024, England topped Group C and avoided what appears to be...
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Euro 2024 and the lopsided draw affecting which teams are considered likely finalists
There is a reason, at the very moment Gareth Southgate and his players were having obscenities and plastic cups hurled at them in Cologne on Tuesday, every leading UK bookmaker was slashing the odds on England winning Euro 2024. It had nothing to do with a sudden surge of optimism or a flurry of betting...
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Euro 2024 day 12 – Stacked bracket, goal drought history and masked Mbappe finally scores
The good news for most of Europe’s leading football nations is that with one day of the group stages left they are through to the knockout stages of the European Championship — the bad news is many of them are in the same half of a lopsided draw. As you can see from the bracket...
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England disappoint again but still top group after stalemate with Slovenia
It had been universally accepted that England needed a performance to reinvigorate their fans here in Germany after the toil of their opening Euro 2024 ties against Serbia and Denmark. One of the principal takeaways from a claustrophobic and emotional night was that the fans were certainly connected. Moved to boo at the interval after...
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The Briefing: England 0 Slovenia 0: Southgate’s side seal top spot in Group C but underwhelm again
England qualified for the knockout stage of the European Championship with a 0-0 draw against Slovenia that means they win Group C. Gareth Southgate’s team were underwhelming in their opening two games of the tournament and there was little sign of a revolution in the first half of their group finale on Tuesday evening. England...