Mathieu Valbuena expressed his disappointment after being left out of France s 23-man squad for the upcoming Euro 2016.
Didier Deschamps elected not to pick the 31-year-old, who has amassed over 50 international appearances for France since making his international debut in 2010.
The France coach said his decision to leave out the midfielder was down to fitness concerns, with Valbuena suffering calf, thigh and hip injuries in 2015-16.
Valbuena took to social media to express his feelings over the decision ahead of the tournament hosted by France, which kicks off on June 10 in Paris.
It is therefore official that I will not participate in the Euros in France, the Lyon midfielder wrote via Instagram on Thursday.
Whatever the reasons, s…
Cristian Stellini insists Tottenham are not in crisis despite Antonio Conte s acrimonious exit from the club.
Conte left Spurs by mutual consent last Sunday, a week on from a remarkable outburst after a 3-3 draw with bottom side Southampton in which his side squandered a two-goal lead late on.
The former Chelsea boss labelled his players selfish and questioned the club s lack of silverware during Daniel Levy s time as chairman in a tirade that ultimately cost him his job, with assistant Stellini taking charge until the end of the season.
Conte becomes the third Spurs manager to be relieved of their duties since Mauricio Pochettino, who led Spurs to the Champions League final, was sacked in 2019, while the club s wait for a first trophy since 2008 has extended to …
Christophe Galtier knows Paris Saint-Germain s hierarchy will reflect on his future after Sunday s dire defeat to Rennes, though he believes their display can be explained by a lengthy injury list.
PSG were booed off at half-time and full-time by a furious home crowd as Karl Toko Ekambi and Arnaud Kalimuendo netted either side of the interval in a routine win for Rennes.
PSG s defeat was their first on home soil in Ligue 1 since April 2021, when Galtier led former club Lille to a 1-0 triumph at the Parc des Princes before beating the Parisians to the title.
While Galtier looks likely to win his second domestic title this term, he has attracted criticism since overseeing a meek Champions League exit against Bayern Munich earlier this month.
Galtier knows P…
Ukraine and Poland, co-hosts of the 2012 European Championship, on Friday declared themselves confident that UEFA will accept the four Ukrainian cities put forward to host matches.
European football s governing body demonstrated their confidence in Poland in May by confirming four Polish cities as host venues.
However, Kiev was the only Ukrainian city approved by UEFA in what was seen as an ultimatum for the former Soviet state to get their delay-plagued preparations in order.
Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lviv are Ukraine s three other candidate cities.
I think we ll get confirmation next week that the championship is coming to the east, said Ilia Chevlak, head of the Ukrainian organising committee, during a video conference with her Polish counterpart, Marcin …
Chloe Kelly and Nikita Parris have backed their England team-mates to recover from the gut-wrenching disappointment of missing out on a chance of featuring at the Olympic Games in 2024.
The Lionesses lifted the Euro 2022 trophy and reached the final of the Women s World Cup a year later, but there was no fairytale ending to their Women s Nations League story.
Sarina Wiegman s European champions hammered Scotland 6-0 in their last fixture in Group A1 this month, but the Netherlands 4-0 win over Belgium saw them top the standings.
Had Olympic qualification been determined by World Cup placings, Team GB would have qualified thanks to their nominated representative England making the final, losing 1-0 to Spain.
However, the new Nations League competition dict…
Barcelona have re-signed former Chelsea and Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu and inserted a £400million euros (£347m) release clause into his contract.
Romeu, 31, came through Barca’s famed academy but made only one league outing for the Catalan club before he joined Chelsea in 2011.
Now, 12 years later, Barcelona have announced the midfielder’s return to the Nou Camp on a three-year deal after one season with fellow LaLiga side Girona.
A culer comes back home.
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)
Born in Catalonia, Romeu had a spell in Espanyol’s academy before he joined Barca’s youth team and was given his debut by Pep Guardiola in 2011.
A move to Chelsea followed months later but it was at Southampton where he established himse…
Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola s honesty has been hugely refreshing for the Premier League, so says David James.
In what is set to be the final Premier League meeting between the great managerial rivals, Liverpool and Manchester City served up a thrilling 1-1 draw at Anfield on Sunday.
For the second time in the last three seasons, Liverpool and City have drawn both of their meetings in a Premier League campaign (2021-22 and 2023-24). Four of the last six meetings between the two in the top flight have ended level, as many as in the previous 17 combined (four).
Guardiola, meanwhile, is the manager to have beaten Klopp the most in the German s career, with 10 wins. But it is the same the other way around, with Klopp having overcome Guardiola s sides on 11 occasion…
Chelsea ended Tottenham’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season with an extraordinary 4-1 win over their London rivals on Monday evening.
A hat-trick from Nicolas Jackson helped Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino enjoy a successful return to his former club, but only after a pulsating contest with two red cards and five disallowed goals.
Here, the PA news agency looks at 10 of the greatest games in the Premier League era.
Manchester City 3 QPR 2 (May 2012)
Balotelli… AGUERO!
You know the rest…
Watch the full film later today!
— Premier League (@premierleague)
Perhaps the most significant of all. City started this game knowing a win would earn them a first Premier League title but when they went 2-1 down – ev…
Orlando City head coach Oscar Pareja is hopeful his side can continue their play-off journey ahead of facing New England Revolution this weekend.
The Lions recorded consecutive victories with an emphatic display against D.C. United last time out as they put on a five-star showing at the Inter Co Stadium.
Their latest result leaves them in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, five points behind Charlotte FC.
Pareja insists his side must continue to improve as they aim to climb the league table, believing his players have found confidence and a connection at an important stage of the season.
“First we will try to keep and then improve the level, like always,” Pareja said. “The results obviously just give us more confidence to continue winning gam…
Cristiano Ronaldo says Portugal deserve to win Euro 2024, as the skipper issued a rallying cry to the 2016 champions.
Roberto Martinez s side are among the favourites to go all the way in Germany, where they begin their campaign against Czechia on Tuesday, before facing Turkiye and debutants Georgia in Group F.
Portugal were the only nation in qualifying to progress with a 100 per cent record as they won all 10 of their matches, scoring 36 goals and conceding just two, though their impressive form stalled with defeats against Croatia and Slovenia in recent friendlies.
Ronaldo, who netted 10 times in qualifying, is set to become the first player to feature in six editions of the European Championship, in which he already holds the record for most appearances (25) …