Manchester City are the team leading the way in the Women s Super League standings with 10 points from four games, ahead of Sunday s home clash with Aston Villa.
However, it is Chelsea and Manchester United – who saw their scheduled matchday three meeting postponed – who boast the only two perfect records in the division.
Both sides have recorded three wins from as many games ahead of potentially testing fixtures this weekend.
While Marc Skinner s United go to Brighton, who have taken nine points from four matches in a fine start, Chelsea host Tottenham in a big London derby.
Elsewhere, Renee Slegers takes charge of Arsenal for the first time in the WSL following the exit of Jonas Eidevall, with a trip to West Ham marking her first league assignment f…
Spain reached the semi-finals of the men s football tournament at the Tokyo Olympics after surviving an almighty scare against the Ivory Coast.
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly was a surprising opening goalscorer but Dani Olmo levelled before half-time at Miyagi Stadium.
Spain were the dominant force on the ball without finding a breakthrough, and it looked as though they were staring at a shock quarter-final exit when Max Gradel s deflected effort gave Ivory Coast the lead in injury time.
Incredibly, substitute Rafa Mir forced extra time two minutes later, scoring just 58 seconds after coming off the bench.
Spain at last went ahead when Oyarzabal swept home from the penalty spot, Bailly having been penalised for handball after a long VAR review.
Julen Lopetegui had plenty of praise for West Ham s strong mentality as his side triumphed 4-1 against Ipswich Town at London Stadium.
It marked the Hammers’ first win at home this Premier League season, while Ipswich remain winless.
The hosts went 1-0 ahead after 48 seconds through Michail Antonio West Ham’s earliest Premier League goal on record.
Having been pegged back to level terms just five minutes later when Liam Delap scored following a corner, Lopetegui was pleased with how his side set about regaining control, with Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta on target.
We started better but we suffered a very early goal too. We conceded from the first corner and maybe we could have done better. It was key as the team then showed a strong…
Spain are set to appoint Luis de la Fuente as their new head coach following Luis Enrique s departure.
Luis Enrique s exit was confirmed on Thursday, two days on from Spain being eliminated from the World Cup on penalties by Morocco in the last 16.
The Royal Football Federation (RFEF) has moved quickly to bring in a replacement, with current Under-21 boss De La Fuente in line to take over.
In a statement released less than an hour after Luis Enrique s departure was announced, the RFEF said it has chosen Le La Fuente as its choice to take charge of the senior side.
OFICIAL | La confía en Luis de la Fuente como nuevo seleccionador nacional
La junta directiva debe aprobar el nombramiento el próximo lunes
— RFEF (@rfef)
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Manchester United want to sign Memphis Depay from Barcelona in January to replace the departing Cristiano Ronaldo, according to .
Depay has, of course, already played for the 20-time English champions, having arrived at Old Trafford back in 2015 when current Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal sat in the dugout there. He made a total of 53 appearances for United, scoring just seven goals and providing six assists. Van Gaal was replaced by Jose Mourinho in 2016, and the Portuguese tactician named Depay to start only once, in a League Cup win over fourth-tier side Northampton Town before shipping him off to Olympique Lyon the following summer.
The Dutch international left Lyon for Barcelona as a free agent in 2021 and had a very decent first season at Camp Nou, but this term,…
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The hectic post-Christmas schedule continues in the Premier League, and on Friday evening, Liverpool will be playing host to Leicester City. It will be the 16th game of the season for the home side; 17th for the visitors.
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Having played well below their usual standards for a long period at the start, Liverpool have already lost all realistic chance of competing for the Premier League title this season and a top-four finish is all they ll be hoping for. It is a big step down for last season s runners up, but the good news for their supporters is that the Reds seem to getting back to their feet of late.
At the moment, Liverpool are sixth in the league with 25 points from their 15 matches so far. Brighton and Chelsea are …
Louis van Gaal is not expecting a classic World Cup encounter between the Netherlands and Argentina on Friday due to the way football has evolved .
The quarter-final at Lusail Stadium will be the sixth finals meeting between the two sides.
Those previous clashes include a dominant Netherlands win in 1974, a controversial 1978 final and Dennis Bergkamp s memorable winner at this stage in 1998.
Most recently, however, Van Gaal s Netherlands and Argentina played out a goalless draw in the semi-finals eight years ago, with La Albiceleste advancing on penalties.
Speaking at a pre-match news conference on Thursday, Van Gaal appeared to suggest a similarly tight affair was likely this time.
Explaining his new vision , the Oranje coach had a very attackin…
David Raya has joined Arsenal on a permanent basis after spending a successful season on loan from Brentford in 2023-24.
Raya joined Arsenal on a season-long loan deal last year, with the Gunners paying a £3million loan fee and agreeing a £27m option to make the move permanent.
He edged out Aaron Ramsdale to earn a starting spot and kept 16 clean sheets as Mikel Arteta s team finished as Premier League runners-up, winning the competition s Golden Glove award.
Everton s Jordan Pickford (13) was the only other goalkeeper to keep more than 10 clean sheets in the competition.
Raya did, however, concede 24 goals from 20.93 expected goals on target (xGoT) faced.
David Raya, here to stay
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With all eyes from across the continent falling on the Albanian city of Tirana, Roma claimed their first European trophy as they clinched a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Feyenoord on Wednesday night.
Lifting this season s inaugural Europa Conference League title and writing their own piece of history in doing so, it was Nicolo Zaniolo who cemented his spot in Giallorossi folklaw just after the half hour mark.
Producing a clever flick past Feyenoord s returning goalkeeper Justin Bijlow and sending Wednesday s traveling support into overdrive, there is no doubt that the party back in Italy will run into the early hours.
Overcoming a second-half rally from their Dutch opponents, we have taken a look at the main talking points as Roma lifted the Europa Conference …
Kenny McLean says Arsenal didn t have to be good to thrash beleaguered Norwich City 5-0 on Boxing Day.
Bukayo Saka scored in each half, with Kieran Tierney, Alexandre Lacazette and substitute Emile Smith Rowe also finding the net at Carrow Road as Arsenal recorded their joint-biggest margin of victory away from home in a Premier League match.
McLean, however, feels that Norwich did not make Arsenal work for their win and warned the bottom-of-the-table Canaries must make life much more difficult for opponents.
That s the worst result we have had recently for sure against a good Arsenal team who didn t have to be good, McLean said to the BBC.
We gave them everything. We need to show some character. We re not here to complain about injuries and Covid-19.…