Felix Sanchez has left his position as Qatar head coach after the World Cup hosts failed to collect a point in front of home fans.

A long career in Qatari football has ended with former Barcelona youth coach Sanchez saying he hopes to find a new challenge.

Qatar s performance was the worst statistically of any host nation in World Cup history. No other home side had ever lost as many as three matches or conceded as many as seven group-stage goals, which is what happened to Qatar.

Spaniard Sanchez took up an academy job in Qatar in 2006 before becoming directly involved with the national set-up at youth levels, later being appointed boss of the national team in 2017, with an Asian Cup triumph in 2019 marking the peak of his achievement in the job.

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Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez has bluntly told Memphis Depay to leave the club, or face the prospect of regularly being left out of the starting lineup, according to .

The Catalan club have reinforced their attacking ranks significantly since Xavi s arrival at the helm, signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Arsenal and Ferran Torres from Manchester City in January, as well as Raphinha from Leeds United and Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich this summer. These arrivals seriously jeopardize Depay s place in the team, and the former midfielder has made his feelings on the matter quite clear to the Dutch forward.

Depay joined Barcelona from Olympique Lyon last year on a free transfer and went on to put down 13 goals and two assists in 37 appearances for the club t…

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Slovenian team Celje will head to the Estonian capital for their Champions League qualifying match against Flora on Wednesday.

The winner over the two legs will advance to the second qualifying round to face either Slovan Bratislava or Struga.

Flora

Flora are set to make their second consecutive appearance in Champions League qualifying after securing the Meistriliiga title last season.

Jurgen Henn departed as manager at the end of the season, allowing Norbert Hurt to begin his second tenure as Flora’s manager.

Hurt will be disappointed with Flora s current league performance, as they sit in third place, 15 points behind leaders Levadia with 16 games remaining.

In their latest match, Hurt s team los…

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With Liverpool s quadruple quest one-quarter accomplished following their Carabao Cup victory, attention now shifts back to the FA Cup as they prepare to host Southampton in a fifth-round clash at Anfield on Wednesday night.

The Reds come into this match fresh off a thrilling 1-0 extra-time triumph over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final, showcasing their resilience and determination. Meanwhile, Southampton faced a setback with a 2-1 defeat to Millwall in Saturday s Championship encounter.

Liverpool

Since Jurgen Klopp s arrival and the signing of his first contract with Liverpool, the club has already added seven trophies to their cabinet, including their sixth Champions League title and their 19th league title in English footbal…

Arsenal are interested in signing Julian Alvarez from Premier League rivals Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that although Arsenal were not planning to bring in a new striker, Alvarez potentially becoming available this summer could change that.

Alvarez is one of the best forwards in the Premier League and has been on the books of City since 2022 when he joined from Argentine giants River Plate. The 24-year-old Argentina international wants to play regular first-team football and could be on his way out of the Etihad Stadium.

The forward has made 67 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. Alvarez has scored 20 goals and given nine assists in those games. The 24-year-old has helped City win the Premier L…

With the drawing to a close last weekend, all of the attention will now be turned to the Premier League’s looming return.

Watching make more domestic history last season as they got their hands on a fourth consecutive Premier League crown, we look set for another rollercoaster adventure from across England’s elite.

With the action getting underway on August 16th, we currently find ourselves at the heart of another frantic summer transfer window.

While a host of clubs might be seriously looking over their shoulders at potential financial breaches, we have already seen some serious investment.

Still with a month left until the 2024/25 campaign gets underway, we have taken a look at who have already been the Premier League s most expensive arrivals s…

Karim Benzema says it would be dream to represent France at Euro 2016 and is hoping for good news with head coach Didier Deschamps and FFF President Noel Le Graet set to discuss his situation at a meeting on Wednesday.

With an investigation into his part in the alleged blackmail attempt of France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena, and after the emergence of claims last week that he was called as a witness as part of a money laundering case, Benzema s return to the national squad for the Euros remains the subject of intense speculation.

The tournament begins in June, with hosts France joint favourites for the title along with world champions Germany.

Benzema has scored 25 goals in 29 appearances for Real Madrid this season and has 27 goals from 81 caps in a France career…

Fans will receive 82 per cent of the tickets available for matches at Euro 2020, UEFA has announced.

The governing body has revealed the details for next year s competition, which will see 24 teams playing in 12 countries across the continent.

UEFA confirmed that 2.5million tickets have been reserved for supporters of participating nations and the general public, more than the total number available for Euro 2016, which was staged in France.

Across the 44 matches, 1m tickets will be available for €50 or less and 40,000 supporters will pay fewer than €100 to attend the semi-finals and final at Wembley.

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RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich played a thrilling match at the Red Bull Arena on Saturday afternoon. The home side were 2-0 up by halftime, courtesy of Lois Openda (20 ) and Castello Lukeba (26 ), but Harry Kane struck from the spot for the Bavarians (57 ) after Benjamin Henrichs was judged to have raised his elbow to block a Leroy Sane free-kick, and Sane himself finished off a perfectly executed counterattack (70 ) to rescue a point for his team.

Leipzig could ve won it in the first half

It may be a worn-out expression in football, but a game of two halves is more than suitable to help describe this contest.

Both Leipzig and Bayern have tremendous quality in their ranks, and the battle between them was always going to be exciting. It was Leipzig who dominated the first…

Republic of Ireland fell to a disappointing 2-1 loss at the hands of Belarus on Tuesday in their final friendly before Euro 2016.
The hosts had lost just one of their previous 13 matches, but a weakened line-up in Cork was deservedly beaten by goals from Mikhail Hardzeichuk and Maksim Valadzko.
Stephen Ward offered a sell-out crowd some hope when he pulled one back, but it arrived too late for Ireland to avoid defeat.
Manager Martin O Neill made 11 changes from the team that drew 1-1 with the Netherlands on Friday. With Harry Arter believed to already be ruled out and James McCarthy and Robbie Keane potentially set to miss the tournament through injury, this was an opportunity for many to impress.
However, after 20 minutes of toil, Ireland fell behind.
With the hosts pushing forw…