Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins is expected to start against Brazil later today during this international window in the first of two pre-Euro 2024 friendlies in a chance to impress ahead of this summer’s European Championship finals. With Harry Kane missing the Wembley friendly due to his ankle injury, England manager Gareth Southgate may look … Read more
Gareth Southgate has some tough choices to make With Euro 2024 fast approaching, Gareth Southgate’s England squad is starting to take shape. Ahead of the matches against Brazil and Belgium, Telegraph Sport assesses what the squad would look like if it were chosen now: Goalkeepers Jordan Pickford has established himself as England’s No.1 – Getty … Read more
Gareth Southgate has revealed that Ben White does not want to be considered for the England squad. He said he had to make the truth public because continuing to ‘protect’ the Arsenal player would have risked his own credibility. Southgate wanted to call up White for the upcoming Wembley friendlies against Brazil and Belgium, with … Read more
The arrival of Declan Rice has changed the face of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal – Reuters/John Sibley Could a team two places lower in the Premier League, with fewer points and fewer goals scored than at the comparable stage of the previous campaign, have improved? It sounds unlikely, but evidence is mounting that this is true … Read more
Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal’s goalscoring problems have become a psychological problem for his players after his team were again punished for failing to convert their chances. Arsenal’s 2-0 FA Cup defeat at home to Liverpool, who struck twice late in the second half, means Arteta’s side have now lost three games in a row since … Read more
Luke Littler is the story of the World Darts Championship so far – PA Wire/Zac Goodwin If you thought 18 months was young for Luke Littler to get his first dartboard, guess what the child prodigy bought his nephew before the child was even born? You can hardly blame the 16-year-old sensation for coming to … Read more
In an interview two years ago, I asked Asmir Begovic to build his fantasy goalkeeper. He chose the mentality of Gianluigi Buffon, the approach of Kasper Schmeichel, the distribution of Ederson, the communication of Manuel Neuer and the presence of Gianluigi Donnarumma. But who selected the then Bournemouth goalkeeper, now at Queen’s Park Rangers and … Read more