Luton midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu is to continue his remarkable journey from non-league football to the Premier League after agreeing a new contract, the Hatters have announced.
The 29-year-old midfielder, the first man to have won promotion from the Conference to the English top flight with the same club, has committed himself to an 11th season at Kenilworth Road.
Former West Ham trainee Mpanzu has made 364 appearances, the most recent of them in last season’s Sky Bet Championship play-off final victory over Coventry, for the club he initially joined on loan in November 2013 before completing a permanent move in January 2014.
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He told Luton’s official website: “It’s great to be …
Girona are hoping to round off their most successful campaign in LaLiga with victory against Granada on Friday, while Artem Dovbyk is in the hunt to finish as the league s top scorer.
Michel s team, the surprise package of the season, already know they will finish third in the standings behind champions Real Madrid and runners-up Barcelona.
Girona, whose previous best finish was 10th in 2017-18 and 2022-23, have clinched their place in next season s Champions League and simply want to enjoy their outing on Friday.
Tomorrow the stadium will be full and afterwards we want to celebrate with our fans, Michel said on Thursday.
The best way to end the season is to win and make the fans proud, that s what we re playing for. We have to end the season in the be…
England and Montenegro face off in Podgorica on Friday with both sides fighting to book their places at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
England only need a point to qualify as group winners while Montenegro trail Fabio Capello s men by six points with an inferior goal difference.
Montenegro will be going all out for victory against England and hope a win over Switzerland four days later will earn them the playoff spot.
The Montenegrins will clinch a playoff berth if they beat England and fail to beat Wales.
Switzerland, who are third in the group, play away to Wales on Friday and at home to Montenegro on October 11.
With eight points from six games, they will clinch a play-off spot if they win both their remaining matches.
Montenegro he…
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has suggested that the form and ability of compatriot and Manchester City stopper Ederson pushes him to be better on the field.
Since making his Premier League debut in August 2018, the Brazilian has prevented more league goals than any other goalkeeper according to Opta s goals prevented metric.
He has also kept 89 clean sheets, with only Ederson (97) managing more in the same period.
Ederson is a fantastic guy and in the national team, we have a really good relationship, said the 31-year-old, during an interview for BBC s Football Focus.
I really like his composure… When I look at him, I can see that this is the way that I have to play. I have to be cooler with the ball at my feet even when I am under pressure.
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Turkiye s Merih Demiral produced a record-breaking opener before his second goal secured a 2-1 victory over Austria at Euro 2024, teeing up a quarter-final meeting with the Netherlands.
Ralf Rangnick s side topped Group D ahead of France and Ronald Koeman s Oranje, but came unstuck in the first knockout round on Tuesday in Leipzig.
Demiral scored after just 57 seconds for the fastest knockout-stage goal in European Championship history, before doubling Turkiye s lead, and his own account, after the interval.
Michael Gregoritsch offered Austria hope with his 66th-minute finish, yet Vincenzo Montella s men – saved by last-gasp Mert Gunok heroics – held on to progress into the last-eight clash in Berlin on Saturday.
Incredible.
Türkiye face Neth…
Evanilson scored his first Bournemouth goal while Dango Ouattara and Antoine Semenyo were also on target as south coast rivals Southampton were brushed aside in a routine 3-1 victory.
Brazilian forward Evanilson steered past ex-Cherries goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after 17 minutes at the Vitality Stadium on Monday thanks to Marcus Tavernier s quick thinking from a Bournemouth free-kick.
Ouattara was credited with Bournemouth s second after Semenyo s cut-back was drilled towards goal by Lewis Cook before diverting past Ramsdale off his team-mate.
Semenyo then put the cherry atop the cake in a wonderful first-half performance, shimmying this way and that before drilling into the bottom-left corner in the 38th minute.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis reduced the arrears …
Thiago Motta was delighted with Juventus willingness to take risks after his side ran out 3-0 winners over Hellas Verona.
Juve followed up their 3-0 win over Como by dispatching Verona by the same scoreline on Monday.
Dusan Vlahovic scored twice, with Nicolo Savona netting Juve s other goal as the Bianconeri started a Serie A campaign with back-to-back wins for the first time since 2019-20.
And Motta believes a high-risk, high-reward strategy is the way forward.
You can see the group s attitude from the way they press the opponent, he told DAZN.
They take risks, but if you recover the ball it s a big advantage.
This phase of the game is important, we need everyone. Today our forwards worked hard and well, having this balance is very im…
France and Manchester United striker Anthony Martial played just 69 minutes at Euro 2016
France and Manchester United forward Anthony Martial was given just 10 minutes to change the game in their Euro 2016 final defeat to Portugal at the Stade de France on Sunday evening, and unsurprisingly struggled to make an impact.
He’s played just 69 minutes of football in the tournament this summer despite possessing a skill set that could have been game-changing against Portugal among other games, so why hasn’t he featured more for France?
Competition for places in the France squad
Anthony Martial primarily operates as an inside forward on the left flank, cutting inside on his stronger right foot or taking the ball to the byline to get a cross in. Unfortunatel…
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Former Poland president Lech Walesa says the country s co-hosting of Euro 2012 will be of a massive benefit off the field as well as on it.
With parts of the country still suffering from an economic downturn following the collapse of communism, Walesa reiterated exclusively to Goal.com that the money ploughed into the Polish economy fits in with the free state which he helped to create.
Speaking of his feelings about the European Championship being staged in his home country, the co-founder of the Solidarity Trade Union said: I was a part of the organisational processes I always thought that we need to unite different nations.
Furthermore, Euro 2012 has sparked off many investments in this country. New things have been built, others were tidied up. It is this a…