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The day that saw a host of records being re-written in Benito Villamarin, England defeated Spain 3-2 in the UEFA Nations League match.  The match started with Gareth Southgate's cruising to a 3-0 lead at half-time that saw Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling scoring the first goal, his first goal for the Three Lions since his goal against Estonia on the 10th of October 2015, in the 16th minute with Marcus Rashfording adding the second in the 29th minute and Sterling completing his double in the 38th minute. Raheem Sterling was rewarded with the man of the match after scoring a brace, his first goal since 2015 (Source: Getty Images) The Spanish Armada was stunned by the pace of the English side as they tried desperately to keep the young lions at bay in the first half. The second half saw the 2008 World Cup winners enjoying much more space and freedom as they started to crawl back into the match with ono-form striker Paco Alcacer heading one in the 58th minute to make i...

Italian international and former AC Milan, Inter Milan and Real Madrid forward Antonio Cassano has announced his retirement from the World of football. One of the greatest talent in World Football who failed to live up to the expectations(Source: C1thejournal.ie) The 36-year old made a total of 514 appearances and scored 141 times while making 109 assist in a career that saw the Italian playing for Bari, Roma, Real Madrid, Sampdoria, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Parma. The Italian international won 2 Suppercoppa Italiana, 1 La Liga and 1 Seria A during his career and was named the Seria A Young Footballer of the Year twice. 

India has announced a strong 22-man squad to face China on the 13th in their first ever International Friendly meeting on Saturday India and China have faced off against each other 17 times and the Chinese have been victorious on 12 occasions with the rest ending as draws. The last time both the teams met was in 1997 at Kochi in the Nehru Cup and ended with the Red Dragons winning 2-1 The only major omission from the Indian squad is that of striker Balwant Singh who was denied Chinese visa after finding that his passport will expire in 6 months. Indian Squad Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Karanjit Singh Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Sarthak Golui, Sandesh Jhingan, Anas Edathodika, Salam Ranjan Singh, Subashish Bose, Narayan Das Midfielders: Udanta Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Pronoy Halder, Rowlin Borges, Anirudh Thapa, Vinit Rai, Halicharan Narzary, Ashique Kuruniyan Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sumeet Passi, Farukh Choudhary 

Chelsea legend John Terry is set to take the Aston Villa assistant coach role role with Dean Smith set to take the hotseat after the departur of Steve Bruce. John Terry will be taking his first coaching stint since his announcing his retirement a couple days ago (Source:  lastwordonfootball)  John Terry who had a 19-year trophy laden career with the Blues, last played with Aston Villa making made 32 appearances for the 8-time champions of England before announcing his retirement from active football a couple of days back. After 12 rounds of the English Championship Aston Villa languishes in a precarious 15th position. 

Kylian Mbappe is the first footballer to be nominated for both U21 Balon d'Or and Balon d'Or award (Source:  foot01)  The France football has announced the 10 men shortlist for the first ever Trophee Kepa or the U-21 Balon d'Or,  presented to the best young player in the age group. The trophy is named after the French football legend Raymond Kopa and will be presented along with the 2018 Balon d'Or. 2018 Trophee Kopa Nominees Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool,  England) Houssem Aouar (Lyon,  France) Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan, Italy) Ritsu Doan (FC Groningen,  Japan) Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan, Italy) Amadou Haidara (RB Salzburg, Mali) Justin Kluivert (AS Roma,  Netherlands) Kylian Mbappe (PSG,  France) Christian Pulisic (BVB Dortmund, USA) Rodrygo (Santos, Brazil) 

The 2018 Balon d'Or award is set to be presented in the 3rd of December. (Source: Marca) The 30-man shortlist for the Balon d'Or contains 8 players from the Champions League winning Real Madrid, 4 players from the runners-up Liverpool, 3 players each from Atletico Madrid, PSG and Barcelona, 2 players each from Manchester City, Chelsea Juventus and Tottenham and finally 1 from Manchester United make up the 30-man shortlist. David De Gea, who made it to the UEFA FIFPRO XI team this year is the only a notable absentee in the nominations. Balon d'Or: 30-man shortlist Sergio Aguero (Manchester City, Argentina) Alisson Becker (Liverpool, Brazil) Gareth Bale (Real Madrid, Wales) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France) Edinson Cavani (PSG, Uruguay) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium) Roberto Firmino (Liverpool, Brazil) Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid, Uruguay) Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid, France) Eden Hazard (Chel...

The 2018/19 UEFA Europa League has been announced with former champion Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Chelsea, RSC Anderlecht and Sevilla along with heavyweights Lazio, Arsenal and Marseille all vying for the trophy and a spot in the next season's Champions League. Source: GaLaTaMan HD Football Group A Bayer Leverkusen Ludogorets Razgrad FC Zurich AEK Larnaca Group B FC Red Bull Salzburg Celtic Red Bull Leipzig Rosenberg Group C Zenith Saint Petersburg FC Copenhagen FC Girondins de Bordeaux Slavia Prague Group D RSC Anderlecht Fenerbahce SK Dinamo Zagreb Spartak Trnava Group E Arsenal Sporting Lisbon Qarabag Vorskla Poltava Group F Olympiakos FC AC Milan Real Betis F91 Dudelange Group G Villarreal CF SK Rapid Wein Spartak Moscow Rangers Group H SS Lazio Olympique de Marseille Eintracht Frankfurt Apollon Limassol Group I Besiktas JK KRC Genk Malmo FF Sarpsborg 08 FF Group J Sevilla FC FC Krasnodar Standard Liege Akhisar ...

The 2018/19 Carabao Cup fixtures are out with reigning champions Manchester City starting their title defence away against Oxford United.  Source: The Sportsman Liverpool at Anfield against Chelsea, Manchester United against Frank Lampard managed Derby County seems to be the pick of the lot with a total of 4 all-Premier League ties with Liverpool v Chelsea, Leicester City v Wolves, Tottenham v Watford and Everton v Southampton. West Bromwich Albion v Crystal Palace FC Arsenal FC v Brentford FC Burton Albion FC v Burnley FC Wycombe Wanderers FC v Norwich City FC Oxford United FC v Manchester City West Ham United v Macclesfield Town FC Millwall FC v Fulham FC Liverpool FC v Chelsea FC AFC Bournemouth v Blackburn Rovers FC Preston North End FC v Middlesbrough FC Wolverhampton Wanderers FC v Leicester City FC Tottenham Hotspur FC v Watford FC Blackpool FC v Queens Park Rangers FC Everton FC v Southampton FC Manchester Utd v Derby County FC Notting...

The 2018/19 Champions League draws are out with reigning champions Real Madrid drawn into Group G of the Champions League groups. Source: Daily Post Nigeria Group A Atletico Madrid Borussia Dortmund AS Monaco FC Club Brugge Group B FC Barcelona Tottenham Hotspur PSV Eindhoven FC Internazionale Milano Group C Paris Saint Germain SSC Napoli Liverpool FC FK Crvena Zvezda Group D FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Porto FC Schalke 04 Galatasaray S.K Group E FC Bayern Munich S.L Benfica AFC Ajax AEK Athens FC Group F Manchester City FC Shakhtar Donetsk Olympique Lyonnais TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Group G Real Madrid AS Roma PFC CSKA Moscow FC Viktoria Plzen Group H Juventus Manchester United Valencia CF BSC Young Boys

13-time champions league winners and reigning European champions Real Madrid have finally announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup fixtures. For the first time in 9 years, Real Madrid will be without their iconic No7 Cristiano Ronaldo in their squad as new boss Julen Lopetegui prepares the team for the pre-season friendlies. Real Madrid will be without their World Cup stars Raphael Varane, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo and Casemiro while new signings Andriy Lunin, Alvaro Odriozola and Vinicius Jr have been added to the squad Source: www. marca.com Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas, Kiko Casilla, Luca Zidane, Andriy Lunin. Defenders:  Dani Carvajal, Jesus Vallejo, Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Theo Hernandez, Alvaro Odriozola, Sergio Reguilón, Luismi Quezada, Sergio López, Javi Sánchez, De la fuente, Jose León Bernal. Midfielders: Toni   Kroos, Marcos Llorente, Marco Asensio, Isco, Dani Ceballos, Martin Odegaard, Federico Valverde, Jaime Seoan...

Source: i2-prod.mirror.co.uk Reigning La Liga and Copa del Ray winners Barcelona has announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup. Ernesto Valvedere will be looking to win the only trophy that has eluded Barcelona for a few years, the Uefa Champions League, in his second season in charge of the Catalan club. Source: i.ytimg.com Valvedere will be without talisman Lionel Messi, centre-forward Luis Suarez and all the Barcelona players who advanced beyond the group stages of the World Cup while new signings Clement Lenglet and Arthur Melo while Malcolm who recently joined Barcelona will be left out. Valvedere has also decided to add 13 players from the Barcelona B team in a bid to experience to the youngsters. Barcelona Squad Source: cdn.vox-cdn.com Goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen, Jasper Cilessen, Jokin Ezkiet Defenders Nelson Semedo, Lucas Digne, Alex Vidal, Clement Lenglet, Marlon Santos, Sergi Palencia, Marc Cucurella, Oscar ...

Source: Marca Reigning Europa League winners Atletico Madrid has announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup fixtures to be held in Singapore. Diego Simeone has reinforced his side with new signings Gelson Martins, Nehuen Perez, Thomas Lemar and Rodrigo while club legends Gabi and Fernando Torres along with Diego Jota have left the club Atletico Madrid Squad Goalkeepers Jan Oblak, Antonio Adan, Alex dos Santos Defenders  Juanfran Torres, Aitor Punal, Andres Solano, Francisco Montero, Alberto Rodriguez Tachi, Carlos Isaac Midfielders   Rodrigo Hernandez, Thomas Partey, Vitolo, Roberto Olabe, Toni Moya, Oscar Garcia Quintela, Mikel Carro, Joaquin Munoz, Victor Mollejo Forwards  Angel Correa, Kevin Gameiro, Luciano Vietto, Borja Garces

Source: Getty Images Arsenal has announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup to be held in Singapore. This will be the first time in the 21st century and the first time in 22 years that Arsenal will be without their legendary manager Arsene Wenger in the dugout. New Boss Unai Emery will be looking make a statement to the other Premier League rivals as they start off their campaign against Athletico Madrid on the 25th of July (US time). Arsenal Squad for the 2018 International Champions Cup Goalkeepers  Petr Cech, Bernd Leno, Emiliano Marinez Defenders Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding, Calum Chambers, Sead Kolasinac, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Shkodran Mustafi, Jordi Osei-Tutu,  Midfielders  Mohamed Elneny, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Aaron Ramsay, Mesut Ozil, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Matteo Guendouzi, Emile Smith Rowe, Joe Willock Forwards   Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi, R...

Source: assets1.sportsnet.ca 7-time Champions League winners AC Milan have announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup to be held in the United States of America. Manager Genero Gattuso has reinforced the Milan side with the new signings of Ivan Strinic, Fabio Borini (last season he was on loan), Nikola Kalinic (last season he was on loan), Pepe Reina and Alen Halilovic while selling M'Baye Niang, Gianluca Lapadula, Gianmarco Zigoni and Niccolo Zanellato  AC Milan Squad GOALKEEPERS Gianluigi Donnarumma, Antonio Donnarumma, Pepe Reina DEFENDERS Ignazio Abate, Luca Antonelli, Gabriele Bellodi, Leonardo Bonucci, Davide Calabria, Mateo Musacchio, Ricardo Rodriguez, Alessio Romagnoli, Stefan Simic, Cristian Zapata MIDFIELDERS Andrea Bertolacci, Giancomo Bonaventura, Marco Brescianini, Hakan Calhanoglu, Alen Halilovic, Frank Kessie, Manuel Locatelli, Jose Mauri, Emanuele Torrasi FORWARDS Fabio Borini, Patrick Cutrone, Nikola Kalinic, And...

Source: amazonaws.com Last season Champions League quarterfinalists AS Roma have announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup. Eusebio Di Francesco has added a breath of fresh new talents into the squad with 21-year Ante Coric, 19-year old Justin Kluivert, 18-year old Nicolo Zaniolo, 18-year old William Bianda and 21-year old Daniel Fuzato along with the experienced campaigners like Ivan Marcano, Antonio Mirante, Javier Pastore, Davide Santon and Robin Olsen joining the side. While key players of the past few seasons like Radja Nainggolan and Alisson Becker along with the second keeper Lukas Skorupski, Marco Tumminello and Arturo Calabresi have left the club. Goalkeepers Antonio Mirante, Daniel Fuzato, Matteo Cardinali Defenders Rick Karsdorp, Luca Pellegrini, Juan Jesus, Aleksandar Kolarov, Ivan Marcano, Davide Santon, Federico Fazio, Alessandro Florenzi, Kostas Manolas, William Bianda Midfielders Bryan Cristante, Kevin Strootman, Lorenzo Pe...

Source: Getty Images The London based club has announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup in the United States of America. Tottenham Hotspur has not added any reinforcement to their squad and has not seen any key members of the side moving out.  Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has left out World Cup stars Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Moussa Dembele, Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose, Jan Vertonghen, Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele while Argentine Juan Foyth is set to miss out the opening half of the season with a thigh injury sustained in the friendly against Brentford, although being selected to the squad. Goalkeepers   Brandon Austin, Paulo Gazzaniga, Michael Vorm, Alfie Whiteman Defenders   Serge Aurier, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Ben Davies, TJ Eyoma, Juan Foyth, Davinson Sanchez, Kyle Walker-Peters Midfielders  Luke Amos, Christian Eriksen, Anthony Georgiou, George Marsh, Georges-Kevin Nkou...

Source: fm. cnbc.com 7-time consecutive and reigning Seria A champions Juventus has announced their squad for the 2018 International Champions Cup Maximiliano Allegri has added new signings Joao Cancelo, Emre Can, Mattia Perin and Andrea Favilli while leaving out their new superstar signing Cristiano Ronaldo. World Cup stars Mario Mandzukic, Marko Pjaca and Blaise Matuidi are all given extended holidays while Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, Juan Cuadrado, Rodrigo Bentancur and Douglas Costa are out injured. Juventus Squad Source: ytimg.com Goalkeepers: Mattia Perin, Carlo Pinsoglio, Mattia Del Favero,   Wojciech Szczesny Defenders: Mattia De Sciglio,  Giorgio Chiellini,  Mehdi Benatia, Alex Sandro, Mattia Caldara, Andrea Barzagli, Joao Cancelo, Daniele Rugani, Pietro Beruatto,  Roman Macek,  Grigoris Kastanos Midfielders Miralem Pjanic,  Sami Khedira,  Claudio Marchiso, Emre Can,  Leandro Fernandes,  Matheu...

Source: LFC Photo Gallery  The Merseysiders has announced their squad for the upcoming Liverpool squad International Champions Cup. Jurgen Klopp has added new signings Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri in the squad while leaving out World Cup stars Roberto Firmino, Simon Mignolet, Dejan Lovren,  Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold along with Danny Ings who is expected to be given extra training sessions after missing several sessions since pre-season due to minor ankle injury. Goalkeepers: Loris Karius, Caoimhin Kelleher, Kamil Grabara Defenders: Nathaniel Clyne, Virgil Van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Ragnar Klavan, Alberto Moreno, Andrew Robertson, Joel Matip, Nathaniel Phillips Midfielders:   Georginio Wijanaldum, James Milner, Naby Keita, Marko Grujic, Adam Lallana, Xherdan Shaqiri, Curtis Jones, Sheyi Ojo, Rafael Camacho, Pedro Chirivella, Lazar Markovic, Fabinho Forwards: Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi, Dom...

Source: Fox Sports Asia The Bundesliga side has announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup to be held in the United States. New boss Lucien Favre has left out World Cup stars Shinji Kagawa, Thomas Delaney, Roman Burki, Raphael Guerreiro and Manuel Akanji while Julian Weigl is out injured Goalkeeper  Marwin Hitz, Eric Oelschlägel, Jonas Hupe Defenders Dan-Axel Zagadou, Abdou Diallo, Jeremy Toljan, Sebastian Rode, Lukasz Piszczek, Marcel Schmelzer, Omar Toprak, Achraf Hakimi, Amos Pieper, Tim Sechelmann Midfielders Jodan Sancho, Nuri Sahin, Mahmoud Dahoud, André Schürrle, Denzil Boadu Strikers Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Alexander Isak, Marius Wolf, Maximilian Philipp, Christian Pulisic, Sergio Gómez Martín, Dženis Burnić, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Sören Dieckmann

Source: Manchester City Twitter account Reigning Premier League Champions Manchester City has announced their squad for the upcoming International Champions Cup pre-season friendly tournament to be held in the United States. Pep Guardiola has left out all the players who took part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, except for Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva and French full-back Benjamin Mendy, and have decided to give the younger crop of players from their academy a taste of first division football with more than 10 players called up to the first team for the first time along with new summer signing Riyad Mahrez. Manchester City Squad Goalkeepers:  Claudio Bravo, Joe Hart, Daniel Grimshaw Aro Muric Defenders:  Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Tosin Adarabioyo, Jason Denayer, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Eric Garcia Cameron Humphreys, Tyreke Wilson, Nathanael Ogbeta Midfielders:  Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Douglas Luiz, Jack Harrison, Phil Foden, ...