Football Previews

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup begins this Thursday with the tournament’s co-hosts New Zealand taking on Norway at Eden Park. New Zealand come into this tournament looking to make it to the knockout round for the first time after five previous group-stage failures. They have been put in the same group as Norway, Switzerland and the Philippines so they ...

Manchester United will continue preparing for the new season this Wednesday when they take on French Ligue 1 side Lyon at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. The Red Devils opened their pre-season account with a 2-0 win over Leeds United in Oslo. After playing a goalless first half of the game, Erik ten Hag’s side who were the better team for much of ...

Shamrock Rovers will travel to Kópavogur this Tuesday to face Icelandic club side Breidablik in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League group stage qualifier. Breidablik come into this round with the advantage after winning 1-0 in the first leg in Dublin courtesy of a first-half goal by Damir Muminovic. They will now welcome Shamrock to the Kópavogsvöllur stadium ...

Mexico and Panama will face each other this Sunday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Mexico are the record holders of this title having won the cup on eight previous occasions, while Panama are fighting to win their first-ever Gold Cup trophy. Both sides have enjoyed a remarkable run to the final but ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal teammates will travel to Reykjavík this Tuesday to take on Iceland in the fourth round of the 2024 European Championship qualifiers. Iceland’s chances of participating in the event in Germany next year are hanging by a thread following a poor start to this UEFA European Championship Qualifying campaign. The hosts have suffered two losses in ...

France will continue their quest to feature in the 2024 European Championship when they host Greece at the Stade de France on Monday. Since losing the World Cup final to Argentina last year, the hosts have bounced back in style winning three straight games. That sequence included wins over the Netherlands (4-0), Ireland (1-0) and Gibraltar (3-0) in Euro 2024 ...

The 2022/23 Nations League season will wrap up this Sunday when Croatia and Spain meet at the famous De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam. Croatia booked their place in this final showpiece when they defeated the Netherlands in this venue. After holding the Dutch Oranje Stars 2-2 in normal time, goals from Bruno Petkovic and the evergreen Luka Modric gave them ...

Belgium will resume their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign this Saturday when they welcome Austria to King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. The hosts began life under new national team manager Domenico Tedesco with a pair of wins, including a 3-0 win over Sweden in the Euro 2024 qualifiers opener. They also beat Germany 3-2 in their most recent friendly game to ...

Denmark will resume their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign this Friday when they welcome Northern Ireland to Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. The hosts begin their double header of European Championship qualifiers in high spirits after boss Kasper Hjulmand penned a new deal which will keep him in charge of the national team until 2026. After overseeing Denmark’s joint-strongest Euro performance with ...

Spain and Italy will renew their rivalry this Thursday when both sides meet in the UEFA Nations League (UNL) semi-finals. Both sides will face off at the De Grolsch Veste stadium in the Netherlands, with this tie a replay of the 2021 UNL semi-final showdown where Spain ended Italy’s world record 37-game unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win. However, the ...

The UEFA Nations League resumes this Wednesday as the Netherlands take on Croatia at the famous Feyenoord stadium, De Kuip, in Rotterdam. This is the hosts’ second participation in the UEFA Nations League (UNL) finals, and, as hosts, they will hope to go one better than last time when they lost 1-0 in the final of the inaugural edition against ...

Germany will continue preparations for the 2024 European championship when they welcome Ukraine to Werder Bremen’s Weserstadion on Monday. The hosts are billed to host the European championship next year and will be looking to get their act together before welcoming other European nations. They need to start producing results to rebuild confidence after a second straight FIFA World Cup ...

The curtain will fall on the  2022/23 Serie A season in a special way this Sunday when Spezia and Verona face off in a one-of-a-kind playoff game in Serie A. Both sides are playing this game to decide who joins Cremenose and Sampdoria in Serie B after finishing on equal points after 38 matches. Spezia will feel unlucky after narrowly ...

The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League season will end this Wednesday when Manchester City take on Inter Milan at the Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium in Istanbul. This match is the first-ever competitive meeting between both sides who are trying to back up winning their domestic cups with European football’s biggest prize. Man City beat fierce rivals Manchester United 2-1 at Wembley to ...

The 2022/23 Conference League season will end this Wednesday when Fiorentina and West Ham face off at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. Both sides come into this fixture looking to win their first piece of silverware in over 50 years. Both sides also finished outside of the European qualification positions in their domestic leagues so winning here is their only ...