Football Previews

Australia will look to make it two wins in two Women’s World Cup games when they face African heavyweights Nigeria at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The hosts began their group stage campaign with a narrow 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland with a penalty goal from stand-in captain Steph Catley making the difference. Their failure to score from ...

Bayern Munich and Manchester City will continue their preparation for the new season when they meet at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo this Wednesday. The Bavarians, who began their pre-season tour with a 27-0 mauling of Rottach-Eggern will be looking for another win when they face City in Tokyo. Having narrowly won the Bundesliga title on the last day ...

Switzerland will look to book their place in the knockout round of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup when they face Norway at the Waikato Stadium on Tuesday. The Red Crosses opened their World Cup campaign in Australia/New Zealand with a morale-boosting 2-0 win over the Philippines on Friday. The win marked their first 90-minute victory in nine attempts, putting ...

Italy women and Argentina women will battle for maximum points on Monday when both sides face off at Eden Park in their first group stage game of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Italy will look to qualify from this group ahead of Argentina, Sweden and South Africa. The Azzurri ladies went fully professional following last year’s European Championships and ...

The Netherlands will begin their Women’s World Cup campaign this Sunday when they face Portugal at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. The Dutch ladies who were runners-up in the last edition of this tournament come into this year’s edition with just one thing in mind–to win it. Andries Jonker’s side suffered a 2-0 defeat to the USA in the ...

European champions England will start their quest to conquer the world when they take on Haiti at Lang Park on Saturday. The Three Lionesses travel to Brisbane as one of the pre-tournament favourites having been crowned European Championships and La Finalissima winners in the last 12 months. Little wonder coach Sarina Wiegman believes her team are in a “good place” ahead ...

The FIFA Women’s World Cup continues on Friday with Spain facing Costa Rica at the Wellington Regional Stadium. Spain are Group C favourites ahead of Costa Rica, Japan and Zambia. Despite the tension in their camp, Spain have suffered only one loss in their last 14 matches (W12, D1). That record is made more imposing with the eleven accompanying clean ...

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 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 looking ...

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 European Championship Qualifying campaign. The hosts have suffered two losses in three ...

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 ...