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Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy says a cup final against Denmark awaits his players after defeat to Switzerland damaged their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2020.

Haris Seferovic opened the scoring before a Shane Duffy own goal secured the Swiss a 2-0 win over their 10-man opponents on Tuesday, with the visitors having Seamus Coleman sent off.

McCarthy s team remain top in Group D with Denmark level with them on points. Switzerland are a point further back but both they and the Danes have a game in hand before the final round of fixtures on November 18. 

Denmark finish up with a trip to Dublin, where they ended Ireland s 2018 World Cup hopes in the play-offs.

We ve got to play Denmark now at home,  said McCarthy. I would ve taken that at …

Thomas Muller insists Leroy Sane will be a major factor in the future of Germany s national team.

Sane was left out of Germany s ill-fated World Cup campaign in Russia despite helping Manchester City to a record-breaking Premier League triumph in 2017-18 and winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

The 22-year-old was back in Joachim Low s squad for the Nations League opener against world champions France, even though he has only made three substitute appearances for City this term and was left out of Pep Guardiola s matchday 18 for the 2-1 win against Newcastle United last time out.

A late cameo during last week s 0-0 draw in Munich was followed by Sane leaving the squad for the birth of his daughter and missing the 2-1 friendly win over Peru.

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Teun Koopmeiners’ disputed penalty kept Atalanta in the race for Serie A’s top four as AC Milan saw two points wrenched from their grasp.

Koopmeiners cancelled out Rafael Leao’s brilliant opener from the spot three minutes before the break with his 10th goal of the season after Olivier Giroud had been penalised for a high challenge on defender Emil Holm to secure a 1-1 draw at the San Siro.

That left his side two points adrift of fourth-placed Bologna with a game in hand at the end of a frustrating evening for Stefano Pioli’s men, who remain third, but are now 13 points adrift of leaders and city rivals Inter.

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Internazionale striker Ishak Belfodil has revealed he is looking for a loan move away from the San Siro ahead of next year s World Cup finals in Brazil, according to .

The Algeria international, who joined Inter Milan from Parma on a five-year co-ownership deal, has made 10 appearances in all competitions, albeit just two starts, for the Nerazzurri this season.

Belfodil, 21, is seeking regular first-team football in order to boost his chances of being selected for the World Cup by Algeria manager Vahid Halilhodžić, and rightfully so.

I hope to play more often, and this is not happening for now at Inter, the 21-year-old told the APS agency.

The market window is coming, I have to talk to my leaders and I would like to be competitive in vie…

Scandal-hit Wayne Rooney scored as England seized control of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 10-man Switzerland here Tuesday.

Rooney, whose preparation for the match had been engulfed by lurid tabloid allegations about his private life, found the net after 10 minutes to help put Fabio Capello s men on top of Group G with two wins out of two.

Substitutes Adam Johnson and Darren Bent also scored for the visitors in what will be regarded as a hugely encouraging result for England following such a miserable World Cup, in which they lost 4-1 to Germany in the last 16.

The result was marred by serious injuries to Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe, both carried off on a stretcher, but it leaves England on six points from two games, …

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Football community has been in utter awe of Barcelona’s magnificent trio – Luis Suarez, Lionell Messi and Neymar – this season.

Having won their last seven La Liga matches on the bounce, Barcelona have managed to go six points clear ahead of Atletico Madrid and look locked on the course for another domestic title.

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The Calatan giants have scored incredible 18 goals in last five matches in all competitions and, once again, their success is very much credited to fantastic understanding and cooperation between the Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil star.

What is more, Messi, Suarez and Neymar have scored 34 goals in the last 13 Barcelona fixtures, helping the team win 12 in a row w…

Connor Wickham is determined to become Sunderland s first-choice striker after excelling at the end of last season

The 21-year-old spent time on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United during the 2013-14 campaign, but returned to the Premier League side in March and provided a much-needed goal threat for Gus Poyet.

Wickham scored five goals in nine appearances to help pull Sunderland clear of the relegation zone and wants to kick on and become a regular starter in the future.

The aim is to be the main striker next season, he told the Shields Gazette. I ll take a break, switch off, relax and have a bit of chill out time. Then I ll start doing my training and start thinking about it.

I ll make sure I do the right training and make sure I put myself in the mana…

Robin Gosens, Florian Neuhaus and Oliver Baumann have been handed their first call-ups to the Germany squad by Joachim Low.

Prior to announcing his group for the Nations League meetings with Spain and Switzerland in September, Low confirmed Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka, Lukas Klostermann and Marcel Halstenberg would play no part following RB Leipzig s run to the Champions League semi-finals and Bayern Munich s success in the competition.

The Germany boss has consequently injected some new blood into his squad, with 30-year-old Hoffenheim goalkeeper Baumann included as Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who suffered a humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarter-final loss to Bayern with Barcelona, sits out.

Atalanta made an impressive run to the las…

England lost Unicef’s Soccer Aid match for a fifth successive year as the World XI triumphed again with a 4-2 victory at Old Trafford.

Manchester United fan Usain Bolt, wearing 9.58 on the back of his shirt in recognition of his 100 metres world record time, slotted past David James to give the visitors a 24th-minute lead.

The game, which had raised over £14.6million for Unicef at the final whistle, opened up in the second half after both sides had replaced their professional goalkeepers with celebrities.

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— Soccer Aid (@socceraid)

England scored twice within eight minutes of the restart to seize the lead.

Actor Asa Butterfield sliced a shot past mixed martial ar…

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Hoping to extend their buffer at the top of the Ykkonen table on Thursday afternoon, Mikkeli will travel to the Veritas Stadion when they meet TPS Turku.

Starting with the hosts, although TPS Turku might have suffered a real May wobble, the Tepsi have come roaring back over the past fortnight. Last seen putting in a rampant display on June 8th as they stormed their way to a 4-1 romp at home against KaPa, Mika Laurikainen’s men have now secured back-to-back Ykkonen victories for the first time since opening the 2023 campaign. Eventually drawing a line under their May struggle with a lively 2-1 win at home against SalPa, the one-time Finland coach has also seen his side skyrocket their way into the top-half of the table. …