Soccer (FIFA)

Soccer (FIFA)

It was a class goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain,

On this occasion, using the stutter step, I waited for the goalkeeper to move. He moved a little early and once he went one way, it would be hard for him to go the other way,

Lionel Messi will face a race for fitness to feature at the start of the MLS season for Inter Miami after suffering a hamstring injury. The Argentina superstar did not feature in Miami's training session on Wednesday, having suffered the injury during a friendly with Barcelona SC in Ecuador. Miami confirmed Messi's withdrawal from training in a club statement, just over a week before their MLS opener away to Los Angeles FC on February 22.

"I can't explain it, we gave the game away too easy," Palace boss Glasner said to TNT Sports after his 100th game in charge of the club ended in disappointment. "Maybe it was too easy. There was a lack of intensity and we didn't defend well. "We are not showing a consistent performance over 95 minutes very often. Once it's this [reason], once it's that - and you get punished.

The 40-point mark - or thereabouts - could well be back in vogue when it comes to guaranteeing Premier League survival this term, with an in-form West Ham attempting to chase down the sides above them. That mythical number has often been cited as the threshold at which managers, players and fans can relax - but the total has not actually been needed to stay up since 2010-11.

Despite recording 56 direct goal contributions (34 goals, 22 assists) for Barcelona in 57 appearances last season, the Brazilian winger finished fifth in the 2025 Ballon d'Or voting. Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele won the award, while Lamine Yamal, Vitinha and Mohamed Salah all ranked above Raphinha. After France Football and L'Equipe decide the 30-player shortlist, one journalist from each of the top 100 countries in the FIFA rankings then votes for their top 10, with points being awarded based on their position.

FIFA on Wednesday finalized a one-time switch to Canada from Mexico for winger Marcelo Flores, thereby making the 22-year-old eligible to be selected by coach Jesse Marsch for this summer's World Cup. Revealed on FIFA's Change of Association Platform, the switch for the now former Mexico international cements a recent effort by Canada to include Flores following an unofficial call-up as a training player last November.

The Allianz Arena was stunned into silence when Christoph Baumgartner rifled home what looked to be an early opener. However, there was a reprieve for Bayern as the Austrian was ruled to have come back from an offside position. Both sides had clear-cut chances thereafter in an entertaining encounter, but the deadlock was finally broken in the 64th minute by Kane, who is said to be in 'intensive talks' with Bayern regarding his future.

Thanks largely in parts to efforts from board member for sport Max Eberl and Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund, the German Rekordmeister were able to have Tah released from Leverkusen and in the Bayern squad on time for the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, which was a huge plus for Vincent Kompany in terms of getting a proper preseason of sorts under Tah's belt.

England will face New Zealand and Costa Rica in their final warm-up games ahead of the 2026 World Cup. The Three Lions booked their spot at this summer's tournament in emphatic fashion, winning all eight of their qualifying matches under Thomas Tuchel. They became just the second European team to win 100% of their qualifying matches without conceding, after Yugoslavia (four games) did so ahead of the 1954 World Cup.

"It's a crazy start ... hopefully I can keep it going,"

Let's start by asking you to name all 52 players designated as Golden Players to mark UEFA's Jubilee Awards and every FA Cup-winning manager working backwards from 2025. While you're on that FA Cup kick, we also want you to dredge up every FA Cup giantkiller since the turn of the century and every team to have won the FA Cup, League Cup or league title in England.

In their Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich made four substitutions in the 62nd minute, writes Stephan Wijnen. The four players entering the pitch together had a combined estimated value of 265m (Harry Kane, Michael Olise, Serge Gnabry and Alphonso Davies). Is this the most expensive combined substitution ever? Before we go any further a player's estimated value is not an objective measure, but using transfer fees doesn't necessarily work, with some players moving for no fee (Kylian Mbappe, for example).

Real Madrid forward Endrick has done quite well since joining Lyon on loan, and Tottenham Hotspur are hoping to sign him at the end of the season. According to a report from Fichajes, they are prepared to spend around 100 million to sign the player. The 19-year-old is a tremendous talent with a bright future, and he has registered five goals and an assist in six appearances for the French outfit so far.

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta (Image credit: Getty Images) Arsenal have agreed the exit of a star who has only made one appearance for the Gunners. After bringing in eight new faces over the summer transfer window of 2025 including Martin Zubimendi, Viktor Gyokeres and Ebere Eze Arsenal enjoyed a quiet January transfer window with no major incomings or exits. Departures will likely become more of a running theme in N5 going forward, however, with manager Mikel Arteta boasting a highly competitive squad.