Soccer (FIFA)

Soccer (FIFA)

"I'll know when the time's right to retire - but I haven't reached that stage," he tells BBC Sport.

Last seen signing off November with a rollercoaster 4-2 defeat at the hands of Sutton, Alun Armstrong's men are at the heart of a relegation scrap and have rightfully come under a huge amount of scrutiny. Watching their National League Cup adventure come to a thumping end last month as they fell to a 3-0 loss at home against Leeds' U21s, the former Darlington boss has seen his struggling squad lose all of their previous six consecutive appearances across all competitions.

Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from last week's defeat to Monaco by thrashing Rennes 5-0 to keep within touching distance of Lens at the top of Ligue 1. The European champions are embroiled in a congested title race domestically this season, but they capitalised on Marseille's loss to Lille on Friday to move four points clear in second place with a rampant display at the Parc des Princes.

If there's one silver lining from Liverpool's deeply disappointing 3-3 draw against Leeds United on Saturday, it's that Hugo Ekitike has firmly established himself as the striker who should feature in Arne Slot's Starting XI whenever he's fit. Following a first half marked by wasted chances and the Reds' ongoing lack of clinical edge, Ekitike scored twice in quick succession after halftime to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead that should have set them on course for three points. It would have been a result that would have lifted them to fifth place, a position supporters would've gladly taken given this season's horrid form.

This came after UEFA took an unusually long time to decide how long Diaz would be suspended for in the first place. The Colombian already sat out the game against Arsenal - a game Bayern ended up losing 3-1. The team's next Champions League game is on Tuesday, and if no response had come by then, Diaz will have to serve a minimum of two games banned.

It hasn't been an easy ride for keeper Daniel Peretz ever since he was signed by Bayern Munich from Maccabi Tel Aviv in the summer of 2023. He has also been on loan at Hamburg SV this season, where he has struggled to get regular minutes behind keeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, who is favored by manager Merlin Polzin. Essentially, the whole idea of Peretz's loan spell with HSV has collapsed on itself as the whole point was for him

Doggett, tall and lean and looking about 12 years old from the grandstand, with a beaky nose and a boyish haircut, lobs one past the nose of Stokes. He's getting decent bounce, discomfited Jacks before that with one that jumped and deflected for a single. Works away in the channel to end the over against Stokes, but English discipline holds. In truth, often in the last few years Stokes has been the least Bazball of his troupe.

We have to face it, he said. We are fighting for survival. We cannot hide it. The results of other teams we cannot control. It is up to us. West Ham travel to Brighton on Sunday buoyed by their comeback point at Old Trafford, with such spirit helping them collect more Premier League points from losing positions than any side other than Aston Villa since Nuno's arrival.

Northern Ireland will face hosts Canada, Qatar and Switzerland in Group B of the World Cup if they come through March's tricky play-off. Michael O'Neill's side finished third in their qualifying group behind Germany and Slovakia, but still booked a play-off spot thanks to their Nations League finish in 2024. Northern Ireland face a difficult play-off semi-final in Italy, who have not played at the World Cup since 2014, on 26 March in Path A.

Not satisfied with two years of FIFA complicity in genocide in Palestine, Infantino and his cronies have now invented a new peace prize' in order to curry favour with Donald Trump, Mokhiber told Al Jazeera. He added that the award also aims to obscure Trump's disgraceful record of support to Israel, his deadly strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea, and gross violations of human rights inside the US.