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Ex-France defender Sagnol named Georgian national coach

Former France and Bayern Munich defender Willy Sagnol has been named manager of Georgia's national football team, the Caucasus country's federation said in a statement Monday.  "The high quality of the exchanges with the committee (of the federation) and the...

Leipzig boss Nagelsmann wary of Liverpool despite results

RB Leipzig head coach Julian Nagelsmann is refusing to read too much into the Liverpool's poor recent results ahead of Tuesday's Champions League showdown in Budapest. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have won just three of their last 12 games and fly...

Klopp ‘full of energy’ to meet challenge of Liverpool slump

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insisted he still has the energy to turn around the English champions' season after three consecutive defeats ended the Reds' realistic chances of defending their Premier League title. Klopp's men turn their attention to the Champions...

Gladbach coach Rose to join Dortmund next season

Borussia Moenchengladbach's highly coveted coach Marco Rose will take over at Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, the two clubs announced on Monday. Leipzig-born Rose, 44, has long been favourite to succeed interim coach Edin Terzic...

Klopp v Nagelsmann – Germany’s coaching heavyweights face off

Julian Nagelsmann has the chance to inflict more misery on Jurgen Klopp when the two German coaching heavyweights do battle as RB Leipzig take on Liverpool in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie on Tuesday. Klopp,...

Energy-sapped Liverpool could learn from Leipzig model

Liverpool are badly in need of a Champions League lift to save their season, but with Jurgen Klopp's men seemingly devoid of confidence and showing signs of physical and mental fatigue, RB Leipzig are far from perfect opponents in...

Kwara Utd in no hurry to surrender Nigeria league summit

Kwara United central defender, Monsuru Bashiru has said his side are in no hurry to surrender their newly found summit position in the on-going Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Harmony Boys climbed to the NPFL summit for the first...

Aubameyang hits hat-trick as Arsenal hold off Leeds rally

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick as Arsenal saw off a Leeds rally for a thrilling 4-2 win at the Emirates on Sunday. Aubameyang had not started a game for nearly a month after having to quarantine after visiting his mother,...

Believing the dream – Yussuf Poulsen and the journey to the top with Leipzig

Yussuf Poulsen is a rarity in modern football, having joined RB Leipzig in the third division of German football and risen with the Red Bull-backed club all the way to the UEFA Champions League. On Tuesday Leipzig face Liverpool in...

Haaland saves struggling Dortmund from defeat to Hoffenheim

A late equaliser from Erling Braut Haaland spared Borussia Dortmund's blushes on Saturday as they drew 2-2 at home against Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim.  Haaland's 81st minute strike averted a fourth defeat in five Bundesliga games for crisis-hit Dortmund. Yet even a...
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