Half-time chat inspired Leicester revival in Spurs draw, says Vardy

Turkmenistan coach Yazguly Hojageldyev has called on his side to cut out the mistakes as they look to prevent neighbours Uzbekistan from securing a place in the Asian Cup last 16.

Making only their second appearance at the tournament, Turkmenistan led 1-0 against Japan in their opening Group F game, which they emerged from with plenty of credit after eventually losing 3-2 to one of the favourites for the title.

It gave us confidence, said Hojageldyev. The result wasn t good for us but it gives us good confidence for the team.

Nevertheless, we made small mistakes in the game, so we will try to erase these mistakes from the game.

Of course we still have a chance. Any positive result will give us a boost and our first points. We still have two games. �…

Jamie Vardy has agreed a new contract with Leicester City, according to Sky Sports.

Having gone through the youth ranks at Sheffield Wednesday and Stocksbridge Park Steels, Vardy passed through Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town before arriving at Leicester in the summer of 2012. Since then, he has played a total of 310 games for the Foxes in all competitions, scoring 130 goals and laying on 69 assists along the way. He was without a doubt one of the greatest contributors of the team that shook the football world to its foundations by winning the Premier League in 2015/16, along with the likes of Riyad Mahrez and N Golo Kante. His fine performances also earned him 26 caps for England, who got seven goals from him in return.

Leicester have now decided to reward the 33-year-…

Jordon Ibe turned in a star performance from the bench, setting up both goals as Bournemouth got off the mark in the Premier League this season with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Brighton and Hove Albion.

Bournemouth s spluttering, pointless start to the campaign had been masked by higher-profile malaises at the likes of Crystal Palace and Arsenal, whose 3-0 thrashing of Eddie Howe s men last week had laid bare the Cherries flaws.

But they avoided matching the relegated 2005-06 Sunderland and 2009-10 Portsmouth, who both lost their first five games of the season, thanks to goals from Andrew Surman and Jermain Defoe at the Vitality Stadium.

Solly March had put Brighton ahead, with the Seagulls sharp counter-attacking initially looking like paying dividends.

Lewis Hamilton wants to head to Russia to support England in the World Cup final.

England take on Sweden in Samara on Saturday for a place in the semi-finals, where either Croatia or hosts Russia await.

Hamilton is busy preparing for Sunday s British Grand Prix at Silverstone but he is already planning ahead should the Three Lions progress.

The world champion who was at school with England international Ashley Young is seeking a record sixth victory in his home race but has one eye on events in Russia.

We always come into this grand prix with some kind of epic sport around it like Wimbledon or whatever, Hamilton told a news conference.  I want to be watching the game [on Saturday], I had to watch on my phone the other day.

I can only imagine th…

According to a recent report from Corriere dello Sport, Napoli are interested in signing Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira in addition to AC Milan defender Ricardo Rodriguez. 

Napoli recently changed things up in regards to their management structure, and now that the new regime is in place, they want to start piecing together a few important transfers in time for the January transfer window. 

Torreira started off like a house on fire when he first arrived at the Emirates last year, but ever since then he’s struggled to really get a foothold in proceedings at the club. He’s been on the outside looking in at the central midfield position and while he’s had his moments, Arsenal seem equally as ready as Torreira himself to move on. 

Given what Arsen…

According to a recent report from Calciomercato, Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic is willing to keep an open mind in regards to a possible move away from the Red Devils. Matic seemed like a golden transfer when he first made his way into the club, but now, it appears as if he’s not immune from a potential sale – despite all of the optimism surrounding him once upon a time. 

Matic is clearly okay with the prospect of leaving if the right sort of deal came in, but one of the issues is that the main interested party is Inter Milan. This is an issue because their primary target is still Barcelona’s Arturo Vidal, although his future is just as uncertain following recent reports. 

Whether or not United would contemplate any deals, given how fragile their mi…

Defending champions the United States set up a blockbuster CONCACAF Gold Cup final against rivals Mexico after beating Jamaica 3-1.

Goals from Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic sent USA through to Sunday s decider following a weather-interrupted semi-final in Nashville.

After McKennie s early opener, Wednesday s game was stopped for one-and-a-half hours due to lightning, but USA were not to be denied when the clash resumed in the 16th minute, with Pulisic doubling the lead seven minutes into the second half.

USA did concede their first goal of the tournament as Jamaica substitute Shamar Nicholson set up a nervy finale with 21 minutes remaining but Pulisic capitalised on another rebound to make sure of the result in the 87th minute.

Goal !!! Andre Blak…

Romeo Beckham has a big reputation to live up to but cannot be compared to famous footballing father David, says Brentford head coach Thomas Frank.

The 20-year-old joined Premier League side Brentford on loan this week and made his debut for the reserve side in Tuesday s London Senior Cup tie with Erith and Belvedere.

Romeo s dad was in the Park View Road stands to watch his son, who made 20 appearances for Inter Miami II in MLS Next Pro last season.

Talk of another Beckham taking the Premier League by storm has garnered plenty of attention, but Frank wants Romeo to be judged on his own ability rather than anyone else s.

Romeo is a very good player, of course he has a name that is pretty worldwide, and big, Frank said at a pre-match press conference on F…

Brendan Rodgers has declared striker Jamie Vardy fit for Leicester City s Boxing Day clash with Manchester United.

Vardy was substituted late on in Sunday s 2-0 win over Tottenham as Leicester climbed to second in the Premier League, a point above United having played a game more.

He netted from the penalty spot at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to make Premier League history, becoming the first player to score away to an opponent at three different grounds following previous goals at White Hart Lane and Wembley Stadium.

It took the 33-year-old s tally for the season to 11 goals in 13 outings, placing him behind only Mohamed Salah in the Premier League scoring charts the Liverpool forward scoring 13 times in the same number of appearances.

Vardy has also now …

Manchester City left-back Angelino has been loaned to Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig until the end of the campaign.

The 23-year-old has been limited to just four Premier League starts since re-joining City in July following a season with Eredivisie side PSV.

He has not featured at all in the league since a 2-1 loss to Manchester United on December 7, being restricted to three cup appearances since then.

Leipzig confirmed on Friday the defender will spend the remainder of 2019-20 at the Red Bull Arena, and it has been reported they have an option to make the move permanent for €30million (£25m).

Bienvenido, ! 

Our newest Toro joins us on loan until the end of the season from  

— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN)  

<…