Newcastle midfielder Joelinton has signed a new long-term deal with the club.
The Brazilian arrived on Tyneside from Hoffenheim in 2019 and has made 179 appearances for Newcastle, scoring 25 goals.
Joelinton was part of the Newcastle side who reached the Carabao Cup final last season and earned qualification for the Champions League for the first time in two decades.
He has not featured for the Magpies since their FA Cup victory against rivals Sunderland earlier this year in January due to injury and has subsequently undergone thigh surgery.
Speaking about his new contract, Joelinton told the club website: “I feel great. I feel very happy and my family is happy.
“A lot of things have happened in my years here. I’ve learnt a lot and grown a l…
Inter have a chance to become the first Italian side to ever beat Barcelona twice in a Champions League campaign when they meet at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Club Brugge are on the brink of their first trip to the knockout stages as they play Atletico Madrid.
Mohamed Salah can make history with one more Champions League goal for Liverpool on their trip to Scotland to take on Rangers, and Bayern Munich are one win away from their own record as they try to win an 11th consecutive group stage match.
Tottenham will look to break out of a scoring slump when they host Eintracht Frankfurt, while Porto and Bayer Leverkusen are battling it out in Group B.
With plenty of important matchups, Stats Perform has parsed through the data to preview the eight fixtu…
Denis Cheryshev s hopes of representing Russia at Euro 2016 have sustained a blow with the midfielder set to undergo surgery on his thigh.
Cheryshev joined Valencia on loan from Real Madrid in February but has made just seven appearances in all competitions having suffered a thigh injury against Atletico Madrid in March.
The midfielder made his return after almost two months out in the 2-0 defeat to Villarreal last Sunday, but suffered a recurrence of the problem.
Cheryshev will undergo an operation in a bid to overcome the issue and will return to Madrid in order to undertake his rehabilitation.
The 25-year-old s availability to make the Russia squad for the European Championship in France this year is subsequently in doubt.
After tests, our pl…
While the European Championship qualifiers might make their return this week, we still have a stacked schedule from across England’s professional tiers. With a host of eye-catching affairs from across the country on Saturday afternoon, we have found a trio of helpful tips that are worth taking note of.
Saturday, October 14th
BST 15:00 Blackpool vs Stevenage
After losing their Championship status last season, Blackpool have their sights set on securing an immediate second-tier return this time around. Last seen earlier in the week putting a rampant performance on EFL Trophy duties as they claimed a 5-2 win against Liverpool’s U21s, Neil Critchley’s side will be looking to lay down another League One marker here. Signing off September with an eye-catching 1-0 v…
Manchester United fan group Rainbow Devils expressed deep concern about the club s potential next owners on the day takeover bids were due to be lodged.
Qatari interest in United has been strong and reports have positioned a bid team from the Middle East country as the front-runner to buy out the Glazer family, who have been majority owners since 2005.
There has also been speculation of a possible offer from Saudi Arabia, while British billionaire and United fan Jim Ratcliffe may also look to acquire the club.
Tesla and Twitter magnate Elon Musk has been touted as another possible bidder, with a deadline of 22:00 GMT on Friday having been set for offers to be made.
The Rainbow Devils group, which was founded in 2019, did not specify which of the potential…
Prediction: Algeria to win 3-0
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Algeria and Niger will lock horns with each other in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F this week. The match between The Greens and the Ménas will be held at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki and is scheduled to kick off at 9pm UK time on Thursday.
Algeria
Algeria are one of the biggest footballing nations in Africa and are well known all over the world. They reached the Round of 16 at the 2024 FIFA World Cup and won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1990 and 2019. Algeria also reached the final of the 2022 African Nations Championship.
Djamel Belmadi’s side have some of the best African players in the world at the moment. Algeria have the likes of AC Milan midfielder Is…
Olivier Giroud went some way to silencing the boo-boys by scoring twice as France rounded off their preparations for Euro 2016 with a classy 3-0 beating of Scotland in Metz.
Arsenal striker Giroud was on the scoresheet in Monday s unconvincing 3-2 win over Cameroon, but was still largely jeered by the Nantes crowd.
But Giroud s impressive international form continued against a poor Scotland team, opening the scoring with a clever flick before following up Dimitri Payet s saved shot to make it seven goals in as many France outings.
Laurent Koscielny s first international goal made it 3-0 before the break and the only surprise was that no more arrived in the second half, although Paul Pogba did strike the post.
Giroud, whose domestic position is seemingly …
Spain have earned a place in the final of this year s UEFA Euro Under-21 tournament at the expense of Ukraine, beating the young representatives of the war-troubled country by 5-1 at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest. Ukraine took the lead after 13 minutes through Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Artem Bondarenko, sparking a fierce reaction from Spain.
It took Braga striker Abel Ruiz just four minutes to capitalize on a mistake by Volodymyr Brazhko and equalize, and another seven for Athletic Bilbao midfielder Oihan Sancet to get his team in front with a lovely shot from outside the box. In the second half, Real Madrid s Antonio Blanco (54 ), Osasuna s Aimar Oroz (68 ) and Manchester City s Sergio Gomez (78 ) made sure Spain s triumph was comfortable in the end.
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Knowing that they face what is another must-win Bundesliga showdown on Friday night, Bayern Munich will make the trip to Freiburg.
Freiburg
Starting with the hosts, while Freiburg might have eventually extended on their Europa League adventure as they secured a 3-2 victory against French outfit Lens on February 22nd, Christian Streich’s men have struggled to find any kind of stability this season. Last seen making an immediate return to losing ways as they slumped to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Augsburg, the Reds have recorded just a single win from any of their previous seven appearances across all competitions. Continuing to show some glaring defensive issues and almost sat in Bundesliga limbo, Friday’s hosts will also be concer…
Despite a clatter of unhelpful developments around Manchester City at the start of September, it had at least looked like a useful couple of days for Bernardo Silva.
The Portugal international, City s player of the year when they won an unprecedented domestic treble in 2018-19, suffered a strangely underwhelming season last time around especially for a player who seems so in tune with Pep Guardiola s vision and demands.
Lionel Messi arriving in Manchester would have probably blocked Bernardo s route back to a place on the right of City s front three. But the six-time Ballon d Or winner announced he would remain at Barcelona against his will.
Among Silva s other rivals for the spot are two men who appeared to usurp him in the pecking order last season. But Riyad M…