Archive for November 30th, 2021

Ballon d’Or 2021: Alexia Putellas wins women’s awardBarcelona captain Alexia Putellas won the Women’s Ballon d’Or, awarded to the best female footballer in 2021.Putellas, 27, scored as Barca beat Chelsea 4-0 to secure their first Champions League crown.She ended the 2020-21 season as the highest-scoring midfielder in Europe with 26 goals in all competitions and…

Manchester City midfielder Caroline Weir is nominated for FIFA’s 2021 Puskas Award for her fantastic goal against Manchester United…

Ellen White has started every game for England since Sarina Wiegman took charge in the summerHead coach Sarina Wiegman says it would be an “amazing moment” if Ellen White was to break England’s scoring record against Latvia on Tuesday.The Manchester City striker needs only one goal to equal Kelly Smith’s tally of 46 for her…

Chelsea qualified for the Fifa Club World Cup by beating Manchester City in the Champions League finalEuropean champions Chelsea will play Al Hilal, Al Jazira or Auckland City in the semi-final of the Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in February.UAE champions Al Jazira and Oceania representatives Auckland meet in the first round,…

The 239th Merseyside derby takes place at Goodison Park on Wednesday with out-of-form Everton hoping to stop a free-scoring Liverpool side in their tracks.”We know how Rafa Benitez will set Everton up,” said BBC Sport football expert and former Reds defender Mark Lawrenson. “He will make sure they are well organised.”But even taking the occasion…

Two points separate the Premier League’s top three clubs after leaders Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday.Elsewhere, Arsenal continued their top-four push with a 2-0 win over bottom side Newcastle, Aston Villa made it back-to-back wins under manager Steven Gerrard with a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace and Leicester…

Match of the Day 2: How ‘amazing’ Vardy keeps scoring goals for Leicester at 34Leicester City fans were in nostalgic mood on Sunday – and you could understand why.Claudio Ranieri, who guided the Foxes to the most unexpected, feel-good success in English football by winning the 2015-16 Premier League, was back at the King Power…

Sancho pounced on a sloppy Jorginho touch and calmly slotted past Edouard Mendy to put United aheadManchester United prepared for the arrival of interim manager Ralf Rangnick by earning a battling point against Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. United, under the caretaker charge of Michael Carrick with Rangnick’s appointment expected to be confirmed…

Jadon Sancho put Man United ahead after 50 minutes with his first Premier League goalThe sight of Manchester United technical director Darren Fletcher fiddling with an earpiece as he stalked his technical area sent the Stamford Bridge conspiracy theorists into overdrive. If interim manager Michael Carrick and assorted members of United’s post-Ole Gunnar Solskjaer backroom…

Manchester United caretaker manager Michael Carrick says Ralf Rangnick, who is expected to be announced as the Red Devils’ interim boss, had no involvement in the team selection or tactics for their 1-1 draw against Chelsea.MATCH REPORT: Chelsea 1-1 Man UtdWatch highlights of all of Sunday’s Premier League action on Match of the Day 2…