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Castleford Tigers face off against favourites St Helens in the Betfred Challenge Cup final at Wembley on Saturday with the Tigers in search of a fifth cup success and a first since 1986.
While Mark Bonner has made it clear that signing a midfielder will be Cambridge’s priority, the club’s threadbare defence needs addressing as soon as possible.
Here is a review of the 2021 edition of the Copa America, where Argentina became the victors.
Another tournament has come and gone with Giorgio Chiellini holding aloft the Henri Delauney trophy after Italy’s nail-biting penalty shootout victory over England at Wembley.
London Broncos made an excellent impression on their new senior head coach Tom Tsang as they earned a 50-22 win over at home to the Wembley-bound York City Knights.
The Stags make the short 20-mile journey up north as they travel to Cannon Park to face Retford United in their opening game of pre-season ahead of the 2021/22 EFL League Two season.
England’s run to the final of the European Championship ended in the most sickening fashion, but everyone involved should be immensely proud.
England under Southgate have improved under Southgate once again at a major tournament just showing the potential that this side holds, this certainly isn’t the end of the road for this England squad, in fact, it is only just the beginning.
An eye witness report of a troubling day at the home of football by Steve Clare who has watched crowds arriving at his on and off home for 50 years. He could tell something was different as early as 3pm as the police ignored the signs all around them.
Mark Bonner has been working hard to improve Cambridge United’s squad after winning promotion, but their threadbare midfield is still an area of concern.
Brennan Johnson scored in his first outing back with Nottingham Forest following a loan spell at Lincoln City.
Blackpool opened their account for pre-season with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Haig Avenue against Southport.
Wigan Warriors welcome Huddersfield Giants to the DW Stadium on Sunday on the back of a five-game losing streak which has seen pressure mounting on head coach Adrian Lam.
At the start of this tournament, the nation couldn’t be more split in opinions on Southgate and his ability to potentially bring this England side together playing entertaining football, I was doubtful myself whether Southgate could really be the one, looking back though it now seems daft to question it.
Roberto Mancini and Gareth Southgate prepare to face off at Wembley, having skilfully navigated their way through the pitfalls of the previous rounds. Both sides have shown adaptability and resilience that saw many early tournament favourites fall at the first hurdles.
Roy Keane was quoted to have said “the two best teams made the final” following England’s famous Euro 2020 semi-final victory over Denmark on Wednesday night and to a degree, he is right its felt by many in what he said.
England’s stand-in ODI squad got off to the best possible start with a dominant nine-wicket win against Pakistan in Cardiff.
Over time, the notion of foul-play has altered quite significantly. In the days of mud-bath like pitches, what are now regarded as reckless tackles flowed freely.
Denmark’s emotional Euro 2020 campaign came to an end on Wednesday night, after suffering a 2-1 defeat in extra-time at the hands of England, but the nation should be proud of their tournament as a whole.
Blackpool will begin their pre-season campaign with a trip to Southport as supporters will hope to see a glimpse of several new additions.
Sunderland have completed the signing of former Premier League midfielder Alex Pritchard.
Teen-whiz Michael Olise has become Patrick Vieira’s first signing as Crystal Palace manager, and comes at a bargain price. What will he bring to Selhurst Park, and where does this leave Reading?
Kalvin Phillips has been one of England’s key players on their way to the final of Euro 2020. The Leeds man has enjoyed a fantastic tournament and has become one of the shining lights of the Three Lions’ team – this begs the question, should he be a contender for England’s player of the tournament?
Gareth Southgate has led England to a first major final in 55 years and can point to the management of his squad as a key reason for reaching Sunday’s showpiece.