Liverpool alumni and long-time footballer Steven Gerrard is back in the English Premier League, this time as coach of Aston Villa. Matty Cash's team's rival will be Jakub Moder's Brighton & Hove Albion. Leaders Chelsea London will play against Leicester City.more
Norwich City has confirmed the appointment of Dean Smith as the club’s new head coach. Smith has put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year contract and will be joined in Norfolk by assistant head coach Craig Shakespeare.more
Former Germany national football team manager Joachim Loew was praised by the federation, his former charges and fans before yesterday's match against Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier. He announced that he plans to return to work in football.more
Aston Villa Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Steven Gerrard as our new Head Coach. Gerrard guided Glasgow Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title last season, finishing the campaign undefeated in the league.more
Angelique Kerber and her long-time coach Torben Beltz part ways for the third time. In 2022 she wants to attack again with more personal responsibility.more
Novak Djokovic plans to become a tennis coach once he calls time on his playing career as he has no intention of taking his knowledge "to the grave", the world number one told Serbian media after clinching the Paris Masters on Sunday.more
The coach of the Polish national team, Paulo Sousa, admitted that after the period of infection with the coronavirus, he is feeling well now, although - as he added - "these were not easy moments".more
Newcastle United has confirmed the appointment of Eddie Howe as the club's new head coach on a contract until summer 2024. The 43-year-old arrives on Tyneside having left AFC Bournemouth last summer, ending a long affiliation with the Cherries as a successful player and manager.more
Thousands of fans arrived at the Camp Nou to welcome Xavi Hernández as Barcelona’s new coach on Monday, hoping he can turn the club’s fortunes around after a dismal start to its first season post-Lionel Messi.more
Dean Smith has been sacked as the head coach of Aston Villa 11 games into the Premier League season.Villa have endured an underwhelming start to the campaign, with Friday’s loss to Southampton – the club’s fifth league defeat in succession – apparently the final straw. more
A house given by Diego Maradona to his parents, two BMW cars and a letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro, among others, were among the set of the late footballer's possessions to be auctioned on 19 December, according to a court decision, the Argentine press reported.more
Yesterday in Berlin, in a speech at a gala dinner given in honour of Joachim Loew, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier described the former national football team coach as "an innovator and visionary who has led German football back to the global summit".more
"For our club and Polish football it definitely has to be a celebration, not a wake" - stressed Legia Warsaw coach Marek Golebiewski before today's match against Napoli in the Europa League football.more
Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann said Robert Lewandowski will be aiming for 100 goals in the Champions League after the Poland striker scored a hat-trick in Tuesday’s 5-2 thrashing of Benfica.more
Antonio Conte has been confirmed as Tottenham’s new manager on a contract to June 2023, with an option to extend. The Italian, who won the Premier League with Chelsea in 2017, replaces Nuno Espírito Santo, who was sacked on Monday.more
Tottenham have sacked Nuno Espirito Santo after only four months in charge of the club. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy held crisis talks yesterday following Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester United and has dismissed Nuno, who was appointed as Jose Mourinho’s successor after a protracted search this summer.more
Barcelona have announced that Sergi Barjuan will serve as interim manager of their first team while the club seek a permanent replacement for Ronald Koeman.more
Barcelona are looking for a new coach after they sacked Ronald Koeman with the Spanish giants ninth in La Liga and third in their Champions League group.more
The Polish Football Association (PZPN) yesterday evening confirmed that Polish national football team manager Paulo Sousa is infected with coronavirus. The Portuguese coach is in isolation in his home country.more
Ronald Koeman is no longer the manager of Barcelona. The club relieved the 58-year-old Dutch coach on Wednesday, just hours following another embarrassing defeat, this time away from home at Rayo Vallecano with Radamel Falcao scoring the winner.more
Portuguese experts consider the phenomenon of the large presence of their countrymen in the teams of Ekstraklasa football teams as an effect of the financial stability of Polish clubs that are not behind with payments. "Poland is becoming as attractive as Turkey a few years ago," they emphasize.more
Czeslaw Michniewicz is no longer the coach of Legia Warsaw. The 51-year-old worked at the club since September 21, 2020, i.e. 399 days. He’s been replaced with Legia’s reserve team coach, Marek Golebiewski.more