McDiarmid Park has been lined up for Wednesday’s cinch Premiership encounter between Dundee and Rangers if Dens Park fails a pitch inspection on Tuesday.
The Scottish Professional Football League is eager for the game to be played before the post-split fixtures begin even though Dundee clinched the final place in the top six with a draw at Aberdeen on Saturday.
The match has been postponed twice because of a waterlogged surface. The game was initially called off last month 90 minutes before kick-off and last Wednesday saw the fifth postponement at Dens Park this season.
In a statement, the league announced its contingency measures.
“The SPFL has appointed an experienced pitch consultancy, which is regularly used by UEFA and other sporting bodies, to r…
Atletico Madrid s Diego wants to play his way into the plans of Brazil coach Mano Menezes after a three-year absence from the national team.
Diego, 27, has impressed since moving to Spain at the start of the 2011/12 season in a loan deal from Wolfsburg, and has been a regular member of the Atletico side that has reached the semi-finals of the Europa League.
He has not featured for Brazil during Menezes tenure, and indeed has not played an international match since 2009.
Speaking on Tuesday, the midfielder said his goal was to break into the Brazil squad again, and was confident of renewing his international career.
It is always a challenge, but Atletico Madrid are having a great season and I am completely focused. I am sure that, if I continue playing a…
Colombian defender Ivan Ramiro Cordoba has announced that he plans to leave Inter at the end of the season.
The veteran defender has been nothing more than a bit-part player at Giuseppe Meazza over the last few years and he feels the time has come to leave the club where he spent last 13 years.
The Colombian has written an open letter to the fans that was published on club’s official website.
“Dear fans, tomorrow on the occasion of the derby it will be my last game as a player at San Siro,” the letter read.
“I chose to tell you this after talking with President Massimo Moratti, the directors and the coach.
“Right now I am, as are all of you, concentrated on the game, but there will certainly be the time and place in the next few weeks t…
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Looking to spring a real upset on Saturday lunchtime, Brighton will welcome Manchester United to an empty Amex this weekend.
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Starting with the hosts, while on paper Brighton might have opened the New Year with a 3-1 defeat against Champions League outfit Chelsea, they asked a string of questions at the Amex and the mood in their camp appears to be at a real high. Really appearing to find their feet under Graham Potter, the South Coast outfit once again put in an eye-catching display while on EFL Cup duties in midweek. Along with picking up their first Premier League victory of the 2020/2021 campaign thanks to a very impressive 3-0 romp away at St. James Park last weekend, the one-time Swansea boss saw his side land a 2-0 vic…
ES Tunis and Wydad Casablanca will meet in the CAF Champions League final after goalless draws in their respective semi-final second legs.
Holders ES Tunis went into Saturday s match against TP Mazembe holding a 1-0 aggregate lead, but had to withstand plenty of pressure from the hosts, with Tunisia international Moez Ben Cherifia making a string of impressive saves.
The crossbar came to ES Tunis rescue late on, as Youcef Belaili s effort from the first leg proved enough for the three-time CAF Champions League winners.
Wydad, champions in 2017, will provide their opposition in the final after drawing 0-0 with Mamelodi Sundowns in Pretoria to secure a 2-1 aggregate victory.
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Tomer Hemed and John Koutroumbis were on target as Western Sydney Wanderers ended Wellington Phoenix s unbeaten start to the new A-League season with a 2-0 away win.
The hosts took four points from their opening two games of 2021-22, stretching their unbeaten league run to a club-record 13 matches before the visit of the winless Wanderers.
Former Phoenix striker Hemed scored his eighth goal in as many games as he netted 66 minutes into his first appearance against his old club, while Koutroumbis sealed the victory in stoppage time on Friday.
Reno Piscopo dominated the first half for Phoenix as he arrowed wide and saw a second effort saved by Tomas Mejias either side of Josh Laws having a goal ruled out for offside at WIN Stadium.
Three points and a clean…
Frank Lampard s position as Chelsea head coach is under threat, while Tottenham have started talks to extend Harry Kane s deal.
Lampard is under increasing pressure at Stamford Bridge after just one win in their past six Premier League games.
Sunday s 3-1 loss to Manchester City has only put further pressure on the Chelsea boss.
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Lampard s job as Chelsea head coach is under serious threat, according to The Athletic.
The report says the Premier League club, who are eighth in the table, have started looking at replacements.
Lampard took charge of Chelsea in July 2019, but they sit seven points behind Liverpool and Manchester United – who have both played one game fewer…
Paris Saint-Germain were held to a 3-3 draw at home to relegation-battling Le Havre on Saturday and will need to wait before confirming their 12th Ligue 1 title.
PSG would have clinched the title with three games to spare with a victory. They have a 12-point gap over second-placed Monaco, who are at Lyon on Sunday, and a goal difference of 47 to Monaco s 18.
The away side opened the scoring in the 19th minute through Christopher Operi and PSG levelled 10 minutes later with Bradley Barcola scoring, but Le Havre went ahead again seven minutes before the break when Andre Ayew found the net.
Le Havre made it 3-1 with an Abdoulaye Toure penalty in the 61st minute, before Achrif Hakimi gave PSG hope with a goal 12 minutes from time and Goncalo Ramos levelled in added t…
Richarlison scored twice as Brazil opened their World Cup campaign with a routine 2-0 win over Serbia.
The Tottenham forward broke the deadlock with a close-range finish just after the hour mark at the Lusail Iconic Stadium.
Richarlison then sealed the points with a stunning acrobatic effort 17 minutes from time as Tite s side made a winning start in Group G.
The Selecao remain unbeaten in their opening match at the finals since 1934, when they lost 3-1 to Spain in the first round.
Unbeaten in their past 15 World Cup group games, Brazil controlled the first half, but without creating many goalscoring opportunities.
Casemiro tested Vanja Milinkovic-Savic with an ambitious effort from distance, while the Serbia goalkeeper was quickly off his line to…
Everton loan move for Club Brugge midfielder Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe has fallen through, the English Premier League club have announced on their official website.
The Toffees agreed a loan deal for the highly rated midfielder on transfer deadline day and they believed the required documentation had been presented before the transfer deadline.
Everton expected that FIFA would confirm the deal and allow the player to make a switch to Goodison Park, but the Toffees received a negative response.
FIFA have today refused to ratify the loan transfer of Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe to Everton from Club Brugge, read a statement on club’s official website.
The decision comes despite both the Football Association and Premier League giving their full support to the loan agreem…