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West Ham United and Sheffield United will face each other at the London Stadium in the Premier League next week. The match is slated to kick off at 6pm UK time next Monday and promises to be an entertaining game of football.

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West Ham United are having a wonderful season in the Premier League and are actually in the running for the Champions League places in the table. David Moyes’s side are sixth in the standings at the moment with 39 points from 23 matches, just a point behind fourth-placed and defending English champions Liverpool.

The Hammers played out a goalless draw with Fulham away from home at Craven Cottage in the league this past weekend. It followed a 3…

In the last round of the group G in the World Cup, England met Belgium to fight for the top spot. Both teams had already secured passage to the knockout stage by beating the other two teams in the group Tunisia and Panama, so the game bore no importance in that aspect. It was set only to decide the potential opponent in the round of 16 for these two nations. The winner would play Japan, while the runner-up would be set to face Colombia.

The Teams

Given the strain of the competition, potential booking-caused suspensions and injuries, both coaches opted to rotate their teams rather heavily for this game.

England s Gareth Southgate put Jordan Pickford between the posts, the trio of Phil Jones, John Stones and Gary Cahill in defence, Eric Dier to anchor the midfield helped…

Bundesliga side VfL Bochum s Portuguese keeper Daniel Fernandes has joined Greek Super League outfit Iraklis on loan till the end of the season. Iraklis were in the market for a keeper , and Fernandes, who is looking for first team football with a view to securing a seat on the Portuguese flight to South Africa this summer, fit the bill perfectly.

Fernandes was born in Edmonton, Canada and was with the Vancouver Whitecaps before crossing the Atlantic to join FC Porto.  After short spells with Porto, Celta Vigo and Jahn Regensburg, he signed for PAOK in 2003. After five successful seasons with PAOK, he transferred to Bochum for a fee of 1.2 million euros in May 2008.

Fernandes is contracted to Bochum till 2012.

[Source:- VfL Bochum]

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Juventus striker Fabio Quagliarella has admitted that there is a possibility that he will return to Napoli in the summer transfer window.

The Azzurri might need to bring in a replacement for Edinson Cavani, who looks set to leave and they could do a lot worse than resigning the Italy international.

Fabio Quagliarella, 30, has refused to rule out a possibility of joining the Azzurri ahead of the 2013/2014 campaign.

“Return? Never say never. It is a team of my heart,” the experienced forward told Sky Italia.

Fabio Quagliarella enjoyed a very successful season with Napoli before joining Juventus in the summer of 2010, scoring 11 goals in 34 Serie A matches.

He has since struggled to nail down a regular starting berth in Turin, scoring mere 22 le…

Malcom is set to join up with his new Barcelona team-mates on their United States tour after successfully passing his medical on Wednesday.

The Brazilian winger put pen to paper on a five-year contract on Tuesday after Barca agreed a €41million deal with Bordeaux, hijacking Roma s proposed switch for the 21-year-old.

Bordeaux announced earlier this week that a €40m fee had been agreed with Roma, only for Malcom to reportedly reject that move in favour of joining the Spanish champions.

Malcom could feature when Barca meet Tottenham in the International Champions Cup in California on Saturday, before potentially facing the club he snubbed, Roma, on Tuesday.

Barca conclude their ICC fixtures against AC Milan on August 4.

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Thomas Lemar is not afraid of the physical demands usually expected by Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid following his move from Monaco.

The France international rose to prominence in the 2016-17 season when Leonardo Jardim s young Monaco side reached the Champions League semi-finals and won Ligue 1.

After transfers to Liverpool and Arsenal failed to materialise, Lemar was not quite so impressive last term, but that has not deterred Atletico.

The Europa League winners paid Monaco a reported €70million for Lemar in a quest to bolster their numbers on the flanks following the departures of Yannick Carrasco and Nico Gaitan last term.

Both Carrasco and Gaitan had been struggling to meet the demands of Simeone, who is notorious for asking a lot of his playe…

Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite’s added-time header snatched a 2-2 draw against Tottenham to spoil two-goal Richarlison’s return to Goodison Park.

The visitors appeared on course to make it six wins in seven after quality strikes from the Brazil international, only for the Toffees’ 21-year-old centre-back, one of their players of the season, to pop up at the far post with his first goal of the campaign.

A point was as much a reward for Sean Dyche’s side’s determination as it was a punishment for Spurs not finishing off their opponents when they had the chance.

Crazy scenes at Goodison Park as Jarrad Branthwaite equalises in injury time!

A huge point rescued for the Toffees!

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Neil Warnock has been appointed as Aberdeen manager until the end of the season.

The 75-year-old takes over from Barry Robson, who was dismissed last Wednesday, with the club currently sat eighth in the cinch Premiership.

Warnock said: “I’m really looking forward to the challenge here at Aberdeen.

Neil Warnock has been appointed as our manager until the end of the season.

Welcome to Aberdeen Neil!

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“I’ve made no secret of the fact I’ve always wanted to manage in Scotland so when I spoke to (chairman) Dave (Cormack) and (chief executive) Alan (Burrows) and they asked me to help out it just felt like the right opportunity.

“By all accounts there is a good group of lads here and it’s my job…

Tim Sherwood has warned the returning Alan Hutton, Scott Sinclair and Gabriel Agbonlahor they must earn their Aston Villa shirts ahead of this weekend s clash with West Ham.

Hutton and Sinclair were named on the bench for last weekend s win against Everton the former making a cameo return from an ankle injury.

Sinclair was not risked after a hamstring complaint, while Agbonlahor has not featured in almost a month, also due to a hamstring problem.

All three could return to Sherwood s starting XI as Villa seek to record a third win from four Premier League outings, but the former Tottenham boss insists their places are not guaranteed.

Gabby s back this weekend. To have Alan Hutton, Scott Sinclair and Gabby back in the squad is great. We re looking healt…

Liverpool ponder Vidal swoop

Liverpool are considering a summer bid for Juventus hotshot Arturo Vidal.

With Steven Gerrard leaving, the Reds are on the lookout for midfield reinforcements and they appear ready to test the Bianconeri s resolve with an official proposal for the Chilean.

Prizing Vidal away from Turin is unlikely to be an easy task given that he has developed into a key player for Juventus, but he might be allowed to leave if Paul Pogba stays.

The Bianconeri are being linked with a summer move on Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan, who is co-owned with Cagliari.

Arturo Vidal has proved to be one of club s best signings in recent years, having bagged 35 goals in 124 Serie A outings since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen.

The inte…