Philippe Clement hailed the “amazing” achievement of James Tavernier after the Rangers captain broke the British goalscoring record for defenders in the 3-1 win over Hibernian at Ibrox.
Light Blues winger Scott Wright had the ball in the net in the 21st minute after Hibs keeper David Marshall saved a Tavernier penalty but was penalised for encroachment.
However, the 32-year-old Gers full-back, who joined the Light Blues in 2015, made amends by firing in his 22nd goal of the season and his 131st in total, taking him past former Preston, Burnley and Scotland defender Graham Alexander, who scored 130.
The UK’s highest-scoring defender ever.
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— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC)
In the second minute of added time Myziane Maolid…
Inter Miami have signed former Liverpool and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez from Brazilian side Gremio for the 2024 Major League Soccer season.
The 36-year-old Uruguay international has agreed a one-year deal with Miami – co-owned by David Beckham – and will team back up with former Barca team-mates Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
Miami said on their official website: “Inter Miami CF announced (on Friday) that it has signed UEFA Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and Conmebol Copa America winner and five-time LaLiga champion Luis Suarez to a contract running through the 2024 Major League Soccer (MLS) season.”
El comienzo de un nuevo sueño
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF)
Suarez was named the best player and best strike…
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Looking to extend on their Australia Cup adventure on Wednesday morning, Western Sydney Wanderers will travel to Brisbane City.
Starting with the hosts, while Brisbane might have signed off June with a much-needed 2-0 victory away at Redlands, it appears that might have been nothing more than a minor boost. Last seen slumping to a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Gold Coast Knights, Karl Dodd’s men have come tumbling down the NPL Queensland standings. Getting July underway with a woeful 3-0 drumming at home against Queensland Lions, the Azzurri have lost all of their previous three appearances by an aggregate score of 6-1. Likewise, including a 2-1 defeat against Sunshine Coast last month, Brisbane have registered …
Antonio Conte warned against complacency after Napoli ended a Serie A matchday top of the table for the first time since they captured the Scudetto in 2022-23.
Goals from Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia helped Napoli to a 2-0 home win over Monza on Sunday, taking them to 13 points from their first six league games under Conte.
Having gone through three head coaches as they finished a dismal 10th as defending champions last season, Napoli have now kept as many Serie A clean sheets under Conte (four) as they managed in their previous 31 outings in the competition.
They have also managed three successive shutouts for the first time since February 2023 and are guaranteed to end matchday six at the summit of Serie A.
Conte, however, says there is muc…
Raheem Sterling still has the determination and strength of character to make an impact on the biggest stage, according to former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha.
Sterling is expected to start England s opening Euro 2020 game against their 2018 World Cup conquerors Croatia at Wembley, even though his club form dwindled during the second half of the 2020-21 campaign.
So often an automatic pick during the Pep Guardiola era, Sterling fell out of favour for Manchester City as they continued their progress towards a third Premier League title in four seasons.
The 26-year-old has only scored once apiece for club and country since February, with rumours over a deterioration of relations with Guardiola and speculation surrounding whether or not he will sign a new c…
Walter Mazzarri has been named as the new manager of Napoli.
The experienced 62-year-old replaces Rudi Garcia, who lasted only five months in the role.
The Serie A champions have struggled in their title defence, winning only six of their 12 matches, and sit 10 points behind leaders Inter Milan.
Walter Mazzarri è il nuovo allenatore del Napoli.⁰Bentornato Mister!
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli)
Napoli revealed the news in a brief post on social media, saying: “Walter Mazzarri is the new coach of Napoli. Welcome back Mister.”
Mazzarri has huge experience in Serie A, including coaching Napoli from 2009 to 2013.
It was a successful tenure, with Napoli qualifying for the Champions League for the first time, winning the Co…
Spain and England are among five European teams that can secure a spot in the 2010 World Cup on Wednesday, as France could be left with just the playoffs with Portugal may be all but out.
Serbia, Denmark and Slovakia can also advance, although the Danes and Slovakians need a win coupled with other results going their way.
European champion Spain hosts Estonia in Merida and will be confident of winning for the eighth time in eight Group 5 games. The Spaniards will qualify if second-place Bosnia-Herzegovina fails to beat Turkey at home.
Favorites with the British bookmakers to win the World Cup for the first time, the Spaniards are six points ahead of the Bosnians, who have a four-point advantage over the Turks.
Vicente del Bosque s star-studded Spain is a…
Austin FC will become the 27th MLS team in 2021, league commissioner Don Garber announced on Tuesday.
Austin will play in a new $225million stadium and will be Texas third MLS side, joining FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo.
However, Austin will become the city s first team in a major professional sports league.
Austin is a thriving metropolitan city – the personification of what we mean when we say MLS is a League for a new America,’ Garber said in a statement. We are extremely proud to be the first major professional sports league to become part of the culture of this historic American city.
Let s do this Austin!
— Austin FC (@AustinFC)
Austin mayor Steve Adler said the city would be positively impacted by the addition of the club.
LaLiga, home to the European champions, returns on Friday for another season.
Real Madrid ended the previous campaign by winning the Champions League, the prize they covet most, but it was also a successful year in domestic action.
Carlo Ancelotti s men eased to a record-extending 35th league title by 13 points – that is the gap Barcelona have sought to bridge in the transfer market during the close season. So, just how successfully have they done that?
Stats Perform AI has predicted the outcome of the coming campaign, estimating the likelihood of teams finishing in each position informed by their expected results in each match.
These are calculated using betting odds and Stats Perform s team rankings – based on historical and recent team performances…
If the coming LaLiga campaign can match the previous few months for drama, an epic is in store.
The 2021-22 season gets under way this weekend with Spanish football still reeling from Lionel Messi s remarkable Barcelona departure.
The move to Paris Saint-Germain leaves one of LaLiga s grandest clubs without its talisman, while rivals Real Madrid have also seen their captain depart for the French capital on a free transfer.
Where does that leave defending champions Atletico Madrid and the rest heading into the opening weekend? Stats Perform takes a look.
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