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Mauricio Pochettino will be without Neymar and Leandro Paredes for Paris Saint-Germain s Champions League clash with RB Leipzig on Tuesday as his list of absent players continues to grow.

Brazil star Neymar returned from the international break with an adductor issue after impressing with a goal and two assists in a 4-1 win over Uruguay.

Paredes, meanwhile, was replaced in the second half of Argentina s 1-0 victory against Peru due to a problem in his right quadriceps and will also be unavailable.

The pair join Sergio Ramos – who is still yet to make his PSG debut – on the injury list, while Angel Di Maria is suspended and Mauro Icardi is a doubt after missing training due to personal issues.

The priority is always the health of the players,  Poche…

Portugal have been dealt a blow ahead of their Euro 2020 campaign, with full-back Joao Cancelo testing positive for COVID-19 and Diogo Dalot called up.

Manchester City right-back Cancelo had an exceptional season for the Premier League champions, and looked set to be a key player for Portugal as they aim to defend their European crown.

Indeed, he scored one and set up another as Portugal ended their preparations with a 4-0 friendly win over Israel on Wednesday.

However, the 27-year-old returned a positive test on Saturday and has now been placed into isolation. Further tests carried out across the rest of the squad revealed no more positive cases.

It was victory for Portugal tonight as they beat Israel 4-0 in their international friendly

Joao Canc…

Beijing Guoan and Shaanxi Chanba both were 2-0 winners in the opening round of the Chinese Super League on Sunday.

Beijing Guoan s 2-0 victory at Jiangsu Shuntian saw them claim top spot in the league after just one match, with both goals coming in the space of three second-half minutes.

After a cagey opening, the 2009 champions claimed the lead after 58 minutes when Wang Changqing hit the back of the net after he was left unmarked at the far post.

The hosts hit back with an attack of their own, but were hit with the ultimate sucker punch when Guoan grabbed their second on the counterattack.

Honduran international Walter Martinez kick-started the move with a nice run, before cutting in from the left and setting up Australian Joel Griffiths, who made no m…

A report in newspaper Bild has claimed Germany coach Joachim Loew is the frontrunner to succeed Louis van Gaal at Bayern Munich.

The news comes despite the fact Loew is still under contract to the national squad until the end of the 2011/12 season.

The 51-year-old has been manager of Germany for four-and-a-half years since stepping up from his role as Jurgen Klinsmann s assistant in the wake of the 2006 World Cup, with impressive performances at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup further bolstering his credentials.

Bayern have struggled to build on the successes of last Bundesliga season, which saw them complete a domestic double and finish as runners-up to Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League.

A 3-1 defeat to Hannover at the weekend finally forced …

Niko Kranjcar will spend a second consecutive season on loan at QPR, after signing on again for the London club from Dynamo Kiev.

Kranjcar, 30, represented QPR 31 times in the Championship last season, helping the Loftus Road outfit back into the Premier League.

The Croatia international, who has worked under Harry Redknapp previously at Portsmouth and Tottenham, said QPR was a club close to his heart after signing up for another campaign on Monday s deadline day.

It s a great feeling to be back, it feels like home. I felt a special emotion with the club and the fans, Kranjcar said in a press release.

The fans were phenomenal last season. I had a great relationship with them and hopefully it s only going to get better.

I really feel happy here,…

Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi has warned that qualifying from Group C at the FIFA World Cup will be easier said than done.

Lamouchi s team will take on Colombia, Japan and Greece in Brazil, with their opening fixture coming against Alberto Zaccheroni s side on Saturday.

Many see an Ivorian team containing the likes of Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba and Gervinho as favourites to progress to the last 16.

However, the African nation were eliminated in the pool phase at both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, leading to Lamouchi to call for a sense of perspective when it comes to their chances this time around.

If you know football, you could say that it s open (and) evenly balanced, but certainly not easy, he told L Equipe.

I think that the four teams are level. Each…

Martin O Neill has signed a new deal with Republic of Ireland, which will keep the manager in the role through the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Along with O Neill, assistants Roy Keane, Steve Guppy, Seamus McDonagh and Steve Walford have also agreed new contracts.

Former Leicester City, Celtic and Aston Villa boss O Neill was appointed to the job in November 2013, following their failed bid to reach the 2014 World Cup under Giovanni Trapattoni.

O Neill successfully led Ireland to Euro 2016, as they came through a two-legged play-off with Bosnia-Herzegovina, prevailing 3-1 on aggregate.

Their European Championship campaign gets under way with a Group E meeting with Sweden on Monday, and Tuesday s news comes as a welcome boost ahead of a tough-looki…

Neven Subotic is seeking a move away from Borussia Dortmund after eight seasons with the Bundesliga giants.

A key figure in Jurgen Klopp s Dortmund side, Subotic won two Bundesliga titles and a DFB-Pokal medal, as well as reaching the 2013 Champions League final, after following the charismatic coach to Signal Iduna Park from Mainz.

His partnership with Mats Hummels was the foundation for Dortmund s vibrant attacking style under Klopp which won many plaudits, but he was given just seven starts in all competitions by Thomas Tuchel last term, with Bayern Munich-bound Hummels mostly paired with Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

A back injury and then a thrombosis issue kept him out of action for much of 2015-16 and now Subotic says he requires a fresh start in order to per…

Jose Mourinho has defended his Manchester United record while hinting at unrest at the club, saying  people don t know what is going on behind the scenes at Old Trafford.

The Portuguese was axed last month after a 3-1 loss to Liverpool left them 19 points adrift of the Premier League leaders less than halfway through Mourinho s third campaign at the helm.

Mourinho won the EFL Cup and the Europa League in his first year before guiding United to a second-placed finish in 2017-18, but poor results on the field this season, coupled with reported rows with several high-profile players, resulted in his December departure.

However, Mourinho, who has won league titles in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain, as well as the Champions League twice, insists all was n…

Eventually managing to avoid a Europa Conference League collapse on Thursday night, Tottenham just about opened tenure in charge with a victory in north London.

Holding onto a much-welcomed against Dutch outfit Vitesse in front of their home support, Spurs fans were undoubtedly given a huge boost last week when news broke that Nuno Espírito Santo had been given his marching orders.

Watching his four-month spell come to an end following Tottenham s woeful 3-0 defeat against Manchester United last weekend, the Lilywhites now have a serial winner sitting in their dugout.

Out of work since guiding Inter Milan to their first Serie A title in a decade last season, it is believed that Daniel Levy will be looking to back his new boss when the window reopens.

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