With both teams engaged in the races for European qualification, Napoli and AS Roma shared the spoils in what turned out to be an exciting contest at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday.

The deadlock was broken in the 59th minute as Paulo Dybala converted a penalty for the visitors, scoring his first ever goal at the venue bearing the name of one of the greatest to ever play the game. Five minutes later, Mathias Olivera equalized for Napoli with a deflected effort, and Victor Osimhen turned the game around from the spot in Napoli s favour in the 84th. But two minutes before the 90 were up, Tammy Abraham earned Roma a point.

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Napoli looked the better team for a long time, right from the start until somewhere in the middle of the second half. They created…

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Rapid Wien took an important step toward reaching the UEFA Champions League group stage after a shock victory in Turkey. While the contest was not settled yet, the hosts are positioned excellently for the last knockout battle before qualifying for the group stage. The game will be played at Allianz Stadion where over 28, 000 fans will attend the much anticipated 2nd leg, from which a large Turkish audience is expected.

Rapid Wien

Despite failing to meet fans expectations last term, Rapid Wien qualified for the previous season s championship group play-off with a win in the last game played in the regular season. However, since the play-off was dominated by Sturm Graz and Salzburg, Rapid Wien settled for…

Robbie Keane has been appointed head coach of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The former Republic of Ireland striker was part of Sam Allardyce’s staff as Leeds were relegated from the Premier League last season, but departed after they failed to win any of their final four games following the pair’s arrival in May.

It is the 42-year-old’s first managerial appointment since a brief spell as player-manager for Indian Super League side ATK in 2018, though he has worked as a number two at Middlesborough and with the Ireland team, as well as Leeds.

WELCOME COACH

— Maccabi Tel Aviv FC (@MaccabiTLVFC)

He told the club website: “I am delighted to take on this challenge at Maccabi. My team and I look forward to beginning work and we have confid…

Keylor Navas has confirmed that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Navas joined PSG in 2019, making 113 appearances for the club while keeping 51 clean sheets. He won nine major honours with the French club, including three Ligue 1 titles and two Coupe de France medals.

The Costa Rica international also collected a Champions League runner-up medal in 2019-20.

Navas served as the first-choice goalkeeper for the first two seasons but has struggled for playing time since Gianluigi Donnarumma joined the club in 2021.

Since returning to PSG after a loan spell at Nottingham Forest, Navas has made just three Ligue 1 appearances this campaign.

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Sunderland signed goalkeeper Craig Gordon from Hearts in a record-breaking £9million deal on this day in 2007.

The transfer broke the previous British record for a goalkeeper, eclipsing the £7.8m Manchester United paid Monaco for Fabien Barthez.

Scotland international Gordon, who signed a five-year deal with the Black Cats, went on to make 95 appearances for Sunderland before moving back north of the border to join Celtic in 2014.

Roy Keane, the Sunderland boss who signed Gordon as part of a spending spree that exceeded £30million, was pleased to land the 24-year-old.

“I rate him very highly,” Keane said at the time.

“I think he can only get better, and this is the right club for him because we’ve good goalkeeping staff here.

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Alvaro Morata is paying no attention to his future at club level as he tries to cement a spot in Spain s side ahead of Euro 2016.

Real Madrid are expected to exercise a buy-back clause in Morata s Juventus contract, but the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United have been linked with a subsequent swoop.

Morata scored twice on Wednesday as Spain thrashed South Korea 6-1 in Salzburg, having hinted at his desire to make it into the long-term plans at the Santiago Bernabeu pre-match.

I said what player would not want to play in Madrid, but I have seen other things I have not said, Morata told Cuatro.

I m focused on the Euros and what happens, happens.

Spain s front four of Morata, Nolito, David Silva and Cesc Fabregas were all on the scoresheet aga…

The New Saints are hoping for a resolution after being told they had not equalled their own Guinness world record.

The Cymru Premier Division side believed they had matched their previous record for the most number of consecutive wins when they beat Newtown 3-0 on Tuesday.

They thought it was their 27th successive victory after the Guinness World Records told them that a penalty shootout win against East Fife in the Scottish Challenge Cup in October counted as a win.

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However, the official recordkeepers subsequently admitted their mistake and ruled only victories after 90 minutes count.

Therefore, TNS’s winning streak stands at 20 and they must…

Cristiano Ronaldo s aim is to  conquer Italy, Europe and the world with Juventus in 2020-21.

Juve ultimately had a somewhat underwhelming campaign in 2019-20 as, despite retaining their Serie A title, they failed to win the Coppa Italia and were knocked out of the Champions League in the last 16.

The defeat in Europe to Lyon earlier in August ultimately cost Maurizio Sarri his job, with Andrea Pirlo swiftly appointed as his replacement in what is the former Italy playmaker s first senior coaching role.

Ronaldo scored 37 goals across all competitions in his second season with the Bianconeri, and he has lofty goals for the next campaign.

As I m getting ready for my third season as a bianconero, my spirit and ambition are as high as ever, Ronaldo posted…

Germany head coach Joachim Low admits he is not completely satisfied with his side with just three months to go until the delayed European Championship finals.

Die Mannschaft cruised to a 3-0 win over Iceland in their opening World Cup 2022 qualifier on Thursday through goals from Leon Goretzka, Kai Havertz and Ilkay Gundogan.

It was a welcome win for Low s men, coming on the back of a 6-0 hammering against Spain in their final match of a poor 2020 that saw them win only three of their eight games.

Germany had 81.5 per cent of the ball, attempted 1,053 passes and had 15 shots compared to Iceland s eight, but Low feels there is plenty of room for improvement.

I wasn t exactly full of praise for the whole game, he said at a news conference on Saturday prev…

Djordje Mihailovic believes the Colorado Rapids should be grouped among the best teams in the Western Conference as they prepare for a trip to the Houston Dynamo.

The Rapids have won just one of their last four games, but a point against Minnesota United in a 3-3 draw was enough to keep them sixth in the table.

Colorado are now looking to get back to winning ways, and Mihailovic is hoping their form against the rest of the top six can translate against Houston.

Last year wasn t great, and we re trying to move on, but we can t forget it s the club s history, Mihailovic said.

To know we re good against the top six in the West [only losing once], I think it shows we belong in that conversation. I know people won t say that on the outside, but we believe th…