Scotland midfielder John McGinn credited Liam Cooper’s vocal encouragement and some respite from the sun as sparks for their unlikely Oslo comeback along with their “phenomenal” substitutes.

McGinn admitted Scotland had barely posed a threat before goals in the final four minutes from Lyndon Dykes and substitute Kenny McLean earned a 2-1 victory over Norway.

Cooper had come on for the fatigued Kieran Tierney not long after Erling Haaland had put the hosts ahead with a 61st minute penalty and McGinn was inspired by the defender’s rallying cries.

The Euro 2024 qualifier had begun in heat of about 30 degrees and Scotland were struggling to get back in the match but the arrival of McLean, Stuart Armstrong and Billy Gilmour and a change of tactics helped turn …

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expects Darwin Nunez to face Ajax in midweek after missing Saturday s shock defeat to Nottingham Forest with a hamstring injury.

Uruguay striker Nunez scored the only goal of the game on Wednesday as the Reds beat West Ham, building on a lively – albeit chaotic – cameo against Manchester City last weekend.

But he was withdrawn in the second half with a hamstring strain and that prevented him from featuring at the City Ground, his absence a blow as the Reds lacked presence in attack.

Forest won 1-0 thanks to a goal from former Liverpool youngster Taiwo Awoniyi, and Klopp will be desperate for his side to get the defeat out of their system as quickly as possible.

Liverpool can secure their progression to the last 16 of the…

FIFA have confirmed results of an investigation into bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be revealed after this year s tournament.

The process surrounding Qatar s successful bid has faced particular scrutiny amid fresh allegations of corruption.

Reports in the British press over the weekend alleged that Mohamed Bin Hammam, former president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), paid up to $5million to football officials to drum up support for the bid.

Qatar s 2022 Bid Committee subsequently released a statement denying the claims, and insisted Bin Hammam had no role in the bidding process.

Previously, former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner was accused of receiving $2million in payments from a firm controlled by a former Qatari football official in retu…

Christoph Daum has parted ways with Eintracht Frankfurt less than two months after taking charge of the Bundesliga club.

The former Bayer Leverkusen and Fenerbahce boss took over in March, but only managed to pick up three points in his seven games in charge, condemning the club to relegation.

He announced on Monday he would leave his post after a meeting with club chairman Heribert Bruchhagen.

Frankfurt should start their Bundesliga comeback with another coach, Daum said.

There was no prospect for me despite the club and team being in my heart.

Eintracht s relegation was confirmed when they suffered a 3-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, despite taking a second-half lead.

Daum said promotion back to the top flight won t happen i…

Mikel Arteta has signed a one-year contract extension at Arsenal, .

The Gunners captain is the latest in a long list of Arsene Wenger’s squad to commit their immediate future to the North London club after Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Tomas Rosicky all put pen to paper in recent weeks.

Arteta moved to the Emirates Stadium from Everton in August 2011, and he has gone on to make one hundred and thirty appearances for the club in all competitions, the latest of which coming in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with local rivals Tottenham Hotspur though he was substituted with a calf injury after just twenty-eight minutes.

The point at the weekend maintained Arsenal’s unbeaten start to the league season, though they will this evening look to aveng…

Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto labelled his team s shock 3-1 win over Uruguay as a historic triumph for the CONCACAF nation.

Oscar Tabarez s men were stunned in Fortaleza as the lowest-ranked side in Group D pulled off a surprise triumph.

Pinto acknowledged the significance of Saturday s victory, against the team who had beaten them in a qualification play-off for the 2010 World Cup.

(It is) a historic triumph for football in Costa Rica, said the 61-year-old after the match.

The Colombian added: We had worried a lot about their passing game but today we beat them.

It s an important victory that motivates us. I want to congratulate the team for their tactical defence work.

A Uruguay side missing the injured Luis Suarez led 1-0 at half-time after Ed…

Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain has had a lot of bad luck with his crucial missed chances in finals, according to Gabriel Batistuta.

Higuain has often been criticised for his wastefulness in big matches, namely Argentina s losses in the 2014 World Cup final and the 2015 and 2016 Copa America deciders.

But Batistuta, who scored 54 goals for Argentina during his career, feels Higuain – and to a lesser extent Sergio Aguero – has been unfortunate with the national team.

They ve had a lot of bad luck, especially Higuain. He missed key chances in the three finals, he told FIFA 1904.

I say it s bad luck because he was the one who created those three opportunities. It s not like a team-mate did everything and left him through on goal. His bad luck was tha…

Turkish giants Fenerbahce continue their search for a creative midfielder that will fill in the No 10 role in the team and, according to, Younes Belhanda has been identified as their main summer target.

Fenerbahce’s interest in Twente’s Hakim Ziyech has been cancelled by the high transfer fee Dutch club were looking to get for their man and Sari Kanaryalar have now set their sights on the 26-year-old Morocco international.

Belhanda is Dynamo Kyiv’s player who spent the second part of last season on loan at Bundesliga outfit Schalke, but German club decided not to pursue and option to make the deal permanent.

Fenerbahce have already made contact with the Ukrainean club and the talks are going quite favourably for the Turkish side.

Younes Belhanda ha…

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We re entering slightly unknown territory this week with all FA Cup fifth round ties being set to take place across the next few days as opposed to at the weekend. There are sixteen teams left in the race to win football s oldest club competition, and while the big boys are still in play, there s a very real chance that one of the lesser fancied sides could go all the way. Today we ll be taking a look at two such examples as West Bromwich Albion prepare for the arrival of Newcastle United.

West Brom

While nothing is certain in a league like the Championship it certainly seems as if the Baggies are on their way back to the big time. They know how to handle this division and through an ambitious manager…

Newcastle United have completed a club-record deadline-day move for midfielder Miguel Almiron from Atlanta United.

The on-off move had been mooted since December, when Almiron led Atlanta to MLS Cup glory, and was finalised on Thursday as Newcastle splashed out a reported £20.5million on the Paraguay international.

The deal sees the Premier League s longest standing club-record broken, with the Magpies belatedly agreeing a deal to surpass their £16.5m signing of Michael Owen in 2005.

Almiron was nominated for the MVP award in MLS in 2018, having quickly established himself as one of the league s standout stars after arriving at the expansion side the previous season.

The 24-year-old scored 21 goals in 62 regular season MLS games, contributing 28 assists…