Scottish champions Celtic visit Iceland s KR on Tuesday as qualifying for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League gathers pace.

The 1967 European Cup winners made it to the group stages after thumping Cliftonville 5-0 over two legs in the second qualifying round last year, but begin the new campaign with a different coach at the helm.

Ronny Deila is the man charged with filling the boots of former Celtic Park boss Neil Lennon, who won five Scottish titles as a player before guiding the club to three consecutive crowns in the past three seasons.

And Deila will be keen to make a winning start in Iceland this week, with the second leg set to take place at Murrayfield as Celtic s Glasgow home plays host to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

Deila s former clu…

Swansea boss Garry Monk will lose a number of his first team squad this summer, but can he move the club forward next season?

Swansea City seems to be at the hub of a lot of transfer activity at the moment. Sky Sports are reporting that Dutch keeper Michel Vorm has agreed terms to move to Tottenham, while Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson is moving in the opposite direction.

Young Wales international full-back Ben Davies is also reportedly close to sealing a move to White Hart Lane in a swap deal involving Sigurdsson.

Then there is striker Wilfried Bony, who has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool, amongst others.

Exodus

There seems to be a mass exodus happening at the Liberty Stadium and this summer could be a worrying one for Swans…

According to a recent report from ESPN, Juventus could use Paulo Dybala and Federico Bernardeschi in a deal to sign Paul Pogba.

The Manchester United midfielder has been heavily linked with a return to the Italian giants, and Juve themselves seem to be particularly interested in making it happen. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, however, is well aware of the quality that the Frenchman brings to the side at Old Trafford, and he won’t want to let him go without getting something in return which is where this idea comes in.

The two for one deal could wind up being the best possible switch for United, especially when you consider just how inconsistent Pogba has been at times in the last few years.

We ve heard about Dybala possibly leaving Juve for a while now but nothing has…

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Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers will face each other in the Premier League this weekend. The match will be held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 12:30pm UK time on Saturday.Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur have made a strong start to their 2022-23 Premier League campaign. Antonio Conte’s side have picked up four points from two matches and are fourth in the league table at the moment. Spurs kicked off their campaign with a 4-1 hammering of Southampton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the league before drawing 2-2 draw with Chelsea away from home at Stamford Bridge in London in the league.Spurs are not expected to win the Premier League title thi…

Borussia Dortmund have announced a record turnover of €376.3 million over the financial year between July 1 2015 and June 30 2016, an increase of 36.6 per cent compared to the previous year.

Chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke revealed at a news conference that revenue excluding transfer fees rose by 6.7 per cent to €281.3, despite the club s absence from the Champions League. 

After tax the Bundesliga outfit recorded a profit of €29.4m..

The increase in turnover is a clear sign of BVB s earnings power, Watzke stated.

We can still grow in national and international TV marketing, but that always happens with our roots firmly in our mind. We will remain the club that we are.

Ticket and catering prices will remain stable, they will only ris…

Former Juventus goalkeeper Dino Zoff said it is impossible to stop Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, you just have to hope that he misses.

Juventus and Champions League titleholders Madrid will meet in the first leg of their quarter-final tie in Turin on Tuesday – a rematch of last season s final which saw Ronaldo score twice in a 4-1 rout.

Ronaldo has scored 12 goals in his eight appearances in the Champions League this term, while the 33-year-old has been on the scoresheet at least once in every match since the 2017 decider.

Juve and Italy great Zoff insisted the five-time Ballon d Or winner cannot be stopped.

 Training in Turin. Now for the main event

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden)

[Ronaldo] is an incredible player,…

Ronald Koeman is anticipating a stern physical test at West Ham as he seeks his first Premier League victory as Southampton manager.

Following a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool and a goalless home draw with West Brom, Southampton travel to Upton Park on Saturday still searching for their opening league win of the new season under the Dutchman, who took over from Mauricio Pochettino in June.

Southampton did record a 2-0 League Cup second-round success at Millwall on Tuesday, and Koeman is now eager to build on that triumph.

However, the 51-year-old knows that will be no easy feat at a ground where the south-coast club were beaten 3-1 last season and 4-1 in 2012-13.

It s always important [to win] because that s the best way to have the confidence. You can talk, yo…

Wayne Rooney began his tenure as England captain with a goal as the Three Lions beat Norway 1-0 in a friendly at Wembley.

Roy Hodgson s side, preparing for their first match of Euro 2016 qualifying on Monday, played to a sparse crowd of just 40,181 after their disastrous World Cup campaign and were unable to make a breakthrough before half-time in an unimpressive performance.

The moment came when Omar Elabdellaoui felled Raheem Sterling in the penalty box 67 minutes into the game, whereupon Rooney stepped up to blast home his 41st international goal, taking him above Michael Owen in the country s all-time highest-scorers list, with only Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker and Jimmy Greaves still ahead of him.

England s performance will do little to boost confidence ah…

France captain Patrick Vieira and Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda were recalled to the national squad by coach Raymond Domenech on Monday for the June friendlies with Nigeria and Turkey.

Vieira has had an injury-wracked season and had already missed France s unhappy Euro 2008 campaign because of injury while Malouda was last selected for the friendly with Tunisia last October and then he only came on for six minutes as a substitute.

However, the 44-times capped former Lyon star who has voiced criticism of Domenech has rediscovered his form at Chelsea since Guus Hiddink took over in February as interim manager following the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Domenech insisted that his recalls of Malouda and Vieira who won the last of his 106 caps last November in…

France No. 1 goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has revealed that he is not delighted with his current club situation at Tottenham Hotspur, which currently has him as Spurs No. 2 shot-stopper behind Andre Villas-Boas first-choice Brad Friedel, .

Lloris, who joined Spurs from French giants Olympique Lyonnais for a fee of £8 million on transfer deadline day, has started just one English Premier League match for Tottenham this season, despite keeping a clean-sheet in his only start against Aston Villa on 7 October.

I m training, I do the maximum, and the coach made his choice, Lloris told L Equipe following France s 2-1 win over Italy on Wednesday.

It is difficult to accept. It is a little hard. You will have to ask the coach. I just stay professional.

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