4 days ago · Highlights and livestreams of International Club Friendly 2025 Basketball meeting between South Korea and Japan. Best places to watch the .... Where to Watch South Korea vs Japan 11.07.2025 – Live Streams The World Cup final takes place on December 18, with the Premier League campaign restarting on Boxing Day. It's the exact same number of games it took Sir Alex Ferguson to reach 100 clean sheets in the competition with Manchester United, while the only manager to reach this total in fewer matches was José Mourinho with Chelsea (185).City's Riyad Mahrez has scored in seven consecutive club matches in all competitions. But, nonetheless, Inzaghi feels that Jurgen Klopp’s side have the edge ahead of their Champions League last-16 tie. They have successive home games against Crystal Palace and Brentford before a run of Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool, with three of those four away from home. Seven wins and two draws in their last nine league games, it is now a cup final and if they get all the way to the final and blow it, that will be a nightmare for them. I think this season we're improving very much, but you never know because it's football and it's going to be so tight. Fourth-placed Spurs can move six points clear of Arsenal with a home win against Brighton in Saturday's 12.30pm kick-off, before Mikel Arteta's side face Southampton at 3pm. Sadly, it was an isolated moment of a rise in standards in what was a desperately poor first half that drew a chorus of boos from the supporters when referee Stephen Martin mercifully brought it to a close. Vahid Halilhodzic's team finished top of their group with seven points, but Malawi will feel up to the task of overpowering a side who crashed out at the last-16 stage three years ago. But given the Saints have picked up seven points from their last three games, it could well be a tough night at St Mary's.Ron Walker Raphinha shows his importance to Leeds The sight of Raphinha, who has been a revelation since moving to Elland Road from Rennes at the beginning of last season, returning to the bench on crutches during last weekend's 1-1 draw with Wolves would have been a huge concern to everyone at Leeds, especially considering the length of their current injury list. A victory for Diego Simeone's men, however, would put them within seven points of their rivals and, with Los Rojiblancos boasting a game in hand, the title race would remain very much alive. The Spurs forward did not connect with the Brighton player. Referee Craig Pawson produced a yellow card for Kulusevski. This result] shows we are still fighting, we can stretch it to the distance where we can. That gives our dressing room an awful lot of belief. But Newcastle's relatively busy schedule in December has also distorted the picture at the bottom of the table - the Man Utd game was Newcastle's 19th of the season whereas Burnley, the team closest to Newcastle in the league table, signed off for Christmas having played just 15. CARRA: Worth it? NEVILLE: Absolutely, it was worth a 120-match ban! For me personally, that's what it's about. Gordon is indebted to manager Lee Carsley, who made nearly 200 appearances for Everton during his playing career and retains strong ties with the club, for giving him his chance. Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: Match Statistics It was a goal worthy of winning the title – and that's exactly what it's done. Lots of critics think that Bayern Munich and Poland striker Lewandowski, who finished second, should have taken home the trophy. If they can keep up this form in the final third of the season, who is to say a push for European football next term is out of the question?Dan Long Norwich second best and running out of time Barring a few brief weeks of respite, Norwich have suffered a severe case of deja vu on their return to the Premier League. But Hodgson - who has met Rangnick on a number of occasions and says he always found him to be impressive - believes his fellow manager was always going to have a tough job on his hands at Old Trafford. Brighton ended their run of 11 Premier League games without a win as goals from Leandro Trossard and Neal Maupay saw them beat Brentford 2-0 on Boxing Day. Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder has been named the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month for December. You are going to Japan or South Korea in 2002 to watch England 1 day ago · POV: You are going to Japan or South Korea in 2002 to watch England play in the World Cup. Theory. Get Sky Sports | Live football on Sky SportsHow are the Power Rankings calculated?Premier League top scorers and assisters Mason Greenwood (No 5) has made a blistering start to the season with three goals, Mohamed Salah (No 6) has scored twice and created two assists and Conor Gallagher (No 9) has shone on loan at Crystal Palace. Last week the court ordered UEFA to stop its disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. On-loan pair Andraz Sporar and Onel Hernandez secured a 2-0 win for Middlesbrough at Nottingham Forest to heap more pressure on under-fire home boss Chris Hughton. In an absorbing tie at the Etihad, Diego Simeone's team held out for 70 minutes but Phil Foden's introduction brought the breakthrough that puts Pep Guardiola's side in charge. However Shrewsbury's lead - and their dream of causing the shock of the third round - lasted just seven minutes and Gordon's cool finish was the signal for Liverpool to take charge. Celtic roared back to all but secure the Scottish Premiership title with a rousing victory at home to Hearts. However, Kabore's form has been noted at City. The club obviously keeps a close eye on all of their loan stars and they have been encouraged by the progress he's made in recent months. While the technology had little to do in Wednesday's game between Chelsea and Al Hilal, it did disallow its first goal in Thursday's Club World Cup game between the United Arab Emirates' Al Jazira and Tahiti's AS Pirae. The Argentine forward and team-mates Juan Bernat, Nathan Bitumazala and Sergio Rico were confirmed to have Covid a day before PSG's French Cup tie against fourth-tier side Vannes. The Canaries remain winless in the nine league outings this term, leaving boss Daniel Farke surprisingly candid about the Carrow Road side's shortcomings. He continued: It has been brought to my attention that Mel has received death threats and other threatening messages. There is absolutely NO place for that. Tensions are high. His talent is unquestionable. When you see him in training, I think you have had some players say he is the best in training. So he has that. Manchester United are reportedly interested in Rice, but are said to be facing competition from Chelsea and Manchester City for the England international, who has left his agent to be represented by his dad. Forward Adam Hlozek has been linked with a number of Europe's elite clubs having finished as the Fortuna Liga's top scorer in 2020-21 before representing his country at Euro 2020 at the age of 18. Jermain Defoe lives, breathes, and sweats in the hearts of Sunderland fans. After all, he was the one that virtually single-handedly kept the Black Cats in the Premier League in the 2015/16 season, scored one of the greatest ever goals witnessed at the Stadium of Light in a 1-0 victory over Newcastle and formed a beautiful friendship with avid Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery who suffered from terminal childhood cancer neuroblastoma. A subjective view might be that Manchester United supporters may be disappointed if Ancelotti was appointed as manager, says Carteret, but the objective view from the quantitative analysis is that he is very good at understanding how to win matches. That's the difference between Liverpool and Man City right now. Neville: Big ask catching Man CitySpeaking on the Gary Neville podcast, Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville echoed Carragher's assessment and believes Manchester City's imperious run through the festive period may have just ended the three-horse title race. Chelsea are out of it but I think it's a two-horse race. Liverpool have a great opportunity - I think it will go right down to the wire.