Here is every update you missed on Sportscliffs in the past days
Spain head coach Luis Enrique will step down as the manager after the Spanish team crashed out of the tournament in Qatar following a penalty shootout defeat to Morocco.
The La Roja federation have thanked the 52-year-old and insist he will always have the ‘love and admiration’ of the country.
France manager Didier Deschamps claims that their World Cup opponent England have no weakness.
The defending champion will face the Three Lions in the quarter final of the World cup as the seek to move to the next round.
Speaking with the media ahead of their game with Gareth Southgate’s men Deschamps said: “They don’t have any. All teams have strengths, not all have many weaknesses, but slightly less strong points.
Former Real Madrid player Mesut Ozil has hit out at former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo’s critics following different media report against the Portuguese star.
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving’s lost his partnership deal with Nike, the shoe and athletic apparel maker stated this on Monday.
This move came a month after the company suspended the Brooklyn guard as part of the fallout over his tweeting a link to a film containing antisemitic material.
It was not a surprise breakup, especially after Nike co-founder Phil Knight said in the days after the company suspended Irving that he had doubts there would be any reconciliation.
Hawk’s Trae Young stated that he and Hawks coach Nate McMillan have settled their disagreement regarding absence in a game last Friday.
Giannis Antetokounmpo not bothered about free throw violation after facing timing issue.
The Milwaukee Bucks’ star Giannis Antetokounmpo had a free throw taken away because he didn’t shoot it within the fixed 10 seconds — a problem that has dogged him at various times throughout his career.
Morocco coach Walid Regragui has stated that ‘creating a family’ has been key to their incredible run at the World Cup.
Following their brilliant last-16 win over Spain, Regragui stated that: “I fought this a lot of times. Before this World Cup we had a lot of problems about guys born in Morocco and Europe. Sometimes people, including some journalists in this room, said these guys don’t love Morocco, why not play with the guys born in Morocco?
PSV forward Cody Gakpo has stated that there has been no contact from Premier League club, Manchester United despite interest.
The Dutch has been impressive in the World Cup with his performance for the Netherlands, scoring three goals in four games, with a quarter-final against Argentina to come.
That has come off the back of a scintillating run of form for PSV before the World Cup break as he bagged nine goals in 14 Eredivisie games, adding an impressive 12 assists.
He was linked with a summer move to United, but that did not materialise and the 23-year-old, who also revealed Leeds did make a move for him, admitted to panicking.
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