Jermain Defoe’s departure from Woking came after “growing concerns” at the club with Jody Brown, the National League side’s director of football, claiming the former Tottenham striker failed to turn up for training. Defoe’s contract at the National League club was mutually terminated on Thursday after four months in charge. In is first managerial job, … Read more
Ipswich Town have signed Japan forward Daizen Maeda from Celtic on a three-year contract. The 28-year-old, who has joined the Premier League side in a reported £10m deal,, external was part of his country’s squad at the 2026 World Cup and helped them reach the last 32 before they were knocked out by Brazil. Maeda … Read more
When Lucas Radebe arrived at Leeds United in 1994 alongside striker Phil Masinga in a double signing, the club’s primary reason for signing him was to keep his South African compatriot happy. But while Masinga would spend just two seasons in West Yorkshire, when Radebe hung up his boots more than a decade later, he … Read more
Woking director of football Jody Brown says there were “growing concerns” across the club before the National League side parted ways with former England striker Jermain Defoe as manager. The two parties “mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect” earlier this week, with the 43-year-old Defoe having been in charge for just four months … Read more
When Mount, who has played most of his career as an attacking midfielder, joined United from Chelsea for £55m in 2023, his ability to play in central midfield was cited as one of the attractions. Although too much time in his first two seasons at Old Trafford was spent dealing with injuries, the 27-year-old was … Read more
The men’s World Cup may have finished but do not worry, the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) is ready to pick up where Spain and Argentina left off. The 34-match event will take place between 26 July and 16 August, which sandwiches it between football’s global showpiece and the start of the league season … Read more
Watch Celtic vs AC Milan today as Martin O’Neill’s side face Italian football royalty in a huge pre-season friendly, with FourFourTwo bringing you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world. Celtic vs AC Milan: key information Date: Saturday, 25 July Kick-off time: 3:00pm BST / 10:00am ET … Read more
Long before Tony Cascarino was a Republic of Ireland international playing in successive World Cups, he was a promising youngster balancing life on the training ground with that on building sites and hairdressing salons. Cascarino’s career would see him take in stints at Chelsea and Marseille, but at the age of 18 he was drifting … Read more
When Antonín Panenka stepped up to take his penalty in the 1976 European Championship final shootout against West Germany, few of the 30,790 fans in attendance would have known they were about to see one of the game’s most famous spot-kicks of all time. With Uli Hoeness having just missed his penalty, Panenka was handed … Read more
Harry Kane currently sits in second place on the list of England men’s all-time caps list. The striker made his 121st appearance for his country in the Three Lions’ World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina before sitting out the third-place play-off against France a few days later. That leaves Kane just four appearances shy of … Read more