Harry Kane said the hurt of England s penalty shoot-out defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final would stay with his team-mates throughout their careers, but urged those who missed like Bukayo Saka to hold their heads up high.
After the Wembley showpiece finished 1-1, Kane scored England s first penalty of the shoot-out but Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Saka all failed to convert from the spot.
That left England to reflect on a missed opportunity to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy, but Kane insisted Gareth Southgate s team are moving in the right direction.
Kane told BBC Sport: We couldn t have given more, the boys couldn t have given more. Penalties are obviously the worst feeling in the world when you lose. It wasn t our night.
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Leicester City striker David Nugent has signed a new two year contract with the club, .
The 29 year old has been with the East Midlands side for years, during which time he has notched up almost one hundred and fifty appearances in all competitions, scoring fifty-four times.
Twenty of those goals came in the league last season, a tally which helped fire the Foxes to the Championship title and now he will have once again have the opportunity to play at the highest level of English football.
Nugent made thirty-four Premier League appearances for Portsmouth in three years, while he also spent the 2009/10 season in the top flight on loan with Burnley.
Internationally, he is one of only a small number of players to score on his one and only appearance for…
PSV took another giant stride towards winning their first Eredivisie title since 2008 as they beat Dordrecht and Ajax drew at Willem II.
Ruthless PSV moved 14 points clear at the top of the Eredivisie on Sunday as they beat Dordrecht 3-0 and second-placed Ajax drew 1-1 at Willem II.
Phillip Cocu s side suffered a 1-0 UEFA Europa League defeat at home to Zenit on Thursday, but responded by securing an 11th consecutive league victory in bottom side Dordrecht s first game since coach Ernie Brandts departure by mutual consent.
The runaway leaders were in front after only four minutes at the Philips Stadion, when Jetro Williams cross was turned into his own net by Jeffrey Fortes.
Dordrecht were unfortunate not to be level when Matthew Steenvoorden s …
Paris St Germain returned to winning ways following their Champions League thrashing at Newcastle with a 3-1 Ligue 1 victory over Rennes.
First-half goals from Vitinha and Achraf Hakimi put Luis Enrique’s side in the ascendancy at Roazhon Park.
Amine Gouiri pulled one back for the hosts on 57 minutes but substitute Randal Kolo Muani swiftly restored the visitors’ two-goal advantage.
It s also s 400th game as a professional player!
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PSG, who suffered a 4-1 hammering on Tyneside on Wednesday, made their intentions clear by peppering the Rennes back line from the start.
Kylian Mbappe, making his 400th professional appearance, found space in neat pockets on the left and nearly opened the scoring w…
Alexis Sanchez and Sergio Aguero, intertwined by transfer speculation that will surely run deep into the close-season, supplied sharply contrasting images of unfettered joy and helpless dejection as Arsenal overcame Manchester City 2-1 in extra-time to book their place in the FA Cup semi-final.
Aguero had City dreaming of a date with destiny against double-chasing Chelsea next month when he charged on to Yaya Toure s brilliant, raking pass and coolly dinked past Petr Cech in the 62nd minute.
It was a 12th goal in his last 12 games for the Argentina striker and 30th in all competitions this season, yet uncertainly still lingers around the future of City s modern-day talisman.
Pep Guardiola has been more forthcoming in his praise of the 28-year-old over recent week…
Stefan Radu has committed his long-term future to Lazio by signing a five-year contract at the Stadio Olimpico.
The Romanian left-back s deal in the Italian capital had been due to expire at the end of next season.
But Radu will now remain with Lazio until 2020 after helping them to third place in Serie A last campaign.
Radu joined Lazio in 2008 from Dinamo Bucharest and has won two Coppa Italia titles and a Supercoppa Italiana in his time with the club.
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Could Darwin Nunez be the next Benfica star to make a big move?
Portuguese sensation Joao Felix swapped Benfica for Atletico Madrid in a club-record deal in 2019.
Now, Uruguay international Nunez is attracting interest from across Europe.
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Manchester City are leading the race to sign Darwin Nunez from Portuguese giants Benfica, according to the Daily Star.
Premier League champions City are desperate to sign a forward amid links with Tottenham s Harry Kane, Borussia Dortmund sensation Erling Haaland and Fiorentina forward Dusan Vlahovic.
Nunez has also reportedly attracted interest from Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Milan, Inter and Atletico Madrid.…
Manchester City are eyeing a surprise move for Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara, .
The former Barcelona man was heavily linked with a move to Manchester United prior to securing his switch to the Allianz Arena in the summer of 2013, and his time in Germany so far has been plagued by injury.
He has made just seventeen starts in the league, scoring twice though he has been part of the squads that won back-to-back Bundesliga championships while he also triumphed in the DFB Pokal in 2014.
During his time at Barca, he played just over a hundred times in all competitions winning multiple honours while internationally he was part of Spain’s victorious squads in the U17 European Championship in 2008 and U21 European Championships in 2011 and 2013.
Euro 2024 hosts Germany booked their place in the quarter-finals, with Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala scoring in a 2-0 victory over Denmark on Saturday.
The tournament s joint-leading scorer, Musiala, curled in a wonderful strike after Havertz s spot-kick to send Denmark crashing out of the tournament.
Nico Schlotterbeck and Joachim Andersen were earlier denied openers following VAR reviews early in each half, while the game was also paused for close to half an hour amid a torrential downpour in Dortmund.
At the end of a dramatic encounter, Denmark are heading home while Germany have set up a meeting with either Spain or Georgia in Stuttgart on Friday.
Denmark got an early let-off as Schlotterbeck saw what would have been his first international goal ruled…
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The Champions League campaign entered its knockout stages last week with the first legs of four round-of-16 clashes played, and now it s time for the replay of last season s final as Liverpool host Real Madrid at Anfield on Tuesday evening.
Liverpool
Liverpool are currently among the hotter topics in the Premier League. They ve put in some appalling performances which deservedly brought embarrassing results, and they certainly don t deserve to be anywhere near the title race. To put it simply, they haven t been the same team that won both domestic cups, missed out on the league title by a point and reached the Champions League final last season.
However, the Merseysiders form appears to have taken an upwards turn lately, boost…