Paraguay have dismissed head coach Daniel Garnero after less than a year in charge following their woeful Copa America campaign.
The Paraguayan Football Association (APF) announced the decision on Monday, parting ways with the 54-year-old after just 10 matches in charge.
Paraguay finished bottom of Group D without a win at the 2024 Copa, losing to Colombia 2-1, 4-1 to Brazil and then 2-1 to Costa Rica.
The APF announces the termination of the relationship with DT Daniel Garnero as head coach of the Paraguayan national team, the federation said in a short statement on social media.
The 54-year-old was only appointed in September 2023, replacing compatriot Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
Yet Argentina s Garnero was given his marching orders with Paragu…
Manchester City favourite Pablo Zabaleta believes Pep Guardiola s men have signed the world s best player in Erling Haaland, as he refuted suggestions departing winger Raheem Sterling was a club legend.
Having scored a remarkable 86 goals in 89 appearances during a two-year spell at Borussia Dortmund, Haaland agreed to sign for City in May before officially joining the Premier League champions on July 1.
In his final campaign with the Bundesliga outfit, Haaland scored 29 goals in 30 games in all competitions, putting away 65.8 per cent of his big chances as he became one of world football s hottest properties.
Haaland is part of a City squad embarking on a pre-season tour of the United States, and could make his bow when they face Mexican giants Club America in T…
In what was a thrilling affair from the Emirates on Sunday afternoon, Arsenal mounted a stellar comeback in north London as they landed a 3-1 victory against Manchester United.
Despite falling 1-0 down against the run of play as Marcus Rashford powered home on the 27th minute mark, it took the Gunners just 35 seconds to drag themselves level as Martin Odegaard snatched a dramatic equaliser
While the Red Devils might have thought that they had snatched a famous late winner before Alejandro Garnacho saw his strike rulled out by VAR, Erik ten Hag would have been left heartbroken in the dying moments.
With big-money summer arrival Declan Rice powering home in the sixth-minute of stoppage time, it was eventually ex-Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus who wrapped up…
Napoli director Giovanni Manna insists there are many options still open for Victor Osimhen, who has been exiled from their squad for the Serie A season after failing to clinch a transfer.
Osimhen was linked with a move to Premier League giants Chelsea or Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli in the recent transfer window, yet a switch failed to materialise.
Chelsea were reportedly unwilling to meet his wage demands, while Al-Ahli signed Brentford s Ivan Toney after Osimhen refused to move to Saudi Arabia.
Osimhen, who scored 26 goals in Napoli s Scudetto-winning campaign of 2022-23, has now been left out of Antonio Conte s Serie A squad, with Romelu Lukaku brought in as his replacement and taking the Nigerian s number nine shirt.
The striker now faces the prospe…
Ricardo Quaresma says Portugal must earn the right to be considered a challenger for Euro 2016 with strong performances in their warm-up games, beginning with Norway on Sunday.
Fernando Santos side in eighth place are the fourth-highest European nation in the current FIFA rankings and have been tipped as one of the favourites to win the finals in France.
Inspired by captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored five goals in qualifying to guide his side to top spot in Group I, Portugal are hoping to go one better than in Euro 2012, when they lost to eventual winners Spain on penalties in the semi-finals.
Quaresma, however, has denied that they should be considered clear candidates to end their long wait for a first ever major title but is determined for them to prov…
Luka Sucic scored a stunning late equaliser to ensure Real Sociedad held Atletico Madrid to a 1-1 home draw in LaLiga on Sunday.
Atletico had taken an early lead, Antoine Griezmann bringing down a lofted ball before setting up Julian Alvarez with a delightful backheel, and the Argentine scored after just 51 seconds.
Jan Oblak then made a string of fine saves, including a double stop against Martin Zubimendi and Nayef Aguerd, as the hosts dominated possession.
Eventually La Real s pressure paid off and there was nothing the goalkeeper could do as Sucic s superb first-time shot from distance sailed over him and into the top corner in the 84th minute.
Atletico moved one place up to third on 17 points, four points behind second-placed Real Madrid and seven o…
Marcel Desailly says Chelsea fans will be scrutinising Antonio Conte closely during Italy s Euro 2016 campaign.
Conte is due to take over at Stamford Bridge after the Azzurri s involvement in the European Championship comes to an end.
The 46-year-old won three consecutive Serie A titles as Juventus coach before taking the national team post.
He will be expected to make an immediate impact in west London, Chelsea having finished a distant 10th last season, as a disastrous defence of their title cost Jose Mourinho his job.
Desailly, having played for Chelsea between 1998 and 2004, will be among the interested observers during Euro 2016 seeking clues on what is in store for the Blues under the incoming manager.
Conte, for sure we are looking at him,…
Marc Guehi insists he is able to block the outside noise about his Crystal Palace future amid interest from Newcastle United.
The Magpies have already had two bids for the defender rejected, but have reportedly made a third, with Palace valuing Guehi at around £65million.
Guehi caught the eye as he made his tournament debut for England at Euro 2024, playing in all but one of the Three Lions games as they reached the final, only to eventually lose out to Spain.
But the 24-year-old has said he finds it easy to ignore the attention, and that it will not affect his approach to the season.
I can, I ve been doing it my whole life really, Guehi told Sky Sports. I ve never really been one to be looking too much into myself if that makes sense.
But I th…
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has set England the target of winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In his first key speech since replacing David Bernstein, Dyke also said he expected England to reach the semi-finals at Euro 2020.
Dyke believes England will make it to Brazil 2014 despite Roy Hodgson s men sitting second to Montenegro in Group H of UEFA qualifying.
The first target is to reach the semi-finals of the European Championship in 2020 and the second is to win the World Cup in 2022, Dyke said.
At Euro 2020, where we would expect Wembley to host a number of games, it will give us a focus to have a real crack at making inroads into the later stages of the tournament.
Home advantage has provided England with two of its best three sh…
David Taylor, the chief executive of UEFA Events, has criticised the high costs in Poland and Ukraine ahead of Euro 2012.
Taylor claims some hotels in Ukraine are charging too much and will put off fans from travelling to Euro 2012.
There are issues around the high cost of hotels in Ukraine, that is causing us some concern, Taylor said.
Of course UEFA cannot fix that ourselves, we don t manage the hotels.
However, we do think that it is not a very good image to present, to try and charge as much as possible.
Some of the prices you might see on the websites for hotel rooms in Ukraine are way above what we feel is right.
We speak to the authorities, to the hotels and we try to ensure that they understand the importance of setting p…