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Socceroos boss Tony Popovic, the former Crystal Palace defender, is open to picking the teenager in his squad for next summer’s World Cup finals in North America after Overy made a significant impression during the recent Under-20 tournament in Chile, where Australia failed to reach the knockout stages after placing third in their group behind eventual finalists Argentina, and Italy. Source link

We may have a title race on our hands after all.Arsenal are still considered heavy favourites to win their first Premier League title in more than two decades, but dropped points at Sunderland followed by Manchester City’s thumping 3-0 win over Liverpool has given the race a whole new look.City are now just four points behind Arsenal, while reigning champions Liverpool sit eight off the pace after their fifth defeat in six games. Gary Neville believes City are Arsenal’s clear main rivals, but insists the Reds cannot yet be counted out with 27 gameweeks of the season still to be…

McLaren’s Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to stretch his Formula One lead to 24 points on Sunday after teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri picked up a penalty for causing a collision and finished fifth.Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli hung on for a career-best second place with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third after starting from the pitlane, another astonishing performance from the four times world champion who won from 17th on the grid last year.Australian Piastri, who started fourth at Interlagos with sprint winner Norris on pole, had to serve a 10-second penalty for an early clash with Antonelli…

Norris took pole to follow his victory in the sprint race at Sao Paulo on Saturday, while title rival Oscar Piastri qualified fourth after crashing out of the sprint.Max Verstappen has said he can “forget about” winning the world championship after qualifying 16th and finishing fourth in the sprint.Norris is nine points clear of Piastri and 39 ahead of Verstappen with four races to go.Here’s everything you need to know about the race…When is the Brazilian Grand Prix?Brazilian Grand Prix start timeLights out at the grand prix is schedule for 5pm GMT.Brazilian Grand Prix starting grid2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)3 Charles…

Manchester City and Liverpool bid to take advantage of Arsenal’s slip-up against Sunderland when they meet in a huge game at Etihad Stadium.Arsenal conceded a 94th-minute equaliser to draw to 2-2 at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, and both clubs can close the gap to the Premier League leaders.City can move four points behind Arsenal with a win, while Liverpool can move to within five points of Mikel Arteta’s side.Here’s everything you need to know about the game…Date, kick-off time and venueMan City vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 4.30pm GMT kick-off on Sunday, November 9, 2025.The match will…

Oliver Glasner has been monitoring the fitness of Ismaila Sarr, who scored twice during the week but was withdrawn having played through hamstring tightness, while England international Adam Wharton is a doubt through illness. Brighton, the visitors in this iteration of the M23 Derby, made light work of Leeds with a 3-0 victory last Saturday as in-form forward Danny Welbeck scored his sixth goal in five matches while Diego Gomez added a brace.Palace won home and away against Fabian Hurzeler’s men last season and haven’t lost any of their last 11 league matches at home, the longest ongoing unbeaten streak…

They have now won two in a row, beating Aston Villa in the Premier League before dispatching a listless Real Madrid in the Champions League, 1-0.As they look to spoil the party on Pep Guardiola’s 1000th game in management, Liverpool will likely have to make do without Alexander Isak from the start.The Swedish striker has been out for almost three weeks with a groin issue and returned to full team training this week, but it remains to be seen whether he will be passed fit for today’s match.Man City, though, are at the peak of their powers. They barely broke…

The pair’s goals cancelled out Dan Ballard’s opener and put Arsenal on course to go nine points clear at the top of the Premier League.But Brobbey found the net with just minutes to go as Sunderland fought back to claim a 2-2 draw.And, here, Standard Sport looks at three things we learned from Arsenal’s draw at Sunderland…Second-half fightback ends in heartbreakWith minutes to go, this looked like being an impressive win for Arsenal.The Gunners had been poor in the first half and Sunderland’s plan to turn the game into a stop-start affair was effective.Mikel Arteta’s side could not get into…

Now, the west Londoners are looking to jump back into the top four, but they will need to get past a Wolves side that are currently managerless. Vitor Pereira was sacked after the 3-2 home defeat by Burnley last time out. Reports claim that Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards is in the frame to replace him, but tonight, they have under-21 coach James Collins and under-18 manager Richard Walker in the dugout. Source link

Borthwick has rung the changes from the win against the Wallabies, making seven tweaks in total to the England XV as the likes of fly-half Fin Smith, Marcus Smith – starting at full-back – and Ollie Lawrence return while Chandler Cunningham-South gets a first start at No8. Ellis Genge captains the side from the front, with Maro Itoje among the replacements with a knock, as George Ford misses out entirely. Source link