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West Ham’s new signing Max Kilman has not given up hope of representing England one day, hoping his consistent performances earn him a debut call-up.

Kilman left Wolves after six and a half years to join the Hammers in a £40m deal earlier in the transfer window, becoming Julen Lopetegui s third signing.

The Englishman was one of just two defenders, along with Arsenal s William Saliba, to play every minute of the 2023-24 Premier League season.

He was left out of Gareth Southgate s England squad for Euro 2024, with the likes of Jarrad Branthwaite, Lewis Dunk and Ezri Konsa preffered.

Interim manager Lee Carsley will choose his first squad for the Three Lions upcoming Nations League games against the Repbulic of Ireland and Finland next month.

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Bayern Munich and Barcelona await Inter in the Champions League group stage, but Nerazzurri vice-president Javier Zanetti insists his side are not afraid of the challenge.

UEFA s flagship club competition has provided a headline reunion with new Barca arrival Robert Lewandowski returning to his former side Bayern in Group C.

The draw of the Poland talisman revisiting the Allianz Arena remains the standout pick of the group-stage clashes, with Inter and Viktoria Plzen the other two sides to compete alongside the European giants.

Simone Inzaghi s side pushed Liverpool close in the round-of-16 clash last season and, despite falling to the Reds, Zanetti insists the Nerazzurri will take a no-fear approach to their draw alongside Bayern and Barca.

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England coach Fabio Capello has announced that the England post will be his last in football as he plans to retire from the dugout following Euro 2012.

The 64-year-old who was considered fortunate to remain in the post after England s disappointing exit in the World Cup quarter-finals said at a book signing by a friend in Milan on Friday that he was too old to consider another coaching job.

At the moment I think of nothing else but Euro-2012 with England, said Capello, who is seen by many as one of Europe s greatest club coaches.

After that I will go into retirement.

Unfortunately I am old, I no longer have the time: this will be my last experience on the bench.

Capello, who guided AC Milan to four league titles and the 1994 Champions League …

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Hoping to find a route into the top-four this weekend, Reims will travel to the Stade Raymond Kopa on Sunday afternoon when they meet Angers.

Starting with the hosts, although Angers might have secured a Ligue 1 return for this season, Les Scoistes have a real battle on their hands in the race to keep hold of their top-flight status this time around. Missing out on what they had billed as a potential opportunity last weekend as they eventually had to settle for a 1-1 stalemate at home against Nantes, Alexandre Dujeux’s men find themselves sat rock-bottom of the table and pencilled in as a leading relegation contender this year. Heading into September’s international break with a nightmare 4-1 drumming at the hands of Nic…

QPR spoiled Aaron Ramsey’s Cardiff homecoming with a 2-1 success in the Sky Bet Championship.

Sinclair Armstrong – with his first QPR goal – and Kenneth Paal were on target to puncture Cardiff’s early-season optimism generated by the return of Wales captain Ramsey.

Ike Ugbo gave Cardiff hope 12 minutes from time with his second goal in as many league games, but the Bluebirds were left to rue efforts from Ramsey and Mark McGuinness coming back off the crossbar.

Ramsey’s last appearance on this ground in Cardiff colours came in February 2011, when on loan from Arsenal as he recovered from serious injury.

There was huge excitement as Ramsey led out a Cardiff side managed at home in the league for the first time by Erol Bulut, the former Fenerbahce …

Gareth Bale inspired Wales to a hugely-impressive 3-0 thrashing of Russia to ensure Chris Coleman s men topped Group B while it was a night of frustration for England as they failed to find a way past a stubborn Slovakia defence.

As ever, we present the pick of the more seldom-seen moments of gold from the tournament in France, featuring a particularly difficult question for Switzerland striker Breel Embolo.

Tell us what you feel, Breel

As Q As go, this one was a little different.

Swiss newspaper Schweizer Illustrierte fired a few questions at teenage sensation Breel Embolo, regarded as one of the most sought after young players in Europe.

The interview started by asking him what is the one thing he would change to improve the envir…

James Tavernier was the Rangers hero as the Light Blues picked up their first trophy of the Philippe Clement era with a 1-0 Viaplay Cup final win over Aberdeen.

The prolific Ibrox skipper rifled in the winner in the 75th minute of a hard-fought encounter at Hampden Park to hand his Belgian boss his first trophy after just a few months at Ibrox.

The victory completed the clean sweep of domestic trophy wins for the full-back and it also meant Clement remains unbeaten in 14 games since taking over from Michael Beale in October.

It was the 28th time the Ibrox club have won the trophy – the first since 2011 – and they still have interest in the title and Europa League this season, with the Scottish Cup yet to start, so Gers fans will be hoping more success is on i…

Gary McAllister says Arne Slot must be prepared to aim high by targeting trophies if he is to be successful with Liverpool.

The Dutchman is set to begin his first season in charge of the Reds after being appointed as Jurgen Klopp s successor in May.

Liverpool enjoyed a trophy-laden spell under the German, winning their first-ever Premier League title, as well as a Champions League, a Club World Cup, a Super Cup, an FA Cup and two EFL Cups.

However, Slot was no stranger to success while at Feyenoord, leading the team to the Eredivisie title in 2022-23 before lifting the KNVB Cup in April during his final season with the club.

McAllister, who won five trophies in the two years he spent at Liverpool, says Slot s success will be determined by the silverware h…

Striker Lautaro Martinez scored a goal in each half to help climb to third place in Serie A, following a 3-2 victory away to Udinese on Saturday.

The victory ended a three-game winless run in all competitions for Inter and ensured they got back to winning ways at the first opportunity following their 2-1 defeat in the Milan derby last weekend.

Udinese, meanwhile, are fifth in Serie A, with this defeat their second on the spin in the league after losing at Roma.

Davide Frattesi put Inter a goal ahead after just 43 seconds in Udine, converting Matteo Darmian s low cross to score the earliest goal in a Serie A match since 27 May 2023, but that was cancelled out by Christian Kabasele s 35th-minute header.

Last season s Serie A top scorer Martinez restored the…

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