The Ghana Football Association has appointed Carlos Queiroz as head coach of the senior national team, the Black Stars. The former Real Madrid, Manchester United, Portugal, and Iran coach will lead Ghana’s campaign at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Queiroz boasts an extensive World Cup pedigree. He [...] The post Carlos Queiroz appointed Black Stars head coach for 2026 FIFA World Cup first appeared on Sahara Football.

Nottingham Forest manager Vitor Pereira praises Chris Wood's character and connection with his teammates, after the New Zealand striker returned from a six month injury layoff in Forest's 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.

EGYPT star Mohamed El-Shenawy has been slapped with a heavy ban and a fine after striking a referee during a league match. El-Shenawy, 37, was on the bench during Tuesday's Egyptian Premier League match between his Al Ahly side and Ceramica Cleopatra, which ended 1-1. The goalkeeper was left furious after his team was denied a...

Florida venues locked in for England's friendlies prior to World Cup 2026

England’s final two World Cup warm-up friendlies will likely take place in sweltering Florida heat after the Three Lions’ schedule was finalized on Thursday. Thomas Tuchel’s men will take on New Zealand on June 6 in Tampa Bay before facing Costa Rica four days later in Orlando. Both games will kick off at 4 p.m. […] The post England set for World Cup warm-up friendlies in Florida heat appeared first on Soccer America.

THOMAS TUCHEL is taking his England squad to the home of Mickey Mouse ahead of the World Cup. The Three Lions will travel to Orlando to take on Costa Rica in a friendly at the Inter&Co Stadium on June 10. This will be the squad’s final warm-up game before they travel to their Kansas base...

England will face New Zealand and Costa Rica before beginning their World Cup campaign against Croatia on 17 June

Laura Woods and Liverpool icons Steven Gerrard and Steve McManaman were left a little red-faced by Mohamed Salah on Wednesday night. The Reds fell to a 2-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg …

The New Zealand striker provides a welcome boost as Forest face crunch games in the league and in Europe Nobody has scored more goals in the Europa League this season than Igor Jesus and yet the overwhelming source of interest surrounding Nottingham Forest on arrival in northern Portugal on Wednesday was another striker. Only Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak outscored Chris Wood in the Premier League last season and the New Zealand frontman has been slowly building fitness and working towards a long-awaited first-team return. All eyes were on Wood at last weekend’s interactive open-training session, staged at the City Ground. He has been ticking off different targets since knee surgery in December and at the end of last month the 34-year-old made a welcome goalscoring comeback 11 minutes into his return to action for Forest under-21s against Newcastle, in modest surroundings at Loughborough University’s stadium in front of a crowd totalling a couple of hundred: students, Forest fans, a few from the north-east.

Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish FA after "Islamophobic and xenophobic" chants during a friendly between Spain and Egypt last month.