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Pep Guardiola has reminded Manchester City s players they cannot expect privacy after footage of Kyle Walker s behaviour in a bar led to negative headlines this week.
The City and England defender was shown on CCTV footage, published by The Sun, with friends at a venue where he apparently pulled down his trousers.
The newspaper alleged Walker indecently exposed himself, with the incident said to have happened last Sunday. Cheshire Police has confirmed it is looking into the matter.
Guardiola said it was a private issue and he would not discuss Walker s conduct.
We solved it internally, speaking with him, Guardiola said in his regular Friday pre-match press conference. Of course, this is not the place to talk about private situations.
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Antoine Griezmann is hoping France international team-mates Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena will be able to represent their country at Euro 2016.
Benzema is suspended indefinitely from the national team due to his alleged involvement in a sex tape scandal against Valbuena.
The Real Madrid striker was arrested in early November last year and warned he could miss out on the European Championships if the case did not evolve by then.
While Valbuena was not handed any suspensions, coach Didier Deschamps did not pick him for the nation s recent round of friendlies in November.
Griezmann is hopeful he will see both of them make the squad for the finals, but admits France have capable replacements if the duo do not make it.
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Rangers will face PSV Eindhoven or Sturm Graz if they progress to the Champions League play-offs.
The Ibrox side were seeded in the draw but must first get past Swiss side Servette, who visit Ibrox on Wednesday in the first leg of the third qualifying round.
The Gers beat PSV 3-2 on aggregate at the same stage last year to reach the group stage, with Antonio Colak grabbing the winner when he netted the only goal of the second leg in the Netherlands.
Sturm Graz have included former Motherwell wing-back Max Johnston in their European squad, although he has only featured for the second team since his recent move.
The winners of our Third Qualifying Round will face either PSV Eindhoven or SK Sturm Graz.
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Cody Gakpo scored in a third consecutive World Cup match as the Netherlands eased into the knockout stage by beating Qatar 2-0 to top Group A.
PSV attacker Gakpo has been one of the breakout stars of the tournament and impressed again at Al Bayt Stadium, setting the Oranje on their way to victory with a clinical 26th-minute strike.
As Senegal defeated Ecuador elsewhere, a further goal from Frenkie de Jong made sure of a straightforward victory to clinch first place in the pool.
Gakpo likely would not have had such a prominent role thus far if not for Memphis Depay s hamstring injury, but the pair started together on Tuesday and will now aim to link up again in the last 16 against the Group B runners-up.
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Cristiano Ronaldo says his absolute focus will be on Portugal at the World Cup amid the furore of his scathing interview on Manchester United.
The five-time Ballon d Or winner criticised United manager Erik ten Hag, Ralf Rangnick and senior figures at Old Trafford in an interview with Piers Morgan for TalkTV, which will be released in full on Wednesday.
Ronaldo said he felt betrayed by United and claimed no progress had been made by the club since Alex Ferguson s departure in 2013.
United subsequently responded with a statement on Monday noting the interview and vowed to reply after the full facts have been established .
The 37-year-old on Monday stated his focus will be fully on playing for Portugal in Qatar ahead of their Group H opener against Ghana on…
France s lower house of parliament has approved a two-month extension of the state of emergency declared in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
The measure means the state of emergency will now cover Euro 2016, which takes place from June 10 to July 10, along with the Tour de France from July 2 to July 24.
Thursday s vote expands police powers to put people under house arrest outside the normal judicial process, conduct house raids and searches without warrant or judicial oversight and allows for restrictions on large gatherings.
The French government initially sought an extension in April, with prime minister Manuel Valls telling radio station France Info: The state of emergency cannot be permanent, but for these big events we have decided to prolong it. …
France saw their perfect Euro 2022 record end in a 1-1 draw with Iceland, while Belgium beat Italy 1-0 to complete the quarter-final line-up.
Corinne Diacre s France side are still through to the last eight as Group D winners, but missed the chance to go three wins from three in Rotherham on Monday.
Despite the loss of Marie-Antoinette Katoto to a knee injury, France seized a swift lead in the opening minute through Melvine Malard, with the PSG forward and Grace Geyoro also having goals disallowed.
That gave Iceland a modicum of hope to move into the last eight, but Dagny Brynjarsdottir s 102nd-minute penalty after a lengthy VAR deliberation proved to be too little, too late.
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German football s biggest game will take on extra significance this weekend when Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena.
Dortmund have mounted a serious challenge to Bayern s sustained Bundesliga dominance this season and lead the defending champions by a point.
Bayern s inability to take control of the title race led to them surprisingly parting ways with Julian Nagelsmann on March 24.
His replacement, a man who has the other side of this storied rivalry, Thomas Tuchel, who was BVB coach from 2015 to 2017.
Tuchel s Dortmund overcame Bayern en route to DFB-Pokal glory in 2017, but the former Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea boss is now immediately under tremendous pressure to deliver victory for Die Roten.
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Ange Postecoglou has done a phenomenal job since taking over at Tottenham and was a natural choice to oversee the club s rebuild due to his charismatic personality.
That is the view of former England striker Emile Heskey, who came up against Postecoglou in the A-League during a two-year spell in Australia with Newcastle Jets between 2012 and 2014.
Postecoglou has had a remarkable impact on Spurs since taking charge, making the best start by any manager in Premier League history by overseeing a return of 26 points from his first 10 games in the competition.
Tottenham trail champions Manchester City by just a single point at the summit ahead of Saturday s trip to Wolves, having suffered their first league defeat under Postecoglou last time out.
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Terry Venables will forever be remembered as the manager who oversaw the summer when football came home.
The charismatic boss, who has died at the age of 80, enjoyed a colourful and controversial career, the undoubted highlight of which was leading England to within a penalty shoot-out of reaching the final of the European Championship on home soil in 1996.
That fixture was his last as the national team’s manager after he left the role to focus on his upcoming court cases, but by the end of the year he was, perhaps typically, combining a new role as Portsmouth chairman with another as Australia coach.
That ‘wheeler-dealer’ streak saw Venables court controversy for his dealings outside of football.
‘El Tel’, as he became known during his time in …