Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe is ready for her side to embrace “unknown territory” as they continue preparations for the Women’s World Cup.
Ireland have been drawn in Group B of this summer’s global showpiece alongside Canada, Nigeria and tournament co-hosts Australia, who they face in their opening match on July 20.
It marks an historic moment for the Irish women, who will be competing for the first time in a major tournament finals and McCabe is looking forward to the challenge ahead.
“It’s unknown territory for us, we’ve never qualified for a major tournament before, this is all new for us,” she told the PA news agency.
It’s all starting to sink in an honour to be selected to represent our country at our first ever WC
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Cameroon midfielder Stephane M Bia has acknowledged that a pre-tournament bonus row has impacted on their FIFA World Cup performances.
Volker Finke s team initially refused to travel to Brazil for the World Cup due to a disagreement over how much the players would be paid, forcing them to arrive at their tournament base late.
Players and coaching staff were quick to downplay the situation upon arrival in South America, insisting the team s preparations for the competition were not dented as a result.
However, after defeats to Mexico and Croatia brought about Cameroon s elimination from Group A, M Bia has conceded the row looks to have had an influence.
You have to be objective and realistic; that (the bonus row) has played a role, he is quoted as saying …
Real Madrid sporting director Zinedine Zidane has revealed he would be interested in coaching the French national team in the future.
The former France international ended his playing career in the summer of 2006, but returned to football in June 2009 when he was named advisor to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Zidane was appointed sporting director at the Bernabeu earlier this year, and the Frenchman now appears to have coaching ambitions as well.
Whether I d like to be coach of Les Bleus? Why not! That wouldn t be a bad thing. Everything s possible in life, Zidane told Le Parisien.
France are currently coached by Laurent Blanc, who replaced Raymond Domenech after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
And while the man who is currently in…
Jamie Vardy has been named the Football Writers Association s Footballer of the Year for 2016.
Vardy received 36 per cent of the votes cast to triumph over Leicester City team-mates Riyad Mahrez and N Golo Kante.
The striker has scored 22 goals in the Premier League this season to put Claudio Ranieri s men who were pre-season relegation candidates on the brink of a stunning title success.
This season also saw the 29-year-old set a new Premier League record by scoring in 11 consecutive matches, beating the previous landmark held by Ruud van Nistelrooy.
England international Vardy wins the award after an astonishing rise having still played non-league football as recently as 2012.
He said: It s a great honour to win such a prestigious award and to h…
Jurgen Klopp has dismissed his poor record in finals as he attempts to win his first trophy in charge of Liverpool on Wednesday.
Klopp s men take on two-time defending champions Sevilla in the Europa League final in Basle with the German looking to claim his first piece of major silverware since the 2012 DFB-Pokal, when Borussia Dortmund trounced Bayern Munich 5-2.
Since that night in Berlin, Klopp led Dortmund to three more title-games the 2013 Champions League final and the DFB-Pokal final in 2013 and 2015 without success. He also guided Liverpool to the 2016 League Cup final at Wembley where they were beaten on penalties by Manchester City.
Despite that modest record, the 48-year-old is adamant it is not a major concern heading into the clash at St-Jakob Park.…
The Italian heavyweights AC Milan are said to have struck an agreement with Ligue 1 side Nice over a summer transfer of star winger Allan Saint-Maximin.
that Rossoneri failed in their attempt to bring the 21-year-old starlet on deadline day last week and have instead agreed to take on the winger once the current season is over.
Nice officials are said to have been rather appreciative of how Milan handled the negotiations and the fact they weren’t pressured into a deal in the final hours of the winter transfer market, which is why they ultimately accepted Milan’s €20 million offer for the player.
Saint-Maximin is expected to join his new club this summer, while Nice can expect to pocket an additional fee on the transfer if Milan qualify for the Champions L…
Peter Bosz is certain that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is very happy and Borussia Dortmund despite recent comments suggesting a degree of disappointment over not getting a move to Real Madrid.
The Gabon star has been in electric form for Dortmund in the last two years, scoring a total of 61 Bundesliga goals since the start of the 2015-16 season.
Unsurprisingly, that ability has seen other big clubs around Europe take a keen interest, with reigning European champions Madrid said to be one of those sides.
Aubameyang was asked about those links in an interview on Thursday and said that he no longer has a dream to play for Madrid and that he will not speak of them because they don t want me .
Some perceived his comments to be borne out of frustration, but Bosz …
Leeds United are interested in signing Sean McGurk from Wigan Athletic in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported by the British tabloid that the Premier League club wanted to secure the services of the 17-year-old midfielder in the summer of 2020, but the Wigan administrators decided not to sell him.
The West Yorkshire club, who are playing in the Premier League this season after winning automatic promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2019-20 campaign, are planning to make a move again for the teenage midfielder when the window opens in January.
Leeds have made a strong start to their Premier League campaign and find themselves fifth in the standings with 10 points from six matches. Meanwhile, Wigan are 18th in the League One table …
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