Job done. It wasn’t easy for Greece, but the team defeated Gibraltar 4:0 on the final day of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign to seal second spot in Group H. Yes, the opponents were only Gibraltar, however the stakes couldn’t have been higher for the Greeks. Following Greece’s two poor results against Estonia 

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Wayne Rooney has officially announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to his career with the Three Lions. Since earning his first cap in 2003, Rooney became a regular player in the first team squad on the international stage, and scored many goals that ensured that he was called upon regularly. The former 

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In 2015, according to La Stampa, the FIGC were looking to initiate around 70 federal football centres as well as 200 development centres in Italy each levying near to 4 million euros in investment. Reports such as this surfaced prominently in 2015 and essentially the targets of growing initiatives were 12-14 year olds. It should 

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This year’s European Under-21 Championship is held in Poland, where current champions Sweden tried attempting to fend off their competitors, hoping to retain their crown and win it for a second year running. However, the main favourites going into the competition were Spain, Germany and England, with England losing to Germany on penalties and Germany 

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GOALKEEPER Nikolay Mihaylov (Bulgaria) – To keep out the Dutch isn’t all that hard these days. More so when the silly sausages won’t pick Vincent Janssen. But the Wombles’ uncle favourite national team goalkeeper can only stop what is put in front of him. Plus, his birthday is the day before mine.   DEFENDERS Igor Shitov 

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