Norwich City will be taking on one of the best sides in the world when they face Liverpool in their Premier League opener, according to Daniel Farke.

Last season s Championship winners travel to Anfield on Friday in their first game back in the top flight since suffering relegation in 2016.

Liverpool, in action at Anfield for the first time since winning the Champions League, start the season as second favourites for the title behind reigning champions Manchester City.

Yet despite the calibre of the opposition, Farke has promised to give Liverpool a run for their money.

DF: I can t speak highly enough of Jurgen Klopp. He s a world-class coach, and the job he s done at Liverpool is outstanding.

— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC)

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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino insists Dele Alli is happy at White Hart Lane amid reports linking the England star to Bayern Munich.

Alli has been a driving force of Spurs Premier League title challenge this season, racking up 13 goals across 30 often-imposing and impressive displays in all competitions.

Such exploits are rumoured to have brought the attacking midfielder into focus for the Bundesliga champions, but Pochettino paid little mind to such talk three days on from the mid-season transfer window closing.

That [rumours] always happens when the players are good or when the coaching staff is good, when things are going well, he said ahead of Saturday s Premier League home match against Middlesbrough, where second-placed Spurs will aim to end a seque…

Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi combined to devastating effect as Barcelona thumped Granada 4-0 to claim their fourth consecutive away LaLiga win.

Ronald Koeman s team continued their recent revival as Messi scored twice for the second straight game, with Barca taking a three-goal lead into half-time.

Griezmann also netted a double and assisted one of Messi s strikes in one of his finest showings in a Barca shirt after what has been a difficult spell since joining from Atletico Madrid in 2019.

The victory moves Barca up to third and within four points of Atletico and two of rivals Real Madrid, who are at Osasuna later on Saturday. 

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Serbia will welcome Portugal to the Rajko Mitić stadium in Belgrade on Saturday evening, in what will be their fourth and Portugal s third game of the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. Neither team will want to waste the opportunity of banking in a point or three, so it should be an interesting game for more than one reason.

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Though the Serbs have rarely achieved anything as a team, they have always had a few quality names in their ranks. Nonetheless, their main goal in these games is to qualify for the final tournament next year, and they won t be worrying about what happens there just yet.

They managed to appear at the 2018 World Cup and even win their opening game against Costa Rica, but the subsequent back-to-back defea…

Jamie Carragher was perplexed by Gareth Southgate s strange decision to leave special talent Phil Foden on the bench in England s goalless World Cup draw with the United States.

The Three Lions remain top of Group B and on the brink of qualifying for the round of 16 heading into a clash with Wales on Tuesday, but were fortunate to secure a point against USA at Al Bayt Stadium on Friday.

England were sluggish and were almost punished when Christian Pulisic rattled the crossbar in the first half after Weston McKennie wasted a good opportunity to open the scoring.

Southgate brought on Jordan Henderson, Jack Grealish and Marcus Rashford in the second half, but Manchester City attacking midfielder Foden was an unused substitute.

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Rain stopped play once again in New Zealand and India s latest white-ball encounter, as the pair saw a no result declared in an abandoned second ODI in Hamilton.

The tourists posted 89-1 off 12.5 overs at Seddon Park before the umpires officially called time on the match amid worsening conditions.

In a game that had already seen a break before five overs thanks to rain, it is the second game of the pair s wider limited-overs series to be washed out by the weather, along with a drawn T20 encounter on DLS.

The result means New Zealand hold a 1-0 lead from the first ODI heading into Tuesday s final game at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Rain has the final say at Seddon Park. We move to Christchurch for the final match of the Sterling Reserve ODI Series at Hagl…

Sarina Wiegman says England feel buoyed by the levels of support for the team ahead of the World Cup final.

The Lionesses take on Spain on Sunday as they bid to win the trophy for the first time.

Boss Wiegman said: “It’s incredible what happened. We felt the support, we felt the support here, but also from the other side of the world in the UK. That’s something that we dream of.

Our final training session on Central Coast.

A huge thank you to , and the Darkinjung people for the warm welcome and hospitality over the last five weeks.

Good luck in your first ever season, women!

— Lionesses (@Lionesses)

“I feel privileged. I’m very happy in the place where I am now. There’s a lot of support, we have everything we nee…

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Hoping to secure back-to-back Serie A victories in the early hours of Tuesday, Goias will welcome Athletico-PR to the Estadio da Serrinha.

Starting with the hosts, while Goias might have seen their Copa Sudamericana adventure come to an abrupt end following a routine 5-0 aggregate defeat at the hands of Estudiantes earlier in the month, the Big Green are in the midst of an eye-catching domestic flurry. Managing to make an immediate return to winning ways last week as they claimed a gritty 1-0 victory away at America MG, Armando Evangelista’s men are unbeaten in each of their last five straight Serie A appearances a run that stems back to July 9th. Skyrocketing themselves away from a looming relegation scrap and now w…

Lassana Diarra will add a strategic role to the France team following his recall to the squad on Thursday, according to Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps.

Diarra s last appearance for France came in August 2010 but his fine form for Marseille this season has earned him a call-up for the friendlies against Armenia on October 8 and Denmark three days later.

Deschamps is looking forward to working with the former Real Madrid midfielder and is excited about what he will bring to the group.

He told reporters: If I call him up it s because I know he wants to be back with us. Lass has made a very good start to the season and has international experience. He knows the national team and will bring a strategic role to the defence.

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, on…

AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani has revealed that the club were unwillingly to meet the €18 million that Spanish giants Real Madrid demanded for Kaka in the January transfer window, .

Kaka, who joined Los Blancos from Milan for a fee of €68 million in 2009, has failed to tie down a place in Jose Mourinho s first-team, with Mesut Özil and Luka Modrić ahead of the Brazilian on the Portuguese manager s depth chart.

The No. 10 midfielder was strongly linked with a return to the San Siro in January, but negotiations between the two sides proved unsuccessful due to the Brazilian s enormous weekly wages and Real Madrid s outrageous €18 million valuation of the player.

Real Madrid wanted €18 million a figure that given his age and sal…