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England manager Gareth Southgate. (AFP)

How England Can Find World Cup Spark and Repair Disconnect with Fans

by Dominic Fifield | Oct 8, 2017 | Sports

London – The sense of anticlimax was inescapable. Gareth Southgate had spent his evening on the touchline dodging paper airplanes, tedium-induced origami, and blocking out occasional spasms of booing from the home support, and was left to plead for patience...

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Ronald Koeman received a vote of confidence from Everton’s owner, Farhad Moshiri, after their defeat by Burnley. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Everton’s Lukaku-Shaped Hole Leaves Praise of Summer Buys Looking Hollow

by Paul Wilson | Oct 7, 2017 | Sports

London — An ancient cliche was conspicuous by its absence when Everton’s owner, Farhad Moshiri, gave Ronald Koeman a vote of confidence the other day. Older football followers in particular might have noted that in reporting it hardly anyone used the word “dreaded”....

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Antonio Conte trying to get his message across to his Chelsea players this season in the Premier League. Photograph: TGSPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Antonio Conte is Not Alone in Brushing Up His Football English

by Paul MacInnes | Oct 6, 2017 | Sports

London — Antonio Conte was snapped on the beach this week basking in the Italian sun, taking time off during the international break. Cue a few jokes about budgie smugglers, whether Diego Costa was invited and why, after a year in England, Conte was caught reading a...

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Kevin Doyle (right) clashes with Iceland’s Sverrir Ingi Ingason during a friendly in March 2017. The Republic of Ireland striker has had to retire. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

Football is Heading for Trouble Over Brain Injuries Caused by the Ball

by Daniel Taylor | Oct 6, 2017 | Sports

London — In happier times, there was a story Eric Harrison used to tell his players at Manchester United, as the coach who helped bring through the Class of ’92, about a piece of advice he once received from the centre-half he regarded as the hardest man he had ever...

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From left to right: Roy Hodgson, Ronald Koeman, Antonio Conte, Chris Hughton , Jamie Vardy, Jürgen Klopp, Mauricio Pellegrino and Aaron Mooy. Composite: Getty Images, PA, Reuters

Premier League: 10 Talking Points from the Weekend’s Action

by Guardian Sport | Oct 5, 2017 | Sports

London – 1) Hughton hankers after firepower Chris Hughton, the Brighton & Hove Albion manager, said it all when he highlighted how his team had not been “out of sight” against Arsenal, just as they had not been against Manchester City on the opening weekend...

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Coach Didier Deschamps at a training session for the French national team at Clairefontaine. (AFP)

Didier Deschamps: I Apply my own Style and Have Not Taken Anything from other Coaches

by Ben Lyttleton | Oct 4, 2017 | Sports

London – In an extract from a new book France manager Didier Deschamps discusses leadership, talent and creating a link with his players based on trust. Didier Deschamps is sitting opposite me in a hotel bar in Monaco and is explaining the art of leadership. “I...