St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson has bracketed Steven Davis alongside George Best in the pantheon of Northern Ireland greats following the midfielder’s retirement on Thursday.
Davis is most closely associated with Rangers where in two spells at the Ibrox club he won four titles, as well as lifting both the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup on three occasions.
The 39-year-old played 140 times for Northern Ireland – the UK male international caps record – while former Manchester United and Northern Ireland winger Best is generally accepted to be one of the best players ever to have played the game.
Robinson, capped seven times for Northern Ireland where he played alongside Davis and who was assistant to Michael O’Neill at Euro 2016, said of his former tea…
Cape Verde head coach Bubista has challenged his side to keep believing as they bid to reach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations when they face South Africa in Yamoussoukro.
The small island nation, ranked 73rd in the FIFA standings, topped their group, beating Ghana and then fighting back to snatch a dramatic 2-2 draw with Egypt before a 1-0 win over Mauritania put them into the last eight.
The Blue Sharks are aiming to reach uncharted waters by making the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time.
As imagens do jogo que qualificou Cabo Verde para quartos de final do CAN. Cabo Verde 1-0 Mauritania
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— Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol (@fcfcomunica)
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Thomas Frank refused to discuss the future of striker Ivan Toney, instead choosing to focus on the players he definitely has at his disposal at Brentford.
Toney has been the subject of interest from Saudi club Al-Ahli, while Chelsea have long been admirers of the striker and have reportedly made a move this week.
The England international has been left out of Brentford s first three games of the season.
And Frank did not want to entertain the subject after Brentford s EFL Cup third round win over Colchester on Wednesday.
He said: Similar to yesterday. I am not speaking about Ivan.
I want to speak about the 21 lads in the dressing room who did well to get through to the next round of the EFL Cup against a Colchester team who deserve a lot of prais…
Leonardo Bonucci has continued to rub salt into the wounds of England after Italy s success in the Euro 2020 final, saying Declan Rice played a part in motivating the tournament winners.
West Ham midfielder Rice said ahead of the final in July that England would be 10 times more ready than their opponents for the Wembley showpiece.
Those words, and the repetitive playing of England s Three Lions song after the country s semi-final win over Denmark, fuelled Bonucci and his team-mates, who ultimately won the competition on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
We didn t pay much attention to it [the Three Lions song] until the Spain game, Bonucci, who ridiculed England s It s Coming Home catchphrase on the pitch after Italy s win, said in an interview with The Athletic.…
data-mm-id=”_nqi97abj8″>We have a new leader in the Big Lead Yearlong ATS Pick clubhouse as Stephen Douglas rode a 7-3 record in Week 11 to the top of the standings. Not to be outdone, Ryan Phillips also went 7-3 last week and Brian Giuffra went 6-4. Our season-long leader, Ryan Glasspiegel, had a down week (2-8) while Bobby Burack went 5-5 and Liam McKeone went 4-6. Still, all but one person is above .500 for the season. Week 12 features spicy matchups between some of the best teams in the league in primetime (Colts-Texans, Packers-49ers, Ravens-Rams). Here are our picks for Week 12 based on lines taken from Westgate Superbook on Tuesday. Season Record: Stephen Douglas 59-49-1; Bobby Burack 56-51-1; Brian Giuffra 52-46-1; Ryan Phillips 56-52-1; Ryan Glasspiegel 55-53-1; Liam McKeone 4…
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