Harry Kane is hoping to recover from illness to play for Tottenham in their next Premier League game at Swansea City on January 2, while Victor Wanyama has returned to full training.
Spurs confirmed the latest team news on the club s Twitter account on Friday as Mauricio Pochettino s men seek to continue their bid for Champions League qualification against a Swansea side who will be under the watchful eye of new boss Carlos Carvalhal.
Wanyama has not played since August due to a knee injury sustained in a 2-1 home loss to Chelsea in Spurs second Premier League game of the season.
Kane, meanwhile, has hit hat-tricks in back-to-back top-flight appearances to cap a record-breaking 2017 for the England striker.
A treble against Southampton on Boxing Day mea…
Bolivia ended their 21-month wait for a win with an entertaining 3-2 victory over Venezuela on Tuesday.
Juan Carlos Arce s stunning 87th-minute effort gave Bolivia their first win since February 2013.
Goals from Ronald Raldes and Damian Lizio had put them on track after Wilker Angel s opener for Venezuela in La Paz.
But Alexander Gonzalez scored a 71st-minute equaliser for the visitors, who are winless since September last year, before Arce s late effort.
Noel Sanvicente made four changes to the starting Venezuela side that were beaten 5-0 by Chile on Friday as he looked for his first win since taking charge in July.
Nestor Clausen was at the helm for one game for Bolivia due to interim coach Mauricio Soria being suspended.
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Barcelona to bid for Llorente
Catalan daily newspaper that Barcelona are set to launch an assault on Juventus striker Fernando Llorente.
The Catalans have been thinking about recruiting an out-and-out forward for a while now, and it seems they have finally decided to add a genuine striker to their ranks.
According to Sport, Barcelona officials have made Juventus star Fernando Llorente their number one target in the summer transfer window.
The Catalans missed out on the Spain international last summer as he opted to join the Bianconeri on a free transfer and he has since proved his credentials in Serie A.
Llorente, 29, went on to score 16 goals in 34 league outings, establishing a very good attacking partnership with Carlos Tevez in the process.<…
Julian Nagelsmann described Jamal Musiala s display in the 5-3 DFL-Supercup win over RB Leipzig on Saturday as world class .
Musiala, 19, got Bayern on their way early in the first half with a cool finish, before playing an integral role in their next two goals as they went in at the break 3-0 up.
He played an incisive pass into Serge Gnabry, who picked out Sadio Mane for a goal on his competitive debut for Bayern, before teeing up Benjamin Pavard to make it three.
Musiala made 40 appearances across all competitions last season, yet only 18 came as a starter.
Asked if he is likely to become a regular fixture in his starting XI this season, Nagelsmann said: Of course, that is up to him. If he plays like he did today then he is indispensable to the team.
The stakes are high for the first competitive meeting between Liverpool and Sevilla in Wednesday s Europa League final.
The two teams have been in seven finals of the competition between them and won on every occasion, but something has to give in Basle with a spot in the Champions League group stage on offer to the victors.
Sevilla are record four-time winners of Europe s secondary competition, lifting the trophy in 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2015 and they are now looking to make history by winning it for a third straight year.
But Liverpool, who had success in 1973, 1976 and 2001 as well as being five-time Champions League winners, also have a fierce continental pedigree.
The Reds have won eight of their previous 11 major finals in Europe, but manager Jurgen …
Theo Walcott scored a fairytale hat-trick as England came through their first major test under Fabio Capello in scintillating fashion with a 4-1 win over a Croatia side never before beaten at home in a competitive international.
The Arsenal teenager s first three international goals were sandwiched around Wayne Rooney s first in almost a year as England claimed revenge for the home-and-away defeats by the Croatians which destroyed their chances of reaching Euro 2008.
Substitute Mario Mandzukic scored Croatia s goal. But, by that stage, Slaven Bilic s side were trailing 3-0 and had given up any hope of extending a 35-match unbeaten run in European and World Cup qualifiers that had stretched back to the country s emergence from the ruins of the old Yugoslavia.
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Kylian Mbappe s ankle knock is nothing serious , according to France head coach Didier Deschamps.
Mbappe was substituted at half-time in France s 2-0 international friendly win over Bolivia on Sunday.
The Paris Saint-Germain superstar suffered a seemingly minor injury in a tangle with Bolivia s Raul Castro in Nantes.
However, Deschamps allayed fears over Mbappe ahead of Saturday s Euro 2020 showdown against Turkey.
It s nothing serious, Deschamps told reporters post-match.
It s just ankle foot pain after a touch. There was no risk to take. He should go [for the next match].
C est terminé !! Victoire de l Equipe de France ! (2-0)
Thomas LEMAR
— Equipe de France (@equipedefrance)
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Bayern Munich s Xherdan Shaqiri has admitted interest in a potential switch to Italian champions Juventus.
Shaqiri has struggled to hold down a starting place at Bayern since arriving from Basel in 2012, but shone for Switzerland when scoring a hat-trick against Honduras at the recent World Cup.
The playmaker, who can play on either flank or through the middle, has previously declared that a move to the Premier League would be an option .
While he insists he remains content at Bayern, Shaqiri has left the door open for a possible exit, with Monaco and Liverpool among the other clubs reportedly interested in acquiring his services.
Speaking to Tuttosport, the 22 year-old said: I m having holidays and I don t know what will happen.
The only sure t…
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Looking to claim back-to-back National League victories on Tuesday night, Dorking will welcome a struggling Southend to Meadowbank.
Starting with the hosts, while Dorking might still be looking over their shoulder at the drop zone, Marc White s men will be boosted by an eye-catching display from a few days ago. Eventually claiming a 3-1 victory at home against Maidenhead, the Wanderers could be smelling the chance to make another National League statement on Tuesday night. Shocking many across England s fifth-tier on March 7th as they secured a 2-1 win against play-off contenders Barnet, the Surrey-based outfit should be excited by their continued success on home soil. In fact, along with Saturday s 3-1 win against Maide…
Former Brazil international Ze Roberto believes Rodrygo Goes has got what it takes to emulate Vinicius Junior at Real Madrid.
Rodrygo was presented as a Los Blancos player at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, a year after the club paid a reported €45million to Santos for him.
Vinicius joined the LaLiga giants at the start of the 2018-19 campaign, becoming a fixture in the first team after the turn of the year before he suffered an ankle injury in March.
Ze Roberto – who had a brief spell with Madrid in 1997 – believes Rodrygo has already shown the attributes needed to be a success in Spain and has backed him to follow Vinicius lead.
first Bernabéu GOAL! |
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden)
Vinicius started his care…