England’s Demarai Gray steps from bench to seize centre stage
Goal.muAfter a season on the periphery at Leicester the forward has made an impact for England in the European Under-21 Championship
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Southampton appoint former Liverpool coach Mauricio Pellegrino as manager
• Pellegrino left Alavés in May after reaching the Copa del Rey final
• Argentinian coached at Liverpool under Rafael Benítez
Twitching at the sight of interaction between Mignolet and Lovren
In today’s Fiver: Mohamed Salah, tractors and the power of Fiver letters
The Joy of Six: Diego Maradona
From a debut remembered mainly by opponents to the rousing of Napoli and that goal against England, half a dozen moments that sum up El Diego
Fifa’s anti-corruption efforts criticised after speedy clearing of Gianni Infantino
• María Claudia Rojas cleared president despite only being appointed in May
• Blurring of separation of Fifa and its ethics committee under question
Football transfer rumours: Tottenham in £17.5m swoop for Schalke’s Max Meyer?
Today’s fluff can see the sky is blue
Russia 2-0 New Zealand: Confederations Cup 2017 – as it happened
Denis Glushakov and Fedor Smolov scored as Russia won comfortably in the opening match of the Confederations Cup
Smolov launches Confederations Cup mission to spark Russia World Cup fever
Fedor Smolov sealed a 2-0 win against New Zealand after outlining the hosts’ aim to ‘make the Russian people fall in love with the national team again’
Dani Alves set to join Manchester City in £5m deal from Juventus
• Defender, 34, agrees contract in principle to link up with former manager
• Alves recently described Pep Guardiola as ‘a genius’
‘It is just a number’: Jordan Pickford undaunted by £30m Everton move
• Pickford was confident of saving penalty to earn England Under-21s a point
• ‘It’s my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net’