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Sweden and Finland will face each other in a friendly international this weekend. The match is slated to kick off at 5pm UK time on Saturday and will be held at the Friends Arena in Solna.

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Sweden will begin their preparations for the Euro 2020 finals this summer with a friendly against Finland on Saturday. Janne Andersson’s side have been pitted against Spain, Poland and Slovakia in Group E.

The Swedes will know that finishing in the top two of the group will be tough. Spain and Poland will probably the two favourites, but Sweden can stage an upset if they start strongly. For that, they need to do well in friendly games against teams such as Finland.

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A court in Marseille on Thursday suspended the decision by France s Professional Football League (LFP) to ban Marseille fans from their club s match at Paris Saint-Germain on November 7.

The LFP s Competitions Commission (COC) had earlier this month barred away fans from the league game at the Parc des Princes in Paris over security concerns, but nine Marseille supporters groups contested the decision.

The administrative court found that there was a serious doubt about the legality of the (COC s) decision .

Olivier Grimaldi, representing the Marseille fans, said: The LFP wants to portray OM supporters as thugs, even though all of the supporters groups have made huge efforts and are responsible.

There are no incidents at (Marseille s) Stade Velodrome. Th…

Brazilian star Kaka s recovery from the surgery he underwent on his left knee in August is on track and he will once again be the world s best footballer, his doctor Turibio Leite said Tuesday.

Kaka is doing very well, he is in the final stages of his recovery. He is now seeking muscle balance to be the same player he was in 2007. He will once again be the best, Leite, who has known the player since he was 15-years-old, said in an interview published in sports daily Marca.

Kaka won the Ballon d Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007 while he was at AC Milan.

When the 28-year-old underwent surgery on his knee at the beginning of August, Real predicted he would be sidelined for up to four months.

Kaka joined Real for 65 million euros (88 mill…

Ligue 1 will be worth nothing when Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaves Paris Saint-Germain, the striker s agent Mino Raiola has said.

The Sweden international has won three league titles in a remarkably successful spell in France since 2012, but is expected to leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Raiola believes PSG will lose some of their lustre when Ibrahimovic departs Parc des Princes and claims French football s top flight is only talked about because of the impact of the former Barcelona man.

The French league without Zlatan is nothing. PSG gave French football a gift with Zlatan, he told RMC.

When he chose Paris, it was a difficult choice. Everyone talks about [Cristiano] Ronaldo or [Lionel] Messi today. But they forget one thi…

Leicester City are set to offer Jamie Vardy a more than double-your-money contract in an attempt to keep him at the club, .

The twenty-eight-year-old has been in superb form for the Foxes so far this season, with his fifteen league goals helping fire them to the top two of the division.

Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City have both been linked with a move for the England international though the Midlands club are desperate to retain his services as they look to win a first ever top division championship.

Vardy has two-and-a-half years remaining on his current deal at the King Power Stadium, having moved there in the summer of 2012.

In total, he has racked one hundred and twenty-seven appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring f…

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Regarding what was said at the Chelsea game, as you can see by my reaction, I just had to laugh because I don t expect no better, he wrote in an Instagram post the day after the game, in what remains a damning assessment of the atmospheres and sickening attitudes too often allowed to fester in football stadia – supposedly places of celebration and work for young athletes.

But Sterling was keen to turn the focus outwards, taking the opportunity to highlight the contrasting tones with which the Daily Mail reported on two of his young team-mates Phil Foden and Tosin Adarabioyo – one white, one black – buying houses for their mothers.

This young black kid is looked at in a bad light, which helps fuel racism an aggressive behaviour, St…

LaLiga president Javier Tebas insists his part in the battle to get Lionel Messi to stay at Barcelona was not personal and only about ensuring players respect contracts.

Messi last week announced he would remain at Camp Nou against his wishes to avoid a legal battle with the club.

The six-time Ballon d Or winner had previously stated his intention to Barca on a free transfer by exercising a clause in his contract at the end of the 2019-20 season.

Barca and LaLiga argued that option expired in June and any club wanting to acquire Messi s services must pay his €700million release clause or negotiate a fee.

Messi s representatives claimed the clause to leave for free was still active due to the season being extended by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tottenham midfielder David Bentley reportedly travelled to Birmingham City for a medical on Monday as his proposed loan move gathers pace.

Bentley, 26, has struggled to cement his place at White Hart Lane since arriving in 2008 and is keen to explore other opportunities after falling behind the likes of Rafael van der Vaart and Aaron Lennon in the plans of Spurs manager Harry Redknapp.

The former Blackburn Rovers playmaker has made just a handful of appearances for Spurs this season, and Redknapp sympathises with Bentley s wish to leave.

David did well at the end of last season but he wants to play, Redknapp said.

It s difficult. He s not happy because he s not playing and I understand that.

I wouldn t want him to sit there and say I ll take…

Inter Milan and Napoli will both look to put Champions League disappointment behind them when they meet in Serie A on Sunday.

Napoli exited the competition in the last 16 on Tuesday, beaten 4-2 on aggregate by Barcelona, and a day later Inter lost out to Atletico Madrid on penalties following a 2-2 draw.

The result was a bitter pill to swallow for the runaway Serie A leaders, who were on a run of 13 consecutive victories in all competitions and had hoped to go one better than last season, when they were beaten in the Champions League final by Manchester City.

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Inter went two up in the tie but Atletico fought back to level through Memphis Depay’s goal late in normal time and, after missed chances for Simone Inzaghi�…

Sunderland have signed Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates on a season-long loan.

The 23-year-old Uruguay international is Sunderland s eighth signing of the transfer window.

Coates has been capped 15 times by his country and joined Liverpool from Nacional in 2011.

He returned to Nacional in his homeland on loan last season after making 24 appearances and scoring twice for the Anfield club.

The Coates deal makes good on a pledge made by Sunderland coach Gus Poyet to add to his squad before the deadline.

Following Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to QPR, Poyet said: We don t have enough [players]. We know the numbers I wanted to work with and the numbers we ve got.

I will be on the phone all the time [until the window closes]. I m not a fan of the …