Mahamadou Diawara is a French midfielder of Malian descent who primarily plays a roving ‘box-to-box’ role. He signed for Lyon as a free agent in June 2023 having spent the previous five years on the books of Paris Saint-Germain. The eighteen-year-old was disappointed to only be offered a trainee contract by the Parisian club last […]
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Bilbao and Lyon top big five leagues for home-grown players
The Football Observatory at the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) has published a world ranking of football clubs showing which have fielded the most home-grown players in domestic league matches so far this season. The results make for very interesting reading from the perspective of this website because Athletic Club and Olympique Lyonnais are […]
North Macedonia 1-1 England
England concluded their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw against North Macedonia in front of 27,982 fans at the Toše Proeski National Arena in Skopje. It was a fairly insipid performance blighted by some poor refereeing but the result was of little importance since England had already secured top spot in Group […]
Wins for Bilbao Athletic and Basconia
Bilbao Athletic earned a hard-fought 1-0 away win against CD Calahorra in their Segunda Federación Group 2 clash on Sunday. It was the tenth consecutive victory for Carlos Gurpegui’s team and it leaves them six points clear of second placed Tudelano at the top of the table after twelve games of the 2023-34 season. Calahorra, […]
OL U19 3-1 Pagny-sur-Moselle
Jérémie Bréchet’s Olympique Lyonnais Under-19 team got back to winning ways on Sunday with a 3-1 victory at home to struggling AS Pagny-sur-Moselle at their OL Academy ground in Meyzieu. After a goalless first half, it was Lyon who finally managed to force the issue and break the deadlock when Erawan Garnier was fouled in […]
England U19 beat Japan in Marbella
Simon Rusk’s England U19 team gained a second win in as many matches when then narrowly beat Japan in Marbella on Saturday. They had recorded an emphatic 6-0 victory over Romania three days earlier but it was a much tighter affair this time out as they beat the Japanese youngsters by the odd goal in […]
Valencia Women 1-2 Athletic Club Women
Athletic Club de Bilbao’s women’s team earned an impressive away win against Valencia in the Liga F on Saturday evening. They bounced back from the previous weekend’s disappointing 2-1 home defeat to Madrid CF to beat Valencia by the same scoreline. Clara Pinedo opened the scoring for Athletic Club in the 43rd minute with a […]
Serbia U21 0-3 England U21
England‘s Under-21 selection beat their Serbian counterparts 3-0 in front of a crowd of around 1,200 at the TSC Arena in Bačka Topola to boost their chances of automatic qualification for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which is to be held in Slovakia. England got off to a flying start thanks to Manchester City […]
Late rally sees off spirited Dijon
Olympique Lyonnais Women produced a fine second half display to complete a fight-back against Dijon and secure a 4-1 win in a Friday night Division 1 clash at the Groupama OL Training Center. Perhaps tiredness from the exertions of their midweek trip to Prague and the 9-0 thumping of Slavia Prague was to blame for […]
England lose to Brazil but still win group
England’s Under-17 team suffered a 2-1 defeat to their Brazilian counterparts in their final first round match at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Indonesia. However, the result was sufficient to see them hold onto top spot in Group C and progress to the knockout stages as group winners. Brazil took the lead shortly before […]