Atletico Madrid defender Jose Gimenez has signed a new deal with the LaLiga champions until June 2025.
Gimenez has made 216 appearances for Atletico over the past eight seasons, winning the Europa League, Supercopa de Espana, the European Super Cup and two LaLiga titles during that period.
The 26-year-old was due to be out of contract at the Wanda Metropolitano in 2023, meaning the new deal is a two-year extension.
Atletico de Madrid are delighted to announce that Jose María Gimenez has renewed his contract until June 30, 2025, a club statement confirmed on Thursday.
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Gimenez played 26 times in an injury plagued 2020-21 campaign, including 21 outings in LaLiga as Atleti won …
Ellen White became England women s all-time top scorer as she netted a hat-trick in a record-breaking 20-0 demolition of Latvia in World Cup qualifying.
The Manchester City forward, making her 101st appearance for her country, equalled Kelly Smith s record of 106 goals for England after just six minutes at the Keepmoat Stadium.
White, who achieved the mark in 16 games fewer than Smith, surpassed the milestone just three minutes later before adding her third – one of four hat-tricks scored by England on Tuesday – after the interval.
The 32-year-old now has 48 goals for the Lionesses, averaging almost a goal per game, following England s record competitive win. Their 13-0 thrashing of Hungary in October 2005 was the previous biggest margin of victory.
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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has finally shed some light on his plans for the future.
The highly rated youngster has less than a month left on his deal at Old Trafford, but he has a new contract offer on the table.
However, Juventus have also prepared a big money offer for the talented midfielder and the player’s agent recently revealed his client would soon make a decision on his future.
The French midfielder has now hinted that a move to Turin is on the cards.
I am thinking about my future, I am in Italy with Juventus to discuss my transfer, Pogba wrote on his Twitter account.
The 19-year-old arrived to Old Trafford from Le Havre in 2009, with the transfer causing a lot of controversy after the French club accused United of tappin…
Borussia Dortmund head coach Thomas Tuchel baulked at the notion of Cristiano Ronaldo not being on top form ahead of his side facing Real Madrid at Signal Iduna Park.
Both sides won their opening matches in Group F, with Ronaldo on the scoresheet to launch a late comeback in Madrid s 2-1 triumph over Sporting CP.
But the three-time Ballon d Or winner has not found the net in two subsequent appearances and was substituted during Saturday s 2-2 LaLiga draw at Las Palmas.
Nevertheless, Tuchel expects Ronaldo and his team-mates to be firing on all cylinders during one of the stand-out ties of the group stages.
Cristiano is not in form? Who am I to say, the Dortmund boss told a news conference.
He is one of the best footballers in the world, a winn…
Scottish Premiership club Dundee United have made an offer to buy embattled A-League outfit Newcastle Jets, according to the latter s owner.
Cash-strapped former mining magnate Nathan Tinkler, who has owned the Jets since September 2010, revealed on Wednesday that he has an offer on the table from United.
The Tannadice Park-based club have been linked with the Jets for months with chairman Stephen Thompson having confirmed in February that United is interested in taking advantage of Australia s growth market for football.
According to Tinkler that interest is set to become concrete, although he has put the Jets into voluntary administration to get the deal done after he failed to pay Newcastle s staff and players on May 15.
That failure saw Football Feder…
Pep Guardiola wants to make three or four signings in 2018 but has ruled out bringing a new striker to Manchester City in January, despite missing out on Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United.
Sanchez appears poised to move to Old Trafford in a reported £35million deal, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan apparently set to move the other way and join Arsenal.
The Chile star had looked likely to sign for City, having come close to joining the Premier League leaders in August, but their interest is said to have cooled after United agreed to match his agent s demands.
Guardiola admits he wants to strengthen his squad further but is only likely to bring in new players at the end of the season, and he insists he is happy to continue with Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Ste…
Mesut Ozil has revealed he personally orchestrated his move to Arsenal after fearing he would be frozen out at Real Madrid following an ugly contract dispute.
The Germany international made the move to Emirates Stadium in a deal reported to be worth £42.5million in 2013 after three years at the Santiago Bernabeu, during which time he won LaLiga and the Copa del Rey.
Ozil revealed that he personally put the call in to Gunners boss Arsene Wenger to make the deal happen after talks with Madrid president Florentino Perez soured and led to the World Cup winner dismissing his father Mustafa as his agent.
The 28-year-old says that put a strain on his relationship with his father and that leaving Madrid was a tough decision, but felt he had no other option than to leave…
Steve Clarke s Scotland tenure got off to a winning start as Oliver Burke s last-minute effort secured a dramatic 2-1 win over Cyprus in Saturday s Euro 2020 qualifier.
Clarke replaced Alex McLeish as Scotland manager in May, but he looked to be heading for a disappointing draw in his first game in charge when Ioannis Kousoulos scored with three minutes remaining.
Kousoulos header cancelled out Andrew Robertson s stunning strike, which had put Scotland ahead just after the hour.
But parity was short lived, with substitute Burke tucking home at the second attempt after heading Ryan Fraser s cross against the woodwork.
Scotland are now third in Group I with six points from three matches, three adrift of leaders Belgium, while Cyprus are fourth in the pool.<…
The Mirror understands that Mario Balotelli could make a sensational return to the Premier League this summer.
The Italy international has spent the past two seasons in France with Ligue 1 side Nice where he has achieved his best goal return of his career so far.
However, he is set to be out of contract in the summer and could make a return to England’s top flight having enjoyed differing amounts of success with Manchester City and Liverpool.
With the former, he scored thirty goals in eighty appearances and won the FA Cup and Premier League title providing the assist for Sergio Aguero’s famous strike which clinched the title.
He played for Liverpool during the 2014/15 season but scored just four goals in twenty-eight games before returning to Mi…
Diego Maradona dragged Argentina to World Cup glory, triumphed in Italy and Europe with Napoli and won countless individual honours.
Along the way, the footballing great – who died on Wednesday at the age of 60 – scored some of the greatest goals the game has ever seen.
No matter the occasion, or indeed the opponent, Maradona was often unplayable – as can be seen from our selection of his five greatest ever goals.
Argentina v England (June 22, 1986)
Hailed by many as the greatest goal of all time, Maradona picked up the ball inside his own half and dribbled past four England players before calmly rounding Peter Shilton.
The moment of magic arrived four minutes after the infamous Hand of God goal and helped Argentina into the semi-…