In what was a relatively quiet January transfer window in the Premier League, Ange Postecoglou and Spurs remained active.

Pushing for a return to the Champions League, the Lilywhites signed Timo Werner from RB Leipzig on an initial loan, but Spurs' entire outlay went on centre-back Radu Dragusin, who joined from Genoa and was the most expensive addition of the window.

Already, though, Daniel Levy is hard at work on plans for the summer, and Spurs are reportedly eyeing an ambitious swoop for a player who only joined Real Madrid in 2023.

Spurs keen on Guler deal

According to reports in Spain, Spurs are showing "a firm interest" in signing Arda Guler from Real Madrid. Alongside Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, they are the "main candidates" to land him, be it on loan or on a permanent deal.

Spurs have built a "strong relationship" with the player's camp, which could be key, and there's a feeling that Guler may be bumped down the pecking order at the Santiago Bernabeu by the new faces that arrive in the off-season.

Real unlikely to give up "diamond" Guler permanently

Real paid €20m (about £17m) to sign Guler from Fenerbahce during last summer's transfer window after a hotly-contested transfer race that also featured Manchester City, PSG and, above all, El Clasico rivals Barcelona.

However, he's only been able to play 89 minutes for Los Blancos this season, having been out until November through injury. He's made four appearances in all competitions so far, two in La Liga (substitute outings against Las Palmas in late January and against Girona last weekend). Carlo Ancelotti gave him his full debut away to fourth-tier Arandina in the Copa del Rey shortly after the turn of the year, and he then featured in the Supercopa de Espana semifinal against Atletico.

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Guler has been named in the matchday squad for all 10 games this year, so it could be unlikely for Real to consider letting him go permanently at this stage after fighting so hard to sign him. A loan move, however, could suit all parties.

Last season at Fenerbahce, Guler scored or assisted 13 goals in 35 appearances as a 17-year-old, averaging a direct involvement every 119 minutes. He's already earned four caps for the Turkish national team and opened his account with a stunning goal in a 2-0 win over Wales last June, becoming the fourth-youngest scorer in the country's history.

Player

Club

Firas Al-Buraikan

Al-Fateh/A-Ahli

Saud Abdulhamid

Al-Hilal

Omar Fayed

Fenerbahce

Jude Bellingham

Real Madrid/Borussia Dortmund

Moises Caicedo

Brighton/Chelsea

Enzo Fernandez

Benfica/Chelsea

Gavi

Barcelona

Arda Guler

Fenerbahce/Real Madrid

Josko Gvardiol

RB Leipzig/Man City

Lamine Yamal

FC Barcelona

Dubbed a "diamond" by team-mate Joselu, he was nominated for Globe Soccer's Emerging Player award in 2023 alongside some of the best young talents in the game, and he also made the final 25-man shortlist Golden Boy prize. If Spurs give him an adequate platform to shine, he could be an excellent addition for the 2024/25 season.

West Ham have pulled off one deal so far in the January transfer window, signing midfielder Kalvin Phillips on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season. However, that wasn't all that David Moyes wanted to do at the start of the month.

The Scotsman also wanted to recruit a new striker, with the position described as a "priority" in the latter part of that year, but despite an injury setback for Michail Antonio that will keep the frontman out until the middle of next month, there hasn't been any movement so far.

One potential candidate for the Irons is Armando Broja, a player who's long been admired at the London Stadium. His future was expected to be one of the big stories of the window's final phase, and that's proving to be the case on deadline day.

West Ham make final bid for Broja

According to journalist Dean Jones, West Ham have been offered the chance to sign Broja on loan on Thursday, as have fellow Premier League suitors Fulham and Wolves, with all three teams making a new bid.

In an attached article for SportsLens, he adds that Chelsea had been insistent on a loan deal followed by a £35m obligation to buy, but their stance has now changed at the last minute, and they got in touch with the trio of clubs to ask whether they'd be interested in a straight loan instead.

However, Fulham have now won the race, securing a deal with a £4m loan fee, meaning both Wolves and the Hammers' offers have been rejected.

"Clinical" Broja could have been Lingard 2.0

Broja really made a name for himself during a loan spell at Southampton in the 2021/22 season, when he scored six Premier League goals and earned praise from the competition's all-time top scorer in Alan Shearer. “Let me tell you, this lad is clinical,” he said. “His goal against Brentford made him the youngest player in Premier League history to score in each of his first four home starts."

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While the Albanian has only scored once in the top-flight this season, Shearer's verdict still holds true across his whole career, where he's netted 18 times from an xG of 16.1.

Armando Broja clubs	Goals	Expected goals
Vitesse (loan)	10	7.0
Southampton (loan)	6	5.9
Chelsea	2	2.4

The last time West Ham signed an attacker on loan from one of the 'big six' in January, it was a resounding success as Manchester United's Jesse Lingard lit up the league. Lingard would score nine goals and set-up five more in 16 appearances, and win the Premier League's Player of the Month award for April too. If West Ham want a new striker now though, we're really getting into the panic stations stage of the window.

Roberto Martinez has bizarrely claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo's assist against Turkey should be "shown in every academy in world football".

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• Martinez full of praises for the assist
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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Ronaldo hasn't had the best of Euros so far as he has failed to live up to the billing for Portugal while the team has performed consistently around him. However, when the five-time Ballon d'Or winner had the chance to open his Euro 2024 goalscoring account after racing through one-on-one with Turkey goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, he decided to set up Bruno Fernandes for the easiest goal of his life. Portugal boss Martinez has heaped praise on Ronaldo for his unselfish act, and also claimed that the rare moment should be shown around the world to upcoming footballers.

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  WHAT MARTINEZ SAID

  Speaking to the media, Martinez said: "From Cristiano, we saw something spectacular.

  "To have him, an out-and-out goal scorer, pass the ball for the assist. It was a pure moment of Portuguese football that should be shown in every academy in world football.

  "It showed that the team is the most important thing, that it means more than scoring any goal."

• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Ronaldo holds the record for the most shots taken (9) in the current edition of the Euros so far. However, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker has failed to score and he will wait for his moment as he looks to lead Portugal to their second European Championship victory.

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• WHAT NEXT FOR RONALDO?

  The five-time Champions League winner could once again be a starter for Martinez's side when they take on Georgia on June 26, having already booked their spot in the round of 16.

Asia Cup champions Bangladesh women won their second title in as many years by beating Thailand women in the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifer in Dundee on Saturday. A valiant and unbeaten opening effort of 71 off 60 balls from Sanjida Islam and two wickets each from spinners Nahida Akter and Shaila Sharmin highlighted their 70-run win as they defended 130.As both teams had already qualified for the Women’s T20 World Cup to be played in Australia next year, Bangladesh’s win on Saturday put them in Group A (Australia, India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka) whereas Thailand head to Group B (England, South Africa, West Indies and Pakistan).”We are very happy to be heading to Australia for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in February. Being at the world stage helps us grow the women’s game back home in Bangladesh. We hope they can watch and be inspired to play,” Bangladesh captain Salma Khatun said.The Bangladesh openers made full use of their decision to bat with a partnership of 68 in 10 overs before Murshida Khatun was bowled by legspinner Suleeporn Laomi for 33 off 34 balls. Sanjida hardly got anymore support from the rest of the line-up but her maiden T20I fifty carried Bangladesh all the way till the end as she struck six fours and three sixes in all. No other Bangladesh batsman scored in double digits as Jahanara Alam was run out for 3 and Fahima Khatun was stumped on her first ball which was a wide.Thailand stuttered in their chase early by starting slow and losing three wickets in the first six overs. Their top four fell for single-digit scores, totalling 14 runs in all, as Nahida dismissed the openers in her first two overs. They couldn’t put on any substantial partnership until Wongpaka Liengprasert and captain Sornnarin Tippoch (8) came together for 24 runs for the fifth wicket. Tippoch was soon caught on the legside off Sharmin, leaving Thailand with a tall task of scoring 90 runs in the last five overs. Liengprasert was boweld by Sharmin for 11 off 29 in the 16th over and Ratanaporn Padunglerd’s unbeaten 15 off 14 with a four and a six only reduced Thailand’s margin of defeat.

Newcastle United are the most advanced party in the race for a "world class" Serie A player this summer, according to Italian journalist Eleonora Trotta.

Newcastle transfer news

The Magpies have been linked with plenty of players since the January transfer window closed, as they look to strengthen their squad at the end of the season following a quiet winter window.

Barcelona defender Jules Kounde is one individual who has emerged as a possible target for Newcastle, as Eddie Howe contemplates adding to a back-line that has a number of ageing players, including Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar and Dan Burn. The France international is capable of thriving at centre-back and right-back.

A move for Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Exequiel Palacios has also been mooted, and Adrien Rabiot is also reportedly being looked at as an option in the middle of the park, with the Frenchman out of contract at Juventus this summer.

Everton youngster James Garner is also thought to be a target for Newcastle ahead of the summer window, and the former Manchester United ace is admired by Roy Keane, which is no mean feat.

In terms of a more attacking option, Emile Smith Rowe is seen as an alternative to Aston Villa star Jacob Ramsey, with the former struggling to nail down a regular starting berth for Arsenal this season, and potentially eyeing a new challenge.

Federico Chiesa transfer update

Speaking to TV Play [via Sport Witness] Trotta claimed that Newcastle are the top option for Chiesa alongside Bayern Munich, should the Italian decide to leave Juventus.

Chiesa could be a fantastic signing by Newcastle this summer, possessing so much pedigree when it comes to being an elite wide player in the modern game. The winger was superb at Euro 2020, winning the competition with Italy and scoring twice, while Alessandro Pierini has sung his praises: "He’s world- lass. He has all the ability and desire of a great player. If he improves then he’ll be even better than his father [Enrico]. I have loads of respect for Enrico and all he has done to help Federico come on as a player until now.”

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At 26, Chiesa is in and around the peak of his powers, and that shouldn't change for the foreseeable future, and he could add so much firepower to Newcastle's attack, having racked up 50 goal contributions (28 goals and 22 assists) in 115 appearances for Juve.

Tottenham, lead by technical director Johan Lange, are thought to be moving "early" for a £148,000-per-week star this summer.

Spurs eyeing Conor Gallagher and other midfielders

Spurs have been tipped with interest in a host of fresh faces later this year, as the club seek to back manager Ange Postecoglou.

Ange now wants to sign two stars from the same club for Tottenham

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The Lilywhites now want a star winger as one of their major signings for 2024, according to reliable journalist Miguel Delaney, but reports also surround the possible addition of a new central midfield player.

Chelsea star Conor Gallagher is a name who's been continuously mentioned as a target for Tottenham, with Matt Law of The Telegraph recently writing that they will make a "firm move" for the 24-year-old if he doesn't extend his Chelsea stay.

In the event Gallagher puts pen to paper on a new deal, though, it is believed they have alternative options in their thinking. Reporter Dean Jones, speaking to GiveMeSport recently, suggested Everton's James Garner may well be one of them.

Conor Gallagher

27/02/2024

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22/02/2024

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21/02/2024

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23/02/2024

"Garner is probably a Gallagher alternative that Tottenham might look at," said Jones. Obviously, it's very early days to be analysing the summer transfer window. We know that Tottenham are still waiting to see if Conor Gallagher does become available because there is a feeling still that he might and the longer that contract situation goes on, the longer they will believe that something might be able to happen.

"But if Conor Gallagher does end up signing a contract extension, they need to have a list of names they immediately turn to. And I guess James Garner kind of fits the profile somewhat so yeah, an interesting one to look out for."

Another high-profile name to be linked is Juventus star Adrien Rabiot, with the Frenchman's contract expiring this summer.

Tottenham moving "early" for Rabiot

Italian newspaper Correire dello Sport, via Sport Witness, have an update this week. They claim Tottenham are moving "early" to sign Rabiot given his potential free agent status and are "testing the waters", alongside other interested sides. The £148,000-per-week star has made 22 Serie A appearances for Juve this season, scoring four goals and assisting three others.

Rabiot won plenty of major honours during his time at PSG as well, with the decorated midfielder also playing a key role in France's run to the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar.

Former Juventus striker and fellow Frenchman David Trezeguet, commenting on Rabiot's ability, has branded the 28-year-old "world-class".

Langer admits past week has been one of the most challenging of his coaching career

Daniel Brettig in Manchester02-Sep-2019″The art of competing, I’d learned from track, was the art of forgetting, and I now reminded myself of that fact. You must forget your limits. You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past.”Adam Gilchrist once penned a book called Walking To Victory. For Justin Langer, a more appropriate title might be Reading For Victory. Like a bowerbird, he pulls quotes, observations and stories from all over sport, business and life to inform his coaching of the Australian team and to provide him with examples and experiences to throw at his players. One of his recent reads has been Shoe Dog, the memoir of Nike’s founder Phil Knight, and the above line can be found within its pages.Knight’s story, while ending with Nike’s domination of the global market for sporting footwear, includes plenty of failures, wrong turns and false dawns. It goes a long way toward demonstrating that even the most successful individuals or organisations tend to fail a lot more often than they succeed, even if the ultimate success may be larger than the many individual failures that led to it. In his assessment of Shoe Dog, Bill Gates lauded it for uncovering the non-linear nature of long-term success.Gates wrote that the memoir is “a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. In fact, the only thing that seems inevitable in page after page of Knight’s story is that his company will end in failure”.Being able to face the knockdowns and defeats then continue forging on towards the final goal is a pretty relevant message for Langer and Australia this week, having lived through the trauma of Headingley. For all but the final hour of the Leeds Test, the tourists were set to record a famous victory of their own, claiming the Ashes without the services of their best batsman Steven Smith. The intervention of Ben Stokes, the staunch support of Jack Leach, and a good degree of tightening up by the Australians added up to a memorable finish but also a sequence that left Langer and his team feeling not just pained, but ill.As Langer reflected, this was all the harder to take for the fact that Australia’s preparation for this Ashes campaign, over a period of several years since their failure to retain the urn here in 2015, has been rigorous, attentive to the lessons of the past and with very little expense spared. The return of Steve Waugh for the final two Tests of this series, having originally been slated only to be working with the team for Edgbaston and Lord’s, is yet another example, but there are others like the use of Dukes balls in the Sheffield Shield and the Australia A tour run parallel to the World Cup.Justin Langer outside the Australian team hotel•PA Images via Getty ImagesThere has been tactical and cultural humility, too, dovetailing a more considered approach to playing English conditions – shut down the scoreboard in the field, leave the ball diligently with the bat – with the wider change in attitude and outlook charted by Cricket Australia in the wake of last year’s Newlands scandal. Knowing all these details intimately, and having taken such a major role in their planning and execution, it is little wonder Langer was close to bereft at the moment Stokes carved Pat Cummins through the covers to level the series at 1-1.”The main challenge, the biggest one, is that you know how much work’s gone into winning this Ashes series,” Langer said. “It’s been huge, from the preparation, the Australia A stuff, the selections, everything that’s gone into it, and it was that close, we were that close. That’s the toughest part of it, we were that close, and we let an opportunity slip. Therefore, when you let an opportunity slip you can dwell on it or you can use it as fire to make sure it doesn’t slip next time.”Everyone in that change room, probably a lot of Australians felt it, but felt completely sick after that. I actually felt physically sick after it, and then I went back to my room, I wasn’t sure whether to cry my eyes out or smash my hotel room. For most people it’s just a game of cricket, but when so much goes into it, it means a lot. You do take it personally because I know how much work’s going into it.”That was the biggest part of losing last week, that we felt we were so close and we let it slip. You never like to let opportunities slip in your life. That’s ok, we’ll make sure we learn from it, we’ll learn a lot of lessons from that, short term and long term, and hopefully we can do it better next time.”Justin Langer at a fielding session•PA Images via Getty ImagesHow Australia do it better is a fairly straightforward question. They need more runs – Langer pointed to the fact that Australia seldom lose a Test match when they score more than 300 in their first innings – and a tad more composure with the ball at vital times They must also remember their strengths, whether it be greatly improved catching at Headingley, or Nathan Lyon’s strong record of creating chances when bowling to Stokes, even if none were able to be turned into victory in the third Test.”It was a tight game alright and we’d rather be on the other side of it,” Langer said. “For most of the game we played pretty good cricket. Still have to bat better, we haven’t got 300 in the first innings yet. Every time we’ve got 300 we’ve at the very least won the Test match in the first innings over the last 20 Test matches. It’s a huge focus batting well in the first innings.”The last week of coaching has probably been one of the most challenging weeks of my coaching career after what happened at Leeds. That said, as challenging as it has been, it’s been awesome. I’ve loved this last week of coaching, because you can sit back and feel sorry for yourself or put it under the carpet or you can work out ways to make sure we are up for the first ball of the next Test match.”Asked about those many written and verbal lessons about coping with failure, in the context of this Ashes series, Langer returned to another of his stories: that of how, as a child, Muhammad Ali had his bike stolen and used the pain of the experience to help fuel his legendary boxing career. Forgetting is vital to an athlete’s mindset, but so too, at times, is remembering.”The champions all have had times of adversity. Whether it’s in business, sport or life,” Langer said. “The ones who come back from it – think about Muhammad Ali getting his bike stolen.”We felt a bit like we got the Ashes stolen the other day. And to England’s great credit, that’s what they did. They won that Test match , so we felt a bit like it’d been stolen from us. Now we’ve got to work out what we’re going to do, and use that as fire.”We’re not going to feel sorry for ourselves and let it slip. The great players and great teams – in business and life – they have their ups and downs but they always fight back from it. You wouldn’t see one champion player, one champion team, one champion business that hasn’t done that.”Vital, too, will be a sense of equilibrium and peace about the results to follow. Having done all the work, the preparation and tried to choose the right teams for Old Trafford and The Oval, Langer and his team will also have to let things go, and acknowledge that days like Stokes’ at Headingley can happen in sport.As Knight put it: “Hard work is critical, a good team is essential, brains and determination are invaluable, but luck may decide the outcome.”

Find out where you can watch every Euro 2024 game live in the United Kingdom.

Germany has opened its doors to the European football family this summer with the 2024 European Championship taking place across 10 German cities this June and July.

Everything you need to know about Euro 2024Find out more

Defending European champions Italy are back in a major tournament after the disappointment of missing the 2022 World Cup, while England will be desperate to bring an end to their 58-year wait for international glory. Cristiano Ronaldo is hoping for one last hurrah with Portugal, while Spain are resurgent.

ITV and the BBC will be serving up a football feast this summer and to help get you set, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about when the games are on and which channels you can watch them on.

UK TV schedule for all Euro 2024 games

Date Fixture Kick-off time (BST) Channel

Jun 14Germany 5-1 Scotland8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 15Hungary 1-3 Switzerland2pmITV1 / ITVXJun 15Spain 3-0 Croatia5pmITV1 / ITVXJun 15Italy 2-1 Albania8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 16Poland 1-2 Netherlands2pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 16Slovenia 1-1 Denmark5pmITV1 / ITVXJun 16Serbia 0-1 England8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 17Romania 3-0 Ukraine2pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 17Belgium 0-1 Slovakia5pmITV1 / ITVXJun 17Austria 0-1 France8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 18Turkey 3-1 Georgia5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 18Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 19Croatia 2-2 Albania2pmITV1 / ITVXJun 19Germany 2-0 Hungary5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 19Scotland 1-1 Switzerland8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 20Slovenia 1-1 Serbia2pmITV1 / ITVXJun 20Denmark 1-1 England5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 20Spain 1-0 Italy8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 21Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine2pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 21Poland 1-3 Austria5pmITV1 / ITVXJun 21Netherlands 0-0 France8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 22Georgia 1-1 Czech Republic2pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 22Turkey 0-3 Portugal5pmITV1 / ITVXJun 22Belgium 2-0 Romania8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 23Scotland 0-1 Hungary8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 23Switzerland 1-1 Germany8pmBBC Two / BBC iPlayerJun 24Albania 0-1 Spain8pmBBC Two / BBC iPlayerJun 24Croatia 1-1 Italy8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 25France 1-1 Poland5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 25Netherlands 2-3 Austria5pmBBC Two / BBC iPlayerJun 25Denmark 0-0 Serbia8pmITV4 / ITVXJun 25England 0-0 Slovenia8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 26Slovakia 1-1 Romania5pmBBC Two / BBC iPlayerJun 26Ukraine 0-0 Belgium5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 26Czech Republic 1-2 Turkey8pmITV4 / ITVXJun 26Georgia 2-0 Portugal8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 29Switzerland vs Italy5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJun 29Germany vs Denmark8pmITV1 / ITVXJun 30England vs Slovakia5pmITV1 / ITVXJun 30Spain vs Georgia8pmITV1 / ITVXJul 1France vs Belgium5pmITV1 / ITVXJul 1Portugal vs Slovenia8pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJul 2Romania vs Netherlands5pmBBC One / BBC iPlayerJul 2Austria vs Turkey8pmITV1 / ITVXJul 5Quarter-final5pmTBCJul 5Quarter-final8pmTBCJul 6Quarter-final5pmTBCJul 6Quarter-final8pmTBCJul 9Semi-final8pmTBCJul 10Semi-final8pmTBCJul 14Final8pmBBC One / ITV1 / BBC iPlayer / ITVXAdvertisementGettyEuro 2024 on BBC: Channel & pundits

The BBC will broadcast 27 matches live at Euro 2024, including the final, and they will provide radio commentary on all 51 games via their BBC Radio 5 Live channel.

Games will be available to watch live on BBC One or BBC Two, as well as being available to stream live on the BBC iPlayer.

Coverage will be fronted by the familiar face of Gary Lineker, with support from Gabby Logan, Alex Scott and Mark Chapman.

The likes of Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Ellen White and Joe Hart will join Micah Richards, Ashley Williams in assessing the games.

Scotland matches will be analysed by David Moyes, James McFadden and Rachel Corsie, while Cesc Fabregas and Brentford boss Thomas Frank will be in the studio for games too.

Commentary teams will comprise of the likes Guy Mowbray, Jonathan Pearce, Robyn Cohen, Vicki Sparks, Steve Wilson and Steve Bower. They will be supported on co-commentary by familiar voices like Shearer, McFadden, Martin Keown, Danny Murphy and Jermaine Jenas.

BBC One channel number & BBC iPlayer

Provider Channel number

Freeview1 (SD), 101 (HD)Sky101Virgin Media101Freesat101Sky Glass101

BBC One is available on terrestrial TV, satellite and digital, usually on channel number 101.

Fans wishing to watch games live on the BBC iPlayer can do so by logging on here.

Getty/GOAL compositeEuro 2024 on ITV: Channel & pundits

Euro 2024 TV coverage in the UK kicks off on ITV, with the opening game between Scotland and hosts Germany broadcast on ITV1 and STV, as well as ITVX and the STV Player.

Lead presenter Mark Pougatch will be joined by Laura Woods, with punditry from none other than Roy Keane, so you will have to tune in to ITV to see which players are the latest to receive the Irishman's trademark scrutiny. Arsenal icon Ian Wright and England women's legend Eni Aluko.will be part of the crew too. Graeme Souness, Karen Carney and Gary Neville will also be part of the team, as will Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglu and Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl. Furthermore, there will be refereeing insight from Christina Unkel.

Match commentary will be provided by the unmistakeable voices of Sam Matterface, Clive Tyldesley, Seb Hutchinson, Pien Meulensteen and Joe Speight, with co-commentary duties shared by Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist and Andros Townsend.

News from the England camp will be provided by Gabriel Clarke, with Connie McLaughlin following the Scotland squad and Celina Hinchcliffe will have general roundups.

ITV1 channel number & ITV X

Provider Channel number

Freeview3Sky 103Virgin Media103

ITV1 is available on Channel number 3 on Freeview and 103 on satellite providers. ITVX can be accessed here.

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All the transfer and pre-season buzz from the Indian domestic season

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Barinder Sran in his delivery stride•Getty Images

PunjabFast bowler Barinder Sran has finalised his transfer to Chandigarh after being left out of his home state Punjab’s Vijay Hazare Trophy squad. He obtained a no-objection certificate from Punjab on Thursday, saying he was not informed by the Punjab selectors why he was left out, and that he did not want to “waste the entire season” by not playing.”They didn’t even give me a valid reason [for dropping me],” Sran told the . “At least I deserved to know the reason why I was dropped. The selectors stopped taking my phone calls. I had no other option. I can’t waste my entire season. So, I decided to make a move and have no regrets.”The 26-year old, who has played six ODIs and two T20Is for India, made his debut for Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in 2011. “I want to play for India again, but for that, I need to play. I am being let down by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA). But it is a thing of the past. I am fit now and it’s time to look ahead.”In the Vijay Hazare Trophy last year, he bagged three wickets in as many games for Punjab despite going wicketless in two of them. He played in two Ranji Trophy before that, finishing with two wickets across three innings, and in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy that followed, he got just three wickets in five matches, going wicketless in four of those games.This season, Punjab, led by Mandeep Singh, also have Shubman Gill in the squad. Being named in the India Test squad that will be taking on South Africa from October 2, Gill is unlikely to play more than three matches in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy.Punjab are placed in Group B, alongside eight other teams, and will play their first match against Himachal Pradesh on September 25.Squad: Mandeep Singh (Captain), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shubman Gill, Anmolpreet Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Mayank Markande, Karan Kaila, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Akul Pandove, Anmol Malhotra, Abhijeet GargDelhiRishabh Pant and Navdeep Saini have been named in the 16-member Delhi squad, led by Dhruv Shorey, for the first four games of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, starting on September 24. Shikhar Dhawan has opted out of the squad for now due to personal reasons, according to .Pant is a part of the Indian team that will be assembling in Visakhapatnam for the opening Test against South Africa on October 2.”Pant is expected to play at least first two to three games for Delhi as he will then report for the national team. Rishabh himself said that he wanted to play,” Delhi senior team’s chairman of selectors Atul Wassan told .”Shikhar needs to go back to Australia to attend to some family matters. He has said that he will join the squad at a later date.”Former India Under-19 India captain Anuj Rawat has been named Pant’s back-up in the squad. Delhi will be starting their campaign against Vidarbha on the opening day of the tournament.Squad: Dhruv Shorey (captain), Nitish Rana, Rishabh Pant, Himmat Singh, Hiten Dalal, Kunal Chandela, Lalit Yadav, Pawan Negi, Navdeep Saini, Subodh Bhati, Kulwant Khejrolia, Manan Sharma, Kunwar Bhiduri, Vikas Tokas, Tejas Baroka, Anuj Rawat.Mumbai Left-arm spinner Atharva Ankolekar, who played a key role in India’s Under-19 Asia Cup win, has been named in the 17-member Mumbai squad, led by Shreyas Iyer, for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. Sarfaraz Khan, who was on a one-year cooling off period following his return to Mumbai last year after three seasons with Uttar Pradesh, has also been named in the squad.Ankolekar took a match-winning five-for on Saturday against Bangladesh U-19s in a low-scoring thriller and helped India defend their Asia Cup title. Ankolekar’s team-mate Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his Mumbai debut in Ranji Trophy last year, has also been named in this squad.Ajinkya Rahane, who captained the team last year, will not be available this year due to international commitments. Prithvi Shaw, who is currently serving his suspension for a doping violation, also misses out.Defending champions Mumbai are in Group A and will be playing all their matches in Bengaluru.Squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Surya Kumar Yadav (vice captain), Jay Bista, Aditya Tare , Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Shubham Ranjane, Eknath Kerkar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Tushar Deshpande, Shams Mulani, Atharva Ankolekar, Shardul Thakur, Siddhesh Lad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kruthik Hanagawadi, Shashank AttardeVidarbhaWasim Jaffer has been appointed Vidarbha’s interim captain for this season’s Vijay Hazare Trophy after Faiz Fazal sustained a hand injury. It is understood that Fazal is likely to return during the course of the tournament and also retain his captaincy.The 15-member squad also includes India fast bowler Umesh Yadav.Fazal, one of Vidarbha’s batting mainstays in their consecutive Ranji Trophy wins in 2017-18 and 2018-19, suffered the injury while representing India Green in the recently-concluded Duleep Trophy.”Faiz is still undergoing treatment for the injury,” VCA president Anand Jaiswal told . “We are still looking into it. Once he is cleared, he will join the side. As of today, since he hasn’t recovered, we have announced Wasim as the captain. But the injury is a minor one, not very serious.”Vidarbha are in Elite Group B of the Vijay Hazare Trophy draw, alongside Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Baroda, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh, and will begin their campaign against Delhi on September 24.Vidarbha Squad: Wasim Jaffer (captain), R. Sanjay, Atharva Taide, Ganesh Satish, Rushabh Rathod, Apoorva Wankhede, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Akshay Wadkar (wicketkeeper), Akshay Wakhare, Akshay Karnewar, Aditya Sarvate, Umesh Yadav, Yash Thakur, Darshan Nalkande, Shrikant Wagh.Tamil NaduOpening batsman C Hari Nishanth and left-arm spinner M Siddharth have been named in Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Hazare Trophy squad, which will be led by Dinesh Karthik. While R Ashwin, who was named in the probables squad, has been ruled out due to international commitments, M Vijay, who is currently playing in the county championships for Somerset, will join the team after the first two matches.Allrounder Vijay Shankar, who is recovering from a finger injury, has been included in the 16-member squad but a call on his selection will only be taken before the side’s opening game against Rajasthan on September 24. M Shahrukh Khan has been named M Vijay’s replacement for the first two matches.Hari Nishanth made his T20 debut for Tamil Nadu in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier this year, and has represented the Dindigul Dragons in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. He finished among the top run scorers in the tournament this year with 322 runs in 10 matches. Siddharth played for champions Chennai Super Gillies this season, where he picked five wickets in eight games.Squad: Dinesh Karthik (capt), Vijay Shankar (vice-capt), Abhinav Mukund, M Vijay, Baba Aparajith, M Ashwin, Washington Sundar, R Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan, T Natarajan, K Vignesh, M Mohammed, M Siddharth, Abhishek Tanwar, C Hari Nishaanth, J Kousik. Reserve: M Shahrukh KhanArunachal PradeshFormer India pace bowler Sanjeev Sharma has been appointed coach of the Arunachal Pradesh team for the upcoming domestic season. Sanjeev had been coach of the Sikkim team last season and has coached Delhi in the past.According to , the Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association had initially decided to give an extension to Gursharan Singh, who coached them last season. However, Gursharan was recently named coach of Uttarakhand.”We apprised the BCCI about the issue and sought its help in getting a replacement. There is not much time in hand and we are glad to welcome Sharma on board,” ACA secretary, Kabak Geda, told .Arunachal will be hoping to improve on their performance from the debut season. They were winless in the Ranji Trophy, won two games in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and one in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.Under Sanjeev’s tenure, Sikkim went winless in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy but performed better in the Ranji Trophy, securing four wins in eight matches in the plate group.Uttar Pradesh
Former India spinner Sunil Joshi has been appointed coach of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team for one year, according to . He is set to join the training camp on September 20 before the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which is scheduled to begin on September 24Joshi, who served as Bangladesh’s spin-bowling coach till the World Cup, had applied for the position of India’s bowling coach but was not shortlisted.”We have appointed Sunil Joshi as coach of our team for one year. He will join the camp before the Vijay Hazare Trophy,” Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association secretary Yudhvir Singh told .Former Karnataka fast bowler Mansur Ali Khan had coached the side last season. UP won their maiden, and only, Ranji Trophy title in 2005-06 and have been runners-up five times. They made the quarter-finals last season where they were beaten by Saurashtra.UttarakhandGursharan Singh has been named the coach of Uttarakhand for the upcoming domestic season, replacing KP Bhaskar, who has returned to take charge of the Delhi team.Gursharan, 56, who turned out for Delhi and Punjab in domestic cricket and played one Test and one ODI in 1990, is a prominent coach in Delhi, and has been involved with various state teams since 2007, when he coached Punjab. He has since worked with Assam and, more recently, Arunachal Pradesh.”I am excited to take my new job,” he was quoted as saying by the . “I know Uttarakhand has a lot of young talent and the team did well last year under Bhaskar’s guidance. The team has a wonderful captain in Unmukt [Chand, who shifted this year]. He has a good cricket brain and I am looking forward to work with him.”Last season, their maiden one in the domestic circuit, Uttarakhand topped the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, but then lost by an innings and 115 runs to Vidarbha, the eventual champions, in the quarter-finals. They had some decent results in the Vijay Hazare (one-day) Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali (T20) Trophy too. In the 50-over tournament, they came second in the Plate Group with seven wins and a loss, while in the T20s, they had four wins in seven matches.Delhi
The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association has re-signed former Delhi batsman KP Bhaskar as head coach of the senior team for the 2019-20 season. Bhaskar, a veteran of 95 first-class matches, helmed debutants Uttarakhand to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals last season. Rajkumar Sharma, meanwhile, has been named the bowling coach. Sharma, an offspinning allrounder, played nine first-class matches for Delhi but is famously remembered for being Virat Kohli’s childhood coach.Bhaskar had left Delhi in controversial circumstances in 2018 after then captain Gautam Gambhir criticised him for “creating an atmosphere of uncertainty” in the dressing room. Incidentally, it was a season where they finished runners-up to Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy.With just one win in eight games, Delhi finished bottom of Group B in 2018-19 Ranji Trophy under Mithun Mahnas. They, however, finished runners-up to Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the 50-overs competition. Atul Wassan, the former India bowler, has been named the selection committee chief of the senior team.ALSO READ: ‘Exceptional work ethic’ sets new Bengal captain Easwaran apartMumbai
Earlier in the week, after months of speculation, Mumbai named Vinayak Samant, the former wicketkeeper, as head coach under controversial circumstances after Sulakshan Kulkarni alleged he wasn’t given a fair contract. Under the initial agreement, the Mumbai Cricket Association was to pay Kulkarni a fee of INR 24 lakh for the season. This was later whittled to INR 14 lakh, which Kulkarni rejected.Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu have appointed former allrounder D Vasu as their head coach, with former captain R Prasanna as his assistant. Dinesh Karthik, meanwhile, has been appointed captain for the upcoming 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy.Vasu replaced Hrishikesh Kanitkar, the former India allrounder who has moved on to a coaching role at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Vasu scored 3001 runs and picked up 240 wickets during the course of his 15-year first-class career.ALSO READ: New Kerala captain Robin Uthappa wants to give players ‘more security’Puducherry
Former Karnataka captain R Vinay Kumar has ended his 15-year career with his home state and will instead turn out for Puducherry in a player-cum-mentor role in the 2019-20 season. Vinay will link up with his old friend J Arunkumar at Puducherry.Vinay and Arunkumar formed Karnataka’s leadership group when they won successive Ranji titles in 2013-14 and 2014-15. They also led Karnataka to the Vijay Hazare and Irani titles, establishing the side as a domestic powerhouse.Having reportedly turned down an offer from his home state Tamil Nadu and moved from Kerala, wicketkeeper-batsman Arun Karthik will join Vinay at Puducherry.Former India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand has parted ways with Delhi after making his first-class debut for them in November 2010. Chand has now signed with Uttarakhand and will captain them in the upcoming domestic season. Meanwhile, offspin-bowling allrounder Malolan Rangarajan, who helped Uttarakhand to the knockouts in the previous season, is set to move back to his home state Tamil Nadu.Assam
Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Ajay Ratra has been appointed Assam’s coach for the 2019-20 domestic season. Ratra has had coaching stints with Punjab, Assam Under-19s and NCA in the past.Ratra, who made his international debut in 2002, played six Tests and 12 ODIs for India. His maiden Test century against West Indies in Trinidad – an unbeaten 115 – made him the fifth-youngest Indian player and the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test hundred. He played 99 first-class matches, scoring 4029 runs at an average of 30.29, which included eight hundreds and a double-century.Other movements
Allrounder Stuart Binny and wicketkeeper-batsman CM Gautam, who were part of Karnataka’s core along with Vinay when they secured the double-treble, have also opted to move out of their home state this season. Binny will join his former Karnataka team-mate Rongsen Jonathan at Nagaland, while Gautam has switched to Goa.Among prominent coaches, Sairaj Bahutule has ended his stint with Bengal, and will coach Gujarat, while Sanath Kumar moved from Meghalaya to Baroda.

Glasgow Rangers’ treble ambitions are safe for another week as they secured passage into the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup over the weekend.

A trip to Easter Road to play Hibs is never easy at the best of times, but sandwiched in between a Europa League last-16 clash against Benfica, the match took on an even greater magnitude.

Much to their surprise, Philippe Clement kept the same starting XI for the cup clash that looked dead on their feet just a few days prior, but it worked a treat as they went into the half-time interval a goal to the good courtesy of John Lundstram.

While Hibs lost their discipline, Rangers kept their calm heads and Fabio Silva netted the clincher against the nine men and a 2-0 win was confirmed.

It was a professional performance by the Light Blues and, once again, John Lundstram was at the heart of everything good during the clash.

John Lundstram vs Hibernian in numbers

Towards the end of the Benfica tie, Lundstram had run himself into the ground, and it looked as though a well-deserved rest against Hibs would be the wisest thing for Clement to do.

No chance. Lundstram started in the capital and delivered a man-of-the-match performance, which included scoring the opening goal.

The midfielder was a calming presence in the heart of the midfield, looking like he had enjoyed a week between matches rather than the knackered figure during the closing stages of the tie in midweek.

There is no doubt he has been one of the most consistent performers during Clement’s reign thus far, missing only one match since mid-October. Two goals and six assists during 2023/24 have proven that he does like to get forward from time to time, but his ability to protect the defence and dictate the play from the middle of the pitch is perhaps his greatest strength.

There is no time for respite, however, as the former Sheffield United gem will have to be prepared to take on Benfica at Ibrox on Thursday as the last eight of the Europa League awaits the winners.

When Lundstram could leave Rangers

A year ago, not many people would have predicted Lundstram being one of the most important players in the squad, but here we are.

Entering the 2023/24 campaign, the 30-year-old had a year left on his current contract, and it looked like his chances of an extension were slim.

Fast-forward a few months, however, and it is clear he will be offered a new deal. The question is, when will he sign it? Clement has gone for a youth-based approach in the transfer market, yet keeping several experienced heads at the club, at least for the next couple of seasons, could be vital.

Season

Games

Goals

Assists

2023/24

43

2

6

2022/23

52

5

0

2021/22

48

4

1

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While Lundstram may not have too long left at the very top, he still has plenty to give and his knowledge and experience could be passed down to the youngsters emerging through the youth academy.

Lundstram's academy heir at Ibrox

Cole McKinnon is arguably one of the brightest talents in the B team, and he could well become the heir apparent to the English midfielder in the coming years.

In the final Premiership match of the 2021/22 campaign, Giovanni van Bronckhorst rested a host of first-team players for the forthcoming Europa League final, giving chances to various academy talents in the clash against Hearts.

McKinnon came off the bench with just 30 minutes left and did not take long to announce his arrival, scoring the third goal which clinched a 3-1 win and his talent looked promising indeed.

The youngster was sent on a season-long loan to Partick Thistle, who were playing in the second tier, for the 2022/23 term and this experience of regular first-team football at a competitive level has clearly benefitted him.

Throughout that campaign, the 21-year-old made 31 appearances for the Jags, contributing three goals and three assists in the process as the club came so close to securing promotion to the top flight.

Michael Beale named him part of the matchday squad on numerous occasions during the early part of the season, but he failed to make it onto the pitch.

Under Clement, however, it looks as though he has the perfect manager to play under, as the Belgian has given him a couple of opportunities of late in the senior squad.

Cole McKinnon's stats vs Benfica and Hibs

The midfielder was hailed by Jordan Campbell prior to joining Partick Thistle last season, saying: “The 19-year-old is highly rated at Ibrox and scored in the final league game of last season. Goes box-to-box and has a knack of getting a goal.”

Evidently like Lundstram, the Scot bursts forward in the hopes of joining the attack, but he can also perform in a slightly deeper role if required and this flexibility will be a bonus to Clement.

He came off the bench for the final 13 minutes of the tie against Benfica last week and did not let the occasion get to him.

Indeed, he won 100% of his aerial duels while making an interception and blocking a shot, proving that he has the required mentality to come into a game which is hanging in the balance and keep a calm head.

He was then rewarded with another ten-minute cameo against Hibs, and he was solid again. This could give Clement another option at the heart of the midfield, especially with the games coming thick and fast in the coming weeks.

McKinnon is finally seeing the rewards of all his hard work in the B team recently, and it should serve as a reminder that the chances are there for the youngsters, especially if they are committed and work hard.

Lundstram may have another couple of years at the highest level in the game, but if McKinnon can keep gaining important minutes here and there, the 21-year-old could become an ideal replacement for the Englishman and save Clement millions in the transfer market in the process.