Arjen Robben has been recalled to the Netherlands squad for their friendly against Belgium and a World Cup qualifier in Luxembourg.
The Bayern Munich winger has earned 88 caps for his country, featuring at six major tournaments since making his debut in 2003.
However, Robben has struggled with a number of fitness issues in recent years, and last played for Netherlands in November 2015.
The 32-year-old has scored three goals in six appearances for Bayern this season and international boss Danny Blind has brought him back into the fold with Netherlands third in Group A of World Cup qualifying.
Stijn Schaars has also returned to the squad, as the Dutch trail both France and Sweden by three points with three games played.
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The Spanish media outlet has suggested that Liverpool key man Philippe Coutinho is keen to make Barcelona switch in the future as the player is relishing the prospect of playing alongside some of his close friends at the Catalan giants.
Liverpool fans have been upset with the latest news of Coutinho s visit to Barcelona hotel in Manchester during the week, fearing they might end up losing their star players to Camp Nou club.
And despite Coutinho was there to visit Luis Suarez and Neymar, but it did little to prevent the transfer rumours.
The Brazilian playmaker is enjoying a stellar season under Jurgen Klopp at Merseyside with his performances reportedly drawing attention from the Spanish champions.
The 24-year-old midfielder put pen to paper on a new c…
With VAR and the Premier League s officiating stealing plenty of headlines over the weekend, some could be forgiven for forgetting that Europe s elite tournament gets underway on Tuesday evening.
Watching Spanish giants Real Madrid stun Liverpool back in May as Los Blancos made more Champions League history, we look set for another thrilling competition this year.
On a list that includes two of the Premier League s biggest heavyweights, we have taken a look at who the bookmakers have installed as their early leading contenders.
Manchester City 5/2 with
Eventually crumbling in the Spanish capital as they fell to a remarkable 6-5 aggregate defeat against Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season, Manchester City are desperate to finally lift their first Europea…
Jurgen Klopp hailed Liverpool s best game for a long time after the Reds thrashed Leeds United 6-1 in Monday s Premier League clash.
Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota both scored braces, either side of Cody Gakpo s opener and Darwin Nunez s late strike at Elland Road.
Victory ended a five-game winless run for Liverpool in all competitions as Klopp s men moved within six points of Europa League qualification, still with a game in hand over fifth-placed Tottenham.
The Liverpool manager pinpointed his side s intensity as a key factor in arresting their previously poor form.
I think it s the best game we ve played this season from all different perspectives and aspects of the game, Klopp told Sky Sports.
I think we forced a lot of errors, but it was a r…
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The FTC’s Click To Cancel rule calls for sellers to streamline the process that lets customers end their subscriptions or enrollment. Whether that will work in practice remains to be seen, but it’s a positive step forward for those who have been calling for the change.
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Vicente del Bosque has dismissed Jose Mourinho s suggestions that the vote for FIFA s Coach of the Year award was rigged as childish .
The Real Madrid coach claimed earlier this week that certain people s votes in the elections were wrongly awarded to Del Bosque, a revelation that has since been denied by Fifa, but was backed by Macedonia skipper Goran Pandev on Thursday.
The situation does not bother me at all. To me, it is all a bit childish, Del Bosque said to ONDA Cero.
I don t want to give any further comments on it to avoid any misinterpretation.
We have an important match against Finland coming up and that s all I m thinking about at the moment.
Del Bosque was beaten to the individual award by Mourinho in 2010, but got his revenge in J…
Arsenal v Blackburn
Arsenal scraped through to the Champions League quarter-finals by the skin of their teeth on Wednesday night, but the fact that they came through in the end will be a massive boost to their morale and confidence. Add to that a fourteen game unbeaten run in the league and you see that Blackburn face a daunting task.
Blackburn earned a crucial 2-1 win at Fulham in mid-week to drag them out of the bottom three. They will try to make life as difficult as possible for The Gunners but it is hard to see past a home win.
SoccerNews prediction: 2-0
Bolton v Fulham
Eleventh plays tenth in what in any other season would be a meaningless mid-table scrap. This year, however, despite their league positions the two teams find themselves just five and six p…
Gonzalo Higuain has earned a recall to Argentina s squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay.
The Juventus striker missed out on Edgardo Bauza s first squad as Argentina coach, but three goals in as many appearances for Massimiliano Allegri s side has seen the 28-year-old return to the fold for the matches on October 7 and 12.
Higuain is joined in the squad by Barcelona star Lionel Messi, who returned from his short-lived international retirement for the games against Uruguay and Venezuela only to withdraw from the squad through injury.
There is also a return for Sergio Aguero, who missed out last time due to a knock picked up in Manchester City s Premier League victory over West Ham.
Argentina, World Cup finalists in 2014, c…
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is under immense pressure after his team s poor recent performances
Liverpool suffered a 3-1 defeat North West bitter-rivals Manchester United on Saturday and for a second consecutive game looked poor.
The Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is under immense pressure to deliver success this season, after the team from Merseyside finished sixth in the table last season.
Behind
The Reds finished a massive 25 points behind Premier League champions Chelsea last season, after finishing as runners-up in the previous campaign.
The 2013/14 campaign was characterised by some fantastic attacking football mostly involving forwards Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge.
Of course Rodgers did not have the services of Suarez to call-on …
Market: Both teams to score and over 2.5 goals
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Two of Europe s heavyweights meet in Saint Petersburg as France and Belgium go head to head for a place in the World Cup final.
Starting with Didier Deschamps France side, although they may have started this summers World Cup finals slowly, the 2016 European finalists have improved with each round and after putting two past a Uruguay side who had only conceded one in their last eight, Les Bleus find their confidence at a high. While France have scored six in their last two and have kept three clean sheets in their last four, The Bleus did ship three against Argentina and backing both teams to score and over 2.5 goals seems like the most logical bet here. One man to watch for France is 19-year-old sensation K…