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Italy has earn their first victory of the UEFA Nations League on Sunday after defeating  Poland 1-0 a late goal from full-back Cristiano Biraghi. Italy dominated the most part of the game, they had many opportunity to open the scoring, but poor finishing and a great outing from Wojciech Szczesny kept them from scoring until Biraghi struck.Russia also beat Turkey 2-0 in a UEFA Nations League group match on Sunday. Playing at home in Sochi, Russia dominated the first half and scored the first goal with Roman Neustadter as he gavee Russia lead in 20th minute.In the second half, just seven minutes after entering the game, substitute player Denis Cheryshev scored the second goal for Russia in the 78th minute.

Real madrid forward player Gareth Bale will go back to  Bernabeu on Sunday and will miss out Wales Nations League game with the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, the Football Association of Wales has announced.A groin injury has downed Bale playing time for Real in recent weeks and he missed Wales 4-1 loss to Spain in Cardiff on Thursday.FA Wales said on Twitter: “Gareth Bale has returned to his club this afternoon and will not travel to Dublin with the rest of the squad.”Wales manager Ryan Giggs explained Bale’s absence was due to muscle fatigue. And Giggs suggested after the loss to Spain at the Principality Stadium that Bale would be absent for the trip across the Irish Sea.

The Dutch stars Virgil van Dijk, Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum all scored to grab a comfortable 3-0 victory for Netherlands over Germany and left Joachim Low's men still without a goal in the Nations League. Liverpool defender Van Dijk pounced to nod home the loose ball on the half-hour mark after Ryan Babel had struck the crossbar with a header following a corner from Depay. Germany had chances to claim a leveller after the break, with substitute Leroy Sane steering a glorious opportunity wide. They were also denied what looks to be a clear-cut penalty in the final 10 minutes when Arnaut Groeneveld tripped Matthias Ginter.However, Depay added an 86th-minute second on the counter-attack and Liverpool midfielder Wijnaldum rifled in a third in stoppage time, securing Oranje...

England are set to play Spain head-to- head on Monday (7:45 p.m), as England keep their Nations League alive in Seville. The Three Lions played out a disappointing draw in Croatia and have to  defeat Spain in order to have any realistic chance of advancing from the group. While, Spain have been going from strength to strength, as Luis Enrique continues to ease in the next generation of Spanish talent.Spain manager Luis Enrique and England coach Gareth Southgate are ready to prove they can be contenders for top honours, Monday night match is the perfect opportunity to make a statement before the international break ends.

European champions Portugal defeat Poland 3-2 in the Polish city of Chorzow through Andre Silva, a Kamil Glik own-goal and a brilliant strike from Bernardo Silva .Portugal now have two wins in two game in the Nations League after also beating Italy 1-0 in September. Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek had given Poland a 19th-minute lead with Jakub Blaszczykowski cutting the deficit for the home side in the 77th minute.In Podgorica, Serbia reduced Montenegro 2-0 in the first meeting between the two former members of the old Yugoslavia. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored both goals with an 18th-minute penalty followed by an 81st-minute effort.Israel recovered from a goal down in Haifa to defeat Scotland 2-1. Charlie Mulgrew put  Scotland ahead with a 25th- minute penalty but midfielder Dor Peretz le...

The former Arsenal striker and current assistant manager of the Belgium national team Thierry Henry is set to replace Leonardo Jardim as Monaco manager. According to report, The Frenchman Henry was formerly linked with Aston Villa after the sacking of Steve Bruce.Henry began his career with the French club in 1995. He made over 100 appearances for Monaco and scored 20 times for the club. Monaco won the Ligue 1 title in 2016-17, but have started off the season poor this time around and are currently in 18th place in the league.

Wales manager Ryan Giggs has revealed that Gareth Bale has 50-50 chance to play Ireland at Aviva Stadium in their Nations League match next Tuesday. Gareth Bale will miss the opportunity to play Spain and his Real Madrid teammates including Sergio Ramos and Nacho in an international friendly at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff this evening (7.45pm) but could return to play Ireland in Dublin."Bale will be out of play against Spain," said Giggs, whose side are second in Nations League B group four, level on three points with leaders Denmark and above bottom side Ireland on none but having played a game more.Giggs said:“He had a scan last week, a couple of weeks ago with Real Madrid. We rescanned it and have done everything we can to get as much information, There was a l...

England manager Gareth Southgate has added Ben Chilwell to his squad as a replacement for injured Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw. Chilwell, who made his England debut in a 1-0 friendly win over Switzerland on home soil at Leicester's King Power Stadium last month, had originally been included in England's under-21 squad. But the 21-year-old will now take the place of Shaw, whose bad luck with injuries continues to rule him out of a Nations League double-header away to Croatia and Spain. Luke Shaw suffered concussion in a 2-1 defeat to Spain last month on his first international start since breaking his leg in 2015. He completed the 90 minutes in United's thrilling comeback from 2-0 down to beat Newcastle 3-2 on Satur...

2018 Ballon d’Or nominees has been released and this time the award will take place in Paris on 3rd December 2018. The Ballon d'or has been  dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the past decade (5 times winners, each), but as we saw with FIFA’s  the best award going to Luka Modric, 2018 could bring a changing of the guard.Two Chelsea players who will be hoping that is indeed the case are Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante, both of whom are nominated for the second consecutive year. Kante finished 8th and Hazard 19th in last year’s field of 30 nominees. These are the 30 nominees for the 2018 Ballon d’Or :1.     Sergio Aguero (Argentina / Manchester City)2.     Alisson (Brazil / Roma & Liverpool)3.     G...