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United States winger Christian Pulisic has defended his decision to skip the CONCACAF Gold Cup and said those questioning his commitment to the national team were "way out of line". Pulisic, who played 50 games for AC Milan in the recently-concluded season, said taking time to rest and recover was the right call for him and the team with the World Cup coming to the US, Mexico and Canada next year.

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Jonathan David scored twice as World Cup co-hosts Canada enjoyed a convincing 4-2 win over Ukraine in a friendly match at BMO Field on Saturday. Jesse Marsch's side got off to a fine start when David, put them in front when he followed in to tap home after his header from a Tajon Buchanan cross was parried out by Anatoliy Trubin.

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Not too long ago Victor Osimhen had a reported release clause in his contract of £113m/€138m and was courting some of European football's big hitters.  Having fired Napoli to their first Scudetto since the days of Diego Maradona, it was no wonder that the Nigerian had become one of the hottest attacking properties on the planet.

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France have taken the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League bronze medals after beating Germany 2-0 in the third-place playoff at the MHPArena in Stuttgart, as the Finals hosts suffered back-to-back losses for the first time since 2023. No side aims to play a bronze-medal fixture, but Germany looked determined to make the most of it.

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Tottenham have appointed recent Brentford manager Thomas Frank as their new head coach, the club announced on Thursday. The Dane moves to north London on a three-year deal, replacing Ange Postecoglou in the dugout after the Australian was sacked last Friday. Spurs paid an approximate £10 million fee to release him from his Brentford contract, which had another two years left to run.

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Luciano Spalletti is stepping down as Italy's coach following the heavy 3-0 defeat against Norway. Luciano Spalletti's adventure on the Italian bench has come to an end. A few days before their important World Cup qualifier against Moldova on Monday, rumours of the coach's resignation were becoming more and more insistent.