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Former Rangers and Scotland manager Walter Smith has died at the age of 73.

Smith holds legendary status at Ibrox, having won 21 trophies during two spells as boss of the Scottish champions.

He also masterminded the Glasgow giants run to the UEFA Cup final in 2008 and managed his country from 2004 to 2007.

Smith was also in charge at Everton for almost four years and spent time as Alex Ferguson s assistant at Manchester United.

Rangers chairman Douglas Park said in a statement on Tuesday:  On behalf of the Rangers board of directors, staff and players, I convey my deep condolences to the Smith family. Walter leaves behind a wife, children and grandchildren, all of whom are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.

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Chelsea are interested in signing Ronald Araujo from Barcelona, according to . It has been reported that Premier League giants Chelsea are ready to make their move for the 22-year-old central defender in the summer of 2022 when he will have just one year left on his contract, as things stand.

Araujo joined Barcelona from Boston River in 2018 and has now established himself as an important figure in the first team. The Uruguay international centre-back has made five starts and five substitute appearances in La Liga so far this season, scoring one goal in the process. 

The youngster has also made three starts and one substitute appearance in the Champions League for Barcelona this season. Antonio Rudiger is out of contract at Chelsea at the end of the season, and maybe t…

Brazil fought back from a goal down to score an 89th-minute winner that completed a 2-1 comeback win over Chile.

The hosts went ahead in the second minute of Thursday s World Cup qualifier in Santiago when a looping header from Eduardo Vargas went past Ederson in goal, although it was an effort that should arguably have been saved.

While Chile had chances to extend their lead and had claims for a penalty in the first half, Brazil equalised in stoppage time through a close-range header from Igor Jesus.

The Selecao controlled much of the second half as they went in search of a winner, and they were able to find it a minute from time. Botafogo winger Luiz Henrique cut in from the right and bent a shot past the goalkeeper to earn his country three points.

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Bayern Munich have appointed Michael Rechner as their new goalkeeping coach following the controversial dismissal of Toni Tapalovic.

The Bundesliga champions sacked Tapalovic, who was said to have endured a difficult relationship with head coach Julian Nagelsmann.

But Tapalovic was close to club captain Manuel Neuer, with whom he had worked for more than a decade.

Neuer, who is out injured for the rest of the season, was angered by his departure and expressed that frustration in an interview with The Athletic, which prompted criticism from several senior officials at Bayern.

The club have now identified Rechner as the man who will come in to work initially with Yann Sommer, who was signed following Neuer s injury.

Rechner had been Hoffenheim s fir…

Everton midfielder Tom Davies will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the month after turning down a new deal, the club have announced.

The 24-year-old former academy player, who made his debut aged 17 in April 2016, will exit Goodison Park in search of regular playing time after featuring only 19 times in the Premier League last season.

Manager Sean Dyche was keen for Davies to stay and fight for a place in the team as Everton look to avoid a third straight top-flight relegation scrap next campaign.

Instead, he will become the third first-team player to move on at the end of their deals, after it was confirmed earlier in June that Andros Townsend and Yerry Mina would not be offered new contracts.

Everton director of football, Kevin Th…

With England international inching towards what will be a blockbuster £105million move to Arsenal, it appears that England’s elite are set for a record summer spent.

However, while the Premier League might have only continued to flex their financial muscle over the past few transfer windows, there are a string of superstar names that find themselves without a club.

On what is a stacked list of superstars that are still searching for a new adventure ahead of the 2023/24 campaign, we have taken a look at three all-star free agents.

David de Gea

Although Erik ten Hag might have publicly stated over the past couple of months that he wanted David de Gea to extend his stay at Old Trafford past the summer, it now appears that the Spanish shot-stopper has official…

Harry Kane insisted England s drab performance against the United States was not the end of the world for us and kept the team in a strong position at Qatar 2022.

Captain Kane missed a late chance to make a breakthrough when he planted a header well wide as the game at Al Bayt Stadium finished goalless.

The USA were the better side for large parts of the game, but they passed up half-chances and England survived scares before improving in the closing stages.

It wasn t our best performance, for sure, Kane told ITV. We had some good spells with the ball and created some good positions, but we just didn t have the final product today.

It s a great clean sheet, it puts us in a great position in the group.

After the 6-2 opening win against Iran, the…

Ousmane Dembele scored and assisted three others as Barcelona warmed up for Wednesday s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich by thrashing Athletic Bilbao 4-0 at Camp Nou.

Xavi s team raced into a three-goal lead before half-time in Thursday s mauling of Villarreal and they repeated the trick on Sunday as Sergi Roberto and Robert Lewandowski joined Dembele on the scoresheet within 22 minutes.

Having set up Roberto and Lewandowski, Dembele continued to terrorise Athletic after the break and helped Barca add some gloss when he teed up Ferran Torres for a neat finish late on.

The result moved Barca back to within three points of leaders Real Madrid in the LaLiga standings, with Los Blancos having moved clear with a 3-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday.