Willian signs new contract at Chelsea

Brazilian playmaker Willian has agreed another four-year contract with Chelsea, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old, voted the London club's Player of the Year last season by fans and fellow team members, said it was "a fantasy to proceed".

"Throughout the following four years I will attempt to help the group win more trophies," he included.

Willian joined Chelsea in 2013 and was the champion entertainer last season in what ended up being a pitiful battle for the shielding champions. He has scored 19 objectives in 140

Andy Murray 'unlikely' to play against Serbia

Andy Murray said on Monday he was unrealistic to play for defending champions Britain away to Serbia in the current week's Davis Cup quarterfinals in the wake of winning his second Wimbledon title.

Murray, who beat Milos Raonic in straight sets in Sunday's Wimbledon last, said he would go to Belgrade regardless to bolster the group, and would talk about his support with commander Leon Smith later on Monday.

"I addressed Leon the previous evening at the ball quickly," the world No 2 told a triumph public interview at the All England Club.

"I'll talk to him this evening to settle on an official choice.

"I'd say it's looking impossible however regardless of the possibility that I don't play, I'm still likely going to go in any case just to be there with the group."

Serbian world No 1 Novak Djokovic, who endured a stun thrashing to Sam Querrey in the Wimbledon third round, won't join in the challenge, saying he was not feeling "100 percent".

The last-eight tie will be organized on dirt at the Tasmajdan Stadium. The three-day challenge begins on Friday.

Murray drove Britain to their first Davis Cup accomplishment in 79 years with triumph over Belgium in November and the trophy was in plain view at the Wimbledon Museum amid the competition.

If Murray somehow managed to play against Serbia, it would mean him changing from the grass of Wimbledon to dirt in Belgrade, before moving again to hard courts for the Canadian Open and the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games.

Mou presence can help me - Guardiola

Pep Guardiola trusts his contention with Jose Mourinho will push him on to make progress at Manchester City.

The two managers were astringent adversaries when they were in control at Spanish mammoths Barcelona and Real Madrid individually.

Presently they have begun work in the meantime in Manchester, with Guardiola assuming control at City and Mourinho coming back to the Premier League as Manchester United's new supervisor.

Keeping in mind playing down his past history with Mourinho, Guardiola says tackling the previous Real, Chelsea and Inter Milan supervisor – and in addition a grasp of other prominent abroad chiefs – will bring the best out of him.

Addressing the media surprisingly since leaving Bayern Munich to supplant Manuel Pellegrini as City supervisor on a three-year contract, Guardiola said: "He needs to win, I need to win.

"I can say like a mentor they help me – the huge mentors – and Jose is one of them. They help me to achieve another level.

"We know each other really well from some time recently, from Barcelona. I think it is awesome that huge administrators are here, top chiefs are here.

"My experience against him, against (Jurgen) Klopp at Dortmund, they improved me. Every one of the directors on the planet need to win.

"Enormous administrators take me as a chief to an alternate level. Rivaling them takes me to the following level.

"They push me to attempt and win the alliance, win the glass, win the Champions League and after that you see whether you are sufficiently enormous, sufficiently skilled to win with groups like Bayern, similar to Barcelona, similar to Manchester City."

Guardiola, 45, was twice a Champions League victor as Barcelona mentor and, in the wake of winning three alliance titles in Spain, likewise drove Bayern Munich to a cap trap of Bundesliga triumphs.

Be that as it may, he thinks forcing his style of eye-finding, passing football on the Premier League and winning respects locally and in Europe with City could be his hardest test yet after the 2013 champions completed fourth in the alliance last season under Pellegrini.

'Substantiate MYSELF'

Guardiola included: "That is the reason I am here, to demonstrate, to substantiate myself, that I am ready. I feel this is the right minute to come here and substantiate myself to play the way I need.

"Each stage is a major test. It could be the greatest on the grounds that City have not won the same number of titles as Barcelona or Bayern, yet I can't reply.

"Perhaps when I assumed control throughout the second group from Barcelona it was the hardest in light of the fact that I felt at that time my vocation would be done.

"At Barcelona and Bayern Munich, we need to win each day and consistently. I perceive how troublesome it is in England to discover a group to win four, five, six diversions in succession. It is difficult.

"Every one of the general population discuss that. Perhaps that is the test, to attempt to be more predictable in our amusement.

"I think in my vocation individuals are continually going to request of my groups the way they are going to prepare, to attempt and win the most extreme as could be expected under the circumstances. In any case, at last that is great. It is ideal to live under that weight."

Guardiola has so far marked three players in midfielders Ilkay Gundogan and Oleksandr Zinchenko and forward Nolito and conceded he is quick to reinforce his squad further.

The City manager has been connected with moves for protectors John Stones, of Everton, and Juventus and Italy star Leonardo Bonucci.

Yet, he trusts club chief Vincent Kompany will beat the harm issues that have persistent him in late seasons to remain a key some portion of his arrangements.

"My fantasy for Vincent Kompany is to be fit," Guardiola said. "The chief has a considerable measure of experience and is a grand focus back, obviously he must be fit.

"We addressed him and said 'simply concentrate on your body and return to what you were previously'. Vincent will demonstrate his qualities."

Barca defend Messi campaign

Barcelona have shielded their campaign online in backing of Lionel Messi after the Argentine whiz's 21-month jail sentence for assessment misrepresentation.

"We are included in a contention in which there is the inclination that FC Barcelona has carried out an assessment wrongdoing though that is not the situation," said club representative Josep Vives on Monday.

The Spanish monsters were just "shielding somebody who has been is as yet being dealt with unjustifiably," he included.

Last Friday Barcelona took to online networking taking after Messi and his dad's conviction for abstaining from paying expenses on €4.16 million of the player's pay earned from his picture rights from 2007-09.

"Utilizing the hashtag #WeAreAllLeoMessi while posting a photograph or message with both hands open, the crusade is urging all Barça fans to express their sensitivity for the best footballer on the planet by voicing their genuine backing on informal communities," an announcement on the club's site clarified.

Quaresma: Ronaldo is the only person I admire in football

Ricardo Quaresma has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as the main individual in football he respects after Portugal's Euro 2016 triumph.

Quaresma supplanted Ronaldo in the primary portion of the last against France after the skipper endured a knee damage.

The Real Madrid star re-rose up out of the changing area to energize his fellow team members from the sidelines, be that as it may, and Eder's objective in additional time secured a 1-0 win and the trophy.

"Indeed, even with the injury [Ronaldo] never halted, he generally bolstered the group and that is the reason I say, not pretty much as a companion, that he is the main individual I respect in football," Quaresma told O Jogo. "I respect the quality he has."

He included: "We have an extraordinary skipper, it is a honor to play close by him and have him in the national group and all Portuguese individuals ought to be pleased to have Cristiano.

"[His critics] discuss him and don't have any acquaintance with him as a man. He is an awesome individual, an extraordinary commander and he merits all that he has accomplished in football. He generally has certainty and is sure and that is the thing that he gave us."

Ancelotti wants to leave Bayern Munich legacy

New Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti says he needs to construct his own particular legacy at the Bundesliga champions.

The previous Real Madrid boss called attention to he is the second Italian to assume responsibility of the club after Giovanni Trapattoni and wants to be recognized as affectionately as his comrade – a Bundesliga victor in 1996-97 – toward the end of his own spell.

Ancelotti was displayed by Bayern on Monday in the wake of concurring a three-year arrangement to supplant Pep Guardiola, who has joined Manchester City.

He said: "I am the second Italian to assume responsibility of the club after Giovanni Trapattoni – a legend. I trust that I additionally can leave a legacy here as he did.

"I truly cherish my occupation and we will attempt to put forth a valiant effort. I realize that Bayern have had a phenomenal history in the Bundesliga. They have won a ton of titles in succession and have a phenomenal history in the Champions League.

Fifa president Infantino to visit Nigeria

Fifa president Gianni Infantino and the secretary general Fatma Samoura will be in Nigeria on July 24, 2016, the Nigeria Football Federation has declared.

The football director who was chosen Fifa president in February affirmed the visit taking after a meeting with NFF President Amaju Pinnick in Paris on Sunday.

"The FIFA President and Secretary General will touch base in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Sunday, 24th July on a two-day working visit to Nigeria," Pinnick told thenff.com.

The visit is an underwriting of Pinnick's NFF-drove organization as against Chris Giwa's that is entangled in an argument about the running of Nigeria's football representing body.

Amid the visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay a cordiality approach President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, hold meeting with a large group of African FA presidents who are relied upon in Nigeria to join the NFF to get the Fifa topshots and go to a night session with corporate Nigeria in Lagos.

The pair will likewise meet with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State before viewing the finals of the NFF/ZENITH Bank Future Eagles Championship.

‘I want to be a part of it’ - Ambrose feels at home in Celtic ..

Efe Ambrose feels at home at Celtics and has no craving to leave the club in the midst of speculation of him set for Bayern Leverkusen move.

The Nigerian helped the Hoops win their 47th Scottish Premier League title last season, however confronted torrent of reactions for his messy exhibitions.

Nonetheless, the 27-year-old has expressed he is not inspired by a move far from the Scottish monsters.

"'For me, Celtic is a place I truly adore – and I need to be a piece of it. There is no spot like home. What's more, Celtic is home for me. I'm prepared to do everything to stay here and keep playing here," Ambrose told Dailymail.

"You can see the rationality of the group, the history behind the club, the target of this gathering. That is the thing that implies such a great amount to me.

Mikel, Moses back at Chelsea training

John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses came back to Chelsea on Monday for their first preseason training with the squad after the occasional break. 

Winger Moses, who spent keep going season out on credit at West Ham United, joined countryman Mikel and whatever is left of the Blues first group in their work out in front of the pre-season matches. 

The players landed before 9am and had their breakfast together, with skipper John Terry sharing a gathering picture on online networking. 

Both Mikel and Moses will would like to inspire new mentor Antonio Conte amid pre-season keeping in mind the end goal to win playing time in the main group. 

Costa withdraws from Brazil Olympic squad

Brazil will be without the service of Douglas Costa for the football competition at the 2016 Olympic Games after he pulled back in light of a thigh harm.

The Bayern Munich winger had been picked as one of the three players more than 23 in the Brazil squad for the Games in Rio de Janeiro.

In any case, the harm has not yet recuperated, with Bayern settling on the choice that Costa can't highlight in the Olympics on home soil.

"I incredibly lament this," Bayern director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.

"We as a whole needed Douglas to challenge the Olympic Games in his nation of origin, however the player's wellbeing and wellness takes need."

Barcelona star Neymar and veteran Palmeiras goalkeeper Fernando Prass were the other two over-age players chose in the squad.

Brazil start their campaign against South Africa at Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha in Brasilia on August 4.

Record signing Musa not feeling under pressure at Leicester

New Leicester City marking Ahmed Musa demands he is not feeling the pressure to perform taking after his record exchange from CSKA Moscow.

Musa joined Premier League champions Leicester on Friday in a four-year bargain for a club record charge of around £16million.

The 23-year-old joins in the wake of scoring 54 objectives in 168 amusements for CSKA in four-and-a-half years with the club, winning three Russian Premier League titles and one Russian Cup.

Be that as it may, as Leicester get ready for their title protection, Musa is adament his powerful sticker price won't influence him as he hopes to get straight down to business in England.

"I have never been under pressure at any club I have played and here won't be distinctive," the Nigeria global told the Leicester Mercury.

"I will be my standard self at Leicester as there is no cause to be under pressure.

"I adore scoring objectives and that I have done at each club and group I have played in. That is the same target I have at Leicester City.

Griezmann wins Euro 2016 best player

France forward Antoine Griezmann has won the grant for Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament.

UEFA has declared that the 25-year-old has been voted as the champ by their group of 13 specialized spectators, which incorporates Sir Alex Ferguson and David Moyes.

Griezmann, who marked another long haul bargain at Atletico Madrid in June, was additionally named in the group of the competition in the wake of scoring six objectives to win the opposition's Golden Boot.

He couldn't locate the net in Sunday's last, however, as hosts France went down to a shock 1-0 rout against Portugal because of substitute Eder's additional time champ.

UEFA's central specialized officer Ioan Lupescu said: "Antoine Griezmann was a risk in each diversion he played.

"He buckles down for his group and has system, vision and quality wrapping up. The specialized eyewitnesses were in consistent understanding that he was the competition's remarkable player."

Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches, in the mean time, was named as the competition's best youthful player.

Giggs: I laughed the first time I saw Ronaldo play!

Ryan Giggs has uncovered he knew Cristiano Ronaldo would have been extraordinary when he saw him turn John O'Shea back to front as a youthful whippersnapper for Sporting against Manchester United in 2003.

Ronaldo secured a move to United after his amazing display against them in an amicable conflict and has since gone ahead to end up one of the best footballer ever.

What's more, Giggs, who played nearby Ronaldo for a long time before he exited to join Real Madrid, has opened up about the first occasion when he saw the Portugal star play, saying seeing him shredding O'Shea made them laugh away on the substitutes seat!

"You see Ronaldo get this show on the road the ball, and you see him turn John O'Shea back to front, and you're having a little chuckle to yourself," Giggs told ITV in front of Portugal's 2-0 win over France in Euro 2016 last.

"He simply lit up the amusement, every one of the chaps were conversing with him after the diversion and I recollect that we were tending to the mentor and everyone was pondering what we were sitting tight for.

Hazard going nowhere - he will be a Chelsea star again, says brother

After an appalling season with Chelsea, Eden Hazard's future at the Premier League side has been in uncertainty, inciting connections to a move to Real Madrid as a major aspect of a €75 million swap bargain for Alvaro Morata.

The 25-year-old was intensely reprimanded all through the crusade as he scored only four objectives in 31 Premier League diversions as the Blues completed tenth in the English top-flight, notwithstanding winning the title the earlier year - a season in which Hazard was named PFA Player of the Year.

The previous Lille star, who captained Belgium to the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, has for some time been connected with a move to Madrid, with Chelsea said to be keen on eating up profoundly evaluated striker Morata from the European champions.

In any case, the player's more youthful sibling, Kylian, keeps up there is no way of a move creating, demanding Eden has no craving to leave Stamford Bridge.

"He will stay at Chelsea, he is glad at Chelsea," Kylian told Goal. "He cherishes London. It is beneficial for him there and he says the offices are awesome.

"It is one of the greatest groups on the planet. He will be uncommon again for them one year from now."

Risk's structure grabbed altogether towards the end of the battle as the greater part of his objectives came in his last five group matches, including a wondergoal to keep rivals Tottenham from winning the title, and he could convey that level onto the Euros, where he scored one and set up four in five amusements.

Man Utd fans bombard Mata's Instagram pleading with him to stay put

Manchester United supporters have overwhelmed Juan Mata's Instagram page, begging the Spaniard to stay at Old Trafford.

Reports surfacing on Sunday proposed that the previous Chelsea midfielder was planning to leave the club, with Everton connected with a move, as Jose Mourinho supposedly plans to tell the 28-year-old he is not a portion of his arrangements.

Messi to appeal 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud

The legal counselors of Lionel Messi and his dad Jorge have declared that they will appeal the 21-month jail sentences gave to their client for tax fraud on Wednesday.

Barcelona star Messi was discovered blameworthy of swindling Spain's assessment power of €4.1 million somewhere around 2007 and 2009.

He is not anticipated that would serve time in prison as sentences under two years for people with no earlier feelings can be suspended under Spanish law.

Hence Messi's legal advisors say they consider the sentence to be "typical" however keep up his guiltlessness - and additionally his dad's - and demand they will keep on fighting the choice.

They contend that the case made for indicting Messi, laying on the lawfulness of organizations made in Belize and Uruguay, ought to really prompt his vindication.

The offer will be documented with the Portuguese Supreme Court, with choices more often than not came to in under a year.

Messi has likewise been fined six weeks' wages (€1.7m) in the wake of being blamed for utilizing the organizations to keep away from tax assessment on his picture rights.

Ramsey could miss start of Arsenal's Premier League season

Armory midfielder Aaron Ramsey says he won't be fit for the begin of the Premier League season taking after his Euro 2016 efforts with Wales.

The 25-year-old exceeded expectations amid the competition in France, however he was suspended for Wednesday's semi-last annihilation on account of Portugal in Lyon.

Ramsey is presently set to take an occasion before returning for pre-season obligation with Arsenal toward the start of one month from now, giving him only under two weeks to recuperate wellness before their opening Premier League amusement against Liverpool on August 14.

Stockpile supervisor Arsene Wenger gave stretched out leave to Germany trio Lukas Podolski, Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker taking after their World Cup triumph two years back, and Ramsey trusts he is in much the same position.

OFFICIAL: Middlesbrough sign goalkeeper Valdes

Middlesbrough have finished the signing of goalkeeper Victor Valdes after the Spain worldwide left Manchester United.

The previous Barcelona man has marked a two-year contract with the recently advanced side and turns into their fifth summer marking.

Valdes withdrew United in the wake of showing up for the club under Louis van Gaal, having had an open dropping out with the Dutchman.

Valdes was blamed for declining to play for the club's Under-21 side by Van Gaal, a case he strenuously denied. He in the long run showed up for the adolescent squad before spending the second 50% of keep going season on advance at Standard Liege.

The Spaniard won the World Cup with his nation in 2010, and was likewise an individual from La Roja's European Championship-winning squad in 2012, while he lifted six La Liga titles at Barca, alongside three Champions League trophies.

Middlesbrough have attempted huge endeavors to reshape their squad this mid year, getting Viktor Fischer from Ajax, Bernardo Espinosa from Sporting Gijon, Jordan McGhee from Hearts and Marten de Roon from Atalanta.

Germany Ready to Give Their All Against France

Title holder, Germany are expecting to achieve another real competition last as they face up against Euro 2016 host country, France this Thursday.

Enthused about consolidating their late world glass trophy with the Euro, Die Mannschaft's head mentor, Joachim Low expressed that his side will give their everything to achieve the last, which can just happen by overcoming Les Bleus.

Regardless of their status world container 2014 victor, Low doesn't consider his side as most loved for that amusement, particularly since they are playing the host country which will get gigantic backing from their fans.

Besides, German will likewise need to manage a few truants on their beginning line up, eminently Mats Hummels, Mario Gomez alongside Sami Khedira.

Despite the fact that conceding that supplanting those three players won't be simple, yet Low trusts that the substitution he arranged will have the capacity to carry out their employment well.

One player that the strategist arranged for that experience is veteran midfielder, Bastian Schweinsteiger who is at long last fit to play from the begin.

Plausible German line up against France:

Neuer(gk); Kimmich, Boateng, Howedes, Hector(def); Kroos, Schweinsteiger; Draxler, Ozil, Gotze(mid); Muller(att)

France Eager to Beat Germany

As of now achieving the elimination round of Euro 2016, host country, France are focusing on additional as they are resolved in achieving the last stage and winning it all.

Confronting a side that had great notable record in real competition, Germany, Les Blues are not terrified as their head mentor, Didier Deschamps, they are considerably more resolved to beat Joachim Low's men.

Keeping in mind the end goal to get most extreme result, Deschamps asked his players to be sure with themselves while including that home group backing will likewise assist his side in satisfying their fantasy.

Additionally, Deschamps likewise cautioned his group that their adversary are great at going ahead as well as strong protectively, that is the reason Les Blues must put on their best amusement to win.

Likely France line up against Germany:

Lloris(gk); Sagna, Umtiti, Koscielny, Evra(def); Pogba, Matuidi; Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet(mid); Giroud(att)

OFFICIAL: Ryan Giggs leaves Manchester United

Ryan Giggs' 29-year relationship with Manchester United has finished, with the club affirming his takeoff from the coaching staff on Saturday.

Giggs won 35 trophies amid his 24 seasons as a first-cooperative person at Old Trafford, including 13 Premier League titles. He likewise piled on a club-record 963 appearances before resigning in the mid year of 2014 after a four-amusement spell as overseer player-supervisor taking after David Moyes' rejection.

He then got to be right hand administrator to Louis van Gaal, with the first arrangement having been for Giggs to conceivably take the chief's occupation toward the end of the Dutchman's three-year contract in 2017.

Be that as it may, Van Gaal's sacking in May taking after two disappointing seasons brought about a change of arrangement from the Old Trafford chain of command, and Jose Mourinho's choice to hand Giggs a decreased part on his new-look private alcove staff drove the 42-year-old to consider his choices.

What's more, on Saturday the club reported in an announcement that Giggs had chosen to call time on his radiant spell with United very nearly three decades on from his landing on a Youth Training Scheme bargain on his fourteenth birthday.

Upon his way out, Giggs said in an announcement: "After 29 seasons at Manchester United as a player and collaborator administrator, I know winning is in the DNA of this club - giving youth a chance, and playing assaulting and energizing football. It's beneficial to have exclusive standards, it's entitlement to hope to win. Manchester United expects, merits, nothing less.

Depay philosophical after difficult first Man Utd season

Memphis Depay has conceded he is not fulfilled by his first season at Manchester United, however demands he will gain from the experience. 

The Dutch winger was given the well known No.7 shirt in the wake of being acquired from PSV for £25.5 million in the late spring of 2015, however found the Premier League hard to grapple with and spent a great part of the season on the seat. 

His first crusade as a United player finished with avoidance from the match squad for the FA Cup last win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, however Depay says that not all that matters in regards to the season was a mistake and he will bob back as a consequence of the experience. 

"It has not been an awful year and it has not been a decent year, it has been in that spot in the center. I have more desires for myself and for the fans too," he said in a video posted on his own Twitter account.

LVG for England manager? Giggs puts Dutchman forward for job

It has been an extreme couple of weeks for England fans. Having been dumped out of Euro 2016 by minnows Iceland, Roy Hodgson then ventured down with a suspiciously very much coordinated leaving discourse.

It has left the FA boss scratching their heads in the matter of who to ought to supplant him. Various names were tossed into the cap, with Gareth Southgate driving the way.

Be that as it may, the previous Middlesbrough manager dismisses the idea before more experienced names sprung up.

However, of the considerable number of names recommended for the empty part, Ryan Giggs has advanced the most suspicious of every one of them.

The ex-Wales worldwide, who functioned as Louis van Gaal's aide at Old Trafford last season, proposed to ITV that the previous Netherlands manager could take the last place anyone would want to be.

Obviously, those viewing were not exactly awed with the possibility of LVG being national administrator after the monotonous crusade the Red Devils persevered through last season.

I'm joining Manchester United - Ibra

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Thursday that he is joining Manchester United, finishing serious hypothesis about where the 34-year-old Swedish genius forward will play next season. 

Ibrahimovic, who was a free operator in the wake of completion an enormously effective stay at Paris Saint-Germain, turns into the second marking of new United supervisor Jose Mourinho after that of exceedingly appraised Ivory Coast focus back Eric Bailly from the Spanish outfit Villarreal. 

"Time to let the world know. My next destination is Manchester United," he composed on Instagram and Facebook, complete with a photo of the United identification, as remarks affirming of the move – one of the greatest of the mid year exchange window so far – overwhelmed in. 

Ibrahimovic reunites with Mourinho, after they delighted in a decent relationship while together at Italians Inter Milan, in what is prone to be the last real move in a vocation crossing five nations and harvesting 11 class titles. 

He is set to sign a one-year bargain on Friday that will see him procure about £220 000 a week (260 000 euros, $290 000), British media said.

Portugal beat Poland on penalties

Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal fought their way to a spot in the European Championship keep going four on Thursday winning a punishment shootout 5-3 against Poland in a strained quarterfinal.

Robert Lewandowski scored his first objective of Euro 2016 inside two minutes in the Marseille conflict before his new Bayern Munich fellow team member, young person Renato Sanches, adjusted with an intensely determined shot. The diversion then experienced additional time halted at 1-1.

Goalkeeper Rui Patricio and Ricardo Quaresma were Portugal's saints in the shootout.

Ronaldo was among the players clench hand pumping when Patricio jumped to one side to spare Jakub Blaszczykowski's agreeable fourth shot for the Poles, who had achieved the quarterfinals interestingly.

Quaresma was next up for Portugal and committed no error terminating high into the net to beat Poland goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

"It damages and it will sting for quite a while," Lewandowski said as Ronaldo praised his new stride toward winning a first significant global trophy with Portugal.

Poland made a rankling begin to the diversion. After scarcely 100 seconds, Kamil Grosicki rushed past Southampton right back Cedric Soares to convey an incredible cross that Lewandowski drove past a thrashing Rui Patricio at his close post.

The Polish striker's first objective of the opposition, subsequent to hitting a record 13 in qualifying, dazed Portugal.

The early objective gave Poland energy, and an insubordinate however marginal block attempt by Grzegorz Krychowiak on Sanches set Arkadiusz Milik up for a 25-yard drive that cruised wide on the quarter hour.

The Gunners' interest in the Foxes striker is of no concern to him while he represents England at Euro 2016, the 29-year-old says

Jamie Vardy won't stress over hypothesis connecting him to Arsenal while on Euro 2016 obligation with England and has not examined the matter with national group manager Roy Hodgson.

Vardy's 24 Premier League objectives last season astoundingly terminated Leicester City to a stun title triumph and incited an offer from Arsenal, which has apparently set off a discharge proviso in his agreement at the King Power Stadium - comprehended to be in the locale of £20million.

The 29-year-old's stock kept on rising this week, as he fell off the seat at half-time to level in England's 2-1 Group B win over Wales in Lens.

Inquired as to whether he had anything to offer as to the Arsenal joins, Vardy told Saturday's news gathering at England's Chantilly preparing base: "Nothing by any stretch of the imagination.

"I'm simply here totally concentrating on England and that is all I need to do right now."

Hodgson may have been incited to take Vardy aside and center his perspective amid England's opportunity in France, yet the player himself demands such strides have not been required.

Romelu Lukaku scores twice as Belgium comfortably beat Ireland

Romelu Lukaku scored twice and Axel Witsel once as Belgium got off the imprint at Euro 2016, serenely beating Republic of Ireland 3-0 in Bordeaux.

Belgium had neglected to awe amid their opening round of the competition, losing 2-0 to Italy, however Marc Wilmots rolled out three improvements to that side, with Mousa Dembele and Yannick Carrasco supplanting Radja Nainggolan and Marouane Fellaini in midfield, while Thomas Meunier came in for Laurent Ciman at right-back, and it worked a regard as they decidedly cleared Ireland aside.

The Red Devils were the better side in a goalless first half without taking their risks yet they committed no such error after half-time and led the pack not long after the achievement Lukaku.

There was discussion in the development when Toby Alderweireld's high foot could have brought about a punishment for Ireland yet from the leeway that took after Belgium countered with awesome impact through De Bruyne who bolstered Lukaku on the edge of the container and the Everton striker placidly twisted his shot into the left-hand corner of the objective and past Ireland goalkeeper Darren Randolph.

Aubameyang receives Batman birthday cake

Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is obviously a major Batman fan.

The Gabon universal consistently praised objectives with shirts, covers and other stock identified with the superhero before, with Marco Reus once in a while getting included as Robin.

Furthermore, now Aubameyang, who turned 27 on Saturday, has gotten a birthday cake fit as a fiddle of Batman's Batmobile.

The previous Milan man has been connected with a move to Manchester City this mid year, yet given Yaya Toure's grievances about the absence of a birthday cake from the club a year ago, Aubameyang may now reconsider