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Walter Mazzarri expects a reaction from Inter on Wednesday as they try to end a six-game winless run against Atalanta in Serie A.

Inter have not claimed all three points against Atalanta since April 2010 and were beaten in the last two meetings at San Siro.

Giacomo Bonaventura struck both goals last season in a 2-1 win at Inter for Atalanta, but he left for Milan on transfer deadline day.

In German Denis, though, Atalanta can call upon a striker who has netted six goals in four games against Inter.

Three draws and three wins have given Atalanta something of a hold over Inter over the past three seasons and head coach Stefano Colantuono will hope to extend that streak.

Inter needed Mateo Kovacic to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw at Palermo on Sunda…

If leaks are to be believed, the upcoming The Game Awards showcase is going to be a big one, but though a number of major titles have already been confirmed to be receiving new showings at the event – including Borderlands 4, Mafia: The Old Country, Hazelight Studios’ next game, and more – one company that seemingly won’t have a major presence at the show in terms of new reveals and updates will be Xbox.

That’s as per journalist Jez Corden, who recently took to Twitter to state that though he’s expecting “lots of epic multiplatform reveals” at The Game Awards later this week, he isn’t expecting first-party Microsoft teams to have too much of a presence, thanks in large part to the fact that, as per Corden, the compa…

According to the , Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas and club owner Roman Abramovich were locked in talks at Chelsea s on Saturday.

Reports have suggested that Abramovich turned up unannounced and watched the Blues train prior to Sunday s clash with Manchester United.

The Russian billionaire watched 35 minutes of training at Cobham before demanding to know Villas-Boas tactics for the United fixture.

After throwing away a 3-0 lead against the Red Devils, Andre Villas-Boas hot seat may have reached its melting point.

In fact, Abramovich went into the Blues dressing room after the Blues draw versus Manchester United and spent about half an hour talking to his players.

This report gives me the feeling that Villas-Boas days at Stamford Bridge ar…

Jose Mourinho insists he will not be hiding behind Manchester United s poor results in the past three seasons and wants to be challenging for silverware from the start.

The Old Trafford side have had to settle for seventh, fourth and fifth spot respectively in the Premier League over the past three campaigns, having last won the title under Alex Ferguson in 2012-13.

Mourinho feels merely improving on last term s results is not enough for a club of United s stature, though, and is adamant they should be aiming to win titles again in 2016-17.

Managing Manchester United is not the dream job, this is reality. But it is a job everyone wants and not many people get this chance, said the Portuguese.

I got this job and I know the responsibility and expectatio…

Almeria will have three points deducted from their 2014-15 tally, having withdrawn an appeal against the punishment following their relegation from La Liga.

FIFA had imposed the sanction on the Andalusian club over their late payment to Danish club Aalborg in the 2011 signing of Michael Jakobsen, who no longer plays for Almeria.

Almeria needed a win in their final match of the season to have a chance of staying in La Liga, however they were beaten 3-2 by Valencia to confirm their relegation.

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Cristiano Ronaldo remains a doubt for Portugal s next Nations League game against Sweden on Tuesday after missing Saturday s 4-1 win over Croatia with an infected toe.

Santos revealed the nature of Ronaldo s problem in his media conference ahead of the Croatia clash, confirming the infection was thought to have been caused by a bee sting.

Portugal had no issues in his absence at the Dragao, as Joao Cancel, Diogo Jota, Joao Felix and Andre Silva did the damage against a Croatia side that hardly threatened at all before Bruno Petkovic s consolation late on.

The Nations League s defending champions will hope to build on this win by beating Sweden next week, and they could yet call upon Ronaldo, though Santos insisted that he was not resting the Juventus star.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers hope to sell Patrick Cutrone in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League club are looking to sign Maxi Gomez from Valencia when the transfer window opens next month and are hoping to get some cash by parting company with Cutrone.

Cutrone has been on the books of Wolves since 2019 when he joined the club after leaving AC Milan. The Italy international striker has failed to make a huge impact at the Wanderers and has made only a handful of appearances for the first team.

The 22-year-old striker joined Italian club Fiorentina on an 18-month loan deal from Wolves in January 2020. According to , the 22-year-old made nine starts and 10 substitute appearances in Serie A for Fiorentina during the second hal…

West Ham bowed out of the Europa League but only after giving new German champions Bayer Leverkusen an almighty fright.

Michail Antonio’s early goal had the Hammers, 2-0 down from the first leg, dreaming of inflicting a first defeat of the season on Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and of maybe reaching a third European semi-final in three years.

But they were unable to find a second and were then left crastfallen when a deflected goal from Jeremie Frimpong a minute from time made it 1-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate to end the Hammers’ hopes.

Our Europa League journey comes to an end.

— West Ham United (@WestHam)

Few gave David Moyes’ side any chance of overturning the deficit against one of the best teams in Europe, even if they were a l…

Burnley boss Sean Dyche was seen walking around the pitch at Turf Moor before his team s match against Tottenham Hotspur was postponed for snow, wearing a shirt and a tie no jacket or a coat. However, he was in no mood for questions about it in his next press conference.

Look a bit overdressed there Sean?

Sean Are we really going to make a story out of the fact I had a shirt on? Is that the best we can do today?

Sean Dyche is not having the press conference being dominated by him wearing just a shirt in the snow

— Football Daily (@footballdaily)

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Midfielder Danny Drinkwater has committed his future to Leicester City by signing a five-year contract with the Premier League champions. 

The 26-year-old is now tied to the club until 2021, in an important piece of business for manager Claudio Ranieri, who lost another key midfielder in N Golo Kante to Chelsea last month.

Drinkwater joined the Foxes from Manchester United in 2012, helping the team to achieve promotion to the top flight in 2014, before their sensational title triumph last term.

Delighted to sign a new contract ! It s been a great few years, full of success. The future is bright!!

— Danny Drinkwater (@DannyDrinkwater)

Drinkwater s performances in 2015-16 saw him make his senior England debut against Netherlands in March, b…