Chris Wood is the first New Zealander to win the award.

Former Tottenham and France captain discusses ups and downs at Spurs, Ange Postecoglou and his new life in LARead exclusive extracts from Hugo Lloris’s autobiography Hugo Lloris lived in the intense pressure cooker of international football and the Premier League for so long that there is lightness and even relief as he describes how today began for him in Los Angeles. “I woke up this morning and had breakfast with my kids,” he says with a grin as he chats away happily at home. “I then took them to school and obviously the weather is amazing. Just before our interview I went for a walk and I was still in shorts and a T-shirt … in November.” Lloris laughs in mild disbelief. We speak on Monday, the day before America goes to the polls, and the 37-year-old goalkeeper says: “Tomorrow is the big day and what’s really surprising when I am walking around the neighbourhood is seeing that people are not afraid to show who they’re voting for. You see the signs outside their houses. We are more private in Europe.” Continue reading...

In exclusive extracts from his autobiography, the goalkeeper tells of his dismay at a well-meaning gesture by Daniel Levy before 2019 Champions League finalBig interview: Lloris on Pochettino, Levy and the USA Less than a year after the World Cup final, I found myself in the Champions League final against Liverpool. In doing so, I became one of a very select band who had played in a Euros final, a World Cup final and then a Champions League final in succession. The day before the match, in Madrid, I ran into Dejan Lovren, the Reds’ defender and my former teammate at Lyon. “Hey, Hugo,” he called out. “You got the World Cup, you can let me have the Champions League!” I did not let him have it. It was snatched from us. The penalty awarded by referee Damir Skomina 24 seconds into the match – when the ball struck Moussa Sissoko’s body and rebounded on to his hand – killed the final and wiped us out. From 2 June 2019, a change in the rules meant that a penalty would no longer follow if the ball struck a player’s hand after touching another part of their body. The final took place on 1 June 2019, and something which wouldn’t have been an offence the following day sealed the fate of the final before it had really begun. Continue reading...

Liam Gillion was the lone new cap included in Darren Bazeley’s 24-man squad to face Vanuatu and Samoa later this month.

Premier League updates from the 2pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard | And email Daniel with your thoughts We’ve got out first mail of the day from Eric Peterson on the other side of the Atlantic. Good morning from Pittsburgh! Slogging through the most annoying weekend of my Premier League season: when the UK departs daylight savings time and the USA has yet to do so. This totally upsets my established Sunday rhythm of the Premier League dovetailing with the NFL. Annoying. With this comes the inevitable anxious lap around this website’s sports links wondering why I can’t find the doggone link to the early MBM - because it won’t be put online for another hour, Eric. Sigh. Year after year. I never learn. The highest-quality pranks, Halloween or otherwise, self-inflicted or not, are the inadvertent ones. Continue reading...

Manchester United are ready to enter the race for Alphonso Davies, whose contract at Bayern Munich expires in the summer, with the club gathering information ahead of a potential offer

Logan Rogerson began the week by scoring a screamer for the All Whites and finished it with a historic goal for his new club.

Jiménez and Huerta fire El Tri to 2-0 win over rivalsMexico beat US for first time since September 2019 Raúl Jiménez scored on a 22nd-minute free kick and set up César Huerta’s goal in the 49th as Mexico stopped a seven-match winless streak against the United States with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday night in Mauricio Pochettino’s second game as the American coach. Mexico had five losses and two draws against the US dating to September 2019. Continue reading...

USA and San Diego Wave defender Naomi Girma has been nominated for BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024.

The New Zealand left back set up his side’s first two goals as they eased to a win in wet and windy conditions in Auckland.

Follow live coverage of the match between New Zealand and Malaysia at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland on Monday night.

All you need to know about the international football friendly between New Zealand and Malaysia at North Harbour Stadium on Monday night.

The Argentinian’s first game in charge, imperfect as it was, represented an immediate boost after a summer of setbacks Pacing his technical area with puffed cheeks, pursed lips and crossed arms, there was one of the most recognizable faces in club football, the unfamiliar sight of a USA badge on his lapel. At the final whistle, his brow unfurrowed by the delight of a 2-0 win over Panama in his first game in charge of the US men’s national team, Mauricio Pochettino bounded on to the field with a wide grin, glad-handing everyone in sight, with back-slaps, hugs and handshakes for all, from players to officials to a cameraman. Continue reading...

Mauricio Pochettino’s first USA squad could just as conceivably been called by his predecessor. But what could be seen as underwhelming could instead be revealing Mauricio Pochettino arrived in the US men’s national team job with as sterling a résumé as anyone to take charge of the program, and boasted in his introduction to US media that he believed the team could win the 2026 World Cup, due to be hosted at home along with Canada and Mexico. It sounded like the start of a revolution. His first squad, named last week, was anything but. Continue reading...