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How Potter bounced back to give Sweden hope

Sacked by Chelsea and West Ham, the Englishman finds himself taking his adopted country to North America ‘It’s a bigger thing with the national team.  You can feel the intensity.  That’s what’s beautiful’ 6 Jun 2026 - THE GUARDIAN / Sport Jacob Steinberg If management has taught Graham Potter anything it is that there is no point in trying to run away from failure. “You’ve got to face the bad stuff,” the 51-year-old says as he thinks about how he recovered from bruising spells at Chelsea and West Ham. “The more you face it, the more chance your life is better. Then you get these beautiful moments.” Potter is in reflective, occasionally punchy mood during a long conversation about a rollercoaster few years and the brutal life of a football manager. He points out there have also been some successes – he has, after all, lifted Sweden out of the doldrums and led them into the World Cup – but knows people tend to focus on the lows. Potter lasted seven months at Chelsea after leavin...

Clarke eyes Scotland’s next generation after agreeing new contract

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CHRIS ARJOON/SHUTTERSTOCK Scotland acclimate at their pre-tournament base in Fort Lauderdale Decision to extend manager’s deal before making it beyond the group stage for the first time could be a needless risk 6 Jun 2026 - THE GUARDIAN / Sport Ewan Murray The summit of Scottish football provides a wonderful environment for those who value longterm career stops. Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the Scottish Professional Football League, arrived at the then Scottish Premier League in 2009. Ian Maxwell, bizarrely headhunted from relegationbound Partick Thistle, has been the Scottish Football Association’s chief executive since 2018. Scot Gemmill’s tenure as the nation’s under-21 manager has lasted a decade despite underwhelming results. Glass half full or half empty; either this is a domain that delivers admirable continuity or one in which no one makes sufficient progress to appeal to those in bigger ponds. Against this backdrop, Steve Clarke’s four-year extension as Scotland manager ...

If this is Messi’s final World Cup, could he eclipse Maradona and win it twice?

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Wandering in the shadows, Messi becomes a danger 6 Jun 2026 - THE GUARDIAN / Sport Jonathan Wilson Lionel Messi in Qatar felt like the perfect story. It was the great finale. He is doomed always to be compared with Diego Maradona and, placed alongside a life of operatic ups and downs, of injury and addiction, drugs bans and organised crime, the highest highs and the lowest lows, his narrative always seemed a little flat: a kid was good at football, and then was consistently good at it for two decades, winning title after title. Yes, there were tears and frustrations, moments of doubt, but he wasn’t nearly drowning in a cesspit, shooting at journalists with an airgun or using a fake penis to evade the drugs testers. Qatar offered at least a degree of dramatic intrigue. Club success evidently wasn’t enough. Messi was driven. He had overcome his natural reserve to become the true leader of the team while winning the Copa América in Brazil the previous year. He gave team talks. When, givin...

L’été où le foot manquera d’air

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Au printemps, l’équipe de France avait disputé deux matches amicaux aux États-Unis,  notamment celui face à la Colombie le 29 mars à Landover (3-1).  Des pauses fraîcheur avaient été instaurées pendant chaque mitemps. Chercheurs et scientifiques alertent sur les risques de chaleur extrême et d’événements météorologiques violents pendant la Coupe du monde organisée aux États-Unis, au Canada et au Mexique, la première à être affectée directement par le changement climati «Si un coach prévoit une tactique de jeu basée sur une grosse pression physique,  avec des courses à haute intensité, ça ne fonctionnera pas» S'ÉBA'STIEN RACINAIS, INGÉNIEUR AU CREPS DE MONTPELLIER «La Coupe du monde va confronter les joueurs à plusieurs stress environnementaux:  la chaleur, l’humidité, l’altitude mais aussi la pollution et les effets des décalages horaires BR»     - FRANCK OCH ERIE, CHERCHEUR EN PHYSIOLOGIE DE        L’EXERCICE ET EN PHYSIOLOGIE...

L’Asvel change de dimension

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Tony Parker veut faire de l’Asvel une place forte du basket européen. Parker rêve plus grand Alors qu’il pourrait atteindre une dimension financière jamais vue en France la saison prochaine, le club de Tony Parker veut ouvrir un nouveau monde avec la NBA Europe à l’horizon, un recrutement ultra-ambitieux et un patron qui ne semble plus très loin du banc de touche. 6 Jun 2026 - L'Équipe DAVID LORIOT En ce début de semaine, Tony Parker a revêtu le survêtement bleu fédéral. Avec ses jeunes pousses, les U17, il a lancé à Lyon sa première campagne de sélectionneur des Bleuets. En préparation, la Coupe du monde en Turquie, et un France - États-Unis comme un symbole pour lancer sa nouvelle vie de coach, le 27 juin prochain. Mais jeudi, tandis qu’il observait en commandeur depuis la ligne de touche les mises en place de ses minots, le patron de l’Asvel avait aussi la tête pleine de grandes idées pour son club. Au sortir d’une saison décevante, ponctuée samedi dernier par une élimination pr...