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The Czech Republic also host Ukraine in Prague today. There is a rare start for the young forward Vanat today, as Dovbyk is still injured and Yaremchuk is rested and starts on the bench today. Sudakov, Tsyhankov and Brazhko also surprisingly start on the bench for this match.

England really should really beating this Finland team comfortably today. There are rare starts for Angel Gomes and Rico Lewis for England today, but England should really win this match quite comfortably, as Finland also have some inexperienced players in their line-up.

That was a brilliant win for San Marino and a great achievement for them.

Ukraine's under-21 national team have just beaten Serbia's under-21 national team 2-1 in Riga Latvia, as Ukraine maintain their 100% record of winning all 7 of their group matches so far in the Euro Under-21 qualifiers. Ukraine's group also includes England's under-21 team and the win today means Ukraine maintain 1st spot in their group ahead of both England and Serbia. Voloshyn and Yarmolyuk scored Ukraine's 2 goals today, in a match Ukraine have pretty much dominated against the Serbs. Ukraine Under-21 2-1 Serbia Under-21

Sad news, he died so young. R.I.P.

Union 2-1 St Pauli Stuttgart 2-1 Mainz Frankfurt 2-1 Hoffenheim Bremen 1-3 Dortmund Bochum 1-1 Gladbach Kiel 1-2 Wolfsburg Leverkusen 2-1 Leipzig Heidenheim 1-1 Augsburg Bayern 3-0 Freiburg

Düsseldorf 2-1 Hannover Regensburg 1-1 Fürth Hamburg 3-1 Münster Elversberg 1-1 Darmstadt Nürnberg 2-1 Magdeburg Lautern 2-2 Hertha BSC Paderborn 3-1 Ulm Schalke 1-2 Köln Braunschweig 1-2 Karlsruhe

Frankfurt are after Roma's Italian under-21 international midfielder Edoardo Bove. Frankfurt want to initially loan Bove for the upcoming season, with an option to buy him at the end of the season. Bove, who is 22 years old, has played 65 times for Roma and scored 2 goals for them in his young career so far. Nottingham Forest are also after Bove, but it appears that Bove would prefer to join Frankfurt. Why Bove prefers Eintracht Frankfurt option over Nottingham Forest offer - Football Italia - August 28 - Latest transfers (football-italia.net)

RB Leipzig have loaned 19 year old Belgium international midfielder Arthur Vermeeren from Atletico Madrid, for the 2024/25 season. RB Leipzig have a very likely obligation to buy Vermeeren on a long term contract at the end of the season. The cost to buy Vermeeren at the end of the season is estimated to be 20 million euros, with RB Leipzig already paying 3 million euros for the initial loan of the Belgium international player. Vermeeren, who has been capped at various levels for the Belgium youth international teams, was also a part of the senior Belgium squad that went to Euro 2024 in Germany. Official: Leipzig sign Atletico Madrid midfielder (bulinews.com)

Hoffenheim have bought Czech international defender Robin Hranac from Viktoria Plzen. Hranac, who started in every match that the Czech Republic played in at Euro 2024, is a highly rated defender. The 24 year old was voted as the Defender of the Season in the Czech top league division for the 2023/24 season. Furthermore, Hranac was also selected in the starting 11 of the Europa Conference League Team of the season for the 2023/24 season. By signing Hranac, Hoffenheim now have 4 Czech international players in their squad, as Hranac joins David Jurasek, Pavel Kaderabek and new signing Adam Hlozek at Hoffenheim. Official: Hoffenheim sign Czech international (bulinews.com)

After the passing of Christoph Daum on Saturday, Sven-Goran Eriksson's death is less surprising for me, though no less sorrowful. Eriksson was a gentleman of the sport and I really liked him as England manager. But even prior to becoming England manager, he had achieved so much as manager of clubs such as IFK Gothenburg, Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio to name just some. As with Daum, Eriksson will be greatly missed by all those who grew up watching him manage various footballing teams. R.I.P. Sven-Goran Eriksson

This is very sad news, I never realised that he had cancer. Daum was a real character of a manager during his footballing managerial career. Daum was a legend of a manager. Daum won the Bundesliga with VFB Stuttgart as their manager in the 1991/92 season, as Stuttgart finished the season top of the Bundesliga table, level on points with Dortmund, but with a superior goal-difference. Daum was also famous for managing Leverkusen in the late 90's, where they finished 2nd in the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich on 3 different occasions, namely during the 1996/97, the 1998/99 and the 1999/2000 Bundesliga seasons. Leverkusen also finished 3rd in the Bundesliga under Daum during the 1997/98 season. Daum managed many clubs during career, both in the Bundesliga, as well as clubs in Europe. Daum even managed the Romanian national team from 2016 to 2017. But as explained by others, Daum became infamously known for that cocaine scandal. However, the fact that he was a favourite to be Germany's manager in the year 2000, just demonstrates how highly rated as a manager he was. R.I.P. Christoph Daum

Karlsruhe 2-1 Elversberg Hannover 2-2 Hamburg Fürth 1-1 Paderborn Hertha BSC 2-1 Regensburg Münster 1-2 Lautern Köln 3-1 Braunschweig Darmstadt 1-1 Nürnberg Magdeburg 1-2 Schalke Ulm 1-2 Düsseldorf

Gladbach 1-3 Leverkusen Dortmund 2-1 Frankfurt Leipzig 3-1 Bochum Hoffenheim 2-1 Kiel Freiburg 2-2 Stuttgart Augsburg 1-1 Bremen Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayern Mainz 2-2 Union St Pauli 1-1 Heidenheim

Top 4 teams: ( 3 points, if you name a team and their correct position; 1 point, if you got the team right but on the wrong position) 1) Bayern 2) Leverkusen 3) Dortmund 4) RB Leipzig Bottom 3 teams: (3 points, if you get the team and their position right; 1 point, if you get the team right but on the wrong position) 16) St. Pauli 17) Heidenheim 18) Kiel DFB-Pokal winner: (5 points ,if your teams is the eventual winner; 3 points, if your team will be runners-up; 1 point, if your team reaches the semifinals) Bayern Top scorer: (5 points) Kane

Eintracht Frankfurt are close to buying 24 year old Belgium international defender Arthur Theate from French club Rennes. Theate who played for Belgium at Euro 2024 and who was also a part of Belgium's squad that went to the 2022 World Cup, has 18 international caps for Belgium to date. Theate who has also played in Serie A for Bologna, should bolster Frankfurt's defence for the upcoming season. Eintracht Frankfurt agree deal to sign Arthur Theate from Rennes - Get German Football News (getfootballnewsgermany.com)

Sorry to break the news, but he is not going to Leicester City on loan, as it says on the other thread. It's a different transfer.

According to reports, 22 year old Czech international Adam Hlozek's transfer from Bayer Leverkusen to Hoffenheim is now imminent. A transfer fee of €17-€18 million has apparently been agreed. If this deal does go through, it will mean that Hoffenheim have hijacked Leicester City for the signature of Hlozek. Leicester City had reportedly agreed a loan deal for Hlozek this season, with an obligation to buy Hlozek next summer for €20 million. But it now seems likely that Hlozek will instead be heading to Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim have plenty of money to spend, having recently sold Maximilian Beier to Dortmund for €31 million and receiving a €4.2 million sell-on fee, from Rutter's recent transfer from Leeds United to Brighton. Hlozek, who played for the Czech national team at Euro 2024 and at Euro 2020, is an experienced player, despite his young age. Hlozek also won the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen last season, even though he was mainly used as a substitute. Although he did start 5 Bundesliga matches and score 2 goals in Leverkusen's Bundesliga winning campaign. On joining Hoffenheim, it's likely that Hlozek will be starting many more matches at Hoffenheim than he did at Leverkusen. He will be able to show his talent on a regular basis at Hoffenheim with more playing time. It seems like Hoffenheim have made an astute signing, if this Hlozek deal does go through. Plettenberg and Romano: Hoffenheim successfully hijack Hlozek's move to Leicester (bulinews.com)

Dortmund have bought 21 year old forward Maximilian Beier from Hoffenheim for a transfer fee of €29 million, plus €2 in add-ons. Dortmund recently sold their 31 year old forward Niclas Fullkrug to West Ham for a transfer fee of €27 millon, plus €5 million in add-ons. Not a bad bit of business for Dortmund in buying young Beier as Fullkrug's replacement. Official | Maximilian Beier joins Borussia Dortmund for €29m | OneFootball

Hoffenheim will receive £4.2 million(€5 million) of Rutter's transfer fee from his transfer from Leeds United to Brighton. Hoffenheim placed a sell-on clause in the deal, when they agreed to sell Rutter to Leeds United in January 2023.

The man who stepped into help was also a muslim. I am sure the Tommy followers will love that fact.

Dynamo Kyiv score 2 goals in the space of 2 minutes! Pikhalyonok gave Dynamo the lead, as he collected a pass outside the area. He then skipped past a tackle and struck the ball with a left footed shot that found the bottom hand corner of the net. Only 2 minutes later, Shaparenko broke down the left flank on a run and he then crossed the ball for the young Voloshyn in the area, who struck the ball 1st time into the back of the net! Rangers 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv

Rangers and Dynamo Kyiv are currently scoreless in today's 2nd leg match at Ibrox in Glasgow. With 32 minutes left of the match remaining, there is still plenty to play for. Rangers 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Rangers Dynamo Kyiv drew 1-1 with Rangers in the 1st leg in Poland.

I prefer the Summer Olympics. I particularly like the Athletics, but I also like the boxing and the football.