Nigel Worthington takes charge of Northern Ireland for the final time this evening as he takes his side to Italy for their final Euro 2012 qualifier. The former Norwich City manager – who has been in the role for four and a half years – will step down after the clash with Italy having failed

The 2011 Copa America is down to its final eight teams and there are four fascinating quarter-final ties taking place this weekend. The tournament hasn’t been the most memorable in living memory, but it is fully expected to spark into life as we reach the latter stages. Looking at each quarter-final individually certainly suggests we

Chile and Peru go in hunt of a quarter-final place in this year’s Copa America when they meet this evening in Mendoza. These two teams are leading the way in Group C as it stands with four points each from their two games so far. There isn’t a great deal to choose between them, that’s

The domestic football season may well be finished, but there is plenty to look forward to this summer with the European Under-21 Championships getting underway this weekend. Denmark hosts the 18th staging of a tournament that seems to get bigger every time. Teams are taking the event much more seriously with a relevant major tournament

Ireland and Italy are set to experiment with their teams tonight as they go head to head in an international friendly at the Maurice Dufrasne Stadium. The clash in Belgium is likely to adopt an extremely light-hearted atmosphere in terms of the result. However, both managers will be keen to assess some players who don’t

England play Montenegro tonight at Wembley and while on paper it looks an easy match, England have to be careful to produce what is necessary to get three points from this game. Although they are ranked 40th in the world by FIFA, Montenegro has a population well under 1 million and have done amazingly well

Part of the appeal of international soccer is that surprise results are always around the corner and that one can never really count an underdog out. The 2012 European Championship’s qualifiers have pretty much pushed the very meaning of the phrase “underdog” into doubt though. Thus far – as the race to Poland/Ukraine has only

England started their World Cup qualifying against Bulgaria with an emphatic 4-0 win. It’s Switzerland’s first game in the five team group G, and they are likely to give England a tougher time than Bulgaria did on Friday. The away trip to Switzerland will force England to prove if they have what it takes to