#Rubin Kazan

Holding back Mohamed Salah for the decisive penalty against the Ivory Coast was always going to be a dangerous strategy. Had his team-mates not converted their own spot-kicks, there was every chance his country would have bowed out without their talisman having an influence on the shootout at all. It could have backfired spectacularly, but it did…

The Champions League group stage concluded on Wednesday evening ahead of Monday's last-16 draw. The group winners include three English clubs in Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham, with Liverpool also in the hat as runners up But there were twists elsewhere, with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid crashing out of the competition and Belgian side…

Celtic are bidding for a seventh league win from as many matches when they make the short trip to the SMiSA Stadium to take on St Mirren for a lunchtime kick-off on Sunday. The Scottish champions are seeking to maintain their perfect start to the Premiership season after an emphatic start to their title defence. Celtic now switch their attention…

Zenit St. Petersburg will host FC Ufa on Sunday with three points on the line in the Russian Premier League. The home side come into game on the back of a 3-2 victory over Rubin Kazan last Monday. Yuri Alberto, Aleksei Sutormin and Ivan Sergeyev scored second-half goals to help Zenit pick up all three points. The visitors come into this game on the…

The decision to postpone last weekend's football fixtures caused a huge backlash against the Premier League, EFL and Football Association. And it also came as something of a shock to other sports who were on a DCMS conference call last Friday morning when Government officials tried to give the different bodies advice after the death of the Queen.…

CELTIC are looking to get their Champions League campaign up and running against Shakhtar Donetsk in Poland tonight. Ange Postecoglou's team play the Ukrainians in Warsaw due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Shakhtar started their campaign in style with a 4-1 win over RB Leipzig with Hoops flop Marian Shved bagging a double. On the same…

Shamrock Rovers start their Europa League Conference group stage with a game against Djurgardens of Sweden in Tallaght Stadium. It's the fourth time an LOI club has qualified for European group stage football and the previous three all have a lot in common. They all won back to back-to-back championships that year, they all started their European…