Rachel Daly and Sam Kerr have both been named among the favourites to win the Golden Boot for the upcoming Women s Super League season.

Aston Villa s Daly is the current holder of the trophy having led the league with 22 goals last campaign, the joint-most recorded in a single season in competition history.

Kerr, meanwhile, has finished as the division s top scorer on two occasions, one of only two players to do so, winning the Golden Boot in back-to-back seasons in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 campaigns with Chelsea.

Ahead of the new season, which gets under way next weekend, a number of Women s Super League players and coaches pointed to Daly and Kerr as the frontrunners to lead the division in scoring.

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Osasuna will seek to recover from their significant loss to Real Madrid prior to the international break as they host Granada in Pamplona on Friday evening.

The host team have faced challenges in maintaining a steady performance in this La Liga season, currently occupying the 12th spot in the standings with 10 points. Meanwhile, Granada are positioned in 19th place, having accumulated just six points in their first nine matches.

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Osasuna enjoyed an excellent 2022/23 campaign in domestic competitions, securing a seventh-place finish in La Liga and making it to the Copa del Rey final for only the second time in their history. However, their Europa Conference League journey was cut short as they failed to qualify for the …

Arsenal s Premier League struggles continued on Sunday as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Burnley, who could easily have snatched all three points at Turf Moor.

The Gunners had won their last 11 meetings with Burnley in all competitions but Mikel Arteta s men did not do nearly enough to extend that run as they again failed to make up significant ground on the top four.

Although Arsenal spurned presentable chances of their own, they could consider themselves a little fortunate to pick up a point as Jay Rodriguez somehow contrived to hit the underside of the bar from five yards out with 12 minutes remaining, the ball coming down on the goalline.

Both teams remain on 31 points, 10 adrift of the top four and seven above the bottom three.

Burnley come closest,…

Inter Miami confirm Messi signing

It wasn t exactly a big secret that it would be done, but Inter Miami have confirmed the arrival of Lionel Messi.

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The Argentinian superstar left Paris Saint-Germain with the expiration of his contract at the end of the season, and though he reportedly had options to return to Barcelona or to join the throng of players making their way to Saudi Arabia this summer, he decided to go back across the Atlantic and join the club partly owned by former Manchester United star, David Beckham.

Inter currently sit at the bottom of the table in the MLS Eastern conference, but the arrival of the seven-time Ballon d Or winner is likely to be of great help for them t…

Mario Gotze has all the qualities to return to the Germany squad ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, according to former Die Mannschaft coach Joachim Low.

Gotze has won 63 caps for his country and scored an extra-time winner against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final as Germany lifted the trophy for a fourth time.

The creative midfielder has not appeared for the national side since November 2017, though, when he appeared as a second-half substitute in a friendly against France.

That is due to a lack of club success for the former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich star, who has traded PSV for Eintracht Frankfurt in a reported €4million move to the Europa League winners.

Appearing in the Champions League for Eintracht, alongside returning to the Bundes…

After a summer in which the England team took another historic step forward, the Women’s Super League returns this week with the next major phase in its development on the horizon.

New ground was broken by the Lionesses once again as, a year on from claiming their first major trophy with Euros glory on home soil, they reached a maiden World Cup final.

While they ended up being edged 1-0 by Spain on August 20, the exploits of Sarina Wiegman’s side at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand only further strengthened the sense of momentum surrounding the English women’s game.

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Gianluigi Buffon hopes his former club Juventus sign Angel Di Maria as he likened the Paris Saint-Germain attacker to Argentina great Diego Maradona.

Di Maria joined PSG from Manchester United in 2015 but is to leave the French capital at the expiration of his deal at the end of June.

Juve have reportedly offered Di Maria a one-year contract with the option of an additional one-season extension.

Reports suggest Di Maria is intent on staying in European football for just one more season, though, before playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and returning to compete in his native Argentina.

That is said to have led to a delay in negotiations between the 34-year-old and Massimiliano Allegri s side.

Former Juve goalkeeper Buffon encouraged the Bianc…

Responding to Benatia s announcement, which he revealed on Instagram, Juventus striker Paulo Dybala sent a heart emoji to his former team-mate. Ex-Bayern winger Franck Ribery did likewise, with current Juve full-back Juan Cuadrado and former favourite Sami Khedira also among those that sent greetings.

Blaise Matuidi, the former Juventus and France midfield general, wrote: What a career, my brother. I remember those days at [French national football centre] Clairefontaine where we began to dream of being a professional footballer, but by dint of work you did much more than that. Incredible clubs, captain of a nation and having won a good number of titles, you can only be proud brother.

Manchester United defender Eric Bailly joined in the praise, writing: Bravo capitano…

In what was a dramatic El Classico showdown on Saturday afternoon, Real Madrid mounted a stunning last-gasp comeback as they secured a 2-1 victory against Barcelona.

While Xavi’s side might have opened the scoring after just six minutes as former Manchester City star Ilkay Gundogan notched his first La Liga strike, it was eventually Madrid’s latest icon that once again stole all of the headlines.

Returning from the half-time interval chasing a 1-0 deficit, Los Blancos were calling on the record-breaking Jude Bellingham to spearhead their charge in Catalonia.

With the England international bagging Carlo Ancelotti’s men level thanks to a stunning strike from distance, the former Birmingham starlet then wrote himself into El Classico history as Bellingham tap…

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Looking to skyrocket their way back into the Bundesliga top-four, RB Leipzig will welcome Freiburg to town on Sunday evening.

Starting with the hosts, managing to claim what was a welcomed Champions League boost earlier in the week as they secured a 2-1 victory away at Red Star Belgrade, RB Leipzig will certainly be seeking a repeat performance here. Cruising their way to the knockout stage and continuing to gain a string of European plaudits this season, Marco Rose’s side should be smelling a real opportunity here. Opening this weekend’s fixtures sat just a single point adrift of breaking into the top-four, the Red Bulls will certainly be excited to make a return to home soil on Sunday evening. Last seen in front of their …