Copenhagen coach Stale Solbakken was relieved to avoid Arsenal and Napoli in the draw for the UEFA Champions League play-off round on Friday.

Instead, Solbakken s side will take on Bayer Leverkusen over two legs for a spot in the Champions League group stage and although the Norwegian coach conceded Copenhagen will need a little luck to overcome the Bundesliga club, he claimed he was relatively content with the draw.

Having finished second in the Danish Superliga last season, Copenhagen have been forced to try and qualify through the League Route of Champions League qualifying, rather than the Champions Route that does not include the likes of Arsenal, Napoli or Porto.

In contrast, Danish champions AaB drew APOEL from Cyprus in the play-off round.

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Peru have appointed former Argentina international Ricardo Gareca as their new head coach ahead of the Copa America later this year.

Ricardo Gareca will lead Peru at the Copa America after agreeing a four-year contract to succeed Pablo Bengoechea as head coach.

Peru have been without a boss since Bengoechea left his role at the end of 2014, but, with a friendly against Venezuela on March 31, Gareca has stepped into the role.

The former Argentina international – who has managed across South America during his career – will look to build on their five wins in the last seven matches during 2014 ahead the Copa America in June.

I thank Juan Carlos [Oblitas, Peru Football Federation sporting director] because they trusted me with this role. It is an honour…

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Developer Team Asobi has previously described Astro Bot as a “really, really big game” – the biggest in the franchise so far, in fact – and that seemingly is going to be reflected in the game’s file size as well.

As spotted and shared on Twitter by user @Genki_JPN, photos of Astro Bot’s physical Japanese copy seem to suggest that the upcoming 3D platformer will require around 66 GB of free storage space. In comparison, Astro Bot Rescue Mission for the PS VR had a file size of roughly 8 GB, while the file size for Astro’s Playroom on PS5 was roughly 11 GB- so there’s quite a significant jump here.

Astro Bot is set to feature over 80 levels, more than 70 new enemy types, …

What should have been a momentous launch for Asobo and XSports Bettingbox Game Studios for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 quickly turned rough. Players faced long initial loading times, and those who could get in found their aircraft missing. The development team investigated the issues and has since provided an update, explaining that one of its services handling Career Mode and other missions was affected.

The sheer number of requests resulted in an overload, leading to “delays and errors.” It’s since resolved the issues and brought players online at a “steady pace” while apologizing to fans. Unfortunately, this has all resulted in an “Overwhelmingly Negative” rati…

The experienced Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas is edging closer to the end of the road with Portugal giants FC Porto.

The Real Madrid icon has been a hot subject in Portugal over the past few weeks due to a reported poor attitude in training which is said to have come as a huge disappointment for the Dragons coach Sergio Conceicao.

FC Porto boss moved on to downplay reports, praising Casillas’ behavior at the club but growing speculation has it that the Portuguese giants will attempt to push Iker Casillas out during the January transfer window.

The Dragons are keen to cut the costs and decrease the wage expenditure and will look to get the highest earner Casillas off of their books during winter.

Casillas joined FC Porto from Real Madrid in 2015 and …

FIFA has confirmed its The Best awards will go ahead as a virtual event on December 17 despite France Football s Ballon d Or being cancelled in 2020.

With football across the globe impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and France s Ligue 1 season notably curtailed in 2019-20, the call was made earlier in July that no Ballon d Or would be awarded.

The decision frustrated Bayern Munich s Robert Lewandowski, the apparent favourite to succeed record-breaking six-time winner Lionel Messi.

But Lewandowski could yet be recognised as FIFA maintains its plans to honour the leading men s and women s players and coaches. Messi also won The Best FIFA Men s Player award in 2019.

Megan Rapinoe, the Ballon d Or Feminin holder, likewise took The Best FIFA Women s Player …

Spain continue their Euro 2012 preparations with a friendly against South Korea at the Tivoli Neu Stadium in Austria on Wednesday.

Since accounting for Serbia 2-0 at the weekend, Vicente del Bosque has named his 23-man squad for next month s championships.

There are four members missing from the Spanish squad that triumphed over Germany to win the 2008 European championships Carlos Marchena, Joan Capdevilla and injured pair Carles Puyol and David Silva.

Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo, who netted 14 goals during the 2011/12 La Liga season, was included, along with Barcelona s Pedro.

Atletico Madrid striker Adrian Lopez was a surprise omission, despite turning in an impressive substitute display in Saturday s 2-0 friendly victory against Serbia, with Valen…

Brazil face a crunch Copa America clash in Sunday s Group C meeting with Venezuela, and they do so without star forward Neymar.

The Barcelona man has been handed a four-match suspension following his red card at the end of Wednesday s 1-0 defeat to Colombia.

After the final whistle had been blown, Neymar appeared to kick the ball in the direction of Pablo Armero before attempting to headbutt Jeison Murillo.

It is the second time in 12 months that Brazil head into a crucial fixture at a major tournament without their talisman.

At the World Cup on home soil last year, Neymar suffered a back injury in the quarter-final win over Colombia, and was ruled out of the last-four clash with Germany, where the hosts suffered a humiliating 7-1 thrashing.

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Manchester United caretaker manager Michael Carrick still has not spoken to Ralf Rangnick about the team despite the German s appointment as interim boss being confirmed on Monday.

United announced at the start of the week that an agreement had been reached with Rangnick over a relationship that is set to span two and a half years.

Initially, Rangnick will take charge until the end of the season before moving into a consultancy role.

Rangnick has previously shaped German clubs such as Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig from top to bottom, with his future advisory position at Old Trafford suggesting United are planning an overhaul of their football operations, which have long appeared outdated compared to their rivals.

But the 63-year-old s start at the club has be…