Patrick Vieira has been appointed as the new boss of Serie A side Genoa.

The former Arsenal and France midfielder has agreed a deal to replace Alberto Gilardino as coach of the Italian club.

Genoa fired Gilardino on Tuesday after a poor start to the season which has left them just a point above the relegation zone.

They moved quickly for Vieira, who had a two-year spell in charge of Crystal Palace and has also managed New York City, Nice and, most recently, Strasbourg.

“Genoa CFC announces that it has entrusted the technical management of the first team to Patrick Vieira,” the club said in a statement.

The 48-year-old will be reunited with his former Manchester City team-mate Mario Balotelli, who left Nice while Vieira was the boss in 2019.

Vieira later admitted the controversial Italian striker was someone he found “difficult to work with”.

AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic is the latest high-profile American athlete to pull out the ‘Donald Trump dance’ while celebrating his opening goal in the USA’s 4-2 victory over Jamaica in the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-finals on Monday night.

The 26-year-old opened the scoring in the second leg of the USMNT’s Nations League quarter0fianl against Jamaica. Juventus’s Timothy Weah netted the hosts’ fourth goal of the game, while Weston McKEnnie and Yunus Musah also lined up as starters.

Pulisic scored after 13 minutes of action, and opted to pull out the viral dance moves of US President-elect Trump during his celebration.

“It’s not a political dance, it was just for fun. I saw a bunch of people do it and I thought it was funny, so I enjoyed it,” the goalscorer said in his post-match interview.

Watch: Pulisic does viral Trump dance in USMNT win

FIFA have officially confirmed the time and date for the upcoming World Cup qualifying draw for UEFA affiliated nations.

When is the World Cup draw for European nations?
FIFA officially confirmed on Tuesday that the draw for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will take place on Friday December 13 at 11.00 GMT (12.00 CET).

How many nations compete and how many qualify
54 UEFA-affiliated nations will qualify for the 2026 World Cup, which is being co-hosted by three nations in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

As the 2026 World Cup will now feature 48 nations instead of the previous 32-team format, European nations will be competing for 16 places instead of 13 at the most recent World Cups.

How does qualifying work?
Though the tournament has expanded, the UEFA qualifying process has done the opposite.

This time around, teams will be divided into 12 groups of either four or five.

Each country will play each other twice; once at home and once away and will receive three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss, as usual.

The 12 group winners will automatically qualify for the final tournament. The 12 runners-up will enter a play-off route, along with the four best-ranked UEFA Nations League group winners who have not already qualified. Those 16 teams will then be whittled down to four, and those four will also qualify to the World Cup.

When are the first European qualifiers?
Teams drawn into groups of five will begin the qualification process during the next international break, which is currently scheduled for March 2025. Teams drawn into groups of four will begin in September.