Category: Football
Bruno Fernandes sparks Manchester United to easy victory over Leicester
Eleven days after Manchester United routed Leicester under Ruud van Nistelrooy in the Carabao Cup here, the interim manager signed off with another easy-street win [more…]
Harvey Barnes wraps up Newcastle’s comeback win at Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest are fishing in the waters Newcastle aspire to swim in. Two years ago, it was Eddie Howe’s team breaking up the metropolitan elite. [more…]
Chelsea keep 100% WSL record alive with resounding win at Liverpool
Sonia Bompastor insisted her Chelsea team have won nothing yet and said she will keep their feet on the ground after the defending champions continued [more…]
A$AP Rocky’s Tranmere link raises eyebrows but football and rap fit perfectly | Barney Ronay
There has been a worrying silence this week around A$AP Rocky’s plans to buy Tranmere Rovers. A co-investor has dropped out. Further finance is being [more…]
Canada’s Olympic drone spying scandal a symptom of an ‘unacceptable culture’
The drone spying scandal that erupted during Canada’s women’s football team’s 2024 Paris Olympics campaign was a symptom of a “past pattern of an unacceptable [more…]
Mikel Arteta needs ‘Chelsea effect’ more than ever to lift ailing Arsenal | David Hytner
For Mikel Arteta, it was an up-close-and-personal illustration of the task ahead, a defeat in his first home game that was entirely in line with [more…]
England did not contact Manchester City over Jack Grealish, claims Guardiola
Pep Guardiola believes England made no contact with Manchester City’s medical department prior to interim head coach, Lee Carsley, calling Jack Grealish up, with City’s [more…]
Khadija Shaw hat-trick fires Manchester City to emphatic WSL win over Spurs
How do you stop Khadija Shaw? The correct answer remains a mystery, but many of the wrong answers were unwittingly exposed by Tottenham’s out-of-sorts defending [more…]
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
1 Bees susceptible to constant crosses Brentford have scored nine and conceded six in their past two Premier League home games. Their leaky defence did [more…]
Lee Carsley says he has not spoken to Thomas Tuchel about England squad
Lee Carsley has revealed he is yet to speak to Thomas Tuchel about the England squad he will hand over to him in the new [more…]