Daizen Maeda took his season’s tally to 30 goals with a first-half double as Celtic recovered from their derby defeat with a 3-0 win against Hearts. Maeda scored either side of Jota’s strike as Celtic moved towards their fourth consecutive title. Much of the early play was in the Celtic half but a penetrating move … Read more
Not even a hairdryer blast technique learned first-hand from Sir Alex Ferguson himself could fire up Watford’s strikers enough to breathe life into the club’s flickering playoff hopes. Watford’s manager, Tom Cleverley, still recalls the time the Manchester United manager came after him all heat-settings blazing at half-time during an FA Cup quarter-final replay against Chelsea … Read more
Imagine the heightened interest in this fixture had the outcome properly mattered. The Premiership’s bottom two sides scrapping for survival, the losers set to face an end-of-season playoff against the ambitious champions of the Championship? Let’s just say the flat atmosphere around the stadium would have been instantly enhanced. The attendance of under 10,000 would … Read more
FC United of Manchester and The 1958, a Manchester United fan group, held a joint action against United’s 20-year Glazer ownership, with The 1958 announcing they will stage a sit-in at next Sunday’s derby with Manchester City at Old Trafford. Around 200 FC and United supporters gathered at Broadhurst Park before FC’s hosting of Stockton … Read more
Leroy Sané scored twice in the second half as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich were made to work hard for a 3-2 win over visitors St Pauli on Saturday to restore their six-point gap at the top going into the last seven matchdays. Bayern, who face Inter in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on 8 … Read more
Leeds missed the chance to return to the top of the Championship as they conceded in the sixth minute of added time to draw 2-2 at home to Swansea. The hosts made the ideal start as they looked to respond to Sheffield United’s Friday night win over Coventry, with Brenden Aaronson bundling the ball home … Read more
Play at Wembley. Score at Wembley. Score again. Go back to Wembley again. Yeah. Did I mention Wembley? Eberechi Eze has had a fairly decent last five days of his footballing life, bookended here by a performance of supreme incision on a crisp, boisterous day in south-west London, when he was the very obvious point … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble “And Smith must score!” Brighton & Hove Albion dream of putting an end to 42 years of Peter-Jones-soundtracked yearning. So near and yet so far away from a first FA Cup. Nottingham Forest have won the thing before, of course, … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The teams Wales: Jasmine Joyce-Butchers; Lisa Neumann, Hannah Jones (c), Kayleigh Powell, Carys Cox; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Jenni Scoble, Abbie Fleming, Gwen Crabb, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis, Georgia Evans.Replacements: Kelsey Jones, Maisie Davies, Donna Rose, Alaw … Read more
The prospective buyers of the eight Hundred franchises have been given more time to complete deals that will inject at least £520m into English cricket after four of them raised concerns about the terms of the agreement. As first reported by the Daily Telegraph, the eight-week exclusivity period agreed with the England and Wales Cricket … Read more