Champions League: Villarreal can deliver another hammer blow to Manchester United tonight

Unai Emery would have been preparing to visit his old club Arsenal next weekend, had he accepted Newcastle’s offer at the start of the month. Instead he is plotting a way past Manchester United in an attempt to guide Villarreal into the knockout stages of the Champions League for only the third time in the … Read more

England manager Gareth Southgate signs a new three-year contract worth £5m per year

Gareth Southgate has signed a new three-year contract as England manager that will take him beyond the next European Championships in the summer of 2024. Southgate – the most successful England manager since World Cup winner Sir Alf Ramsey in 1966 – has been rewarded for his work taking the national team to the finals of … Read more

Leonardo Spinazzola ‘is progressing well’ from Achilles injury that forced him to sit out Euro 2020

Leonardo Spinazzola ‘is progressing well’ from Achilles injury that forced him to sit out Italy’s Euro 2020 final against England, says his agent, with the left-back set to have another consultation ‘within a month’ Leonardo Spinazzola ruptured his Achilles in Italy’s Euro 2020 win over Belgium The 28-year-old was forced to miss out on the rest … Read more

Christian Eriksen ‘tempted by Ajax return to continue career with a heart defibrillator’

Christian Eriksen is tempted by a return to Ajax where he could continue his career with a heart defibrillator fitted, according to a report in Italy.  The 29-year-old was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark against Finland at Euro 2020 in June, to regulate any further changes … Read more

Chelsea: Thomas Tuchel believes Romelu Lukaku is ‘mentally tired’

Romelu Lukaku is ‘mentally tired and overplayed’, admits Thomas Tuchel, with Chelsea team-mates Mason Mount and Jorginho suffering too… as they search for a fix for £97m forward after a six-game goal drought and Paolo Di Canio’s ‘dull’ jibes Thomas Tuchel says Romelu Lukaku is ‘mentally tired’ and has been ‘overplayed’  Lukaku has failed to … Read more

England captain Harry Kane could BREAK Wayne Rooney’s scoring record tonight vs Hungary

Even despite his underwhelming start to his Tottenham season, Harry Kane is on the cusp of England history when Gareth Southgate’s men face Hungary tonight. The Three Lions need two wins from their last three qualifying games to guarantee a spot at next year’s World Cup in Qatar. And while a victory for the team … Read more

‘I am ASHAMED as an Italian’: Giorgio Chiellini condemns ‘unacceptable’ racist abuse

‘I am ASHAMED as an Italian’: Giorgio Chiellini condemns ‘unacceptable’ racist abuse aimed at Napoli trio by Fiorentina fans as veteran insists ‘it is terrible publicity for Italy abroad’ Giorgio Chiellini has expressed his shame in more racist abuse in Italy  A trio of Napoli stars were racially abused by Fiorentina fans this season  Chiellini … Read more

Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayern ‘set to renew interest in £86m Italy star Federico Chiesa this summer’

Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayern Munich are all ‘set to renew their interest in £86m Juventus winger Federico Chiesa this summer’ but the Italian giants have no intention of letting their prized asset and Euro 2020 star leave Juventus star Federico Chiesa is a key transfer target for several European giants Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayern Munich … Read more

Wembley steward admits stealing lanyards and high-vis jackets in plot to sell them online

Wembley steward stole lanyards and high-vis jackets in plot to sell them online for £4,500 to let ticketless fans into the stadium for England’s Euro 2020 final Yusaf Amin, 18, from Newham, worked as a steward at Wembley Stadium He admitted stealing lanyards and steward jackets to allow ticketless fans in Amin pleaded guilty to the … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Tiny car meet Tiny BUS! Social media goes crazy for match ball delivery

Tiny car meet Tiny BUS! Social media goes crazy for Tokyo Games’ match ball delivery in opening Rugby 7s match… as catapult ‘converts’ through mini posts on its roof to go one better than Euro 2020 version By Nathan Salt For Mailonline Published: 20:44 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 02:14 EDT, 26 July 2021 … Read more