Giovanni Van Bronckhorst described a “truly special” return to Ibrox as he led the team into the Europa League knockout stages in his first match as Rangers manager.An Alfredo Morelos double earned a 2-0 victory over Sparta Prague and sealed second spot behind Lyon in Group A.Van Bronckhorst was back at Ibrox more than 20 years after leaving for Arsenal as a player and his players en...Full Story »

Michael Mancienne will return for Burton following suspension when Doncaster visit in Sky Bet League One on Saturday.The versatile ex-Chelsea player sat out the midweek 4-0 win over Accrington after he had to serve a one-match ban for receiving five yellow cards in the division this season.Jacob Maddox, another who started his career at Stamford Bridge, remains absent with a hamstring injury but...Full Story »

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst led Rangers into the Europa League knockout stages in his first game in charge.An Alfredo Morelos double earned Rangers a 2-0 victory over Sparta Prague in front of 48,370 fans at Ibrox.The victory ensured Rangers went out of sight of Brondby ahead of their final game against Group A winners Lyon and their 2-1 aggregate score over Sparta means the Czech side cannot overt...Full Story »

Leicester took control of their Europa League fate with a deserved 3-1 win over Legia Warsaw.Patson Daka, James Maddison and Wilfred Ndidi sent the Foxes top of Group C ahead of next month’s final game against Napoli.Victory in Naples would book Brendan Rodgers’ side an automatic spot in the last 16.Filip Mladenovic gave the Foxes a scare when he followed up after Kasper Schmeichel s...Full Story »

Antonio Conte says he is not a “magician” and now understands the size of the job on his hands at Tottenham after they suffered one of the most embarrassing nights in their history.Conte watched on as his 10-man side were beaten 2-1 by Slovenian minnows NS Mura – the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League who had lost all four of their previous games.Spurs went down...Full Story »

David Moyes celebrated a job well done after West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare by beating Rapid Vienna 2-0.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble in Austria wrapped up top spot in Group H for Moyes’ side.The Hammers go straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from the ...Full Story »

West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare after a 2-0 victory at Rapid Vienna.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble wrapped up top spot in Group H for David Moyes’ side.It was an important victory for the Hammers as they are now straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from t...Full Story »

Lloyd Isgrove has added to Bolton’s injury problems ahead of Cheltenham’s visit in Sky Bet League One on Saturday.Isgrove limped out of Tuesday’s win over Doncaster with a hamstring issue, which has been confirmed as a grade-three tear and could rule him out for 12 weeks.To compound boss Ian Evatt’s selection worries, forward Dapo Afolayan is also unavailable due to a one...Full Story »

Tottenham endured one of the most embarrassing nights in their history as they were beaten by the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League, going down 2-1 to NS Mura in Maribor.New boss Antonio Conte will have watched on with horror as his side lost at the death to a team with a UEFA coefficient ranking of 341.Even though they were reduced to 10 men just after the half-hour when Ryan S...Full Story »

Celtic’s hopes of progressing in the Europa League were dashed in agonising fashion as a late fightback from Bayer Leverkusen denied them a famous victory in Germany.Ange Postecoglou’s spirited side knew they would probably require a win to keep their last-32 dream alive and they were on course for this outcome until the closing stages after a Josip Juranovic penalty and a strike fro...Full Story »