Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth claimed their first win in five Championship matches after beating bottom-placed Portsmouth 1-0.Second-half substitute Michael Obafemi scored an 82nd minute solo goal to ignite this south-coast meeting at a sold-out Home Park.The 24-year-old Republic of Ireland striker muscled Pompey skipper Regan Poole off a long through ball from Argyle keeper Dan Grimshaw before ...Full Story »

Harrison Burrows scored with almost the last kick of the game as Sheffield United came from behind to snatch a 2-1 Sky Bet Championship victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The hosts took a 75th-minute lead when substitute Sinclair Armstrong raced onto Max Bird’s through-ball and was tripped as he rounded goalkeeper Michael Cooper.Another replacement, Anis Mehmeti, drilled the resultin...Full Story »

Luis Diaz scored Liverpool’s first Champions League hat-trick at Anfield in seven years as they extended their 100 per-cent record to four matches with a 4-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen as former midfielder Xabi Alonso endured a miserable return.Diaz’s impudent chip was followed by Cody Gakpo’s fourth goal in a week as the hosts won the game within the space of three second-h...Full Story »

Wycombe leapfrogged Birmingham to the top of League One after an impressive 5-0 victory at Stockport.Richard Kone’s brace, including a penalty, and Fred Onyedinma’s strike saw the visitors grab a three-goal advantage inside 18 minutes at Edgeley Park.Onyedinma’s header and Aaron Morley’s strike after half-time further confirmed Wycombe’s fifth successive league win ...Full Story »

League One strugglers Burton and Crawley fought their way to a point apiece in a goalless draw at the Pirelli Stadium.Albion remain winless in the league so far but halt a run of seven straight defeats.Burton bossed long periods of the first half but could not find a breakthrough in the opening 45 minutes.Tomas Kalinauskas, scorer of the winner in Saturday’s FA Cup first-round victory fire...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday bounced back from their weekend Hillsborough hammering with a 2-0 home Championship win against Norwich.The Owls shipped five second-half goals in Saturday’s 6-2 home defeat to Watford, but two before the break from Josh Windass and Dominic Iorfa against the Canaries were enough to see them respond in style.Norwich were unbeaten in seven games before conceding two late ...Full Story »

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Football legend Garrincha was a bit of a strange guy - and that's an understatement. The Brazilian star, who shared the stage with the phenomenal Pele, played a pivotal role in helping his nation claim back-to-back World Cup titles in 1958 and 1962. The right-winger, born Manuel Francisco dos Santos, stood at 5ft6in and had one leg which was six centimetres shorter than the other, suffering fro...Full Story »

CHRIS BIRCHALL's football career took him from Port Vale to Los Angeles - and now he's eyeing up the Premier League. The former LA Galaxy midfielder has retrained as a referee since hanging up his boots in 2016. Chris Birchall (right) could finally be ready to achieve his Premier League dream The former LA Galaxy midfielder has retrained as a referee Birchall played alongside David Beckham i...Full Story »

A blonde bombshell got her big break as a glamour model thanks to the patronage of the one and only Diego Maradona. The Argentina icon changed the course of football history with his achievements for club and country - lifting two Serie A titles with Napoli and the World Cup with La Albiceleste. While it's not quite as seismic as his on-field exploits , he also set Antonela Avellaneda on a diff...Full Story »