Belgian winger Manuel Benson is pushing for a Burnley recall against Norwich at Turf Moor.Benson, introduced as a half-time substitute at Sunderland on Saturday with Burnley 2-0 down, scored the Clarets’ equaliser as the visitors fought back to win 4-2 and retain third spot in the Sky Bet Championship.Ian Maatsen and Jordan Beyer could add to Burnley’s defensive options.The pair did ...Full Story »

Charlton manager Ben Garner praised Jesurun Rak-Sakyi’s trait of ‘always being in a place to score’ after his goal was the difference in a 1-0 victory over Shrewsbury.It took until the 69th minute for the deadlock to be broken with Rak-Sakyi getting redemption for a first-half miss.A cross on the byline from substitute Jack Payne found its way to him, and with space in the box,...Full Story »

The former Portugal midfielder, 37, is one of Europe’s most promising young bosses and has previously interested Chelsea and Manchester United. Aston Villa want talks with Ruben Amorim about becoming Steven Gerrard’s successor Credit: AFP But Villa may have to pay a huge £20million release clause to get Amorim — which was too high for Wolves earlier this month. Villa, w...Full Story »

Rotherham will be without Chiedozie Ogbene for the visit of Hull.The Republic of Ireland international has picked up a hamstring injury and is likely to be missing for the next four weeks.Grant Hall is fit to play after coming off during the 1-0 win at Stoke on Tuesday with a sore calf.Peter Kioso (ankle) remains absent.Captain Lewie Coyle returns to the Hull squad for the trip down the M18.The ...Full Story »

Karim Benzema picked up the award on Monday night Karim Benzema claimed he chose to join Real Madrid over Manchester United. The French forward, who won the prestigious Ballon d’Or on Monday beating the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Kevin De Bruyne, said that he turned down the chance to head to Old Trafford in 2009 and has never looked back since. With Los Blancos, the veteran attacker wo...Full Story »

Benjamin Mendy's friend's alleged rape victim has denied being proud of sex with Jack Grealish A woman denied claims she was "proud" of having sex with Jack Grealish after she was allegedly raped by a friend of Benjamin Mendy. The alleged victim, who was 23 at the time, said she was raped by Louis Saha Matturie, 41, on a booze run to a local petrol station on August 23 last year. Matturie was ...Full Story »

Jon Dahl Tomasson hailed “brilliant” Ben Brereton Diaz after his magnificent strike helped Blackburn beat Sunderland 2-0 and go top of the Sky Bet Championship.The Chile international made the telling contribution, conjuring a special goal with an unstoppable 25-yard effort that found the top corner.Scott Wharton’s second-half header gave the score a more comfortable look in an...Full Story »

Blackburn went top of the Sky Bet Championship as Ben Brereton Diaz’s stunning goal on his 100th Rovers start helped them to a 2-0 win over Sunderland.In an even game, Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men did what they are becoming accustomed to doing and put their opponents to the sword with a display of clinical finishing, exemplified by Brereton Diaz’s magnificent opener from Blackburn&r...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today.   Benzema Ballon D'or winners 2022   lol   Ballon D'or 2022:- ▪ Cristiano Ronaldo finishes 20th, his lowest since 2005. ▪ Lionel Messi didn't even make it to the List of Top 30 for the first time since 2005. END OF AN ERA.   Karim Benzema deserved it..   The young midfield duo of FC Barcelona. A lot of potential in them....Full Story »

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the best footballer of the year - for the first time. Benzema scored 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22. Lionel Messi (seven) and Cristiano Ronaldo (five) had won the award on 12 of the previous 13 occasions. Bayern Munich's Sadio Mane, who was at Liverpool i...Full Story »

Ben Garner praised the work ethic of his Charlton side as they maintained their impressive home record with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Portsmouth.The Addicks are unbeaten at The Valley in their nine matches in all competitions there this season, with 16 of their 22 league goals scored in SE7.Charlton were 2-0 ahead at the interval. Ryan Inniss showed strength and desire to climb over Portsmouth c...Full Story »

Jim Bentley hailed Rochdale’s first home win of the season as a “massive result” after they beat Barrow 2-1 at Spotland to climb out of the League Two relegation places.Liam Kelly curled Dale ahead in the 18th minute and Scott Quigley doubled their lead after 75 minutes when he stretched to turn home Devante Rodney’s driven centre.Niall Canavan’s 89th-minute header ...Full Story »

Lowly Lincoln stunned high-flying Ipswich with a 1-0 victory and inflicted the first home league defeat of the season on the Tractor Boys.The only goal of the game came in the 24th minute from Ben House following a corner.The ball initially hit the head of Regan Poole and went up in the air only to drop down for the City man to score.Conor Chaplin had an opportunity to equalise for Town but he f...Full Story »

Wolves will welcome back captain Ruben Neves from suspension to face Nottingham Forest.Defender Nathan Collins remains banned after his red card against Manchester City last month but Boubacar Traore is expected to be available following illness.Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Pedro Neto (ankle), Chiquinho (knee) and Raul Jimenez (groin) remain out with interim boss Steve Davis hopeful Diego Costa will h...Full Story »

Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen fired West Ham into the knockout stages of the Europa Conference League in a 2-1 win over Anderlecht.The Hammers, last season’s Europa League semi-finalists, ensured a second successive run to the latter stages of continental competition with a fourth win from four Group B matches.They now need just a point from their last two games, against Danish side Silke...Full Story »

The Greek stopper was on their radar during the summer as they looked to replace Nottingham Forest-bound Dean Henderson. Odysseas Vlachodimos has impressed for Benfica Credit: Getty United instead opted to sign Martin Dubravka from Newcastle as back up to current No1 David de Gea. According to Greek outlet Sportime, however, the Red Devils' interest in Vlachodimos has intensified since the su...Full Story »

Ben Garner directed all the praise on to his Charlton players as they beat Exeter 4-2 to record a first League One victory since August 16.The Addicks had not won in the league since a 5-1 thrashing of Plymouth, a winless sequence of eight matches.But the final scoreline did not totally reflect Exeter’s contribution.Charlton looked on course for a comfortable evening after Miles Leaburn&rs...Full Story »

Paris Saint-Germain will be without Lionel Messi for Tuesday night's Champions League group game against Benfica. The Ligue 1 giants confirmed the news that the Argentine megastar will not be part of Christophe Galtier's squad to take on Benfica in what will be the club's third group game of the season. With both Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica sitting top and second, respectively, in Group ...Full Story »

Ben Garner hit out at the officials after a dour 0-0 draw at Lincoln meant Charlton’s worrying winless run stretched to eight games.In a game devoid of any real quality, Garner felt aggrieved after his side were on the wrong end of the decisions.Imps’ stopper Carl Rushworth spilled Miles Leaburn’s effort before recovering in the nick of time and Garner believes his charges were...Full Story »

Rochdale moved off the bottom of League Two and increased the pressure on Newport manager James Rowberry with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Rodney Parade.James Ball’s fifth-minute header sealed a second successive away win for Dale and condemned struggling County to an eighth defeat in 13 games.It could have been more comfortable for the visitors, who missed two golden chances to extend their l...Full Story »