Bournemouth boss Scott Parker has doubts over Leif Davis and Jamal Lowe for Tuesday night’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Reading.Defender Davis limped out of Saturday’s 2-0 win over Derby with a hip flexor injury while striker Lowe suffered a dead leg and Parker, who will serve a touchline ban after admitting an FA charge of using abusive, insulting and/or improper language, will ...Full Story »

Exeter could make changes for the visit of Crawley as they play a fourth game in 11 days on Tuesday night.Defender Cheick Diabate has not featured since February but returned to the bench for the Grecians’ goalless draw with Salford at the weekend and may play some part against the Reds.Diabate could replace Sam Stubbs, who felt some tightness in his hamstring over the weekend.Striker Sam ...Full Story »

Sadio Mane says the glamourous lifestyles of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar is not for him, explaining why in an interview that highlights his modest and humble characteristics​. Mane spoke at length to French outlet L'Equipe and touched on a number of topics, including his lifestyle compared to the likes of Ronaldo and Neymar. The Manchester United superstar recently became the most-followed ...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists they cannot obsess about Liverpool hunting them down in the title race. The Reds again moved within three points of the leaders by recording an eighth successive Premier League win with a 2-0 triumph at Brighton on Saturday. City are at Crystal Palace - one of only two teams to beat them in the top flight this season - on Monday night before Liverpo...Full Story »

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst was pleased that his Rangers side responded to his plea for Scottish Cup success with a 3-0 quarter-final win at Dundee.The Light Blues followed up their 3-0 Europa League first-leg win over Red Star Belgrade on Thursday night with a controlled performance against the Taysiders and led at the interval through Connor Goldson’s strike and James Tavernier’s pena...Full Story »

Rob Dickie’s late goal saw QPR leapfrog play-off rivals Luton to move into fourth place in the Championship after a 2-1 victory at Kenilworth Road.It had looked like the Hatters were well set to claim yet another home victory, Cameron Jerome giving the hosts a first-half lead, but Rangers hit back after the break, Andre Gray’s penalty and Dickie’s close-range flick sealing the ...Full Story »

SADIO MANE has revealed that footballers who live glam lifestyles "irritate" him. The modest Liverpool forward, 29, revealed his gripe in an interview with French publication, L'Equipe. Sadio Mane has taken a swipe at the lifestyles of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar He said: "I don't want to give the impression that I'm a very critical person, but it's true that there are values ​​in football t...Full Story »

WORKERS are painting over graffiti outside Stamford Bridge after walls were defaced by angry fans. The writing read: "Europe is funding the war - not CFC." Graffiti outside Stamford Bridge read: 'Europe is funding the war - not CFC' It comes after Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government, freezing his assets - including Chelsea. Abramovich had his assets frozen due ...Full Story »

The Premier League has disqualified Roman Abramovich as a director at Chelsea, the league said on Saturday. Chelsea's assets were frozen after the UK government imposed sanctions on owner Abramovich. The world and European champions were frozen as an asset of Abramovich, who was one of seven Russian oligarchs to be targeted amid the war in Ukraine, along with Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska, Dmit...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna felt his side did enough to have claimed victory against fellow play-off hopefuls Portsmouth after overcoming a double injury blow.Town lost captain Sam Morsy inside the opening 21 minutes and were also forced to replace Kayden Jackson just before half-time in the goalless clash between two of League One’s in-form teams.Despite those setbacks Ipswich still had c...Full Story »

Wigan boss Leam Richardson was disappointed his side could not hang on for victory after promotion-rivals MK Dons scored a late equaliser to rescue a dramatic 1-1 draw League One.Tom Naylor broke the deadlock on the cusp of the hour mark with a cool finish after a goalless first half at Stadium MK.But Harry Darling’s 88th-minute header ensured third-placed Dons remained level on points wit...Full Story »

Walsall boss Michael Flynn said his walking wounded Walsall players got their reward after edging out promotion hopefuls Sutton to continue their recent revival.The 1-0 victory, Walsall’s third in six since Flynn took over, came via Conor Wilkinson’s first-half penalty to lift the Saddlers 12 points above the League Two drop zone in 16th.Wilkinson slammed home from the spot after bei...Full Story »

Preston manager Ryan Lowe lamented another missed opportunity for his side as they failed to close the gap to the Championship play-off places after a 0-0 stalemate at Cardiff.A 15th draw of the season left Preston 13th in the table, still six points behind sixth-placed Luton having played two games more than the Hatters.Daniel Johnson came closest to winning it for the visitors but he was denie...Full Story »

Wayne Brown was left breathing a sigh of relief after admitting his Colchester players “dug themselves out of a hole” by coming from behind to win 3-1 at bottom club Scunthorpe.The Iron had led 1-0 courtesy of Joe Nuttall’s early opener, but two bookings in six minutes for Luke Matheson saw them reduced to 10 men and the Us took advantage with Noah Chilvers, twice, and Owura Ed...Full Story »

Steve Cooper revealed that some training ground mentoring was behind Keinan Davis scoring Nottingham Forest’s fastest goal in 22 years, as his side hammered Reading 4-0.The on-loan Aston Villa forward scored the first two goals as Paul Ince’s Royals were swept aside at the City Ground.The first came after only 17 seconds and was the fastest Forest goal since Jack Laster scored after ...Full Story »

Burton assistant manager Dino Maamria was relieved to see his side show great spirit as they came back from two goals down to beat struggling Fleetwood 3-2 at the Pirelli Stadium.Deji Oshilaja’s unfortunate own goal and substitute Dan Butterworth’s strike gave Fleetwood a two-goal lead after an hour.But Albion roared back with Oumar Niasse completing a brace in the final minute to se...Full Story »

Dion Conroy’s stoppage-time header spoiled John Sheridan’s return to the County Ground as Swindon secured a 1-0 victory over Oldham.Oldham threatened with early chances on goal as Dylan Bahamboula and former Swindon midfielder Christopher Missilou both shot wide from the edge of the box.The hosts’ injury-hit defence struggled with a change in personnel as Oldham were invited to...Full Story »

Gary Madine’s eighth goal of the season gave Blackpool a narrow 1-0 win over Swansea at Bloomfield Road.The striker’s fourth-minute header was enough to give the Seasiders a third league win in a row, and fifth in six home games.Their opponents dominated possession throughout but were frustrated by an organised Tangerine defence.As a result of the win, Blackpool move to within six po...Full Story »

Inverness boosted their cinch Championship play-off hopes with a comfortable 3-0 home win over promotion rivals Arbroath.Inverness went ahead after just four minutes as Arbroath failed to clear a corner and Shane Sutherland poked the ball home.The home side stretched their lead six minutes later as a break down the right saw David Carson set up Reece McAlear, who scored from the edge of the area...Full Story »

West Brom manager Steve Bruce admitted his England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone would have a sleepless night after his mistakes led to both Huddersfield goals in a 2-2 draw at The Hawthorns.However, he praised his side’s commitment after they emerged with an unlikely point courtesy of a comeback in the last five minutes.Huddersfield took a bizarre lead in the 24th minute. Johnstone’s kic...Full Story »