Leicester secured a safe passage through to the third round of the Carabao Cup with a dominant 4-0 victory over Tranmere at the King Power Stadium.Leicester made eight changes from their defeat to Fulham at the weekend and took a while to get in their stride but it was Jordan Ayew – on his first start – that gave the Foxes a narrow half-time advantage.An imperious-looking Leicester p...Full Story »

Watford marched into the third round of the Carabao Cup as manager Tom Cleverley triumphed 2-0 over his old Manchester United team-mate, Plymouth boss Wayne Rooney.A goal in each half from Hornets striker Mileta Rajovic was enough to see off Argyle, although substitute Ryan Hardie hit the post for Rooney’s men late on.Cleverley made seven changes from the team that beat Derby 2-1 at home o...Full Story »

Dan Agyei’s well-taken goal sent Leyton Orient into the third round of the Carabao Cup as the League One side upset Millwall of the Championship 1-0 at The Den.The O’s have given themselves a shot at being drawn against one of the Premier League’s big hitters in Wednesday night’s draw after comfortably holding off an anaemic Lions performance.Agyei sent the away end into ...Full Story »

Jean-Philippe Mateta struck twice at Selhurst Park to inspire Crystal Palace to a 4-0 Carabao Cup second-round victory over Norwich.Daichi Kamada opened the scoring inside the first two minutes in south London for his first competitive goal in an Eagles shirt and added an assist when Mateta made it two after the break.It was a beauty of a bicycle kick from the Paris Olympic silver medallist, who...Full Story »

QPR beat Championship rivals Luton 4-1 on penalties to reach the third round of the Carabao Cup following a tough encounter at Loftus Road.After the game ended level at 1-1 after 90 minutes, Kenneth Paal stepped up to score the winning penalty as Rangers won the shootout, converting all their spot-kicks.Summer signing Hevertton Santos, making his full debut for QPR, put them ahead after 11 minut...Full Story »

Jay Stansfield refused to celebrate his goal on his return to Birmingham as Fulham cruised to a 2-0 Carabao Cup second-round win.Stansfield, 21, who was Birmingham’s multiple player of the year and 13-goal top scorer last season, netted after 14 minutes after Raul Jimenez’s 10th-minute penalty gave Fulham the lead.Birmingham – who are set to sign QPR striker Lyndon Dykes for ar...Full Story »

Brandon Thomas-Asante scored his first goal for Coventry as they beat Oxford 1-0 to book their place in the third round of the Carabao Cup.The summer signing from West Brom saw his deflected effort loop over helpless goalkeeper Matt Ingram to secure the Sky Blues’ place in the third round for the first time in 12 years.Mark Robins’ side had claimed a 3-2 win over the U’s just 1...Full Story »

Milutin Osmajic pressed his claim for a Championship recall as he scored a hat-trick along with two assists as Preston claimed a 5-0 Carabao Cup victory away to Harrogate.The Montenegro international was one of six changes that new boss Paul Heckingbottom made to the starting XI he selected for Saturday’s 1-0 triumph over Luton.While on-loan Leeds midfielder Sam Greenwood got the ball roll...Full Story »

Everton gave their fans something to smile about after a poor start to the season as Iliman Ndiaye marked his full debut with a fine solo effort in a comprehensive 3-0 Carabao Cup victory against Doncaster.Having seen a 3-0 home defeat to Brighton in their Premier League opener compounded in a lifeless 4-0 loss at Tottenham, the Toffees could ill-afford to come unstuck against League Two opposit...Full Story »

LAURA WOODS and Adam Collard looked loved-up as they enjoyed a romantic getaway in Ibiza. Former Love Island star Adam shared a collection of photos from their trip to the sunny Spanish island. The 28-year-old posted the pictures to his Instagram page, which has one million followers. He captioned his post: "From Ibiza with love," as he shared some of what they got up to on their visit. Th...Full Story »

Kingsley Coman decides to leave Bayern Munich Kingsley Coman has reportedly decided to leave Bayern Munich amid transfer links with Arsenal, Barcelona and Manchester City. L'Equipe reports that after Coman and many of the club's big earners were invited to leave Bayern, the France international has decided not to stay at the club. He is expected to leave the Bundesliga outfit before the tran...Full Story »

Tamworth clung on to defeat Aldershot 3-2 on Monday to clinch their first league victory of the season.The hosts were ahead inside eight minutes when Jordan Cullinane-Liburd nodded home Kyle Finn’s corner before Jack Barham drew the sides level in the 32nd minute after he was played through by Dejan Tetek.It took just five minutes after the break for Chris Wreh to restore Tamworth’s ...Full Story »

Boston registered their first win of the season, with Jacob Hazel and Keaton Ward on target in a 2-0 victory at York.Hazel broke the deadlock midway through the second half and substitute Ward added the Pilgrims’ second in the 87th minute.York, who slipped to their first league defeat of the season, went close before the break when Ricky Aguiar’s shot from Cameron John’s cutbac...Full Story »

Henry Sandat’s first-half strike proved enough to earn Wealdstone a 1-0 victory over Fylde.The Stones took the lead in the 19th minute when the Hull loanee opened his Wealdstone account with a header.Brentford loanee Ben Winterbottom made several good stops to keep the visitors in contention in the second half.The hosts might have wanted more after their 50th-minute penalty shout for handb...Full Story »

Eastleigh’s 100 per cent start to the National League season was halted in their fifth game as Sutton held them to a 1-1 draw at the Silverlake Stadium.Sutton claimed the lead in the 13th minute thanks to a spectacular curling strike from Eduino Vaz.The hosts drew level 25 minutes later when Paul McCallum headed in his fourth league goal of the season.Eastleigh had to hang on at the end as...Full Story »

Connor McBride fired a stoppage-time winner to clinch Rochdale a 1-0 win at Yeovil.The former Blackburn winger, signed last month after his release from Gateshead, struck his first goal for Dale in the first minute of added time, curling a shot into the bottom corner.Yeovil looked set to secure a hard-earned point thanks to some key saves from their on-loan Southampton goalkeeper Ollie Wright.Wr...Full Story »

Reece Smith’s brace helped Maidenhead turn the form table on its head with a 3-1 win over Barnet in the National League.Barnet had started the season with three wins out of four and Maidenhead had only picked up one point, but the hosts raced into a two-goal lead at York Road and never looked back.Smith’s double was sandwiched by a first-half Tristan Abrahams effort, which meant a Ca...Full Story »

A Premier League cult hero looked unrecognisable after he was spotted cliff jumping in Croatia by a fan. Loic Remy had grown out his dreadlocks, leaving him looking drastically different to his time on these shores. Remy, 37, has turned out for QPR, Newcastle, Crystal Palace and Chelsea in the Premier League. The fan, who shared the snap on X (formerly known as Twitter), said: "Met Loic Remy...Full Story »

FOOTIE'S Jack Grealish has become an uncle for the first time. Sister Kiera, 22, and her boyfriend Josh Murphy told of baby Ruben's arrival on Instagram. She said: "Never felt a love like it." Manchester City winger Jack, 28, shared the picture of his nephew alongside blue heart emojis, saying: "Perfect news." It comes just weeks after Jack revealed he and long-term partner Sasha Attwood, ...Full Story »

Barcelona withdraw from Joao Cancelo race Mundo Deportivo has reported that Barcelona has pulled out of the competition to bring Joao Cancelo to Manchester City. Barca purportedly desired a reduction in City's £21 million asking fee for the out-of-favor Portuguese player, who was on loan in Catalonia for the previous campaign. The Premier League champions, however, remained unwavering i...Full Story »