Carvajal: Hopefully Mbappe can join Madrid before transfer window closes Real Madrid star Dani Carvajal is hopeful that he will be able to welcome Kylian Mbappe to the club before the summer transfer window closes. Los Blancos squeezed past Betis on Saturday with the help of a Carvajal volley to bounce back from their 3-3 draw against Levante last weekend. And their chances of regaining the ...Full Story »

West Ham have signed France centre-back Kurt Zouma from Chelsea on a four-year deal for £29.8m. Zouma, 26, won two Premier League titles, a Champions League and a League Cup during his seven-year spell at Stamford Bridge. He has eight caps for France and had loan spells at Saint-Etienne, Stoke City and Everton during his time at Chelsea. "I'm very happy and very proud," said Zouma. "M...Full Story »

Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson hit out at West Brom counterpart Valerien Ismael following a stormy end to their Championship clash.The Baggies continued their unbeaten start to the league campaign thanks to a last-gasp Semi Ajayi strike that broke the hearts of their hosts.The defender, making his first start of the season, struck in the fourth minute of stoppage time when he tapped in his...Full Story »

Semi Ajayi scored a last-gasp winner as West Brom snatched a dramatic 1-0 victory at Peterborough.The defender, making his first start of the season, struck in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Valerien Ismael’s unbeaten side finally shook off their battling hosts.Ajayi was left with a simple task to strike from close range after frontman Matt Phillips raced down the right and cut the ...Full Story »

Delighted Oldham boss Keith Curle saluted his battling side as they claimed a dramatic away win over promoted Sutton.The Latics left it until the 96th minute to clinch a breath-taking win at the VBS Community Stadium.And no wonder Curle was left purring with his side’s commitment right until the death.“We earned that win,” beamed Curle.“There was a great attitude in the g...Full Story »

Marco Silva insists there is more to come from his Fulham side after sweeping aside Stoke to maintain their unbeaten start to the Championship season.Silva’s side completed a comfortable 3-0 victory with goals from Harry Wilson, Bobby Decordova-Reid and Aleksandar Mitrovic.And the manager admitted the margin of victory should have been even greater.Silva said: “It was a very good per...Full Story »

Birmingham boss Lee Bowyer would not rule out a transfer deadline-beating move for striker Troy Deeney after watching his side draw 1-1 at Barnsley.The Watford skipper is a reported target for Blues and Bowyer spoke of his admiration for the player as he admitted he is hoping to bring two players to the club before Tuesday’s deadline.“All I would say is Troy is a good player. He is a...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady admitted to feeling “really deflated” after skipper Joseph Mills suffered a suspected broken ankle in Saturday’s goalless League Two draw at Crawley.Former Forest Green defender Mills was hurt in a 72nd-minute collision with Sam Ashford and was carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital.Brady said: “I can’t say too much but he was ru...Full Story »

Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill believes the stoppage-time touchline melee with Gillingham shows the club’s togetherness after they broke their League One duck.After Jack Tucker’s first-half opener, the hosts equalised through 17-year-old Tom Bloxham’s overhead kick – Shrews’ first league goal of the campaign – before Sam Cosgrove earned them a first win of th...Full Story »

Veteran Crawley goalkeeper Glenn Morris pulled off several important saves as the Reds and Northampton took a share of the spoils in a goalless League Two draw at the Broadfield Stadium.Crawley had fallen behind in each of their previous four league and cup games and they had a close call in only the fourth minute.Sam Hoskins put striker Kion Etete through but the big Tottenham loanee was thwart...Full Story »

Junior Luamba’s stoppage-time goal gave Oldham a dramatic first win of the season, 2-1 over Sutton in their League Two clash at the VBS Community Stadium.Luamba slotted home in the 96th minute after good work by man-of-the-match Dylan Bahamboula, just minutes after Carl Piergianni’s header had drawn Keith Curle’s side level. David Ajiboye had given Sutton the lead.Bahamboula po...Full Story »

Birmingham recovered from an early setback to secure a point in a 1-1 draw at Barnsley.Callum Styles put the home side ahead in the sixth minute before Lukas Jutkiewicz equalised.Barnsley head coach Markus Schopp named an unchanged side following his side’s 2-2 draw at QPR last weekend.Both sets of players wore black armbands as a mark of respect following the death of former Birmingham pl...Full Story »

Inverness claimed victory in the battle of the early cinch Championship pace-setters after defeating Kilmarnock 1-0 at Rugby Park.Both clubs came into the game having won each of their opening three league matches without conceding a goal and it was little surprise to see the contest settled by the narrowest of margins.Michael Gardyne’s fifth-minute goal proved to be the only thing to sepa...Full Story »

Tom Bloxham’s spectacular overhead kick ended Shrewsbury’s lengthy goal drought as they came from behind to beat Gillingham 2-1.The 17-year-old’s equaliser was his club’s first strike in League One this season.He cancelled out Jack Tucker’s goal before Sam Cosgrove secured Salop’s first points of the campaign.Daniel Udoh went close to a third-minute opener for...Full Story »

Jamal Fyfield’s header gave Boreham Wood a 1-0 home win against Aldershot.Fyfield was on hand to nod in Frankie Raymond’s corner in the 65th minute and it was enough to give the hosts a second victory from their opening two matches this season.The Shots had the best chance of a tight first half but Kodi Lyons-Foster was unable to direct his close-range header on target.The hosts shou...Full Story »

Jake Hyde scored twice as Wrexham recorded their first win of the season by beating Eastleigh 2-0.The striker opened the scoring after 12 minutes with a calm finish after being put through by Paul Mullin.Hyde grabbed his second shortly before half-time and could have had a first-half hat-trick but for a fine save from Joe McDonnell.Dior Angus almost added a third late on but his shot flashed wide.Full Story »

Hamilton picked up their first Scottish Championship win of the season as Lewis Smith’s goal against the run of play sealed a 2-1 success at Queen of the South.The visitors had the better of a first half short on clear-cut chances and went in front in the opening minute of the second period, Andy Ryan nodding in after goalkeeper Sol Brynn had done well to keep out a David Moyo header.But t...Full Story »

A second-half brace from Conor Gallagher saw Crystal Palace open their goalscoring account for the season as they battled to a 2-2 Premier League draw at West Ham.The Eagles remain winless under new boss Patrick Vieira but this was a step in the right direction as they twice came from behind to earn a point at the London Stadium.West Ham went into the game in fine form as manager David Moyes nam...Full Story »

Aleksandar Mitrovic struck his fourth goal of the season to cap Fulham’s convincing 3-0 win over Stoke at Craven Cottage and extend the Championship leaders’s unbeaten start.Mitrovic – who this week signed a new five-year contract – struck his side’s third goal after Harry Wilson and Bobby Decordova-Reid had put Marco Silva’s side in control.But the striker mi...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Paul Warne wants to fend off interest in Michael Smith as he hit both goals in their 2-0 win over Doncaster.Smith’s first-half double was more than enough to earn the points for Rotherham who saw out the bulk of the second half with 10 men after Mikel Miller’s lunge on Kyle Knoyle.Miller created the opener after latching on a loose ball and finding Smith who prodded...Full Story »