Hearts are boosted by the return of Nathaniel Atkinson and Gary Mackay-Steven for Saturday’s cinch Premiership showdown with city rivals Hibernian at Tynecastle.Cammy Devlin and Michael Smith are both close to fitness but will not be ready for this weekend.Beni Baningime is out long term, while John Souttar is battling to be back before the end of the season.Hibs manager Shaun Maloney expe...Full Story »

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson expects to have only 17 players available as he prepares to select from an unchanged squad for Sunday’s cinch Premiership match at home to Rangers.Greg Kiltie, Scott Tanser and Ryan Flynn are all set to remain sidelined through injury.Goalkeeper Jak Alnwick serves the second game of a two-match suspension so Dean Lyness will again deputise.Rangers boss Gi...Full Story »

Shrewsbury will check on Ethan Ebanks-Landell ahead of the Sky Bet League One match against play-off hopefuls Ipswich.Defender Ebanks-Landell was forced off at half-time during the defeat at MK Dons last weekend with an ankle problem and faces a late fitness test.Shrews boss Steve Cotterill, who has been nominated for the League One manager of the month award, reports other fresh selection conce...Full Story »

Celtic will welcome Kyogo Furuhashi back for the visit of St Johnstone.The Japan forward will be in the squad for the first time since he aggravated a hamstring injury on Boxing Day.That will leave James Forrest as the only absentee for the cinch Premiership leaders as he nurses a minor leg muscle problem.St Johnstone will be without full-back Tony Gallacher for the rest of the season after he f...Full Story »

Everton midfielder Allan and defender Michael Keane return from suspension and are likely to go straight back into the side for the visit of Manchester United.Right-back Seamus Coleman is also likely to start, having been an unused substitute for the midweek defeat at Burnley because of illness.Centre-back Yerry Mina, out since early February with a thigh injury, could return for Everton’s...Full Story »

Marvelous Nakamba is back for Aston Villa after being out since December.He had knee surgery but is available for boss Steven Gerrard ahead of the visit of Tottenham.Emi Buendia and Tyrone Mings are expected to shake off knocks while Lucas Digne (stomach) is fit.Tottenham will have Sergio Reguilon back available.The Spaniard missed last weekend’s win over Newcastle with a training ground k...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon have received a triple boost ahead of their grudge match with MK Dons.Mark Bowen is hopeful of having Luke McCormick, Sam Cosgrove and Lee Brown available against their bitter rivals.McCormick has been out for the best part of a month with an ankle problem, Cosgrave has had a facial injury and will need to wear a mask while Brown has completed his recovery.Cheye Alexander (groin) a...Full Story »

Fleetwood manager Stephen Crainey appears to have no fresh selection concerns ahead of Saturday’s Sky Bet League One encounter with Accrington.On-loan Preston midfielder Josh Harrop is pushing for a first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury on his debut in January.The former Manchester United man was an unused substitute during last Saturday’s 3-1 win at Crewe and Tuesday&r...Full Story »

Sutton return to Sky Bet League Two action on Saturday looking to reignite their play-off ambitions with victory over Leyton Orient.Matt Gray’s side were beaten 4-2 after extra-time by Rotherham in the Papa John’s Trophy final last weekend.The U’s have no fresh injury concerns as they hope to close the three-point gap to the play-off places.Gray could make alterations following...Full Story »

The Manchester City playmaker was pictured travelling to training wearing the pricy pink pullover. Jack Grealish wearing an £800 Pink Gucci hoodie as he heads for training Credit: Cavendish Grealish became Britain's most expensive footballer with his £100million transfer to City last summer. He put pen to paper on a £230,000-a-week contract at the Etihad until 2027. But now he...Full Story »

The Manchester City manager has been reported as the favoured candidate to take over as Selecao boss but no approach has been made as of yet The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has not approached Pep Guardiola about succeeding Tite as their national team coach, GOAL can confirm. Marca reported this week that the Selecao have reached out to the Manchester City coach and are willing to ...Full Story »

Barcelona rallied for a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg on Thursday night. The hosts soaked up the pressure early on, hoping to hit Barca on the break, but were in danger after three minutes when Kevin Trapp tipped Ferran Torres' shot over the bar. Trapp was at it again to deny Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but the game was to swing the Bundeslig...Full Story »

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst hopes Rangers can use Ibrox to take them into the Europa League semi-final following their 1-0 defeat by Braga in Portugal.The Light Blues enjoyed some good fortune in the first half of their quarter-final clash when the home side hit the post and had the ball in the net only for a VAR check to rule the goal out but eventually Spanish striker Abel Ruiz opened the scoring...Full Story »

David Moyes criticised the supporter who ran onto the pitch and ruined a promising West Ham attack during the 1-1 Europa League draw with Lyon.A historic match for the Hammers ended on a sour note after a pitch invader – the second of the game – jumped out of the home end with 10-man West Ham actually mounting a rare attack.“I was baffled,” said the West Ham boss. “...Full Story »

Rangers require an Ibrox comeback to keep Europa League hopes alive following a 1-0 defeat by Braga in their quarter-final clash in Portugal.The Light Blues enjoyed some good fortune in the first half when the home side hit the post and had the ball in the net only for a VAR check to rule the goal out but eventually Spanish striker Abel Ruiz opened the scoring in the 40th minute and it proved to...Full Story »

Blackburn pair Deyovaisio Zeefuik and Tayo Edun could return to the squad for the home game against Blackpool.Defender Zeefuik has struggled with successive hamstring and foot injuries since joining in January on loan from Hertha Berlin.Midfielder Edun, sidelined since the end of January due to an ankle injury, travelled with the squad for last week’s draw at Coventry but was not involved ...Full Story »

Cambridge could be boosted by the return of Jack Iredale for the Sky Bet League One visit of Morecambe.The defender has been missing with an ankle injury but is back in training sooner than anticipated.U’s boss Mark Bonner could make changes following the 4-1 home loss to Wycombe on Tuesday night.Liam O’Neil and Shilow Tracey could also be in contention as they work their way back to...Full Story »

Scunthorpe will welcome Anthony Grant back from suspension for the Sky Bet League Two visit of Mansfield on Saturday.Grant has been banned since seeing red in the 1-0 home defeat by Barrow on March 15.On-loan Tyrese Sinclair is ineligible to face his parent club but James Perch should be back following an illness.Ross Millen and Mason O’Malley are expected to miss out again along with Tom ...Full Story »

Burton will be without midfielder Conor Shaughnessy as they look to kick-start their season against promotion-chasing Plymouth.Shaughnessy was sent off shortly before half-time in Saturday’s 3-0 Sky Bet League One defeat at Morecambe which left Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s men with just one in in eight games.Joe Powell could be in line to step up to the starting line-up after being name...Full Story »

MICAH RICHARDS has been trolled by Rio Ferdinand over his past comments about Karim Benzema following the striker's hat-trick against Chelsea. The Real Madrid hitman ran riot in the first leg of the Spaniards' Champions League quarter-final tie with the west Londoners on Wednesday night, scoring two stupendous first-half headers before bagging a third shortly after half time. Benzema's hat-tri...Full Story »