Christian Doidge helped Hibernian avoid Scottish Gas Scottish Cup humiliation with a 1-0 fourth-round victory against League Two side Forfar.A saved Joe Newell penalty along with plenty of missed chances led to a frustrating afternoon for the Premiership side before Doidge rose highest to grab the winner in the 69th minute.Lewis Stevenson returned to the starting line-up as Nick Montgomery made ...Full Story »

A Nikolay Todorov goal nine minutes into the second half was enough for Championship Airdrieonians pull off a shock and knock Premiership outfit St Johnstone out of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup with a 1-0 win.Todorov pounced from 10 yards to score his fourth goal in as many matches after Liam McStravick’s cross was hooked back in at the far post.St Johnstone should have heeded the early w...Full Story »

Al Sadd striker Baghdad Bounedjah kept Algeria’s Africa Cup of Nations hopes alive with a stoppage-time header to deny Burkina Faso victory.Boundejah, who had earlier cancelled out Mohamed Konate’s opener, snatched a 2-2 Group D draw at the Stade de Bouake when he found the net five minutes into added time to ensure substitute Bertrand Traore’s 71st-minute penalty did not prove...Full Story »

JAMES MADDISON’S model girlfriend wowed fans on social media. That’s as she showed off her incredible bikini body. James Maddison's partner Kennedy Alexa wowed fans with a black bikini Credit: Instagram @kennedyalexa The ace showed off snaps from her latest holiday Credit: Instagram @kennedyalexa Kennedy Alexa, 29, and Tottenham's star playmaker Maddison, 27, have been together s...Full Story »

The 23-year-old midfielder has struggled for regular match action under Mikel Arteta this term. West Ham want Emile Smith Rowe on a six-month loan Now talkSPORT claims that the Hammers are willing to offer him the opportunity of Premier League minutes. And they want to bring the England international across the capital on a season-long loan deal. Smith Rowe is a much-loved and respected memb...Full Story »

Aberdeen survived an early scare before avoiding another Scottish Gas Scottish Cup shock as they won 2-0 at Clyde.The cinch League 2 bottom side hit the post before goals in each half from Bojan Miovski and Nicky Devlin saw Barry Robson’s side put their name in the hat for Sunday night’s fifth-round draw.The Dons suffered the worst defeat in their history at this stage of last season...Full Story »

Hull climbed into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places as Fabio Carvalho’s second-half strike secured a 1-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light to earn their first victory this year.Carvalho struck with 19 minutes remaining to settle a dour game on Wearside, volleying the ball home from the edge of the area via a deflection off Trai Hume.Sunderland’s supporters jeered the...Full Story »

Cape Verde became the first team to qualify for the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-0 victory over Mozambique.Bebe’s extraordinary free-kick and a brace from Ryan Mendes in Abidjan guaranteed that the Blue Sharks will top Group B.Mozambique now lie bottom of the section with one point ahead of their final group game against Ghana, while Cape Verde meet Egypt on Monday...Full Story »

Ajax have completed the signing of Jordan Henderson from Al-Ettifaq. The former Liverpool captain joined the Saudis only in August, but has been released from his contract to join the Dutch giants. "I'm sad to say that I will be leaving Al Ettifaq with immediate effect," Henderson wrote on social media. "It wasn't an easy decision but one that I feel is best for me and my family. "I want t...Full Story »

Brentford forward Ivan Toney has said he plans to play for a "top club competing for trophies," and has not ruled out leaving the west London club this month amid transfer links with Chelsea and Arsenal. In an interview with Sky Sports, Toney also said he is aiming to be included in Gareth Southgate's England squad for this summer's European Championships after his eight-month ban for breaches ...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo admitted Blackpool forced his side to dig deep as they scraped into the FA Cup fourth round after extra-time on Wednesday.The Premier League side needed a Chris Wood winner in the 110th minute to prevail 3-2 after the third-tier hosts had fought back from two goals down to force an extra half-hour at a freezing Bloomfield Road.That came after the two si...Full Story »

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson had no regrets about his decision to protect the likes of Eberechi Eze for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Arsenal after substituting his star player in their FA Cup exit at Everton.Trailing 1-0 to Andre Gomes’ brilliant first-half free-kick, Hodgson took off Eze – their most dangerous player – Tyrick Mitchell and Nathaniel Clyne after...Full Story »

Everton midfielder Andre Gomes’ first Goodison Park goal in almost five years settled a dreary FA Cup third-round replay against Crystal Palace.With the temperature sub-zero the match did little to animate the 37,796 hardy souls in attendance but Gomes’ strike – the Toffees’ first from a direct free-kick in 197 games in a run dating back to August 2019 – was the one...Full Story »

Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi admits beating the Ivory Coast on Thursday night is the only way his Nigeria side will quieten the critics after a lacklustre Africa Cup of Nations opener.The Super Eagles could only manage a 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea, a side 46 places below them in FIFA’s global rankings, and next face a tough test in Group A challengers and AFCON hosts Ivory Coast.Su...Full Story »

ALESSIA RUSSO and Ella Toone both rocked see-through outfits at Fifa's The Best awards on Monday night. The England duo stunned on the green carpet as the Lionesses dominated the Fifpro Women's World XI at the glitzy bash. Russo and Toone were pictured in striking black outfits at The Apollo Theatre. Arsenal forward Russo wore her hair in a bun as she posed in a glittering all-in-one dress....Full Story »

Birmingham manager Tony Mowbray said his substitutions changed the game after his side’s late FA Cup replay 2-1 win over Hull.Mowbray made five changes just after the hour-mark and the substitutes made an immediate impact.Jay Stansfield equalised in the 66th minute after Jason Lokilo had opened the scoring with his first Hull goal after 12 minutes.Another of Mowbray’s substitutes, Ko...Full Story »

David Moyes dismissed the idea of the FA Cup being the best cup competition in the world as “quite ridiculous” following West Ham’s exit at Bristol City.The Hammers lost their third-round replay 1-0 after Said Benrahma was sent off for reacting foolishly to Joe Williams’ 51st-minute challenge.VAR was not in operation at Ashton Gate even though it had been used in the orig...Full Story »

Graham Coughlan was delighted after his Newport side secured a money-spinning FA Cup fourth-round tie with boyhood club Manchester United thanks to a 3-1 replay win at Eastleigh.After drawing 1-1 at Rodney Parade last time around, both clubs knew the prize on offer at the Silverlake Stadium.Top scorer Paul McCallum pulled the fifth-tier Spitfires level after Aaron Wildig’s early opener.But...Full Story »

Boss Gary O’Neil insisted Wolves must maintain their focus after booking an FA Cup Black Country derby against West Brom.Matheus Cunha’s penalty saw off Brentford 3-2 after extra time on Tuesday and sent Wolves into the fourth round.Nelson Semedo and Nathan Fraser twice hit back for the hosts after goals from Nathan Collins and Neal Maupay in an entertaining replay.Wolves now go to T...Full Story »

Luton had to come from behind to see off League One Bolton at the second attempt as Rob Edwards’ side just about came through their FA Cup third round replay with a 2-1 win at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.Having held their Premier League opponents goalless nine days ago, Bolton stunned the Hatters when Dion Charles put them ahead 11 minutes in.But Tahith Chong swiftly equalised before ...Full Story »