Stoke manager Alex Neil was delighted with his new recruits as full debutants Wouter Burger and Mehdi Leris got on the scoresheet in a 6-1 Carabao Cup thrashing of Rotherham.The second-round win extends the Potters’ perfect home record to four matches in all competitions this season – a run that started with a 4-1 victory over the Millers on the opening day of the new Championship ca...Full Story »

An opportunist second-half strike from Przemyslaw Placheta was enough to put Norwich through to the third round of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 victory over Championship rivals Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The winner came on 49 minutes when Placheta accepted a pass from Sam McCallum inside the box and turned cleverly to fire a right-footed shot just inside the far post from a narrow angle.It was th...Full Story »

Birmingham’s unbeaten start to the season ended at St Andrew’s as slick Cardiff strode to a 3-1 victory and passage into the third round of the Carabao Cup for the first time since 2014.It took the Bluebirds just three minutes to open the scoring as Karlan Grant burst away from Marcel Oakley down their right. The former West Brom man rolled a pass into Rubin Colwill’s path and ...Full Story »

Captain Josh Laurent scored twice as Stoke thrashed Rotherham 6-1 to book their place in the third round of the Carabao Cup.The win extends the Potters’ perfect home record to four victories in all competitions this season – a run that started with a 4-1 triumph over the Millers on the opening day of the new Championship campaign.Stoke took an early lead when Dutchman Wouter Burger, ...Full Story »

Substitutes Riley McGree and Morgan Rogers scored stoppage-time goals to steer Middlesbrough into round three of the Carabao Cup with a 3-1 comeback win at League One Bolton.Australian ace McGree had only been on the pitch five minutes before rounding off sustained Boro pressure with a superb low left-foot finish.Rogers, a summer signing from Manchester City, completed a deserved win for Michael...Full Story »

Exeter made it through to the third round of the League Cup for the first time since 1989, but they needed penalties after a 1-1 draw with Stevenage at St James Park.Exeter made a fine start to the game with a goal in the fifth minute. Alex Hartridge saw his initial header saved from a corner, but he reacted quickly to volley past Krisztian Hegyi.In a half of few chances, Exeter’s Pierce S...Full Story »

Aiden O’Brien’s first goal for Sutton handed the League Two side a shock 1-0 win over Wycombe in the second round of the EFL Cup.The Yellows travelled to Adams Park on the back of four straight defeats and as the second-lowest ranked team left in the competition.But after weathering an early barrage from their League One hosts, O’Brien struck in the 19th minute to give Sutton a...Full Story »

Crewe missed all four spot-kicks as they crashed out 2-0 on penalties to local rivals Port Vale in the Carabao Cup after the Staffordshire derby ended goalless in normal time.It was a horror show for the visitors at Vale Park as Elliott Nevitt blasted over the bar before Connor Ripley produced a good save to keep out Chris Long’s penalty.Rio Adebisi rattled the bar and Joel Tabiner’s...Full Story »

Alfie Doughty scored a screamer as Premier League Luton knocked League Two side Gillingham out of the Carabao Cup with a 3-2 second-round victory at Kenilworth Road.The Hatters, who are still searching for a first top-flight point of the season, were ahead after just two minutes. Summer signing Jacob Brown was fed by Luke Berry and arrowed an unerring left-footed shot beyond Glenn Morris into th...Full Story »

Football fans have joked Ivana Knoll - the World Cup's sexiest fan - has swapped her bikini for a piece of string after she wowed in her latest Instagram upload Ivana Knoll showed off her peachy bum in the post (Image: @knolldoll/Instagram) The World Cup's sexiest fan, Ivana Knoll, has wowed fans on social media with her barley-there bikini while holidaying in Mykonos. Ivana shared a short vi...Full Story »

This would see the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona left unable to play in the Champions League, as a Uefa competition. Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso without consent after the World Cup final Credit: Rex The disgraced Spanish FA chief has refused to resign Disgraced Spanish FA boss Rubiales kissed star Jenni Hermoso as she went to collect her medal after the World Cup final earlier thi...Full Story »

The England star posed in a Burberry bikini top for a snap with the nightclub owner at his O Beach club in Ibiza. Chloe Kelly posed for a snap with Wayne Lineker Credit: instagram / @waynelineker Kelly wore a Burberry bikini top as she posed for a picture in Ibiza Credit: Instagram @chloekelly Kelly jetted out to the Spanish party island after returning from Australia with the rest of the Lio...Full Story »

Matty Cash’s first Aston Villa goals in over a year inspired Unai Emery’s side to a 3-1 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor.Cash came into the side as the only unenforced change from Villa’s 5-0 midweek Europa Conference League play-off win over Hibernian, and ensured there was no European hangover for his side as he scored twice in the opening 20 minutes.Lyle Foster gave Burnley...Full Story »

The England star was pictured on holiday in Ibiza. Chloe Kelly was pictured enjoying a holiday in IbizaShe shared the snaps, including one alongside boyfriend Scott Moore, to her Instagram Kelly, 25, featured in all seven games at the Australia tournament. She scored once, but was unable to repeat her heroics from the Euro 2022 final as the Lionesses fell to a 1-0 defeat against Spain. Despi...Full Story »

But it wasn’t. That distinction went to a kiss on the lips. A simple smacker delivered by an ageing former footballer to the Spanish No 6. Luis Rubiales showed no respect to Spain's World Cup winners - he must step down Credit: Reuters Fifa must step in if Rubiales fails to acknowledge his kiss was invasive and unwanted Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk Society seems far more &...Full Story »

SPAIN'S World Cup stars met the Mojitoman as they holidayed in Ibiza while celebrating their amazing triumph. La Roja beat England 1-0 in Sydney to become champions of the world. Since returning from Down Under, a number of Spain's victorious stars have been relaxing on a yacht in Ibiza. These victorious stars include Jenni Hermoso, who was disgracefully kissed on the lips by under-fire Spa...Full Story »

The 22-year-old USA international shone during his time on loan in Ligue 1 last season with Reims, and it now looks like he'll be returning to the French top flight, with a formal offer seemingly close. See below for details from Sheth via his official Twitter account… Monaco close to verbal agreement on fee with Arsenal for striker Folarin Balogun. Formal offer to follow ahead of di...Full Story »

Frankie McAvoy is adamant Hearts are capable of turning around their Europa Conference League play-off against PAOK in Greece next week despite suffering a frustrating 2-1 first-leg defeat at Tynecastle.Lawrence Shankland’s early penalty gave the Jambos a lead but it was swiftly cancelled out by a spot-kick from Stefan Schwab.Shankland then had a goal ruled out for offside following a VAR ...Full Story »

Hearts’ hopes of reaching the Europa Conference League group stage sustained a major dent on Thursday night as they suffered a frustrating 2-1 defeat at home to Greek side PAOK in the first leg of their play-off round tie.The Jambos made the ideal start when they went ahead through Lawrence Shankland’s early penalty, but the visitors equalised with a spot-kick of their own shortly af...Full Story »

Nicky Devlin netted his first Aberdeen goal as the Dons came from two goals down to seal a first-leg draw against BK Hacken in Gothenburg.Bojan Miovski and former Livingston defender Devlin both finished brilliantly within the space of four minutes as Barry Robson’s side secured a 2-2 draw in the Europa League play-offs.The Swedish champions led through an Amor Layouni goal and an Ibrahim ...Full Story »