Paul Heckingbottom will begin his second spell in charge of Sheffield United this year when they host Bristol City on Sunday.The 44-year-old’s first stint was as an 11-match caretaker fighting the tide of inevitable relegation from the Premier League last season, but this time he is the manager on a five-and-a-half-year contract after Slavisa Jokanovic was sacked on Thursday.Jokanovic swit...Full Story »

Manchester City will give fitness tests to midfielders Jack Grealish and Phil Foden ahead of Sunday’s Premier League visit of West Ham.The England pair have both been sidelined with knocks, with Grealish absent since the international break and Foden missing Wednesday’s win over Paris St Germain.Playmaker Kevin De Bruyne is still out with coronavirus, while winger-turned-striker Ferr...Full Story »

Burnley will be without suspended pair James Tarkowski and Ashley Westwood for Sunday’s home game against Tottenham.Defender Tarkowski and midfielder Westwood will both sit out a one-game ban after reaching five bookings.Boss Sean Dyche expects Jay Rodriguez and Matej Vydra to overcome “a bit of muscle tightness”,  but Ashley Barnes will be out for several weeks due to a t...Full Story »

Crystal Palace midfielder James McArthur will again be absent when Aston Villa visit Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Saturday.The vice-captain’s recovery from a hamstring injury is being managed on a week-by-week basis and he will not feature this weekend.Nathan Ferguson is the only other first-team absentee and he is building up fitness following a near two-year spell out foll...Full Story »

Norwich midfielder Kieran Dowell could be back in contention for the Premier League match against Wolves at Carrow Road.Dowell missed last weekend’s win over Southampton in Dean Smith’s first game as head coach through illness but has resumed training.Centre-half Ozan Kabak has stepped up his own rehabilitation following glandular fever, while full-back Sam Byram (hamstring) is set t...Full Story »

Ben Chilwell will miss Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.The England wing-back will be out for at least six weeks with a right knee ligament injury.N’Golo Kante will also be out of Sunday’s game with a minor knee knock.Romelu Lukaku will be in the match squad but is not fit enough to start after a niggling ankle problem.Mancheste...Full Story »

Grant McCann has reported no fresh injury concerns as his Hull side aim to make it four wins in a row against Millwall.Tom Huddlestone returned off the bench in the midweek win at Cardiff and will be pushing to earn a starting place.Defender Di’Shon Bernard is available again after missing the win over the Bluebirds due to suspension.Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones and Josh Emmanuel all remain on...Full Story »

Forest Green are waiting on the fitness of Kane Wilson as they prepare to welcome Bristol Rovers to the Fully Charged New Lawn on Saturday.The 21-year-old was forced off midway through the second half in Rovers’ 2-0 win over Barrow with an ankle injury and it remains to be seen whether he is in Rob Edwards’ plans for the weekend.Boss Edwards confirmed there are no new injury concerns...Full Story »

Will Ferry is a doubt as Crawley prepare to take on Mansfield at The People’s Pension Stadium.The 19-year-old came off the bench at half-time in Town’s 1-1 draw with Newport in midweek and was forced off with injury later in the half.Crawley boss John Yems confirmed there are 10 first-team players who have been unable to take part in full training due to injuries in the camp.Reece Gr...Full Story »

Covid-hit Oxford have only 13 senior outfield players available for Saturday’s clash with League One leaders Rotherham.With Simon Eastwood among those unavailable, Connal Trueman is set to continue in goal after joining on an emergency loan deal from Birmingham.Anthony Forde, Elliott Moore, John Mousinho, Mark Sykes, Matty Taylor and Jordan Thorniley are all isolating, as are some members ...Full Story »

Cambridge head coach Mark Bonner hopes to have Shilow Tracey available to face Sunderland at a sold-out Abbey Stadium.Tracey has missed the last five games due to a hip injury suffered during the FA Cup tie at Northampton.Lloyd Jones is back in light training but will not be rushed back into action.Greg Taylor and Liam O’Neil remain sidelined and have further to go in their recovery than J...Full Story »

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has no new selection problems ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash with struggling Newcastle.The Spaniard has also been boosted by the news that midfielder Granit Xhaka could return before the end of the year after making good progress in his recovery from a knee ligament injury.However, Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Sead Kolasinac is still missing with an a...Full Story »

Birmingham will be without midfielder Ryan Woods for the visit of Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.The 27-year-old was shown a red card by referee Leigh Doughty in their goalless draw with Coventry in midweek for bringing down Ian Maatsen on the counter attack.Birmingham’s appeal against the dismissal was rejected by the Football Association and Woods will serve a three-match suspension.Kri...Full Story »

Yoane Wissa and Mathias Jensen will return to the Brentford squad for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Everton.Jensen missed last week’s 3-3 draw at Newcastle due to being quarantined after contracting Covid, while Wissa has spent over a month out with an ankle problem.However, Bees boss Thomas Frank revealed defender Matthias Jorgensen is likely to be sidelined once again with an ...Full Story »

Things got heated after Porto defeat in last season's Champions League Cristiano and Cuadrado With Juventus exiting the Champions League at the hands of Porto last season, footage of Cristiano Ronaldo and Juan Cuadrado has emerged in the documentary 'All or Nothing: Juventus' with the pair having some strong words to each other. Porto were winning 1-0 at the Allianz Stadium, which meant a 3-1...Full Story »

PSG are making a move for former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane. PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino has been Manchester United's top target to replace former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the Old Trafford dugout ever since the club sacked the Norwegian. Le Parisien says PSG representatives have met with Zidane to discuss the possibility of him taking over at Parc des Princes in the summer. ...Full Story »

Antonio Conte says he is not a “magician” and now understands the size of the job on his hands at Tottenham after they suffered one of the most embarrassing nights in their history.Conte watched on as his 10-man side were beaten 2-1 by Slovenian minnows NS Mura – the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League who had lost all four of their previous games.Spurs went down...Full Story »

David Moyes celebrated a job well done after West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare by beating Rapid Vienna 2-0.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble in Austria wrapped up top spot in Group H for Moyes’ side.The Hammers go straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from the ...Full Story »

West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare after a 2-0 victory at Rapid Vienna.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble wrapped up top spot in Group H for David Moyes’ side.It was an important victory for the Hammers as they are now straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from t...Full Story »

Lloyd Isgrove has added to Bolton’s injury problems ahead of Cheltenham’s visit in Sky Bet League One on Saturday.Isgrove limped out of Tuesday’s win over Doncaster with a hamstring issue, which has been confirmed as a grade-three tear and could rule him out for 12 weeks.To compound boss Ian Evatt’s selection worries, forward Dapo Afolayan is also unavailable due to a one...Full Story »