Woking continued their push up the Vanarama National League with a 1-0 win over Dagenham at Kingfield.The Cardinals, chasing a third straight win, made a bright start and Tahvon Campbell pulled his shot wide after being picked out by Max Kretzschmar.Midfielder Kretzschmar was then tripped in the penalty area by Mohammed Sagaf and got up to convert the spot-kick himself to give Woking the lead in...Full Story »

Bottom-placed Dover remain without a win in the Vanarama National League this season after losing 2-1 at home to Aldershot.The second-bottom Shots went ahead in the 23rd minute when Tommy Willard scored his first senior goal, finishing off a smart counter-attack involving Toby Edser and Corie Andrews from a Dover corner.Dover levelled five minutes after the interval through Aaron Cosgrave, who f...Full Story »

Queen’s Park returned to the top of the Scottish League One table but had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Montrose.Luca Connell’s free-kick against the bar was the closest either side came in the first half, and it was the hosts who took the lead in the 54th minute when Michael Doyle’s chip found Connor Smith, and he slotted in after going around the goalkeeper.But Montrose only ...Full Story »

Marcelo Bielsa expressed his relief after Leeds registered their first Premier League win of the season by beating Watford 1-0 at Elland Road.Diego Llorente marked his return from injury with his second goal for Leeds, converting from close range following a corner in the 18th minute.“Of course I feel relief,” said Bielsa, whose side kick-started their campaign with a first league vi...Full Story »

Wigan returned to the top of League One with a 2-0 win over Gillingham at Priestfield.Leam Richardson’s men enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges, although a Callum Lang free kick which was comfortably saved by Jamie Cumming was their best effort.Ben Amos had to be alert to push over Danny Lloyd’s wind-assisted free kick, before denying John Akinde from close range.Gills storme...Full Story »

Halifax were held to a goalless National League draw by lowly Barnet at the Hive Stadium.Both sides went into the half-time break with the scored deadlocked at 0-0 after an evenly contested first half.The pick of the chances came when Kian Flanagan and Adam Marriott linked up cleverly to find an opening for Mitch Brundle, who forced a save from Halifax’s Sam Johnson.Openings in the second ...Full Story »

Luton could not follow up their 5-0 midweek thrashing of Coventry with another goal-laden performance as they played out a goalless Championship draw with Huddersfield on Saturday afternoon.Hatters defender Kal Naismith missed an early chance from 40 yards on a sodden surface, but the ball skidded wide, while team-mate Harry Cornick’s angled effort was gathered by visiting goalkeeper Lee N...Full Story »

Grimsby have gone top of the National League after they thrashed Dover 6-0.The Mariners were 5-0 up at half time with both Luke Waterfall and Ryan Taylor scoring a brace to maintain their 100 per cent home record.Grimsby had a penalty in the 23rd minute after a foul by Dover goalkeeper Adam Parkes, but Will Bapaga’s shot was saved.Waterfall put his side in front three minutes later, scorin...Full Story »

Nick Powell scored a late winner as Stoke ended leaders West Brom’s unbeaten start to the Championship season with a narrow 1-0 win.Powell calmly lofted the ball over goalkeeper Sam Johnstone with 11 minutes to go after a defensive blunder by Conor Townsend.It looked like the goal was not going to come for the Championship’s best home side – unbeaten at the bet365 Stadium so fa...Full Story »

Declan Rice grabbed his second European goal as West Ham won their first ever home Europa League group-stage match 2-0 against Rapid Vienna.England midfielder Rice struck in the first half to make it two goals in two continental outings for him, and Said Benrahma scored in stoppage time to wrap up two wins from two for the Hammers.The only downside was a skirmish among rival fans in the stands w...Full Story »

Leicester’s Europa League hopes suffered another blow after a disappointing defeat at Legia Warsaw.Mahir Emreli’s 10th goal of the season gave the Polish champions a 1-0 victory on Thursday.Jannik Vestergaard missed the Foxes’ best chance and they are left facing an uphill battle in Group C.Only the group winners go through automatically this season and the Foxes – who tr...Full Story »

The Blaugrana have lost their first two group stage games 3-0 and are in jeopardy of exiting the competition Barcelona are off to their worst-ever start in the Champions League, with a 3-0 defeat to Benfica meaning they have been been outscored by six goals in back-to-back losses to begin the competition. It's just the second time the Blaugrana have lost their opening two matches of any Euro...Full Story »

Unbeaten Bournemouth missed the opportunity to return to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table after a 0-0 draw at Peterborough.A game of few chances saw neither goalkeeper seriously tested, with the visitors missing the chance to climb back above West Brom, who had won 4-0 against Cardiff a day earlier.The result also kept up Peterborough’s impressive home form, with all of their eigh...Full Story »

The France international midfielder will sit out a European clash with Juventus on Wednesday and a domestic date with Southampton N'Golo Kante had been hoping to rediscover his best form for Chelsea after shaking off a groin injury, but he is now back on the sidelines due to a positive coronavirus test and will sit out key Champions League and Premier League fixtures. The World Cup-winning m...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised midfielder Curtis Jones after the academy graduate put in a stellar performance in the 5-1 win over Porto.The 20-year-old was at the heart of all the Reds’ best attacking moves and it was his parried shot which produced the early breakthrough goal from Mohamed Salah.Jones continued to have a significant influence as Sadio Mane, Salah again and substit...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola admitted it would have been impossible to control Lionel Messi for the full game after the Argentinian helped sink Manchester City in the Champions League.The six-time world player of the year scored his first Paris St Germain goal as the French side avenged their loss in last season’s semi-finals with a 2-0 group stage victory on Tuesday.Messi had been doubtful ahead of the ...Full Story »

Sunderland head coach Lee Johnson was purring at his side’s performance after they netted five unanswered goals against Cheltenham in their League One clash at the Stadium of Light to move top of the table.The visitors struggled to create chances and were unable to make a fight of it after falling behind to Bailey Wright’s 11th-minute header.Sunderland striker Ross Stewart added goal...Full Story »

Sam Morsy could make his League One debut for Ipswich when they host Doncaster on Tuesday night.The midfielder, signed on transfer deadline day, has now completed the three-match suspension he had to serve after being sent off in his final match for Middlesbrough.Boss Paul Cook expects to also have Kyle Edwards and Toto Nsiala available again after spells out through injury.Hayden Coulson missed...Full Story »

Boreham Wood moved up to fourth in the National League after beating 10-man Yeovil 2-1.Dale Gorman put the Glovers 1-0 up but a Josh Staunton own goal and Josh Rees’ effort helped Wood take three points after Adi Yussuf’s dismissal in the 38th minute.Yeovil goalkeeper Grant Smith was called into action early with a superb dive to his right to deny Will Evans.Yeovil took the lead in t...Full Story »

Michael Gardyne’s 81st-minute winner saw Inverness overcome Queen of the South 2-1 to remain at the cinch Championship summit.The former Ross County ace grabbed his second goal of the season to continue to endear himself to his new club.Inverness captain Sean Welsh put the Highlands side ahead after 12 minutes with a wonderful free-kick and that was how it remained until a dramatic fi...Full Story »