ENGLAND star John Stones is in contention to start against Serbia. The Three Lions kick-off their Euro 2024 campaign on Sunday night. John Stones is fit for the clash with Serbia Credit: Getty Stones, 30, missed a training session earlier this week due to illness. To prevent the bug spreading through England's camp in Blankenhain, the 72-cap Manchester City star was kept in quarantine away f...Full Story »

Steve Clarke admits he had to have emotional conversations when leaving Craig Gordon and John Souttar out of Scotland’s Euro 2024 squad.Gordon became the country’s oldest international when the 41-year-old goalkeeper came on during the final European Championship warm-up against Finland with the home side leading 2-0 at Hampden Park.However, in his 75th appearance for Scotland, the H...Full Story »

Craig Gordon and John Souttar will miss out on Scotland’s Euro 2024 squad, manager Steve Clarke confirmed.Gordon became Scotland’s oldest international when the 41-year-old goalkeeper came on during the final European Championship warm-up against Finland.But the Hearts goalkeeper did not enjoy the happiest of Hampden moments on his 75th cap after losing two goals, the second a penalt...Full Story »

Interim boss John O’Shea is confident the Republic of Ireland are laying a foundation for future success after a morale-boosting friendly victory over Euro 2024 qualifiers Hungary.Substitute Troy Parrott’s stoppage-time goal secured a 2-1 win at the Aviva Stadium which ended the Hungarians’ 14-match unbeaten run in their penultimate warm-up fixture before they fly to Germany.Ir...Full Story »

Craig Levein was an emotional wreck in the moments before learning that his spirited St Johnstone side had completed their cinch Premiership survival mission.On a dramatic final day, Saints got the win they needed to give themselves a chance of leapfrogging Ross County and climbing out of the relegation play-off spot after first-half goals from Nicky Clark and Adama Sidibeh set them on course fo...Full Story »

Spirited St Johnstone endured an anxious wait at full-time before learning that their 2-1 win away to Motherwell was enough to secure their Premiership survival for a 16th successive season.The Perth side – who went into their final match of the campaign in 11th place – knew they needed a win to have any chance of leapfrogging Ross County and avoiding the tension of a two-legged play...Full Story »

TOTTENHAM ace Brennan Johnson appears to have gone out on a date with a model. Johnson, 22, was pictured with Tilde Cilla Syah who has a large following on social media. Tilde and the ex-Nottingham Forest star looked loved up in the streets of London. The pair also looked rather affectionate at a restaurant where they sat on the terrace for lunch with big smiles on their faces. At one poin...Full Story »

Craig Levein praised his St Johnstone side’s spirit after Adama Sidibeh’s late equaliser against Ross County took the relegation play-off battle to the last day.County’s attacking midfielder Yan Dhanda, on his way to Hearts in the summer, scored a superb goal after 28 minutes at McDiarmid Park which looked like it would secure the visitors’ top-flight status.But Sidi...Full Story »

St Johnstone and Ross County’s battle to avoid the cinch Premiership play-off will go to the last day after Saints striker Adama Sidibeh grabbed a dramatic last-gasp leveller at McDiarmid Park.County’s attacking midfielder Yan Dhanda, on his way to Hearts in the summer, thrashed in a superb goal after 28 minutes which looked like it would secure the visitors’ top-flight status....Full Story »

Aston Villa captain John McGinn joked his side will “have our Man City tops on” on Tuesday after closing in on Champions League qualification with a 3-3 draw with Liverpool.Jhon Duran scored twice in the final 10 minutes as Villa came from 3-1 down to earn a vital point, which means they will be guaranteed a top-four spot if Tottenham fail to beat Manchester City on Tuesday night.If ...Full Story »

St Johnstone boss Craig Levein rued the cruelty of football after Andrew Shinnie’s last-gasp winner gave already-relegated Livingston a 2-1 win at the Almondvale stadium.Saints travelled to West Lothian in the cinch Premiership relegation play-off spot but got off to a great start when attacker Adama Sidibeh scored after eight minutes and their energetic opening should have brought more go...Full Story »

Substitute Andrew Shinnie’s stunning added-time winner for already-relegated Livingston against St Johnstone kept profligate Saints in the cinch Premiership relegation play-off spot.Attacker Adama Sidibeh scored after eight minutes of an energetic start which should have brought more goals for the visitors.The home side eventually responded and defender Cristian Montano levelled in the 72n...Full Story »

Rangers manager Philippe Clement admitted a slow start and a needless red card cost his side in a crucial 2-1 defeat at Celtic Park.John Lundstram was sent off for a sliding challenge on Alistair Johnston in first-half stoppage-time after Cyriel Dessers had pulled a goal back for the visitors.Lundstram had turned Daizen Maeda’s cross into his own net seven minutes earlier, shortly after Ma...Full Story »

Rangers midfielder John Lundstram scored an own goal and was sent off as Celtic took a massive step towards retaining the cinch Premiership title with a 2-1 victory in a Parkhead thriller.Celtic moved six points and seven goals clear of their city rivals with two matches left and set themselves up to clinch the first silverware of Brendan Rodgers’ second spell in charge at Kilmarnock on We...Full Story »

Blackburn manager John Eustace said he never doubted his team as they retained their Championship status with a 2-0 victory at champions Leicester.Two second-half goals from the division’s top scorer Sammie Szmodics made sure of a win that kept Blackburn up, and sent Eustace’s former club Birmingham into League One.He was sacked by Birmingham in October, despite taking them into the ...Full Story »

Real Betis midfielder Johnny Cardoso is already attracting big club interest. Cardoso joined Betis in January and has quickly settled in LaLiga. Diario de Sevilla says both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are interested in the USA midfielder. Both giants need a defensive midfielder and Cardoso is considered a good signing both in the short and long term. Real Betis are said to be open to sel...Full Story »

Wimbledon manager Johnnie Jackson hailed the impact of Omar Bugiel after the forward spurred the club to a 5-1 demolition of Walsall.Bugiel, 30, dominated proceedings from the offset, and was duly rewarded for his movement and physicality with a hat-trick and the man-of-the-match award.Jackson lavished praise on the Lebanese international for his superlative display.He said: ”He’s a ...Full Story »

Blackburn missed the chance to secure their Championship survival as they could only draw 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.John Eustace’s men were much the better side in a game that would have made them mathematically safe with a win, but missed a series of chances, the best of which fell to Sammie Szmodics in the first half, but the league’s top scorer missed the target.They made most of t...Full Story »

Hibernian eased the pressure on Nick Montgomery with a convincing 3-1 win at St Johnstone which left the home side still with relegation concerns.A lot of attention was on Hibs boss Montgomery after the Easter Road board publicly described his failure to lead them into the top six in the cinch Premiership as “simply unacceptable”.However, his side responded positively in the first po...Full Story »

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho admitted he would be keen to bring loanees Abu Kamara and Myles Peart-Harris back to Fratton Park next season.Peart-Harris opened the scoring as the Sky Bet League One champions rounded off their campaign with a 2-0 win at Lincoln.Paddy Lane scored the second after substitute Kamara’s solo effort saw him cut in from the right and hit the post.The result denied...Full Story »