Brendan Rodgers hailed one of the “fathers” of Celtic’s recent success after James Forrest reproduced his vintage form with a match-winning double at Dens Park.The winger capitalised on a first start in five months to score both of Celtic’s goals in a 2-1 victory over Dundee, which kept them three points and five goals ahead of Rangers at the top of the cinch Premiership ...Full Story »

Bromley will take on Solihull Moors at Wembley next weekend for a place in the Football League after coming from behind to defeat Altrincham 3-1 in their National League play-off semi-final.Alty scored the only goal of the first half in the 31st minute when Regan Linney tucked away a close-range effort.But the game turned on its head in nine minutes shortly after half-time, with Myles Weston hea...Full Story »

Arsenal were able to weather a grandstand finish to move a step closer to a first Premier League title in 20 years with a potentially season-defining 3-2 victory at rivals Tottenham.The Gunners held a one-point lead over Manchester City ahead of Sunday’s clash but all eyes were on whether Mikel Arteta’s men could pass this latest stern test and they did to remain at the summit going ...Full Story »

Cyriel Dessers’s second-half header gave unconvincing Rangers a hard-fought 2-1 win at St Mirren to keep their cinch Premiership title bid on track.The Ibrox side arrived at the SMiSA Stadium without a league win in three matches and they were helped in the 33rd minute when Saints defender James Bolton put the ball in his own net attempting a goal-line clearance.Home striker Mikael Mandron...Full Story »

Laura Celia Valk, 25, has made the "prestigious" FHM500 list of Holland's most beautiful girls for the past four years. Jude Bellingham's new girlfriend Laura Celia Valk is a lads' mag pin-up in her native NetherlandsSources say she has been dating the 20-year-old £85.5million star for a couple of monthsLaura ranked 145 out of the Netherlands' 500 hottest women She says she felt honoured ...Full Story »

Senior FA officials are said to be desperate to avoid any unwelcome distractions in Germany. England and Man City ace Kyle Walker with Annie Kilner and three of their sonsAnnie, pictured above with Kyle, has urged his ex-mistress to stay away from the EurosLauryn Goodman, 33, is determined to take the two kids she shares with Kyle to the tournament in June And mum-of-four Annie, 30, fears the ...Full Story »

EXCLUSIVE: Bayern Munich are planning a summer move for Manchester City defender Kyle Walker after failing to lure the Englishman to Bavaria at the end of last season Kyle Walker's future at Manchester City appears uncertain (Image: Getty Images) Kyle Walker is still wanted by Bayern Munich. The German giants came close to securing the Manchester City star’s services last summer - only ...Full Story »

Mohamed Salah has been backed to leave Liverpool this summer after Saturday's touchline bust-up with Reds manager Jurgen Klopp (Image credit: Getty Images) Mohamed Salah has been backed to leave Liverpool this summer following his clash with Jurgen Klopp in the Reds' 2-2 draw at West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday. Liverpool's title hopes took another huge blow as Klopp's side were hel...Full Story »

Ipswich missed the chance to climb into the Sky Bet Championship’s automatic promotion places as Hull came from behind three times to snatch a 3-3 draw at the MKM Stadium.Omari Hutchinson scored two superb goals for Kieran McKenna’s side, who stay third on goal difference, while a point kept Hull’s play-off hopes alive.George Hirst opened the scoring for the visitors with a fin...Full Story »

Chelsea were denied an incredible comeback at Aston Villa as they had an stoppage-time winner ruled out by VAR in a 2-2 draw.Mauricio Pochettino’s men looked to be ending a horror week in style when Axel Disasi’s header in the fourth minute of time added on crashed in off the crossbar to overturn a 2-0 deficit.But Benoit Badiashile was ruled to have fouled Diego Carlos in the build-u...Full Story »

Everton manager Sean Dyche rates overseeing the club’s escape from relegation as his greatest achievement.Idrissa Gueye’s 60th-minute strike was enough to beat Brentford 1-0 and secure a 71st successive top-flight season and a record 122nd overall, with victory putting them 11 points clear of 18th-placed Luton after three wins in a week.Dyche said to achieve safety with three matches...Full Story »

Solihull Moors emphatically booked a place in the Vanarama National League play-off final at Wembley thanks to a thumping 4-0 thrashing of Barnet.James Clarke headed Andy Whing’s side into a sixth-minute lead at the Hive before Jack Stevens’ low drive doubled the advantage 20 minutes later.Barnet finished 10 points above Moors during the league campaign, but any hope of a fightback w...Full Story »

Bradford manager Graham Alexander refused to discuss hard-luck stories after just missing out on the play-offs.The Bantams beat Newport 4-1 at Valley Parade to end the season with five straight wins but they finished a point off the top seven.Alexander said: “We did our part today but not over the course of the season. But all we could do was win our game and see what fate decided.“I...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 »

Crawley manager Scott Lindsey dedicated the 2-0 home win over Grimsby which sent his side into the League Two play-offs to “all the people that tipped us for relegation”.First-half goals from Danilo Orsi and Klaidi Lolos sealed seventh place for the Red Devils, who now face MK Dons in the semi-finals, with the first leg at the Broadfield Stadium on Monday week.Former Swindon boss Lin...Full Story »

Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman is hoping to tie down Erol Bulut to a fresh contract “maybe tonight”, despite a 4-1 Championship defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough.The Bluebirds boss’ future has been the subject of speculation for weeks, with his team’s inconsistency prompting club owner Vincent Tan to reserve judgement on his future.Dalman admitted that the ongoing unce...Full Story »

Southampton manager Russell Martin fears three consecutive defeats will cause negativity to seep into supporters ahead of the play-offs as his side lost 1-0 to Stoke.Saints have been beaten by Cardiff, Leicester and Stoke in eight days, having hoped to mount an automatic promotion charge, and must now rely on the Championship play-offs.Tyrese Campbell netted the only goal for the Potters at St M...Full Story »

Crewe boss Lee Bell revelled in the emotion of guiding his side into the League Two play-offs following a 1-1 draw at Colchester.Elliott Nevitt struck a stoppage-time equaliser, converting substitute Charlie Kirk’s low cross from close range, as Crewe set up a semi-final meeting with Doncaster.Colchester, who got the point they needed to ensure their Football League status, had gone ahead ...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 »

Keith Downing admitted Blackburn missed a great opportunity to secure Championship safety after drawing 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.Blackburn’s assistant coach was speaking because John Eustace was sent to the stands in the second half for pushing Coventry’s Kasey Palmer.After last week’s defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, Rovers certainly got a reaction and were unlucky not to win th...Full Story »