Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca fears that football is on the brink of players taking Rodri's advice and going on strike. He voiced his concerns about the risk to today's players due to the excessive number of matches they are asked to play. Maresca suggested that it's not the authorities but the players themselves who will have to take action. He said: "Players are playing too many games. Yes. No...Full Story »

Hull came from behind to earn their first victory of the season with a 3-1 win over Stoke at the Bet365 Stadium.Ben Wilmot put the Potters in front in Narcis Pelach’s first game in charge before three goals in 17 minutes gave Tim Walter his first win as Hull boss.Kasey Palmer nodded in the equaliser on his first Tigers start, following up after his penalty had been saved by Viktor Johansso...Full Story »

Sonia Bompastor’s first game in charge of Chelsea ended in a nervy 1-0 win against Aston Villa on the opening night of the Women’s Super League season at Kingsmeadow.Tasked with the unenviable job of succeeding Emma Hayes, under whom the Blues five consecutive WSL titles, the former Lyon manager saw her new side edge to an unconvincing victory courtesy of Johanna Rytting Kaneryd&rsqu...Full Story »

Christian Eriksen was a summer target for clubs in Europe Eriksen played a significant role in his debut season at Old Trafford, which was curtailed by injury. But he became more of a back-up in 2023/24 following the emergence of Kobbie Mainoo. Manuel Ugarte has now arrived as well, but the Dane scored twice in the recent Carabao Cup thrashing of Barnsley. He was linked with a move away, inclu...Full Story »

An astonishing double save from David Raya ensured Arsenal avoided defeat in their Champions League opener at Atalanta.The Gunners keeper repelled a penalty from Italy striker Mateo Retegui and somehow got back across his goal to keep out the rebound as Mikel Arteta’s side escaped with a goalless draw.It was not exactly vintage Champions League fare in northern Italy, with Arsenal blunt in...Full Story »

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In a bizarre move, Czech football team FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem have hired model Tana Bystronova to their media team to conduct post-match interviews. The blonde model, who routinely shares sizzling snaps of herself to her 107,000 Instagram followers, has been tasked with conducting post-match interviews with players and coaches. Dubbed the 'Czech Pamela Anderson' by some football ...Full Story »

Real Madrid and Brazil international Endrick, has a rather bizarre contract set up with his now-wife Gabriely Miranda. Endrick is tipped to become one of football's biggest names over the next few years, with Real Madrid agreeing a deal worth around €50m when he was just 16. Now aged 18, the Brazilian wonderkid has finally made the move to Bernabeu for the 24/25 season and marked his d...Full Story »

AC Milan are determined to keep hold of forward Rafael Leao amid interest from Barcelona, according to Calciomercato. The 25-year-old was linked with a move to the LaLiga giants over the summer, but the Rossoneri will reportedly only allow him to leave if the €175 million release clause in his contract is met. Which, given Barcelona's dire financial situation, was never a realistic possib...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta paid tribute to his Arsenal players after they brushed off a string of high-profile absentees to claim an “ugly” 1-0 win at rivals Tottenham.This north London derby had been billed as potentially make-or-break for Arsenal despite being the middle of September after the Gunners dropped points at home to Brighton before the international break.Manchester City’s fourt...Full Story »

Philippe Clement revealed that John Bennett reluctantly and with some emotion stepped down as Rangers chairman on Saturday due to health reasons.The news of Bennett’s departure after 18 months in the post came at a time when the Ibrox club are still searching for a CEO, a director of football and an academy director, while former director John Gilligan has stepped in as temporary chairman....Full Story »

The agent of Mikayil Faye says Manchester United were interested in signing his client before he opted to leave Barcelona for Rennes this summer. United 'were interested' in Faye, agent claims Youngster was unconvinced by first team chances Rennes signed defender in €10m deal WHAT HAPPENED?The agent of Faye has claimed that the Senegalese international turned down the chance to mov...Full Story »

Helen, 34, has admitted she still loves him but he has been dating Lauren Davies, 32, for several months. Lauren Davies is dating footballer Scott Sinclair, two years after his split from Helen FlanaganScott and Helen were spotted on a date at Harrods and have been together for months Our exclusive picture shows Scott, 35, and Lauren holding hands after a date at the Prada Caffé at Harrod...Full Story »

Stephen Clemence was delighted with Barrow’s multifaceted performance to beat Grimsby 2-1 and continue their strong start to the Sky Bet League Two campaign.Sam Foley and Theo Vassell headed in from corners in the first half, before the Mariners responded with a goal just before half-time through Kieran Green. The Bluebirds held on for the three points as Grimsby pushed for an equaliser in...Full Story »

Tom Cleverley was determined not to point the finger at his slow-starting Watford players after they played out an entertaining 1-1 draw against Coventry.The Vicarage Road outfit conceded after just four minutes for the third game in a row, but pulled back in a fixture that could have seen more goals.Tom Dele-Bashiru cancelled out an Ellis Simms opener, and Watford head coach Cleverley was ...Full Story »

David Gray praised Hibernian for their resilience as they kept the back door shut to bounce back from recent setbacks and notch their first William Hill Premiership win of the season.The Easter Road side were frustrated by the concession of late equalisers in their previous two matches against Dundee and Kilmarnock.But they saw out their 2-0 victory over St Johnstone with a good degree of contro...Full Story »

Tamworth turned on the style to beat Maidenhead 3-1 at home in the Vanarama National League.Chris Wreh met Ben Acquaye’s corner at the far post to give Tamworth the lead in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half.Wreh returned the favour for Acquaye to smash home a second 10 minutes after the break, and Nathan Tshikuna put the issue beyond doubt in the final quarter...Full Story »

Ten-man Morecambe produced a superb comeback to earn their first point of the season with an incident-packed 3-3 draw against Colchester at the Mazuma Stadium.The Shrimps, who saw manager Derek Adams and defender Luke Hendrie sent off in the first half, came from 3-1 down with seven minutes remaining to earn a share of the spoils after Colchester wasted a host of chances to win the game.Morecamb...Full Story »

Ten-man Kilmarnock fought back from an interval deficit to earn a 2-2 draw with St Mirren in a fiery William Hill Premiership encounter in Paisley.Saints striker Toyosi Olusanya headed the home side into the lead in the seventh minute before Killie attacker Marley Watkins levelled four minutes later in a game that threatened at times to boil over.Buddies skipper Mark O’Hara restored the ho...Full Story »

Boss Lee Bell admitted Crewe were not at their best but praised Zac Williams for his late goal which secured a 1-0 win at Accrington.Williams scored in the 85th minute, getting on the end of Ryan Cooney’s cross, to make it three successive league wins for the Alex as they moved up to ninth in the table.For Stanley, they remain without a win this season under John Doolan.Bell said: “T...Full Story »