Zak Rudden’s early goal was enough for Partick Thistle to win 1-0 at cinch Championship leaders Kilmarnock.Thistle made an almost immediate breakthrough as Rudden timed his run in behind the defence and coolly lobbed keeper Zach Hemming in the third minute.Hemming twice denied Stuart Bannigan while Daniel Armstrong had Killie’s best efforts of the first half as they trailed at the br...Full Story »

Neil Warnock left Middlesbrough by mutual consent moments after his side earned a 1-1 draw with West Brom at The Hawthorns.Warnock earlier this week clocked up a record-breaking 1,602 games as a manager but has now departed the Championship club.A Boro statement read: “Middlesbrough FC have parted company with manager Neil Warnock by mutual consent.“The decision was reached after tal...Full Story »

The 41-year-old club legend will return to take over as head coach from Ronald Koeman, who was sacked at the end of October. Xavi says goodbye to Santi Cazorla (right) and other figures at the club An emotional tears up after ending his two-year spell with Al Sadd The former midfielder had to wipe away his tears with his players also emotional by his departure And it was clearly an emotional...Full Story »

The Portuguese superstar was the 18-yard box predator, the finisher, the presence the champions needed to go again and stay ahead of the rest. It was lunchtime on August 27 when a clearly shellshocked Guardiola faced the press, his plans in tatters. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hopeful Cristiano Ronaldo can deliver once more against Manchester City Pep Guardiola thought his club was going to land ...Full Story »

Wigan manager Leam Richardson is expected to ring the changes for the first-ever meeting with Solihull Moors in the first round of the FA Cup at the DW Stadium on Saturday.Latics go into the tie on the back of consecutive wins over Burton and Fleetwood which have lifted them to the top of Sky Bet League One but they will be wary of their non-league opponents after losing to local rivals Chorley ...Full Story »

Nikola Vlasic and Andriy Yarmolenko will rejoin the West Ham squad ahead of their Premier League clash against Liverpool.Both players were left at home for the Europa League game in Belgium on Thursday due to minor injury concerns but it was only a precautionary measure with a hectic fixture schedule ahead.Hammers boss David Moyes made seven changes against Genk. Lukasz Fabianski will resume in ...Full Story »

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers remains confident his side can reach the Europa League knock-out stage despite a frustrating 1-1 draw with Spartak Moscow.Jamie Vardy’s second-half penalty miss proved crucial as the Foxes were held at the King Power Stadium.They were forced to come from behind after Daniel Amartey cancelled out Victor Moses’ shock opener.The draw left Leicester third i...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou felt his attacking approach paid dividends as Celtic secured European football beyond Christmas with a 3-2 victory over Ferencvaros in Budapest.Celtic deserved the win on the balance of play and put themselves one point behind second-placed Real Betis with two games left in Group G.Their six-point lead and double triumph over the Hungarians will ensure they drop down to the Euro...Full Story »

On Tuesday night, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was once again indebted to Cristiano Ronaldo. Cavani, Matic and Pogba posed for photos aboard their luxury private jet en route to Bergamo Credit: Getty The Portuguese legend, 36, scored twice for United - including an added-time equaliser - during the 2-2 draw with Atalanta. The Red Devils were largely played off the park and were once again bailed ou...Full Story »

Managerless Barnsley came from behind to beat Championship relegation rivals Derby 2-1 and end their miserable run.The Reds came into the game on the back of a seven-game losing streak and without a permanent manager, as Markus Schopp was sacked over the weekend after just four months in charge.Derby themselves were without a win since September and have been planted firmly at the bottom of the ...Full Story »

Ali McCann’s first Preston goal stunned Scott Parker’s leaders by sentencing Bournemouth to their first Championship defeat of the season.Ben Whiteman was also on target with Philip Billing replying for the Cherries as Preston picked up their first away win of the campaign.Bournemouth were without the injured Jordan Zemura so Wales defender Chris Mepham was pressed into action as a m...Full Story »

Liverpool booked their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League with two matches to spare after a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid.This time there was no conceding of a two-goal lead as there had been in Madrid and at home to Brighton on Saturday after Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane’s first-half goals set up a record-equalling victory.A somewhat harsh red card for Atle...Full Story »

Juventus booked their spot in the Champions League last 16 with two group games to spare after a double from Argentine striker Paulo Dybala steered them to a 4-2 win over Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday. Knowing they only needed a point against Zenit to be assured of a knockout-stage spot in Group H, Juve raced into a deserved early lead through Dybala, who hammered the ball into the roof of the...Full Story »

Leam Richardson saluted his team’s “character and endeavour” as Wigan fought back from 2-0 down to beat Fleetwood 3-2 and secure a record-equalling sixth successive away win.A goal early in each half from Danny Andrew and Callum Morton put Simon Grayson’s side in command after 52 minutes.But the new Sky Bet League One leaders responded with three goals in 10 minutes from ...Full Story »

Charlton caretaker manager Johnnie Jackson praised his side’s spirit after they came from a goal down to snatch a point in a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Rotherham at The Valley.The visitors grabbed the lead on the stroke of half-time when Mickel Miller smashed the ball into the roof of the net from close range.But Charlton came out fighting in the second period and finally equalised in the 8...Full Story »

Birmingham head coach Lee Bowyer revealed he will not be able to keep birthday goalscorer Riley McGree in January after the midfielder paved the way for a dominant 3-0 victory against Bristol City at St. Andrew’s.McGree scored his second goal in as many home games on his 23rd birthday, before Blues’ pressure was rewarded by goals from Scott Hogan after 68 minutes and Gary Gardner nin...Full Story »

Bromley moved up to fourth in the National League table following a 2-0 win at Woking.There had been little in the way of action when floodlight failure held up the first half on two separate occasionsWhen the match eventually got back under way Bromley enjoyed a spell of pressure, with goalkeeper Craig Ross parrying an effort from George Alexander and pushing away a James Alabi shot on the turn...Full Story »

Chelsea remain on course to reach the Champions League knockout phase after Hakim Ziyech struck in the second half against Malmo to secure a hard-fought 1-0 victory. The Blues attacker tapped home after a wonderful cross by Callum Hudson-Odoi, who continued his encouraging recent form to help Thomas Tuchel’s side clinch a third win in Group H. With Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner still s...Full Story »

N'Golo Kante already has the reputation of being one of the nicest men in football, and this footage shared of him clearing away the training equipment at the end of a session only enhances that. The 2018 World Cup winner showed that no task is beneath him, as he picks up the posts while casually dribbling a ball. The tweet itself has been liked more than 3,000 times at the time of writing a...Full Story »

Bayern confident of Gnabry extension despite delay Bayern Munich have been waiting on Serge Gnabry to sign a new contract for some time. Media reports in Germany have insisted the deal is all but done, but Sky Sport says the two parties still have some minor details to sort out and that a deal is still very likely to go through in the near future. Adeyemi set for PSG talks Paris Saint-Germ...Full Story »