Stoke midfielder Romaine Sawyers is in danger of missing Saturday’s home game against Middlesbrough.Sawyers, who is on loan from West Brom, limped out of the 2-0 win at QPR last Sunday with a thigh injury and has undergone a scan.Stoke are already without injured quartet Harry Souttar, Joe Bursik, Jordan Thompson and Nick Powell.Tyrese Campbell is fit, however, with the striker’s wit...Full Story »

Doncaster midfielder Ben Close has been ruled out of Saturday’s League One game against Shrewsbury due to a knee problem.Close is nearing a return to action after sustaining the injury in the 2-0 defeat at Burton on November 27 but will not be fit this weekend.Joseph Olowu is available after completing a three-match suspension.Fellow defender Ro-Shaun Williams will miss the whole festive p...Full Story »

Derby will again be without Sam Baldock and Lee Buchanan when they host Blackpool.Baldock (hamstring) and Buchanan (knee) are still recovering from injuries, although the former remains on course to return in the next couple of weeks.Jack Stretton, meanwhile, has been absent due to a knee problem and illness, and Krystian Bielik’s knee injury is likely to sideline him until January.Derby, ...Full Story »

Huddersfield are nursing a few injury problems as they prepare to welcome Coventry to the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday.Captain Jonathan Hogg is still not available for the Terriers and it is yet to be known when the 33-year-old will make his return.Fellow midfielder Alex Vallejo continues his recovery after undergoing knee surgery and will also be out for a long period of time.Jordan R...Full Story »

Brentford will be without suspended forward Sergi Canos and striker Ivan Toney for the Premier League match against Watford.The versatile Canos, who has played at wing-back in the Premier League this season, sits out a one-game ban after receiving his fifth booking in Sunday’s draw at Leeds.Toney is still unavailable after missing out at Elland Road due to Covid-19, but defender Mads Bech ...Full Story »

The Brazilian legend was hospitalised for nearly a month earlier this year after having a colon tumour removed. Pele has been readmitted to hospital Credit: AFP The Brazilian legend has undergone extensive treatment this year Credit: Instagram @iamkelynascimento Pele, 81, has now been readmitted for further treatment. The three-time world champion was admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital in ...Full Story »

Barcelona are pushing to offload Samuel Umtiti in January. Italian reporter Rudy Galetti reports the 28-year-old is one of the options which AC Milan are studying as cover for Simon Kjaer who is facing six months out after rupturing the ligaments in his left knee. Milan view Umtiti as a low-cost alternative to some of the other players they are looking at, seeing as the Frenchman doesn't fig...Full Story »

Chelsea is facing somewhat of a contract crisis. The Blues, led by highly-rated German manager Thomas Tuchel, are close to seeing at least three first-team defenders leave the club at the end of the season, for free. Veteran wide centre-back Cesar Azpilicueta is out of contract in six months time, as is Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen. Both Azpilicueta and Rudiger have recently been l...Full Story »

MANCHESTER UNITED ace Dean Henderson is being eyed by Ajax, who want to sign him on loan in January. According to the Manchester Evening News, talks between the Dutch champions and United were held while former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was still in charge. Manchester United ace Dean Henderson is being eyed by Ajax ahead of the January transfer window Credit: AFP Reports from the Netherlan...Full Story »

American youngster training with ArsenalColorado Rapids youngster Dantouma Toure is training with Arsenal, reports American Soccer Now. The 17-year-old winger is spending the MLS offseason training with several European teams most recently at Ranges. And Toure, who was born in Guinea but has played for the U.S. at the youth level, is now training with Arsenal after making his MLS debut in Ju...Full Story »

Lee Johnson celebrated his one-year anniversary as Sunderland manager in style as his side thrashed Morecambe 5-0.Johnson marked 12 months in the Stadium of Light hot-seat on Sunday and while his side were unable to serve up a victory at the weekend as they drew with Oxford, they turned on the style three days later to climb to third in the League One table, just two points behind leaders Rother...Full Story »

Sunderland claimed their joint-biggest win of the season as they thrashed Morecambe 5-0 at the Stadium of Light.Nathan Broadhead scored twice, with Ross Stewart, Alex Pritchard and Leon Dajaku also finding the target as the Black Cats reignited their promotion push with an emphatic victory.Sunderland burst out of the blocks, scoring twice inside the opening 17 minutes, with wing-back Lynden Gooc...Full Story »

Sunderland manager Lee Johnson could be forced to name another inexperienced line-up when they host Morecambe as the absences continue to pile up.Frederik Alves and Will Harris were the latest names to be added to the Black Cats’ long injury list, missing out against Oxford at the weekend.Johnson named youngsters Ollie Younger, Benji Kimpioka, Tyrese Dyce and 16-year-old Zak Johnson on the...Full Story »

SON HEUNG-MIN struck a Spider-man celebration against Norwich after meeting the Hollywood actor who plays the Marvel Action hero. The South Korean star grabbed the third goal as Spurs ran riot against the Premier League's bottom club. Son Heung-min met Spider-man actor Tom Holland in London earlier this weekCredit: https://www.instagram.com/hm_son7/?hl=en Lucas Moura and Davinson Sanchez had ...Full Story »

ROMA boss Jose Mourinho is planning a swoop on old club Manchester United for under-used right-back Diogo Dalot, according to reports in Italy. The 22-year-old defender got his first Premier League start at Old Trafford for two years in United's midweek win over Arsenal. Dalot has struggled for game time at United but has started their last two games The Portugal star, a £19million signi...Full Story »

Russ Penn was grinning from ear to ear after Kidderminster reached the third round of the FA Cup for the third time in eight years with a deserved 2-0 win over Halifax.The sixth-tier side stunned the Vanarama National League outfit thanks to first-half goals from Amari Morgan-Smith and Ashley Hemmings at Aggborough.“I’m really proud of this group of players,” said Penn, whose s...Full Story »

Sixth-tier Kidderminster delivered an FA Cup shock by dumping out Vanarama National League highfliers Halifax with a 2-0 victory at Aggborough.Amari Morgan-Smith and Ashley Hemmings were on target for Kiddy to secure them a spot in the third-round draw.And they will be desperate to book a money-spinning tie in Monday night’s live draw and have a shot at pulling off another cup upset.The Wo...Full Story »

A stunning goal from Lucas Moura helped Tottenham remain unbeaten in the Premier League under Antonio Conte as they beat Norwich 3-0.Moura found the top corner from 25 yards after some impressive skill to open the scoring, with Davinson Sanchez and Son Heung-min adding further goals in the second half as Spurs made it four games without defeat in the league under the Italian.That run has helped ...Full Story »

Roma coach Jose Mourinho refused to take questions after defeat to Inter Milan. Roma lost 3-0 at the Olimpico on Saturday. Mourinho refused to take questions from the DAZN studio or pundits, instead giving a monologue to the camera. “I apologise to the studio, to the people at home who might be interested in their questions," said Mou. “Inter are stronger than us in normal cond...Full Story »

Barnsley boss Poya Asbaghi believes his struggling side are making significant progress, even though they are still to deliver the first win of his reign.The hosts came from behind to draw 1-1 with Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield on Saturday, Carlton Morris’ equaliser cancelling out Lewis O’Brien’s opener.Second-bottom Barnsley have now won just once in 19 Championship games, but...Full Story »