Livingston booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Viaplay Cup with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Ayr United.The Scottish Premiership hosts avoided a potential banana skin, with goals in each half from Joel Nouble and Cristian Montano seeing off their Championship visitors.Livingston, defeated 3-0 by Inverness in last season’s Scottish Cup, looked in no mood to allow lightning to ...Full Story »

Ryan Trevitt and Demitri Mitchell netted as Exeter beat Carlisle 2-0 at Brunton Park.Exeter found the breakthrough when Trevitt struck 20 minutes from time for his first professional goal.Mitchell stroked home with eight minutes left to make the points safe, but Carlisle may have felt aggrieved he was not sent off in the first half after a possible second bookable offence.United started well and...Full Story »

Martyn Waghorn scored for the second time in four days to give Derby a 1-0 win over Fleetwood that ended a run of three home defeats.Derby swarmed all over Fleetwood from the start and got the goal their dominance deserved in the 23rd minute.Conor Washington’s shot was deflected to Waghorn, who swivelled to send a low shot inside Jay Lynch’s left post.Danny Mayor fired over as Fleetw...Full Story »

Brentford claimed west London bragging rights over 10-man Fulham with a deserved 3-0 victory at Craven Cottage in the Premier League.Yoane Wissa’s first-half strike coupled with a Bryan Mbeumo double was enough for Thomas Frank’s men, who extended their unbeaten record in London derbies to 11.The Bees continue to adjust to life without Ivan Toney but did not look back after an impres...Full Story »

New hero Andre Vidigal scored his fourth goal of the season as Stoke beat Watford 1-0.The Portuguese winger – who turned 25 in midweek – marked his birthday with a late celebration as he notched a 53rd-minute winner.It is now four goals in as many games in all competitions for the summer signing from Maritimo, who continues to impress on English soil.Meanwhile, Watford’s unbeat...Full Story »

Callum Hendry’s second-half hat-trick was enough to give Salford a 4-3 win at Tranmere in Sky Bet League Two.The visitors twice fought back from a goal down before Hendry took over in the second period to give the Ammies the victory.Connor Jennings opened the scoring for Tranmere after six minutes, slipping between two defenders and head Lee O’Connor’s cross past Alex Cairns.Sa...Full Story »

The glamorous daughter of Premier League legend Alan has become an icon in her own right on social media. Hollie Shearer wore a double denim top and skirt Credit: instagram @hollieshearer She has 82,000 followers on Instagram Credit: instagram @hirestreetuk She has a following of over 82,000 on Instagram. And her latest post showed exactly why. Hollie, 28, posted a video to her page wearing...Full Story »

Chelsea have completed the signing of midfielder Romeo Lavia from Southampton for a reported £53million, possibly rising to £58m, taking their total number of first-team acquisitions this summer to eight.The 19-year-old, who has played just 29 times in the Premier League, has signed a seven-year deal having made clear earlier this week his desire to move to Stamford Bridge over Liver...Full Story »

The Gunners have already signed Kai Havertz, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice this summer, but it is thought Mikel Arteta is keen to add an attacking player to his ranks before the transfer deadline slams shut. And it seems the north Londoners have reignited their pursuit of Fati, having previously expressed an interest in the winger last season. That's according to Spanish journalist Adrian S...Full Story »

Premier League giants Chelsea have, on Friday, moved forward with an opening offer for a new goalkeeper, it has been revealed. The situation between the posts, of course, has taken its place front and centre in the headlines in west London across much of the summer to date. This comes with the Chelsea brass having opted to part with not one, but both of the club's options between the posts, na...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper saw growth in his side as they rallied to beat Sheffield United late on.Forest looked like being held by the Blades after Taiwo Awoniyi’s third-minute opener was cancelled out by Gus Hamer’s delightful strike shortly after half-time.But Chris Wood, whose loan move from Newcastle was made permanent in the summer, came up with the goods in the 89th m...Full Story »

Chris Wood climbed off the bench to score an 89th-minute winner as Nottingham Forest got their Premier League season up and running with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United.Forest looked like being held by the Blades after Taiwo Awoniyi’s third-minute opener was cancelled out by Gus Hamer’s delightful strike shortly after half-time.But after Steve Cooper’s men had laboured in t...Full Story »

Chelsea have put in a shock bid for a Nottingham Forest player in the past few days. The Blues are in talks with Nottingham Forest over the possibility of signing Brennan Johnson this summer. As they face the prospect of missing out on Michael Olise, who has signed a new deal with Crystal Palace, Chelsea are turning elsewhere. Per The Mail, the Blues are assessing Johnson as a possible sign...Full Story »

Hammers technical director Tim Steidten is in Holland for face-to-face talks to get a deal for the £40m-rated midfielder over the line. Mohammed Kudus has been linked to Prem clubs and is near to joining West Ham Credit: Rex The Ghanaian ace, 23, was close to joining Brighton earlier in the window only for the move to break down over a release clause request in his contract. West Ham are...Full Story »

Bayern Munich have decided not to sign ex-Manchester United star David de Gea but have failed in their bid to sign Manchester City's Stefan Ortega. De Gea looking for club after United release Bayern opt out of signing Spanish keeper Man City rule out Ortega move to German side WHAT HAPPENED? De Gea left United this summer after more than 12 years at the club. The 32-year-old, who played...Full Story »

Hibernian manager Lee Johnson praised his “warriors” after a 2-2 draw in Switzerland set up a European clash with Aston Villa.Villa captain John McGinn will bring his team to Easter Road next Wednesday for the first leg of the Europa Conference League play-offs after Hibs secured a 5-3 aggregate victory over Luzern.Elie Youan scored early to put Hibs three ahead on aggregate and then...Full Story »

Hibernian set up a glamour tie with Aston Villa after goals from Elie Youan and Martin Boyle earned a 2-2 draw against Luzern in Switzerland.Hibs progressed 5-3 on aggregate to secure a Europa Conference League play-off against a Villa side captained by former Easter Road hero John McGinn, who was part of their 2016 Scottish Cup-winning team.Youan fired Hibs into an early lead and set up Boyle t...Full Story »

Keira Walsh vowed England are determined to honour their injured team-mates and “get the job done” when they face Spain in Sunday’s World Cup final.This is the furthest the Lionesses have ever advanced in a global showpiece, with Wednesday’s 3-1 semi-final victory over co-hosts Australia assuring them of at least one place higher than the bronze medal achieved eight years...Full Story »

Chloe Kelly is one of the most recognisable faces of the England women's side - and before their semi-final with Australia, Daily Star Sport have a look at one of the Lionesses' key stars Chloe Kelly netted England's Euro 2022 winner (Image: UEFA via Getty Images) Chloe Kelly was briefly the most famous name in England - let's take the clocks back 12 months, to England's Euro 2022 final with G...Full Story »

Norwich boss David Wagner urged Norwich matchwinner Jonathan Rowe not to get carried away after his Carabao Cup first-round winner at QPR.Rowe’s header in the final seconds at Loftus Road secured a 1-0 victory and an away tie against Bristol City in the second round.The 20-year-old has scored in all three of the Canaries’ games this season and his manager has challenged him to keep i...Full Story »