GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ headed to the beach in Qatar this week after arriving to support partner Cristiano Ronaldo. The 28-year-old missed the start of the tournament, but has since jetted to the Middle East with their five kids to cheer on her man. Georgina Rodriguez headed to the beach in Qatar While ex-Manchester United star Ronaldo, 37, is busy training with his Portugal team-mates, Georgina h...Full Story »

  Netherlands and Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk, late on Saturday, made use of questions regarding the future of teammate Cody Gakpo to aim a less than subtle jibe at Manchester United. Gakpo, of course, has seen his name cast firmly into the spotlight over the course of the last couple of weeks. This comes with the explosive wide-man having built on a scintillating opening to the...Full Story »

Nikolay Todorov’s second-half header salvaged a point for leaders Dunfermline in a 1-1 home draw against Queen of the South.Bulgarian striker Todorov headed home Aaron Comrie’s cross to cancel out Ruari Paton’s opener for Queens just before the break.The Pars extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to seven matches, but their lead at the top was cut to five points by Ed...Full Story »

Former Hartlepool boss Dave Challinor returned to the Suit Direct Stadium for the first time to pile relegation concerns on his old club by guiding Stockport to a 5-0 win in League Two.Challinor, who left Pools 13 months ago shortly after steering the club back into the English Football League, saw County move up to 12th and five points off a play-off spot.Two first-half goals from Kyle Wootton ...Full Story »

Paul McMullan’s goal gave Dundee a 1-0 victory at Inverness in the cinch Championship.The winger made the decisive breakthrough in the 26th minute, cutting inside and beating home goalkeeper Cammy Mackay with a curling shot.Luke McCowan came close to doubling the lead with 15 minutes remaining but MacKay did well to deny him.The closest the hosts came to a leveller was when Dan Mackay fire...Full Story »

Jack Powell scored a stunner as new Crawley boss Matthew Etherington made a winning start with a hard-fought 2-0 home victory over play-off chasing Swindon.After Nick Tsaroulla had given Crawley the lead in the 79th minute, Powell produced a 40-yard effort four minutes later to seal a fourth home League Two win in five matches.Former Peterborough Under-21 coach Etherington went into his first ga...Full Story »

Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray praised the reaction of his side in the second half as they claimed a 3-0 win over Millwall to climb into the Championship’s top 10.The Black Cats were second best for most of the opening period at the Stadium of Light but made it to the break level thanks to some committed defending and a couple of missed Millwall opportunities.Things were totally different...Full Story »

Sunderland climbed into the top 10 of the Sky Bet Championship as they made a winning return after the World Cup shutdown.Second-half goals from Amad Diallo, Alex Pritchard and Ellis Simms enabled the Black Cats to claim a 3-0 victory over Millwall, who succumbed tamely on Wearside.Sunderland effectively settled things with a two-goal burst in the space of five minutes at the start of the second...Full Story »

Chesterfield’s nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end as Halifax secured a late 1-0 victory in the Vanarama National League.Robert Harker scored the decisive goal for the Shaymen in the 81st minute to dent Chesterfield’s promotion charge.The Spireites, who will play West Brom in the FA Cup third round next month, are fourth, eight points behind leaders Notts County...Full Story »

Notts County moved to the top of the National League table as a 4-1 win spoilt Scunthorpe’s party.There was a sense of optimism around Glanford Park following the news owner Peter Swann had reached an agreement with a local group for them to take over the club.The game started so well for Scunthorpe as they took a 19th-minute lead through Caolan Lavery’s driven finish.But the Iron&rs...Full Story »

Goals from Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez of Manchester City sent them through to the knockouts with a 2-0 win against Poland. The passport officer raised his hands in the air and celebrated an Argentina goal Credit: https://twitter.com/FaacuLopez__/status/1598102427303309313 Unfortunately, he had a bewildered women's passport in his hand at the time Credit: https://tw...Full Story »

Manchester City have entered the race for West Ham midfielder Declan Rice. Rice’s performances over the last few years have been exceptional and the England international has quickly become one of the best central midfielders in Europe. With West Ham struggling towards the bottom of the Premier League, Rice may have to consider leaving the club in order to pursue Champions League footb...Full Story »

Ultimately one that didn’t actually make a blind bit of difference to either side… yet one that still sent shock waves around the planet. Vincent Aboubakar celebrates his winner Credit: Getty He was then shown a second yellow card and sent off Credit: Getty One for the scrapbook for Cameroon, one for the scrapheap for Brazil. And a definite “come back and join us” mess...Full Story »

Jake Reeves scored a stunning goal to put Stevenage on the path to putting out a real statement at the top of Sky Bet League Two by thrashing fellow promotion-contenders Barrow 5-0 at the Lamex Stadium.Second-placed Boro moved within two points of leaders Leyton Orient as they emphatically denied the fourth-placed Bluebirds the chance to close the gap on the automatic promotion places.A wonderfu...Full Story »

James Wilson’s second-half double for Port Vale gave them a 2-0 win at Plymouth, which ended the Pilgrims’ nine-match winning home run, although they maintain top spot in Sky Bet League One.Vale took the lead from a 65th-minute corner when Nathan Smith’s goalbound header was turned past goalkeeper Michael Cooper by Vale striker Wilson.Within six minutes the visitors had doubled...Full Story »

Alfie May scored the only goal as Cheltenham stretched their unbeaten Sky Bet League One run to five games with a win at Charlton.May pounced late to grab the three points following a mistake by goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray.The only action of note in the first half fell to the visitors as they were denied three times in quick succession.May’s lob hit the crossbar and fell for Dan N’...Full Story »

Ross Stewart could feature for the first time since August as Sunderland come up against Millwall on Saturday.The 26-year-old striker has been out of action with a thigh injury but boss Tony Mowbray confirmed he could be in the line-up sooner rather than later.Lynden Gooch and Aji Alese are back to full match fitness and are in contention to start.Defender Dan Ballard remains out and will not fa...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today.   Where is Messi ? Where is Salem ?   Japan stun Spain to qualifyGood job Germany   See you BelgiumCroatia 0-0 Belgium Germany exit the World Cup at the group stage for the second tournament running   Japan use Ritsu Doan off the bench.It was super effective   A Former Barcelona Manager Knocking a Former Bayern Manager o...Full Story »

Brazilian model Lais Ribeiro flags up support for her national team in the World CupCredit: Richard Ramos In July the Victoria's Secret angel, 32, wed her pro basketball player partner Joakim Noah, 37. She got engaged to the Chicago Bulls star a year after they met. They tied the knot in a romantic ceremony beside the ocean. Mum-of-one Lais will no doubt be hoping her patriotic pose will be ...Full Story »

Leeds United have been linked with Serbian midfielder Sasa Lukic in recent days, but they may face a challenge from some sizable fish in order to get their man. The 26-year-old is out of contract with Torino in 2024 and has not yet decided whether he wants to renew his deal in Turin yet. Earlier in the week it was reported that Leeds United were one of the clubs tracking his situation closely...Full Story »