Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick was proud of his side but admitted they did not have the “quality” to win as they were frustrated by Stoke in a 1-1 draw at the Riverside Stadium.Boro scored the opening goal of the contest when Chuba Akpom finished a neat counter-attack to grab his 23rd of the season after Ben Pearson was dispossessed in the middle of the park midway through the fi...Full Story »

Mansfield boss Nigel Clough felt the key decisions went against his side during Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to promotion rivals Northampton.Sam Hoskins scored the only goal of the game with a 28th-minute penalty after Louis Appere was brought down by Mansfield goalkeeper Christy Pym.Ollie Clarke and Danny Johnson missed chances to level before Mansfield’s hopes were effectively ended by Ste...Full Story »

Preston boss Ryan Lowe is playing down his side’s chances of making a late Sky Bet Championship play-off push after a 2-1 win at Rotherham.North End stretched their unbeaten run to seven games thanks to first-half goals from Tom Cannon and Ched Evans, which cut the gap to sixth-placed Blackburn to just five points.With nine games to go and plenty of teams above them with an extra game to p...Full Story »

Boss Michael Flynn called on shot-shy Walsall to risk pulling the trigger more after drawing another blank in a goalless draw with Swindon in Sky Bet League Two.The stalemate made it 418 minutes without a home goal and 12 league matches without a win for the Saddlers, despite showing more promise in attacking positions.Flynn’s charges certainly had the better chances, with Manny Monthe bom...Full Story »

Ryan Colclough scored the pick of the goals as Chesterfield cemented fourth place in the National League table with a 4-0 win at Wealdstone.The Spireites took the lead 11 minutes before half-time when, after Liam Mandeville had been brought down, Paul McCallum dispatched the penalty past keeper Sam Howes.They increased their advantage four minutes into first-half stoppage time when Mandeville bu...Full Story »

Portsmouth manager John Mousinho said it was “job done” after his side’s 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Accrington – where both sides ended with 10 men.Stanley played for 80 minutes with a man down after goalkeeper Lukas Jensen was sent off on 10 minutes for catching Paddy Lane who was charging through.From the resulting free kick on 13 minutes, Joe Pigott’s loo...Full Story »

Chris Wilder was delighted that “a front-foot performance” in his first home game as Watford manager resulted in a 3-0 victory over Birmingham.Imran Louza and Keinan Davis put the Hornets 2-0 up within 16 minutes and Blues could have been further behind by half-time after Jeremy Ngakia hit a post and Ismael Kone and Craig Cathcart both went close.The visitors perked up in the second ...Full Story »

Altrincham claimed a second 2-1 win at York in the space of four days as they followed up their FA Trophy success with victory in the Vanarama National League.City had already gone close through Maz Kouhyar’s curling effort when Altrincham took a seventh-minute lead from Manchester United youngster Joe Hugill’s close-range finish.York responded and Olly Dyson forced two decent saves ...Full Story »

Northampton moved to within a point of the automatic promotion places with an excellent 1-0 win over 10-man Mansfield at Sixfields on Tuesday.The Cobblers started well and were first to threaten when Will Hondermarck sent Sam Hoskins through on goal but he took too much time to get a shot away and James Perch recovered to make a block.The same man made no mistake when he was presented with anoth...Full Story »

Two quick second-half goals were enough for Barnet to return to winning ways after beating Yeovil 2-1.The Glovers had a chance to take the lead early in the game when Ryan Law headed over the bar before Finley Potter and Kian Flanagan had subsequent efforts for the Bees.Laurie Walker then made a great save to deny Jordan Maguire-Drew’s header just before the break.David Moyo nearly broke t...Full Story »

Josh Kelly helped himself to a double as Solihull Moors left it late to claim a third successive National League win and deepen struggling Scunthorpe’s woes.Kelly opened and then rounded off the scoring after Will Smith’s equaliser and Joe Sbarra’s late strike to pave the way for a 3-1 home victory.Moors goalkeeper Ryan Boot managed to turn Cameron Wilson’s early effort o...Full Story »

Ruben Rodrigues struck twice to drag Notts County to within a point of National League leaders Wrexham after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Eastleigh.With the Magpies trailing at the break to Danny Whitehall’s penalty, the Portuguese levelled and then fired his side in front before Macaulay Langstaff cemented a win which piles the pressure on the Welshmen, who have a game in hand.Eastleigh...Full Story »

Arsenal face a battle to keep hold of whizkid Ethan Nwaneri. Nwaneri became the youngest ever Premier League player when he featured as a substitute against Brentford in September aged 15 years and 181 days. He is highly regarded by the Gunners but they risk losing him amid interest from Premier League rivals. Chelsea and Manchester City are amongst the clubs who are keeping tabs on Nwaneri...Full Story »

A court has reversed its decision to allow Gavi to be registered as a first-team player at Barcelona because the Catalan club filed their lawsuit late, LaLiga said on Monday. Gavi, 18, signed a new contract at Camp Nou in September until 2026 but the Spanish top-flight did not clear the deal because Barca were in excess of their spending limit. Barca filed a lawsuit against that decision and, ...Full Story »

Neymar wants to stay at PSG until 2027 Credit: AFP Chelsea have shown an interest in signing the 31-year-old. But according to The Athletic, Neymar has "no intention" of playing for anyone but PSG. The forward joined the French champions from Barcelona, another club he has often been linked with, in 2017. He has since played 173 times for PSG, scoring 117 goals and laying on 77 assists. Pri...Full Story »

Last week, SunSport exclusively revealed that United were plotting a swoop for the 27-year-old Portugal ace. Liverpool and Man Utd are interested in signing Palhinha Credit: Getty And according to The Daily Mail, Liverpool have also expressed an interest. Palhinha joined Fulham in a £20million transfer from Sporting Lisbon last summer. However, following a series of impressive performan...Full Story »

Chelsea's deal to sign Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig is in place regardless of how their season ends, with the forward set to join for €60m. Nkunku to Chelsea already confirmed No going back for Frenchman Announcement expected at end of season WHAT HAPPENED? In the latest episode of Chelsea's outlandish transfer business, Nkunku's move to Stamford Bridge is completely done and...Full Story »

MANCHESTER UNITED are eyeing Fulham star Joao Palhinha to beef up their midfield this summer. United, Newcastle, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham are all monitoring the Portuguese. Joao Palhinha is set to be at the centre of a massive transfer battle this summer But boss Marco Silva is determined to resist bids for the star. Fulham paid an initial £17million to sign Palhinha fr...Full Story »

Atletico Madrid players are expecting Joao Felix to return from his loan at Chelsea. Felix joined Chelsea on-loan in January from Atletico to the end of the season. Atleti midfielder Koke said: "They were important players within the team. They made the decision to leave. Joao transferred and (Matheus) Cunha transferred. "They are decisions of each one. Totally respectable. Joao is picking ...Full Story »

Real Madrid will join the complaint filed on Friday by Spanish prosecutors against Barcelona and two of the LaLiga club's ex-presidents over alleged payments to a company owned by a senior refereeing official to influence match results, the club said on Sunday. The Champions League and LaLiga holders called an urgent board meeting to discuss alleged attempts by archrivals Barcelona to influen...Full Story »