Motherwell will be without Paul McGinn for the visit of cinch Premiership leaders Celtic.The right-back has had a scan on the knee injury he suffered at Tynecastle on Sunday and is awaiting the full diagnosis.Attacker Joe Efford (quad) remains out along with left-backs Nathan McGinley and Jake Carroll (knee).Midfielder James McCarthy will be missing from Celtic’s squad.The Republic of Irel...Full Story »

Man Utd winger Antony nervously waited for the Brazil World Cup squad announcement (Image: twitter/@antony00) Manchester United star Antony had a wholesome reaction to being picked for the World Cup by Brazil while other big Premier League stars missed out. New viral footage shows the £85million winger hearing news of his call-up by Selecao coach Tite on Monday night. The video, which the...Full Story »

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta says the players are behind manager Graham Potter after defeat to Arsenal. Potter is still fine-tuning his system after joining Chelsea as head coach in September, with this result meaning he has suffered consecutive defeats in the league, having not lost in any competition prior to last week's loss at Brighton. However, Azpilicueta refuses to accept that, b...Full Story »

Birmingham will be without Krystian Bielik when they host Swansea in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday.Derby loanee Bielik picked up his fifth booking of the campaign in Blues’ 2-1 win at Stoke at the weekend, earning him a one-match ban.Marc Roberts, George Friend and Nico Gordon are back in training after injury, but it is unclear whether they will be ready to feature against Swansea.M...Full Story »

Liam Kelly is an injury doubt for Rochdale’s home clash with Salford.Midfielder Kelly was forced off with a knock five minutes before the break in Dale’s 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Bristol Rovers on Saturday, with Ethan Brierley coming on.Tyrese Sinclair dropped to the bench for that game with Abraham Odoh starting, and it remains to be seen if boss Jim Bentley changes it up again. Scott Q...Full Story »

The alleged provisional squad of players selected by Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni for this month’s World Cup has been leaked on Sunday evening. The Albiceleste, of course, are set to make the journey to Qatar this winter amongst the favourites to ultimately clinch glory on world football’s biggest stage. Scaloni’s troops, remarkably, have not tasted defeat in a single ...Full Story »

Chelsea scored twice in four second-half minutes to move level on points with Women’s Super League leaders Arsenal and end Manchester United’s 100 per cent record.United headed into Sunday night’s fixture at Leigh Sports Village with five victories from as many matches.But Sam Kerr and Lauren James scored in quick succession to fire the Blues to an impressive victory.Sam Kerr, ...Full Story »

Unai Emery enjoyed a dream start to life in the Aston Villa dugout as irked Erik ten Hag admitted his meek Manchester United side deserved to lose in Birmingham.Recently brought in as Steven Gerrard’s successor, former Arsenal boss Emery masterminded his new club’s first Premier League win against the Red Devils at Villa Park since August 1995.Leon Bailey struck an early blow that Lu...Full Story »

David Moyes admitted West Ham gifted Crystal Palace both their goals as they crashed to a dramatic 2-1 defeat at the London Stadium.Said Benrahma had fired the Hammers into the lead against the run of play with a 20-yard screamer but the West Ham defence undid all his good work with a horror show five minutes before half-time, allowing Wilfried Zaha to haul Palace level.Then, in the fifth minute...Full Story »

Unai Emery enjoyed a dream start to life in the Aston Villa hotseat as meek Manchester United fell to their first Premier League loss at Villa Park since 1995.A run of 23 winless home league games against the Red Devils stretching 9,941 days came to an end on Sunday as Steven Gerrard’s successor oversaw a 3-1 victory in his first match in charge.Leon Bailey struck and Lucas Digne scored a ...Full Story »

Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst acknowledged the increasing pressure he is under after the 2-1 defeat by St Johnstone left them seven points behind Celtic at the top of the cinch Premiership.The Light Blues made unwanted history on Tuesday night when their 3-1 home defeat to Ajax saddled them with the worst-ever record in the Champions League – finishing Group A with six straight def...Full Story »

PEP GUARDIOLA left fans in hysterics with his reaction to Erling Haaland's winner for Manchester City against Fulham. The Norwegian superstar, 22, scored a stoppage-time penalty to hand the champions a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Cottagers at the Etihad. Guardiola celebrated in front of the Man City fans And as the Man City players celebrated Haaland's spot kick, the camera cut to Guardi...Full Story »

Millwall loan star Charlie Cresswell sported a brutal black eye and a gash on his forehead after a gruesome clash against Hull City. But miraculously, the 20-year-old who is on loan to the Lions from Leeds, carried on playing throughout the rest of the match after the grisly clash, which took place when his face connected with the boot of Hull ace Oscar Estupinan. The centre-forward was given ...Full Story »

Manchester United have been secretly keeping tabs on Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic amid the uncertainty over Cristiano Ronaldo’s future, according to reports. The striker was on the Red Devils’ radar when Ralf Rangnick was in charge. And Red Bull Salzburg’s Benjamin Sesko is another player under consideration, despite the fact he’s due to move to RB Leipzig. Manchester...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton believes Scott Sinclair’s match-winning goal in the 1-0 win over Rochdale will just be the start.Sinclair, making his first start since rejoining the club he left for Chelsea in 2005, popped up with the only goal of the game to send Rovers into the second round of the FA Cup.With just 25 minutes remaining, Sinclair made the most of a James Gibbons header, wh...Full Story »

Gary Horgan hailed history-making Chippenham for sticking to the script to beat Lincoln 1-0 in the FA Cup.The sixth-tier Bluebirds bagged two firsts, reaching the second round proper and beating English Football League opposition for the first time in the club’s history courtesy of a deft backheel from Joe Hanks a minute before half-time.Hanks’ ingenuity came after a throw-in from th...Full Story »

Coalville Town manager Adam Stevens was left with a mixture of pride and also agony over an opportunity missed after seeing his non-league side knocked out of the FA Cup by Charlton.League One Charlton ran out 4-1 winners in the end but Coalville, who ply their trade in the Southern Central Premier League, could have made threatened an upset when they had an opportunity to push for an equaliser ...Full Story »

Brentford boss Thomas Frank said his goalkeeping coach was injured after a pre-match altercation with a Nottingham Forest groundsman.Frank claimed Manu Sotelo has marks on him after an argument with a member of the groundstaff before kick-off of the 2-2 draw and accused Forest of disrupting their pre-match warm-up.The PA news agency understands Forest have conducted an early investigation and de...Full Story »

Wolves caretaker boss Steve Davis believes incoming manager Julen Lopetegui needs to hit the January sales.Pascal Gross’ winner sunk the 10-man hosts as Brighton grabbed a 3-2 win at Molineux to keep Wolves rooted in the Premier League drop zone.Goncalo Guedes’ strike and Ruben Neves’ penalty cancelled out Adam Lallana’s early opener. Kaoru Mitoma levelled before Nelson S...Full Story »

Dagenham boss Daryl McMahon hailed his injury-hit side after they reached the second round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win at 10-man Maidenhead.Josh Walker’s 81st-minute goal delighted the travelling fans at York Road, after Will De Havilland was sent off for the hosts in the clash of the mid-table Vanarama National League teams.Proud McMahon said: “We were down to the bare bones, but t...Full Story »