Sheffield United were undone by a familiar face as Phil Jagielka proved instrumental in Stoke’s 3-1 home win.The 40-year-old, who made 309 appearances for the Blades across two spells, scored one and set up another, recording a goal and an assist in the same game for the first time in his career.Jagielka first assumed the role of creator, teeing up centre-back partner Ben Wilmot to fire th...Full Story »

Alex Hurst’s second-half goal helped York beat rock-bottom Torquay 1-0.Hurst picked up the ball on halfway in the 71st minute and ran clear before firing under Gulls keeper Mark Halstead.The goal allowed City to make amends for their disappointing reverse in the midweek derby with Halifax.Prior to Hurst’s strike, Lenell John-Lewis had gone close for York and Maziar Kouhyar hit the ba...Full Story »

Grimsby picked up their first home win in League Two this season with a 3-0 victory that leaves opponents Crawley propping up the division.Anthony Glennon opened the scoring at Blundell Park with a stunning early free-kick before goals from Gavan Holohan and Ryan Taylor sealed the three points in the second half.Grimsby could hardly have wished for a better perfect start as Glennon curled his sh...Full Story »

Ross County produced a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory over Livingston to win for the first time in seven matches.After their five-goal mauling from Motherwell in midweek, Owura Edwards popped up with the winner and the perfect response with 16 minutes remaining.It was a first goal in four games for the Staggies and a first victory at Livingston in over a decade to register just a second league win o...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou believes the manner of Celtic’s last-gasp victory in Perth can give his side confidence.The cinch Premiership leaders looked like dropping points on the road for a second league game running when St Johnstone defender Alex Mitchell levelled three minutes into stoppage-time following a free-kick into the box.But Giorgos Giakoumakis turned home Alexandro Bernabei’s cro...Full Story »

Manchester City have benefitted from the prowess of Kevin de Bruyne during his time at the Etihad where his incredible range of passing has helped them overtake Manchester United Kevin de Bruyne had a priceless reaction after being handed a Man Utd shirt Kevin de Bruyne looked shocked when he was handed a Manchester United shirt and immediately asked if he could burn it. The Manchester City s...Full Story »

The former midfielder, now 43, was famous for his luscious long locks as he spent three years at Old Trafford and was even part of the historic 1998-99 team. A former Manchester United star looks totally unrecognisable after retiring in 2017 Credit: Instagram Dyed blonde hair and a skin fade is a far cry from his playing days Credit: Instagram After featuring alongside the likes of David Beck...Full Story »

Chelsea are set to appoint Christopher Vivell as the club's new technical director after his departure from RB Leipzig, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, represented by Behdad Eghbali, are believed to have met with a series of candidates in the past fortnight including Vivell, who was sacked by Leipzig on Thursday. "Christopher Vivell was released f...Full Story »

The champions allowed the Belgian midfield ace to join today’s opponents Southampton in early July, once their swoop for Kalvin Phillips was agreed. Chelsea failed with a bid for Romeo Lavia just weeks after he joined Southampton Credit: Getty However he was very highly-regarded by Pep Guardiola and staff at the Etihad. Therefore they secured an option to buy him back if any bids were a...Full Story »

Sarina Wiegman stressed England will only be able to lay claim to being the best team on the planet once they have lifted the World Cup after her side defeated the United States 2-1 in a friendly at Wembley.Returning to the scene of their historic European Championship triumph in the summer, the Lionesses recorded their first victory since 2017 over the US, who had beaten them en route to c...Full Story »

Lyndon Dykes’ late penalty gave QPR a 2-1 victory over Reading and moved them up to third in the Sky Bet Championship table.Reading, who started the night in third place and would have gone top had they won, went ahead at Loftus Road through Andy Carroll’s penalty.But Dykes, on his 27th birthday, equalised with his first goal in 11 matches and then, with six minutes remaining, he net...Full Story »

England claimed victory in the clash of European and world champions as Sarina Wiegman’s side beat the United States 2-1 in a friendly at Wembley.The Lionesses went ahead through Lauren Hemp’s 10th-minute finish before Sophia Smith equalised in the 28th minute after Georgia Stanway lost possession near her own box.England then benefited from two VAR checks – one resulting in th...Full Story »

Hibernian could have Rocky Bushiri, Elias Melkersen and Demi Mitchell back in contention for Saturday’s cinch Premiership match at home to Motherwell following their recent injury lay-offs.Jake Doyle-Hayes and Momo Bojang both face several weeks on the sidelines after sustaining ankle and groin injuries respectively.Kevin Dabrowski (shoulder), Kevin Nisbet (knee) and Aiden McGeady (knee) a...Full Story »

Livingston are set to have left-back Cristiano Montano back from injury for the cinch Premiership clash with Ross County.Esmael Gonvcalves (back) and Jack Fitzwater (hamstring) will remain on the sidelines though.Long-term injury victim Tom Parkes (knee) is also out.Ross County manager Malky Mackay could ring the changes after a 5-0 home defeat by Motherwell in midweek.Full-backs George Harmon (...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest have no fresh injury concerns ahead of their midlands derby against Aston Villa.Forest emerged from their 4-0 hammering at Leicester on Monday with a clean bill of health, but boss Steve Cooper could make changes.Jack Colback (back), Moussa Niakhate (groin) and Omar Richards (leg) remain out.Aston Villa will have Matty Cash and Calum Chambers available for the trip up the M42 a...Full Story »

Doncaster defender Joseph Olowu will be unavailable to face league leaders Leyton Orient on Saturday.The centre-back was substituted with a facial injury in last weekend’s 2-1 win over Rochdale after a collision with teammate James Maxwell and will be out for around six weeks.A late decision will be made on the fitness of George Miller and Kyle Knoyle ahead of the weekend.Other injury doub...Full Story »

Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes will be without four players for the visit of Hearts in the cinch Premiership on Sunday.The Killie boss hopes Ryan Alebiosu, Liam Donnelly and Fraser Murray will be available for the game against St Mirren next week.However, Scott Robinson is still a few weeks away from fitness following a lengthy spell out with a foot injury.Hearts will have Robert Snodgrass back i...Full Story »

Stoke manager Alex Neil will be without four key players for his side’s Sky Bet Championship clash against Sheffield United at the bet365 Stadium.Sam Clucas will miss out again with a hamstring injury, while Harry Souttar is continuing his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament tear.Gavin Kilkenny (groin) and Jacob Brown (muscle) are also expected to be absent.Harry Clarke, who marked...Full Story »

West Ham remain without winger Maxwel Cornet for the Premier League match against Fulham at the London Stadium on Sunday.Summer signing Cornet picked up a calf strain against Wolves, and missed the Europa Conference League win at Anderlecht.Hammers boss David Moyes reported no other major selection concerns, with defender Nayef Aguerd (ankle) continuing his recovery.Fulham manager Marco Silva co...Full Story »

Huddersfield will be without suspended midfielder David Kasumu for their home game against Hull.Kasumu received two yellow cards in Tuesday night’s 3-3 draw at Luton and sits out a one-game ban.Fellow midfielder Jonathan Hogg missed out in midweek due to an ongoing calf problem, but defender Will Boyle (hip) is in contention for his first league start of the season after stepping off the b...Full Story »