Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is ready to return to training. The Daily Mail says Mendy hopes to get the all-clear to resume full training within the next fortnight. He has been sidelined since the start of the year after breaking his finger in training, a setback that required an operation in France. Mendy has been able to begin light training alone and targeted work to assess how his i...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised his players for their response to having a goal disallowed as they bounced back to beat Wolves 2-0 at Anfield.Darwin Nunez thought he had made the breakthrough in the 66th minute when he fired past Jose Sa only for VAR to advise referee Paul Tierney to view the pitchside monitor for a foul by Diogo Jota.However, they recovered from that setback to take the ...Full Story »

N'Golo Kante is close to agreeing a new deal at Chelsea, sources have told ESPN. The midfielder is out of contract in June, but negotiations have gone well and the two parties are finalising the details over a new three-year contract that will run until June 2026, sources added. Kante had wanted to stay at Chelsea all along, with sources saying he is happy at the club despite the injury prob...Full Story »

Graham Potter attempted to remain defiant after watching Chelsea suffer a third consecutive defeat with a 2-0 loss at Tottenham but accepted he does not have “too much good faith” given his poor start to life at the club.The struggling Blues lost out after Spurs midfielder Oliver Skipp smashed home his first goal for the club 20 seconds into the second period before fellow academy gr...Full Story »

Dave Challinor was furious with his Stockport players after a “horrendous” 1-0 defeat at Barrow ended their five-game winning run.The match was settled by Josh Kay’s goal 20 minutes from time and, after naming the same starting line-up for five successive matches, Challinor admits changes are likely for their next fixture at home to Doncaster.“That performance is nowhere ...Full Story »

Carlos Corberan was as delighted by Daryl Dike’s defensive efforts as he was by the West Brom striker’s brace after he sunk Middlesbrough with a quick-fire early double at The Hawthorns.USA international Dike found the net in the eighth minute when teed up by Jed Wallace, and two minutes later John Swift was the provider.Boro, who had been in rampant goalscoring form prior to this, w...Full Story »

A first-half goal from former Morecambe player Carlos Mendes Gomes was enough to give Fleetwood Town the three points in this entertaining League One derby at Highbury.The on-loan Luton Town man scored the only goal of the game on 13 minutes after a flowing move down the right.Shaun Rooney played in Jayden Stockley and the striker’s cross was volleyed home by Mendes Gomes from six yards ou...Full Story »

Sam Gallagher scored twice as Blackburn condemned QPR to a 3-1 home defeat in Gareth Ainsworth’s first match as boss.Ainsworth’s side levelled through Tim Iroegbunam’s goal after Gallagher’s opener, but promotion-chasing Rovers responded to clinch a third consecutive win and extend their unbeaten league run to six matches.Sammie Szmodics put them back in front and Gallagh...Full Story »

Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was attacked by a fan after his team's 2-0 defeat at PSV in the Europa League on Thursday. Dmitrovic attacked by fan after match Goalkeeper pinned assailant to the ground Sevilla lost game but progressed to last 16 WHAT HAPPENED? The spectator ran onto the field and charged at the shot stopper but Dmitrovic was able to overpower his assailant and hold h...Full Story »

Chelsea are close to reaching a verbal agreement with Independiente del Valle over the signing of 15-year-old Ecuadorian starlet Kendry Paez. Paez highly rated South American talent Chelsea nearing verbal agreement with Independiente Midfielder would join Blues upon turning 18 WHAT HAPPENED? That's according to recent information from journalist Fabrizio Romano, who notes that any deal w...Full Story »

Man United and Tottenham target, Jordan Pickford, is close to signing a new contract at Everton despite the club being under threat of relegation. The Blues are currently sat in 16th position in the Premier League standings and are just one point off the relegation zone. However, the Toffees look like they are on the rise having won two of their last three matches under new manager Sean Dyche...Full Story »

Charlie Reilly fired a second-half double as Albion Rovers beat Elgin 3-0 at home to boost their Scottish League Two survival chances.Reilly struck twice after a goalless first half, his second from the penalty spot, and Ayrton Sonkur headed Albion’s third.Max Wright headed over the crossbar for Albion just before the break and Reilly gave them the lead soon after the restart when he fired...Full Story »

Embattled Hartlepool boss Keith Curle insists his side can still avoid relegation after losing at home to Newport.Pools turned in a pitiful performance, conceding the game’s only goal in the 91st minute to Exiles skipper Mickey Demetriou.Curle was hounded by fans at the final whistle and while Pools sit a point above the drop zone, second-bottom Crawley have four games in hand.He said: &ld...Full Story »

York halted a run of five straight league defeats but had to settle for a 1-1 home draw against Boreham Wood.Adam Crookes gave York the lead late in the first half, but it was short-lived as Boreham Wood levelled through George Broadbent before the interval.The visitors went closest to opening the scoring when Will Evans’ 12th-minute shot hit a post, but they fell behind after failing to c...Full Story »

Will Collar scored twice as Stockport moved to within a point of the automatic promotion places with a 2-1 win at rock-bottom Rochdale.Callum Camps struck the foot of a post with a volley from the edge of the area, while Rochdale finished the first half strongly and went close when Devante Rodney cut infield before smashing a 25-yard effort against the Hatters’ crossbar.County took hold of...Full Story »

Harry Ottaway’s second-half double ended Dorking’s run of five straight National League defeats and sealed a 3-2 win over relegation rivals Torquay.James McShane’s early opener for the home side threatened to come to nothing when the Gulls, fresh from Saturday’s win over Barnet, levelled through Aaron Jarvis just before half-time.The visitors built on their equaliser when...Full Story »

RANGERS Wag Yesenia Morelos has stunned fans in a tiny bikini as she enjoys a luxury Scottish getaway. Wife of Ibrox hero Alfredo, she's been spotted partying away in a hot tub in the popular Perthshire spot of Pitlochry. Yesenia Morelos is enjoying a winter Scots getawayCredit: INSTAGRAM/@YESE2207 Yesenia shared several videos and pics from her winter break with her 21,000 Instagram follower...Full Story »

The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner curled in a stoppage-time free-kick to rescue a come-from-behind 4-3 win for the French champions Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier might just have had his job saved. With his side 3-2 down against Lille entering the final couple of minutes having taken a 2-0 lead, the writing was on the wall for a coach who had previously overseen three straight...Full Story »

Gary Caldwell felt 10-man Exeter City failed to “match the fight” of Port Vale in a League One fixture settled by Will Forrester’s second-half strike for the home team.Exeter manager Caldwell insisted Rekeem Harper suffered of a piece of rough justice when the midfielder received two yellow cards in the space of 11 minutes after the break.Forrester scored from close range immed...Full Story »

Karl Robinson was defiant about his future as Oxford boss despite defeat at Cambridge.The match was a meeting between two sides in poor form, with Cambridge only recording two league wins since the end of September and Oxford now having collected only one point from their last seven outings.Lloyd Jones headed the winning goal in the eighth minute to end an eight-match winless streak for Mark Bon...Full Story »