Carlisle have Jon Mellish back as they look to tighten up their defence for the visit of Walsall.Mellish served a one-game ban in midweek and his presence was missed in a 3-3 draw at Harrogate.Boss Paul Simpson has options up front, with Jack Stretton fit again after an ankle injury to vie for a recall.Joel Senior, Jamie Devitt and Brennan Dickenson remain out.Walsall are likely to stick to a tr...Full Story »

Several of his international team-mates also filmed the moment they learned of their call-up to the World Cup, including Neymar and Richarlison. Alex Telles and his wife had an emotional reaction to his World Cup call up Wife Priscila Minuzzo offered support to the defender The pair embraced but fans noticed another odd aspect of the video Telles responded to the news by breaking down in tea...Full Story »

And they are now also allegedly the favourites to snap-up the teenage sensation ahead of transfer rivals Liverpool and Real Madrid. Speculation is mounting over Man City's pursuit of Jude Bellingham Cedit: Getty The 19-year-old England international midfielder has emerged as one of the best talents in the continent and continues to gain admirers with performances at Dortmund. Bellingham has e...Full Story »

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits they're in a form slump. Real meet Cadiz tomorrow night on the back of defeat at Rayo Vallecano. Ancelotti said: "The last period has not been good, it disappoints us. The defeat against Leipzig did not affect us because we were first. "This period has not been good, but the previous one has. Despite some absences that have cost us, like Karim (Benze...Full Story »

Arteta: Arsenal will assess 'opportunities' in January Mikel Arteta acknowledged after Arsenal’s Carabao Cup defeat to Brighton that his squad is still "very, very short" of where he wants it to be. Stankovic: I'll go! Sampdoria boss Dejan Stankovic threatened to leave the club in a defiant press conference after a 2-0 loss to Torino, as fans showered him with jeers. "If the problem ...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal could add to their “short squad” in the January transfer window after his much-changed side slumped to Carabao Cup defeat to Brighton.The Gunners showed 10 changes from their weekend win at Chelsea which took them back to the top of the Premier League as Brighton left the Emirates Stadium with a 3-1 win.Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring for the hosts with h...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou praised his players for maintaining their winning domestic form through their hectic schedule despite not being completely satisfied with their Fir Park performance.The cinch Premiership leaders failed to build on Kyogo Furuhashi’s early goal and Motherwell caused them problems before Daizen Maeda netted on an 84th-minute counter-attack to ultimately earn a ...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola declared himself “more than pleased” after Manchester City claimed their place in the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 2-0 victory over Chelsea on Wednesday.On a night when Kalvin Phillips returned to action to stake his claim for a World Cup place, City prevailed at the Etihad Stadium with second-half goals from Riyad Mahrez and Julian Alvarez.Manager Guardiola said: &l...Full Story »

Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes admitted his side are slitting their own throats after sliding to the bottom of the cinch Premiership.The Ayrshire side were thumped 4-0 by Dundee United at Tannadice thanks to first-half goals by Kieran Freeman, Jamie McGrath and Glenn Middleton with Dylan Levitt adding a fourth after the break.The win moved the Tangerines up to 11th with Killie now bottom on goal ...Full Story »

West Ham’s players “let themselves and the fans down” as they crashed out of the Carabao Cup on penalties to a youthful Blackburn side.Angelo Ogbonna missed the crucial penalty as Rovers won 10-9 on spot-kicks in a marathon shoot-out.After 19 successful penalties Ogbonna’s effort crashed off the underside of the crossbar to send Championship Rovers through to round four f...Full Story »

Riyad Mahrez and Julian Alvarez struck early in the second half as Manchester City began their latest Carabao Cup quest with a 2-0 win over Chelsea.Mahrez gave City the lead with a fine free-kick after 53 minutes of Wednesday’s third-round tie before Alvarez tapped in the second five minutes later at the Etihad Stadium.Chelsea’s impressive youngster Lewis Hall twice brought good save...Full Story »

Nathan Jones was given a warning about the extent of the task facing him at Southampton after seeing his prospective new side scrape past Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Carabao Cup.Welshman Jones watched from the stands at St Mary’s as goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saved Dominic Iorfa’s spot-kick to spare Saints’ blushes in a 6-5 shoot-out triumph over League One opposition...Full Story »

Liverpool’s defence of the Carabao Cup began the way it was won with a penalty shoot-out victory in which goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher played a pivotal role.The Republic of Ireland international, playing his first game since scoring the winning spot-kick against Chelsea at Wembley in February, saved three Derby penalties as Jurgen Klopp’s untried side scraped past their League One op...Full Story »

Goals from Japanese forwards Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda maintained Celtic’s seven-point lead in the cinch Premiership thanks to a 2-1 win at Motherwell.Furuhashi struck early on but Motherwell made a game of it against the champions and had chances themselves before substitute Maeda scored with six minutes left.Ross Tierney hit back two minutes later to continue the excitement but Mo...Full Story »

The German and partner Sara Arfaoui made the news public via their Instagram pages. Ilkay Gundogan announced he is having a baby Credit: Instagram / @sarabenamira Sara Arfaoui is pregnant for the first time Credit: Instagram / @sarabenamira It has not been said if it's a boy or girl Credit: Instagram / @sarabenamira They captioned the post alongside a blue love heart: "Baby Gundo, we can't w...Full Story »

Chelsea are looking to sign Stade Rennes forward Martin Terrier to improve their struggling front line. Terrier enjoyed an unbelievable season in front of goal last campaign, managing 21 league goals for Rennes. The French forward has is now attracting the interest of clubs around Europe, and it’s no surprise considering his attacking threat. Terrier is yet to be called up to the Fren...Full Story »

Aberdeen manager Jim Goodwin feels the cinch Premiership will have to get used to the increased risk of penalties under VAR after three spot-kicks were awarded for handball in his side’s 2-1 defeat at Livingston.Referee Nick Walsh played on each time but was called to the monitor by Andrew Dallas after lengthy delays and ultimately pointed to the spot.Sean Kelly put Livi two up from 12 yar...Full Story »

Michael Carrick was beaming as bright as the Illuminations after Middlesbrough beat Sky Bet Championship strugglers Blackpool 3-0 at Bloomfield Road.Isaiah Jones struck in the 15th minute in an authoritative first half and made their dominance pay shortly after the break via a Marcus Forss penalty.Chuba Akpom sealed the result with 25 minutes remaining as Boro climbed up to 16th in the table, le...Full Story »

QPR boss Mick Beale told his players to “wake up” after a 2-1 loss to bottom side Huddersfield continued their dismal recent run.Lyndon Dykes netted after just 90 seconds but Josh Ruffels scored twice – his first goals for the Terriers – to give them their first away win of the season.Beale’s team were recently top of the league but have lost three of their past fou...Full Story »

Josh Ruffels scored his first two Huddersfield goals as the Championship’s bottom team came from behind to beat QPR 2-1 and claim their first away win of the season.Lyndon Dykes, making his 100th Rangers appearance, put them ahead after just 90 seconds at Loftus Road.But it all went wrong for the west London side, who were recently top of the table and managed to fend off Wolves’ int...Full Story »