Morton’s winless run in the Scottish Championship stretched to eight games after a goalless draw at Queen of South in a game which saw both sides hit the woodwork.The Doonhamers went close to taking the lead around the quarter-hour mark when Willie Gibson’s 25-yard free-kick came back off a post and Lee Connelly’s follow-up was cleared off the line.Morton striker Robbie Muirhea...Full Story »

A second quickfire double in the space of a week helped Blackburn end their four-game winless run with 2-0 win over Reading.In a game of few chances, the Royals looked the most assured in possession but Rovers were much more clinical and they put their visitors to the sword in a devastating three-minute spell in the second half.First, Sam Gallagher tapped home after the impressive Joe Rothwell&r...Full Story »

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has a decision to make in attack with Che Adams back from injury to rival Armando Broja for a starting place against Burnley on Saturday.Broja impressed alongside Nathan Redmond last week, scoring on his first Premier League start to give Southampton their maiden win of the campaign with a 1-0 victory over Leeds, and the on-loan Chelsea forward will hope to k...Full Story »

Ross County’s bid for a first cinch Premiership win of the season ended in frustration once again as St Mirren stretched their unbeaten run to six matches with a 3-2 victory.Leading 3-1 at the break through goals from Eamonn Brophy, Marcus Fraser and Scott Tanser, the visitors withstood late pressure as County attempted to add to Blair Spittal’s 37th-minute strike and Alex Iacovitti&...Full Story »

Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne were on target as champions Manchester City claimed a battling 2-0 Premier League win over Burnley at the Etihad Stadium. City were not at their fluid best and made some uncharacteristic errors but the Clarets, despite a committed effort, were not capable of punishing them. Silva put them on course for victory in the 12th minute and De Bruyne made sure of t...Full Story »

In-form Reading secured their fifth Sky Bet Championship win in six matches when they defeated struggling Barnsley 1-0 at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.Barnsley dominated the first half but Cauley Woodrow wasted a series of chances and centre-back Scott Dann almost gave Reading a half-time lead.Callum Brittain then hit an upright for Barnsley early in the second period, but John Swift’s e...Full Story »

Manchester City are without first-choice goalkeeper Ederson and forward Gabriel Jesus for the visit of Burnley in the Premier League.The pair were both in action for Brazil in the early hours of Friday and will not be back from South America in time to face the Clarets on Saturday.Forward Ferran Torres (foot) is also out after suffering injury on international duty but midfielder Ilkay Gundogan ...Full Story »

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has accused football authorities of prioritising revenue over player welfare in a damning assessment of the global football calendar. Courtois, 29, was speaking after his country lost 2-1 against European champions Italy in UEFA's Nations League third-place play-off on Sunday - a match he described as "pointless" in the build-up. Both countries made a number...Full Story »

Rock-bottom Dover’s winless start to the National League season continued with a 2-1 defeat at home to Barnet.The Bees took the lead in the 10th minute when Mason Bloomfield – who had already had an effort ruled out for offside – nodded in from close range.Dover pressed for an equaliser and both Koby Arthurs and Matthew Bentley forced saves out of debutant Barnet goalkeeper Ast...Full Story »

Nathan Ferguson’s second-half strike earned Southend’s first win since the opening day of the season as they beat Eastleigh 1-0.The Shrimpers were without victory in seven games, losing the last four, before Ferguson popped up in the 69th minute to stop the rot.The former Crawley man rifled home a volley from just inside the area as Phil Brown’s side climbed out of the National...Full Story »

Kylian Mbappe admits he wanted to leave PSG for Real Madrid this past summer. The Frenchman was keen to leave PSG over the summer and Los Blancos made a late push for him on transfer deadline day, though nothing was agreed with Real Madrid and Mbappe's current club. "If I had left this summer, it would only have been for Real Madrid," Mbappe told L'Equipe and RMC in an interview. "I thought...Full Story »

THE partner of England football star John Stones is causing controversy by reposting anti-vaxx messages online. The revelation comes after The Sun revealed on Saturday that at least five Three Lions’ players have refused to have Covid jabs. England football star John Stones's partner Olivia Naylor is causing controversy as she reposted anti-vaxx messages online She wrote 'Perfectly spok...Full Story »

Stevenage boss Alex Revell hailed his side’s character after a 2-0 victory over Hartlepool ended a seven-match winless league run.Jamie Reid’s 21st-minute stunner was added to by Elliott List’s fifth goal of the season 31 seconds into the second half as the hosts secured a welcome three points.Revell’s side were thumped 4-0 by Forest Green in their last home outing a fort...Full Story »

Norwich manager Daniel Farke celebrated a “priceless” first point of the season after his side fought out a goalless draw with Burnley at Turf Moor.A largely uninspiring encounter low on quality was not enough to end the winless starts to the Premier League season for either side.But for Norwich it did halt a 16-game top-flight losing streak and got Farke’s side off the mark af...Full Story »

Lee Johnson apologised to the travelling Sunderland fans after his side were thrashed 4-0 by Pompey in monsoon conditions at Fratton Park.John Marquis’ double helped Pompey claim their first league win since August 17 to ease the pressure on Johnson’s counterpart Danny Cowley.Johnson spent much of the second half trying to get the game called off due to a waterlogged pitch but refuse...Full Story »

Dundee United secured a narrow 1-0 victory over winless Ross County at Tannadice to move into the cinch Premiership’s top five.The home side struck in the 31st minute through Ilmari Niskanen, who registered his first goal for the club.The result left the second-bottom Staggies still searching for their opening league win of the season after eight games.United had an early chance when Scott...Full Story »

Burnley will be without summer signing Maxwel Cornet for the visit of Norwich because of a hamstring injury he sustained on his first Premier League start against Leicester last weekend.Clarets boss Sean Dyche revealed the Ivorian winger is “going well” but Saturday comes too soon for him, while strikers Matej Vydra and Jay Rodriguez are likely to be in contention after back and hams...Full Story »

Burton boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was delighted to see Tom O’Connor and Daniel Jebbison score their first goals for the club as the Brewers piled on the agony for Portsmouth with a 2-1 win.Both sides were on six-game winless runs in the league but it was the Brewers’ intensity and cutting edge that saw them through to the delight of their boss.“It is just great to score but i...Full Story »

Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass warned his players they were in danger of being dropped after going down 3-2 to St Mirren.The Dons have now not won in eight games and Glass blamed individual errors for costing them the win in Paisley.Aberdeen were 2-1 up through goals from Scott Brown and Christian Ramirez when Teddy Jenks was sent off early in the second half.Connor Ronan scored his second of th...Full Story »

Port Vale’s climb up the League Two table continued with a hard-fought 1-0 success at Scunthorpe.Midfielder Ben Garrity got the game’s only goal – his third in as many matches – a minute before the break, striding into the box to fire low into the bottom corner after good work by skipper Tom Conlon.Vale had always looked the likelier team to take the lead after forcing ho...Full Story »