Northampton underlined their promotion credentials with an emphatic 3-1 win at fellow challengers Bradford.The absence of Sky Bet League Two’s leading scorer Sam Hoskins did not hamper the Cobblers, who produced a commanding display.Northampton took control with a double either side of the half-hour mark.Bradford captain Richie Smallwood lost possession in his own half to allow Mitch Pinno...Full Story »

Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley claimed his side’s 0-0 draw with Derby looked worse because of other recent results.Pompey have been held in their last four Sky Bet League One matches to stunt their promotion push.Despite not being beaten at home since January, they have won once in nine league fixtures.They enjoyed the better of things at Fratton Park against Derby, who are level on point...Full Story »

Iran's players are free to join in the protests sweeping their country over women's rights while they are playing at the World Cup in Qatar but must do so within the rules of the tournament, national team coach Carlos Queiroz said on Tuesday. The rights activist HRANA news agency said 344 people have been killed and 15,280 arrested over the last two months of nationwide protests triggered by ...Full Story »

Curzon Ashton manager Adam Lakeland expressed his “overwhelming pride” in his players after they lost 4-2 on penalties in their FA Cup first round replay at League One Cambridge.The replay at the Abbey Stadium ended 0-0 after extra time, as had the original tie, but shoot-out misses from Josh Hancock and Joe Dimaio sunk the National League One side as Cambridge set up a tie with Grim...Full Story »

Bobby Wilkinson was beaming with pride despite seeing his Weymouth side lose 3-1 to AFC Wimbledon in their FA Cup first-round replay at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.There were 561 Terras fans that travelled to South London to support their National League South team and they were by far the better side during a goalless first half.However, Ayoub Assal found the back of the net and Ethan Chisle...Full Story »

Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive tell-all interview slating Manchester United proves Lionel Messi's the GOAT, fans reckon. A decades long debate has raged about who the 'greatest of all time' is between the two football icons, with fans often split over who grabs the top spot. But after Ronaldo's latest petulant antics, Messi's the clear winner in the eyes of public. Ronaldo brutally ripped int...Full Story »

Alina Yeremenko teased Aleksandr Kokorin with a 16-hour sex session Russian porn star Alina Yeremenko, who uses the stage name Alina Henessy, once offered Dynamo Moscow frontman Aleksandr Kokorin an offer he couldn't refuse. Alina, who admitted she wasn't a football fan, was asked to rate Russian footballers in 2015 out of 10. And after being presented with a number of footballers, including ...Full Story »

Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth was feeling “really proud” after with Saturday’s 2-0 League One victory that left Forest Green rooted to the foot of the table.The Chairboys, who had not won in three league games, took the lead as David Wheeler opened the scoring in the 14th minute from just inside the box, while winger Garath McCleary stunned Rovers with a classy second after ...Full Story »

Swansea boss Russell Martin expressed his pride at a “brilliant” performance but also his frustration after seeing his side held to a goalless draw at rock-bottom Huddersfield.The visiting Swans failed to return to the play-off fray as they slipped to a fifth successive match without victory.Martin’s side enjoyed 76 per cent of possession and had Michael Obafemi rattle the cros...Full Story »

Mark Bonner felt his Cambridge side had shown great improvement in their goalless League One draw with 10-man Bolton.The U’s have now gone five home league games in a row without scoring, but they collected a hard-earned point.Harvey Knibbs was denied by an important save and Jack Lankester missed another good chance for the U’s, while Bolton should have opened the scoring – ju...Full Story »

Kilmarnock have several doubts ahead of the visit of Hibernian but Derek McInnes is hopeful that on-loan Arsenal right-back Ryan Alebiosu will shake off a hamstring issue.Calum Waters (hamstring), Ben Chrisene (ankle) and Scott Robinson (foot) all remain on the sidelines.Loan forward Christian Doidge cannot face his parent club and fellow striker Kyle Lafferty serves the fifth game of a 10-match...Full Story »

Arsenal are targeting Borussia Monchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram to provide competition in attack. With Arsenal being knocked out of the Carabao Cup at home to Brighton on Wednesday night, Mikel Arteta may be looking to improve his squad depth moving forward. The likes of Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka have been performing exceptionally out wide for Arsenal, but more competition in a...Full Story »

Nick Pope enhanced his World Cup credentials with three penalty shoot-out saves as Newcastle edged past Crystal Palace into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.The night before England boss Gareth Southgate named his squad for Qatar, the Magpies keeper denied Luka Milivojevic, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Malcolm Ebiowei from 12 yards to secure a 3-2 shoot-out victory after a drab 0-0 draw on Tynesi...Full Story »

Nicky Clark’s injury-time overhead kick earned 10-man St Johnstone a 2-2 draw at St Mirren.Mark O’Hara’s goal looked to have won the game for the home side but the visitors dug deep to net in the seventh minute of time added on.St Johnstone had moved in front through a Graham Carey penalty after VAR had intervened.Stephen Robinson’s men equalised late in the first half th...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 »

MK Dons head coach Liam Manning feels his side’s attack continued to turn a corner in the 2-0 victory over Morecambe that took them into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.The Dons are fourth from bottom in Sky Bet League One but are now unbeaten in four games in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in all four, and have started to find the net more regularly.In truth, they were barely ...Full Story »

Matt Taylor was proud to become the first Rotherham manager to win at Sheffield United since 1980.Taylor succeeded where George Kerr, Billy McEwan, Ronnie Moore, Steve Evans and Paul Warne all failed by overseeing victory at Bramall Lane thanks to Ben Wiles’ first-half goal.Wiles struck seven minutes before the break as the Millers, who were missing six first-team players due to injury, re...Full Story »

Liam Rosenior was impressed with what he saw from Hull in the 3-2 win at Cardiff despite only having three training sessions with his new team.The former defender took over the Tigers last week and has picked up four points from his first two games, having drawn with Millwall in his opener.Having dominated the first half in the Welsh capital, Hull only had a fourth-minute goal from Dimitrios Pel...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 »

Phil Parkinson hopes Wrexham showed the country what they are about after hammering Oldham Athletic 3-0 in the first round of the FA Cup.Over 9,000 fans packed into the Racecourse Ground as goal machine Paul Mullin celebrated his 28th birthday with a double after Sam Dalby’s first strike since September opened the scoring.A lot has been made of the club’s Hollywood ownership with Rya...Full Story »