Adrian Mutu's life has been a rollercoaster on and off the pitch with the Romanian striker a hit at Chelsea before his career was derailed by a failed drugs test and sex scandals Adrian Mutu with his third and current wife, former model and Miss Romania contestant Sandra (Image: instagram/sandra01mutu) Former Chelsea badboy Adrian Mutu has lived a wild life filled with scandal and controversy ...Full Story »

Cancer survivor Sebastien Haller inspired hosts Ivory Coast to their third Africa Cup of Nations title with a late winner to seal a 2-1 comeback victory over Nigeria in Abidjan.Five of the last six host nations to reach the final had been crowned AFCON champions, but the Ivory Coast’s appearance in this edition at one point looked unlikely, their 4-0 group-stage defeat to Equatorial Guinea...Full Story »

Bukayo Saka scored twice and Declan Rice found the net against his old club as Arsenal flexed their muscles in the title race with a thumping 6-0 win at West Ham.The Gunners’ title bid hit the buffers in this fixture last season when they blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2.There was no chance of a repeat after William Saliba headed them in front and West Ham promptly collapsed.William Saliba...Full Story »

New boss for Kane? Bayern reveal stance on Tuchel after loss Bayern's CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen spoke on Thomas Tuchel's future after a 3-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. Will the manager face the axe? Neymar to Santos? President confirms 'effective' conversation Neymar could retrace his steps back to Santos after having an "effective" conversation with the club president about a possible re...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo cannot understand why VAR did not intervene and award his side a penalty in their 3-2 defeat to Newcastle.Taiwo Awoniyi appeared to be tripped by goalkeeper Martin Dubravka with the score at 2-2 but referee Anthony Taylor waved away protests and VAR did not overrule, despite replays showing contact was made.Three minutes later Bruno Guimaraes scored his...Full Story »

Bruno Guimaraes scored his first goals since September as Newcastle gave their hopes of qualifying for Europe a shot in the arm with an entertaining 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest.The Brazilian had not scored since the 8-0 rout at Sheffield United in September but opened the scoring at the City Ground and then netted the winner in the second half.Fabian Schar also scored as the Magpies moved seven...Full Story »

Leeds boss Daniel Farke believes it ultimately would not have mattered had Patrick Bamford’s opening goal in the 3-0 win over Rotherham been chalked off for handball as he felt his side dominated the Championship clash.Bamford put Leeds ahead in controversial circumstances at Elland Road with heavy suggestions of handball after a deflected cross appeared to brush his arm on its way in.Crys...Full Story »

Graham Coughlan says in-form Newport are reaping the rewards for sticking together when the going got tough after a 3-0 win at Walsall moved them four points off the League Two play-off places.First-half goals from Bryn Morris, Will Evans and Harry Charsley gave the Exiles a fully-deserved fourth successive league victory.It is a far cry from a nightmare, injury-hit autumn when they sank as low ...Full Story »

Phil Parkinson admitted it was tough to take after Wrexham suffered their third consecutive league defeat.Andy Cook scored Bradford’s late winner just minutes after his penalty had been saved by Arthur Okonkwo.But manager Parkinson felt his team had done more than enough to take the points as their promotion hopes took another hit.He said: “It hurts. We dominated the game, particular...Full Story »

Marco Silva believes Rodrigo Muniz played his “best performance in a Fulham shirt” after he scored a brace during their 3-1 Premier League victory over Bournemouth.Muniz, who scored his first-ever English top-flight goal in Fulham’s 2-2 draw with Burnley last week, netted his third strike in as many games alongside goals from Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Bournemouth’s Marcos...Full Story »

Josh Rees plundered a second-half hat-trick as Dagenham crushed National League basement-boys Oxford City 7-1.Rees had already gone close when Ryan Hill ran on to Inih Effiong’s pull-back and blasted the ball past goalkeeper Marcin Brzozowski to give the home side a fifth-minute lead.Daggers had to wait until nine minutes before the break to extend their advantage when Frank Vincent found ...Full Story »

Sheffield United cut the gap to safety to seven points as they claimed only their third Premier League win of the season with a 3-1 victory against Luton at Kenilworth Road.Rob Edwards’ side were the form team in the relegation fight but here they were undone by the Blades, in part due to a lacklustre first half in which Cameron Archer and James McAtee – from the penalty spot –...Full Story »

Erico Sousa’s first-half penalty was enough to earn Boreham Wood a 1-0 win over Maidenhead as they moved above their opponents in the National League.Sousa sent Craig Ross the wrong way from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute to earn three points which lift Boreham Wood up to 13th.Kabongo Tshimanga had put the ball in the net for the hosts with 15 minutes gone, but his effort was ruled ou...Full Story »

Rodrigo Muniz scored a brace as Fulham claimed their first Premier League win of the year with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth at Craven Cottage.Muniz was given the nod over January loan signing Armando Broja and scored twice, while Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Cherries defender Marcos Senesi also got in on the act.Muniz, who scored his first-ever Premier League goal in last week’s 2-2 draw wi...Full Story »

Joe Rothwell’s spectacular double helped Southampton recover from 2-0 down to beat Huddersfield 5-3 in a Sky Bet Championship thriller at St Mary’s.Saints were seeing their record 24-game unbeaten run dissolve in front of their eyes when goals from Sorba Thomas and David Kasumu left relegation-battling Huddersfield in charge at the break.Rothewell’s brilliant brace levelled thi...Full Story »

Altrincham boosted their promotion push with a 3-0 win over Rochdale which moved them up to fourth in the National League.The hosts opened the scoring just before half-time when Rochdale goalkeeper Tiernan Brooks reacted well to deny Eddy Jones, but managed only to push the ball into the path of Justin Amaluzor to apply the finish.Altrincham then took complete control with two goals in as many m...Full Story »

Wrexham suffered their third consecutive league defeat as Bradford snatched a 1-0 victory.Bantams striker Andy Cook burst through and bundled the ball over the line at the second attempt – just minutes after he had seen a penalty saved by goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo.It was Wrexham’s first league loss at home since the opening day – when Bradford manager Graham Alexander was in ch...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna felt his side deserved to win a hard-fought 2-2 Championship encounter against top-six rivals West Brom at Portman Road.Substitute Omari Hutchinson fired home through a crowd of players in the dying moments to rescue a point for the hosts but the result dented their bid to climb back into the automatic promotion spots and it is now just one win in nine league games...Full Story »

Substitute Omari Hutchinson rescued a late point as Ipswich equalised twice to record a 2-2 Championship draw at home to West Brom.The result dented Town’s bid to climb back into the automatic promotion spots as their recent run has seen just one win from their last nine in the league.The Baggies – who were depleted from a series of injuries along with Semi Ajayi and Grady Diangana o...Full Story »

Arsenal winger, Marquinhos, who was previously compared to the likes of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, now looks set to return to his homeland of Brazil. Arsenal initially resisted adding a purchase clause to Marquinhos’ Fluminense contract, but they eventually relented after persuasion from the player’s representatives. According to HITC Football, two-and-a-half years after ...Full Story »