Preston continued their strong start to the season as they claimed a narrow 1-0 Championship victory over lowly Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon.Liam Lindsay’s header early in the second half was enough to give the Lilywhites their second win of the campaign, with Wednesday tasting defeat in all three of their league games so far.Wednesday boss Xisco Munoz made fou...Full Story »

Middlesbrough started life without last season’s Championship Player of the Year and top scorer Chuba Akpom with a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield at the Riverside Stadium.Midfielder Hayden Hackney scored a stunner just after the hour mark to rescue a point for Michael Carrick’s side, cancelling out Dael Fry’s own goal 14 minutes earlier, with the draw meaning both Boro and the T...Full Story »

Ian Henderson continued his strong start to the season with another goal as Rochdale claimed a 2-0 National League victory at home to Eastleigh.Fans favourite Henderson – on his second stint at Spotland – opened the scoring for Dale just nine minutes in for his second goal of the campaign.Former Eastleigh loaneee Kairo Mitchell doubled their advantage against his old side on the brin...Full Story »

Kidderminster and Bromley shared the points from a fractious goalless draw as the Ravens moved out of the Vanarama National League’s bottom two.Bromley were forced to make an early substitution after Soul Kader went down injured twice – he was replaced by Bim Pepple.The visitors to Aggborough had their work cut out early on as Cole Kpekawa was dismissed for an off-ball incident in th...Full Story »

Jobe Bellingham scored a brace to help Sunderland come from behind and secure their first points of the Championship campaign with a 2-1 win over Rotherham.Hakeem Odoffin had given Rotherham a shock lead 20 minutes into the contest but Bellingham’s close-range header drew his side level almost immediately, and his smart finish early in the second half secured three deserved points for Tony...Full Story »

Martyn Waghorn scored for the second time in four days to give Derby a 1-0 win over Fleetwood that ended a run of three home defeats.Derby swarmed all over Fleetwood from the start and got the goal their dominance deserved in the 23rd minute.Conor Washington’s shot was deflected to Waghorn, who swivelled to send a low shot inside Jay Lynch’s left post.Danny Mayor fired over as Fleetw...Full Story »

Shaun Maloney saluted two-goal marksman Charlie Wyke as Wigan wiped out their eight-point deduction inside four League One games after thrashing Bolton 4-0.Wyke started and finished the scoring at Toughsheet Community Stadium with a Stephen Humphreys’ double sandwiched in between as Latics ended Wanderers’ 100 per cent start to the campaign in emphatic fashion.The visitors’ thi...Full Story »

Charlie Wyke and Stephen Humphrys scored twice as Wigan moved out of the Sky Bet League One relegation zone with a 4-0 derby rout of leaders Bolton.Latics started the campaign with an eight-point deduction but have won three and drawn one of their opening four fixtures to wipe out that deficit.And this impressive success over previously unbeaten Wanderers could not have been sweeter for Latics&r...Full Story »

The ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup is almost over with only the final left to play.A new winner will be crowned when England and Spain do battle in Sydney on Sunday.Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what we learned from this tournament.USA dominance overOur time Down Under comes to an end. 💔#USWNT x @Visa pic.twitter.com/X2g0NHqg38— U.S. Women''s National Socce...Full Story »

Liverpool have signed Wataru Endo Liverpool have announced the £16m signing of Japan midfielder Wataru Endo from Stuttgart. The 30-year-old has joined the Reds on a four-year deal, which will keep him at Anfield until 2027. Endo was captain at Stuttgart and can offer Liverpool plenty of experience and drive in the middle of the park, after they missed out on Romeo Lavia and Moises Caiced...Full Story »

Manchester United are pushing to beat Brighton to the signing of Valentin Barco. The 19-year-old left-back has been outstanding at Boca Juniors over the past 12 months. The Argentine has a £8 million release clause that has alerted a lot of clubs to his situation. Per The Mail, United, Brighton, and RB Leipzig are the three teams with the most advanced interest. Manchester City are al...Full Story »

The versatile left-back, 19, has a release clause in his contract which would see him leave for around £8million. Manchester City are looking to hijack Valentin Barco from Brighton Credit: EPA City sources have confirmed their interest although it is not yet clear if he would go straight into Pep Guardiola’s squad if they win the race. Other young players have arrived at the Etihad...Full Story »

That's the claim tonight as Reds' boss Jurgen Klopp targets multiple midfielders after Chelsea beat him to Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia. Maria Lemina is reportedly most admired by Liverpool At least five Premier League giants are reportedly monitoring Lemina. The Gabon star, 29, only joined Wolves in January following two years with Nice. The former Juventus man was at Southampton from 201...Full Story »

Niclas Fullkrug in contract extension talks As per Nicolo Schira, Werder Bremen are currently in talks with German striker Niclas Fullkrug to extend his contract with the club. The extension would keep him at the club until 2026. Al-Hilal announce Bounou signing 🎬 𝗧𝗼 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣.. 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 🧤#AlHilal 💙pic.twitter.com/zvp1R1NLHB— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) August 17, 20...Full Story »

Liverpool's search for a new defensive midfielder has taken a surprising twist as the Reds have submitted a bid for Stuttgart's Wataru Endō. The Japanese international has one year reaming on his current contract in Germany and negotiations are currently ongoing between the two clubs to bring the midfielder to Anfield. Fabrizio Romano reports that the player wants to make the transfer happen...Full Story »

Arsenal are set to step up interest in Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte. Laporte is ready to leave City this month and has been linked with a reunion with his old coach Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. The Gunners are now set to intensify their interest with concerns over the seriousness of Jurrien Timber's knee injury. Forced off during victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, there's f...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne described his side as a “nearly team” after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Oxford.Mark Harris was the matchwinner for the second time in four days as Oxford deservedly took the points at Pride Park.The visitors went ahead in the 32nd minute when Curtis Nelson gave the ball away and Cameron Brannagan played in Harris to fire into the top-right corner.Derby...Full Story »

MK Dons boss Graham Alexander admitted his side did not show enough quality in the final third after they suffered their first defeat of the season at Crawley.Mo Eisa struck his third goal of the season to cancel out Nick Tsaroulla’s 16th-minute opener for Crawley, but Danilo Orsi’s first goal for the Reds settled the issue shortly after the break.Alexander felt his side did not do e...Full Story »

Ebbsfleet continued their encouraging start to the National League season with a 2-0 win over Aldershot.Goals either side of half-time from Franklin Domi and Dominic Poleon ensured Fleet made it two wins from their opening three games.Domi opened the scoring before the break when he cut inside from the right and curled an unstoppable effort into the corner.Former Leeds striker Poleon won it in t...Full Story »

Morecambe boss Derek Adams praised his young side’s battling qualities as they picked up a hard-earned point in a 0-0 draw against Notts County.Adams’ youngsters fought back strongly after a 3-0 defeat at Mansfield at the weekend with the experienced boss pleased with his team’s spirit and determination.He said: “I thought it was a very good 0-0 game. It was a very tactic...Full Story »