Former Manchester United and Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has announced his retirement. Fellaini, now 36, left Shandong Taishan at the end of the C-League season last year. On social media today, the Belgian said: "I am writing this post to announce that after a career of 18 years, I am retiring from professional football. "But it all started long before these 18 years. I remember, ...Full Story »

BRUNO FERNANDES turned down an "astronomical" offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in the January transfer window, according to reports. The Manchester United midfielder, 29, has struggled with consistency so far this season, scoring seven goals and assisting six in 30 games. Bruno Fernandes rejected a lucrative January move to Saudi Arabia Credit: Getty But his time at Old Trafford could h...Full Story »

Mbappe opts for Madrid transfer Frenchman out of contract this summer Forward set for PSG summer exit WHAT HAPPENED?According to French publication Le Parisien, the 25-year-old has decided to join Madrid for the 2024-25 campaign. The French international is out of contract at the Paris outfit this summer and after repeatedly being linked with the Spanish giants, it appears Mbappe wants to...Full Story »

Newcastle and Man Utd to compete for Stuttgart forward in the summer Premier League clubs Newcastle United and Manchester United are all set to compete for VFB Stuttgart forward Serhou Guirassy in the summer, according to BILD. With 17 goals in 14 games in the ongoing season, several top clubs had shown interest in the striker but the club did not want to let him leave until the end of the s...Full Story »

Ronwen Williams made four saves as South Africa beat Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Saturday.The Bafana Bafana goalkeeper also made a stunning stop at the end of normal time as the last-eight clash in Yamoussoukro ended goalless.It was his fourth successive clean sheet in the tournament.We are going to the Semi-finals 🇿🇦🔥!!!!...Full Story »

Roy Hodgson vowed to carry on fighting as Crystal Palace manager despite some of the club’s fans turning on him during the 4-1 Premier League defeat at Brighton.Hodgson cut a forlorn figure on the touchline as goals from Lewis Dunk, Jack Hinshelwood, Facundo Buonanotte and Joao Pedro once again left his future under scrutiny.Palace sacked their previous manager, Patrick Vieira, following a...Full Story »

Swansea head coach Luke Williams struggled to hide his frustration after the Whites went down to a 1-0 Sky Bet Championship defeat to Plymouth.Morgan Whittaker struck the only goal of the game after 18 minutes – his ninth in his last 10 games as Argyle made it six games without defeat.Back-to-back Championship defeats and a fourth loss in a row in all competitions leaves Swansea head coach...Full Story »

Tony Docherty admitted he was baffled by the award of a pivotal penalty against Dundee as they lost 3-2 to Hearts at Dens Park.The home side had opened the scoring in the first half through Jordan McGhee before the Jam Tarts equalised after the break with an Alan Forrest goal.The Dark Blues took the lead once more with a stunning strike from Lyall Cameron before Hearts were awarded a penalty.Ref...Full Story »

Relieved Newcastle boss Eddie Howe was delighted to see Harvey Barnes return to action with a bang as he came off the bench to snatch a thrilling 4-4 draw with Luton for the Magpies.Barnes, who had been out of action since September 24 with a toe injury, was introduced as a 63rd-minute substitute with his side trailing 4-2 to the promoted Hatters having led 1-0 and 2-1, and it was his strike 10 ...Full Story »

Salford’s 3-1 win over Wrexham extended their unbeaten run to five games under new head coach Karl Robinson – who insists there is still more to come from his side.The Ammies had lost four in a row and were without a win in 10 before Robinson took charge.He, though, insists the recent turnaround in fortunes is down to the players.He said: “We showed a real forward-thinking ment...Full Story »

Manager Steve Evans dedicated Stevenage’s 1-0 win over Blackpool to teenage supporter Ollie Gatfield, who died in a car accident on his way home from a match last month.Saturday’s match was the club’s first home game since the 19-year-old died as he travelled home from Stevenage’s win at Shrewsbury three weeks ago. His friend Liam Sharpe remains in a coma and a minute&rsq...Full Story »

Paul Simpson admits Carlisle are in serious trouble after a 3-2 defeat at Orient left them 10 points adrift of safety with 16 games remaining.It was a fifth defeat in a row for the Cumbrians and they have won just once in their last 13 games.The Cumbrians boss had seen his side take the lead halfway through the first-half through Josh Vela but a late brace from Shaq Forde turned this around at t...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne rued the loss of match-winner Nathaniel Mendez-Laing during the 1-0 win at Charlton.Mendez-Laing has 19 goal involvements this season and hit the back of the net for the eighth time to move the Rams up to second in League One.But he was forced off shortly after his 31st-minute strike due to a foot injury.“It was disappointing to lose Nat, it’s a big blow f...Full Story »

Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield overcame illness to take his place on the sideline and watch his side earn a rare away win with a 3-1 success at Cheltenham.The Chairboys boss had been unwell this week, but recovered sufficiently enough to see them claim their first League One success on the road since October 7.Jack Grimmer and Garath McCleary both scored and Curtis Davies put through his own net b...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna caught a glimpse of target-man Kieffer Moore’s potential impact despite his side going down 3-2 at Preston.A nightmarish opening 10 minutes saw the Tractor Boys go 2-0 down, with the final result seeing them drop out of the automatic promotion places.Bournemouth loanee Moore was introduced at the interval and changed the game with two goals in 12 second-half min...Full Story »

QPR head coach Marti Cifuentes hailed an ‘important’ 2-1 win at Blackburn that bolstered his side’s chances of Sky Bet Championship survival.Rangers came into this game with only one away win since September but deservedly put that statistic to bed with a two-goal haul in the space of three second-half minutes.The 61st-minute opener came when Ilias Chair’s shot hit the wo...Full Story »

Interim boss Jon Worthington said he was in “dreamland” after Huddersfield’s comprehensive 4-0 Championship victory over relegation-rivals Sheffield Wednesday.The visitors edged the first half and went the closest to opening the scoring as Michael Ihiekwe had a header cleared off the line by Rhys Healey.But Huddersfield grew into the Yorkshire derby and blew the visitors away i...Full Story »

Doncaster boss Grant McCann hit out at referee Scott Simpson after his side’s 1-1 draw at Sutton.It was a real battle between two of the bottom three sides in the Football League.Craig Eastmond’s 78th-minute strike was cancelled out by Lee Angol’s stoppage-time penalty.But a frustrated McCann stressed his side had two “blatant” penalties earlier in the game not give...Full Story »

Accrington manager John Coleman hailed on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Radek Vitek after his stunning stoppage-time save secured a goalless draw at home to Grimsby.The January signing kept out Danny Rose’s header in the second minute of time added on to ensure play-off-chasing Stanley avoided defeat against their struggling visitors.Accrington’s best chances came in the first ha...Full Story »

Leicester extended their lead at the top of the Championship to 11 points with a thumping 5-0 victory at Stoke.Patson Daka and Jamie Vardy both scored twice, including a penalty each, to inspire the Foxes to a comprehensive victory.The in-form Daka opened the scoring and Kasey McAteer doubled the visitors’ advantage shortly before the half-hour mark.After the break a first penalty of the a...Full Story »