Updated at 23.22 PEDRO NETO’S deflected equaliser earned Wolves a 1-1 draw away to 10-man Olympiacos in the first leg of their last-16 Europa League tie. After Ruben Semedo’s first-half red card, Youssef El-Arabi put the hosts ahead in front at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, with Thursday’s game being played behind closed doors due to the […]
GOALS FROM ALEXIS Sanchez and Mesut Ozil ended Arsenal’s run of four successive away defeats with a scratchy 2-1 victory over struggling Middlesbrough in their Premier League clash. The Gunners’ performance was far from convincing but will still bring some relief to their beleaguered manager Arsene Wenger. There was a period after Alvaro Negredo scored […]
NEWCASTLE UNITED ARE on the brink of being promoted back to the Premier League as the other high-flyers in the Championship faltered. Third-placed Reading were beaten 3-2 as Nottingham Forest secured a huge three points in their battle against the drop, meaning the Royals are six points shy of Newcastle with two games of their season […]
BARCELONA FORWARD NEYMAR and his parents will stand trial over alleged fraud and corruption, making the Brazilian the latest football superstar to have to take the stand. The Spanish National Court also ordered Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell to be sent to trial over alleged fraud and corruption over Neymar’s […]
IRELAND’S EURO 2020 semi-final play-off against Slovakia will be held in Bratislava, following confirmation from the Slovak FA. The game was potentially set to be fixed for Trnava, a journey of roughly 50km from Bratislava, where Slovakia had played all of their group stage qualifiers, while Bratislava’s National Football Stadium – also named the Tehelné […]
Liverpool v Barcelona: epic Anfield night was captured by Jonathan Liew for The Telegraph. Source: Martin Rickett EARLIER THIS YEAR, we launched Behind The Lines, a brand-new podcast to talk about great sports stories and the people who report them. Along the way, host Gavin Cooney has spoken to some of the best journalists from […]
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND international Mark Travers has insisted he’ll learn from the mistake that led to the opening goal in Watford’s 3-0 win at Bournemouth. With first-choice goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale ruled out through injury, Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe handed Travers his first Premier League appearance of the season. The relegation battle at Vitality Stadium was […]
LEONARDO JARDIM has been fired by Monaco just over a year since he was previously sent packing, a source close to the club told AFP on Saturday. To general surprise the 45-year-old was reappointed in January, just three months after he was sacked and replaced by Thierry Henry, who oversaw a disastrous tenure. Click Here: […]
CALUM CHAMBERS IS facing six to nine months out after he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Arsenal have confirmed. Chambers, who spent last season on loan at Fulham, sustained the injury in the first half of Sunday’s Premier League loss to Chelsea when he fell awkwardly. The 24-year-old defender will miss the rest […]
CELTIC FC HAVE announced that its women’s first team has moved to full professional status for the first time, with immediate effect. Keeva Keenan (centre) with her Celtic teammates. Source: Celtic FC Women Twitter. The historic move ahead of the 2020 Scottish Women’s Premier League [SWPL] season was announced today with the Hoops making a […]