Shayne Lavery and Daniel Ballard scored their first international goals as Northern Ireland breathed life into their World Cup qualifying campaign with a resounding 4-1 win over Lithuania.Lavery’s goal on his first competitive start was a decisive third, much-needed after it took a Bailey Peacock-Farrell penalty save to stop a much-changed Northern Ireland side from throwing away a 2-0 lea...Full Story »

England brushed off their Euro 2020 final heartbreak with a convincing World Cup qualification victory in Hungary as Raheem Sterling shone with a goal and an assist.Just 53 days after the pain of losing on penalties to Italy at Wembley, the Three Lions were back in action as their quest to qualify for the 2022 World Cup continued with a comfortable 4-0 victory in Budapest, where racist chanting ...Full Story »

Cristiano Ronaldo became international football’s record goalscorer with a last-gasp double to snatch Portugal an unlikely victory from the Republic of Ireland’s grasp.The 36-year-old celebrated his return to Manchester United in style by almost single-handedly rescuing the Portuguese with headers in the 89th minute and the sixth minute of stoppage time to make it 2-1 just as it look...Full Story »

Wales were left to rue Harry Wilson’s poor penalty in 0-0 friendly draw with Finland in Helsinki.Wilson was presented with a glorious opportunity after 25 minutes to hand Wales a morale-boosting victory ahead of their World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia.Brennan Johnson’s trickery had created the chance but Wilson’s kick was too close to Finland goalkeeper Carljohan...Full Story »

Stockport were held to a goalless draw by Grimsby in the National League in front of 6,452 fans at Edgeley Park.Alex Reid wasted a glorious chance to open the scoring for the hosts, failing to adjust his feet when in front of goal, while Paddy Madden fired wide.Grimsby had a goal disallowed four minutes after the interval when John McAtee tapped home but Jordan Keane was fouled in the build-up.J...Full Story »

Stranraer came from behind to beat Cowdenbeath 2-1 and move off the bottom of the cinch League Two table.The visitors picked up their first win of the season as they kept their unbeaten away start going by winning at Central Park thanks to late second-half goals from Josh Rennie and Grant Gallagher to cancel out Liam Buchanan’s opener early in the second period.Stranraer had the first effo...Full Story »

Wrexham and Notts County both extended their unbeaten starts to the National League season with a 1-1 draw in Monday night’s late match.Kyle Wootton opened the scoring for the visitors on the stroke of half-time as he headed home from Kyle Cameron’s cross against the run of play to net for the third successive match.Wrexham equalised through Paul Mullin’s header eight minutes a...Full Story »

Dagenham maintained their perfect start to the season with a 2-0 Vanarama National League victory at struggling Barnet on Monday.The Daggers arrived at The Hive on the back of wins against Stockport and Bromley in their opening two fixtures and made it three from three thanks to first-half goals from Paul McCallum and Josh Walker.McCallum was in the right place at the right time to tap home afte...Full Story »

Halifax secured their second win of the season with a 2-0 win over Altrincham in the Vanarama National League.The breakthrough eventually came in the second half when Jordan Slew drove the ball into the back of the net to give the home side the lead.It was Slew’s first goal for Halifax after joining in August from Morecambe, with the assist provided by Billy Waters.It was the provider who ...Full Story »

Wealdstone secured their first Vanarama National League point of the season after battling out a 0-0 draw with Southend.The Stones had the ball in the net with two minutes to go through Josh Umerah but the strike was disallowed because of a foul.Southend controlled the first half and created the better chances but their enterprise went unrewarded.A 2,151 crowd at Grosvenor Vale saw Matthew Denni...Full Story »