Halifax and Altrincham both missed the chance to boost their National League play-off credentials as they held each other to a goalless draw.Victory for either side would have opened up a two-point gap to Aldershot in eighth, but hosts Halifax failed to take advantage of a second-half red card for the visitors’ striker Matty Kosylo, who was shown a second yellow card after 56 minutes for b...Full Story »

Patino looked set to leave Arsenal in the summer, with The Athletic reporting his desire to leave the club on a permanent deal rather than go out on loan again. The creative midfielder suffered relegation from the Championship with Blackpool last summer, although was one of their best-performing players. He did eventually go back out on loan again, though, returning to the second tier to joi...Full Story »

Watford held out for a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke despite losing Vakoun Bayo early in the second half to a straight red card for lashing out at Luke McNally.Jake Livermore’s first Watford goal was cancelled out by an equaliser from Ryan Mmaee before the break.Bayo saw red in the 52nd minute but Stoke could not find a winner.Watford head coach Valerian Ismael handed a first start to Giorgi C...Full Story »

Lincoln boss Michael Skubala believes Paudie O’Connor’s game-changing red card in his side’s 2-1 defeat to Northampton was harsh.Jon Guthrie and Kieron Bowie put the visiting Cobblers 2-0 up with goals either side of the break at Sincil Bank.Timothy Eyoma halved the deficit on the hour mark, before O’Connor was sent off for a stray elbow with 15 minutes to go.Skubala said...Full Story »

Manchester City ace Jack Grealish's family "feared they were being held hostage" in a home burglary that saw them robbed of more than £1million worth of goods. England winger Grealish was away on duty with the Premier League champions at Everton when the burglary is understood to have taken place on Wednesday. A source close to the family told The Sun: "The family are really shaken. The ...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou defended his “tired” Tottenham team after they were blown away in a six-goal thriller at Brighton.Joao Pedro struck a brace of penalties while Jack Hinshelwood and Pervis Estupinan produced fine strikes in a well deserved 4-2 victory for Roberto De Zerbi’s men.While Alejo Veliz and Ben Davies scored in the final 10 minutes, Spurs were second best for much of th...Full Story »

Manchester City are ready to buy Girona dazzler Savinho. The young Brazilian is on-loan at Girona from Troyes, which are both owned by City Football Group (CFG), the umbrella company of Manchester City. And transfer expert Fabrizio Romano is now reporting: "Understand Manchester City are discussing internally to buy Savinho and bring him back to the club next season. "remier League and Bund...Full Story »

Norwich head coach David Wagner admitted he would be having words with Borja Sainz, whose early red card potentially cost his side in the 1-0 Championship defeat against West Brom at The Hawthorns.Winger Sainz was sent off in the 34th minute for two bookable offences within five minutes – the second for a needless dissent – after twice going close to giving the Canaries the lead.Bran...Full Story »

New Forest Green manager Troy Deeney was in no doubt that the red card shown to Callum Jones six minutes after half-time was the key moment as his side let a 2-0 lead slip to lose 4-2 at Newport.A second-minute own goal from County captain Ryan Delaney – diverting in Kyle McAllister’s free-kick – and a Matty Stevens strike put Rovers in charge at the break.But Jones’ seco...Full Story »

Coventry manager Mark Robins was left fuming with the decision to send off Liam Kitching, which took some of the shine off his side’s 2-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.Kitching was shown a red card after the final whistle at the Coventry Building Society Arena after referee Oliver Langford judged him to have retaliated to being pushed by Wednesday’s Bambo Diaby, who was also sent ...Full Story »

Crawley manager Scott Lindsey credited his side’s “character” after they claimed a 2-0 League Two victory over his former side Gillingham – but admitted they were still far from their best.Will Wright and Jack Roles sealed victory for the visitors with goals either side of the break.Lindsey revealed that he was disappointed in his side’s lack-lustre performance, des...Full Story »

The Spanish beauty, 45, posing in a straw hat for a shoot, went to Manchester for a three-day shopping spree. Sergio Ramos' stunning wife Pilar Rubio stuns in a red bikini and straw hatMum-of-four Pilar previously revealed she has sex with Sergio Ramos every day Footage on Instagram shows her in the Christmas market wrapped in a winter coat. Pilar has four kids with Spanish footie legend Serg...Full Story »

Norwich head coach David Wagner praised his players for turning their season around after watching them record a comfortable 2-0 win over his former club Huddersfield at Carrow Road.A poor run of form in the autumn had seen the Canaries slip into the bottom half of the Championship, but they have now won five games from eight to move to within two points of the play-off places.Their latest succe...Full Story »

Matty Etherington admits the win was all that mattered for his Colchester side as they beat Salford 2-1 to end a five-game losing streak.Joe Taylor gave the Us a 42nd-minute lead with a scuffed shot from close range after Cameron McGeehan had helped on Mandela Egbo’s delivery into his path.And Chay Cooper doubled Colchester’s advantage in the 89th minute when he latched onto fellow s...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola spoke of his pride after Manchester City thrashed Fluminense 4-0 to win the Club World Cup for the first time on Friday.It was the club’s fifth trophy of a memorable 2023 after their previous successes in the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and European Super Cup.Julian Alvarez began the rout after just 40 seconds, teed up another for Phil Foden and then wrapped up a...Full Story »

ALEX SCOTT has given fans a backstage pass into the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year awards. The Football Focus presenter wore a red dress as she presented Mary Earps with the award. Alex Scott shared a video of her dancing backstage Credit: Instagram She danced to Beyonce's Heated Credit: Instagram She would later hand Mary Earps her award After the gong was given out, Scott shared a v...Full Story »

Manchester United are said to have held talks over terminating the contract of Jadon Sancho. The English winger is subject to disciplinary action from the club's manager Erik ten Hag at present. Sancho, who refused to apologise to Ten Hag despite calling him a liar on social media, is training away from the first team. Per Sky Sports, United will be more ruthless with contract situations in...Full Story »

Raging Rangers boss Philippe Clement claimed John Lundstram was “kicked off the pitch” in the 2-0 cinch Premiership win over St Johnstone at Ibrox.The Belgian watched luckless striker Kemar Roofe go off after just 16 minutes with another injury but replacement Cyriel Dessers fired the Light Blues ahead in the 28th minute before Diallang Jaiyesimi was soon sent off for a hefty challen...Full Story »

LEX SCOTT stunned on the red carpet as she arrived at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The former England footballer, 39, presented this evening's show alongside Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan and Clare Balding. It was the 70th edition of the annual ceremony celebrating the year in sport and heavy favourite Mary Earps got her hands on the iconic trophy after the public vote. But ah...Full Story »

MARY EARPS stole the show at the Sports Personality of the Year - before the awards ceremony even began. The England goalkeeper, 30, arrived at MediaCity in Salford for the annual gong knowing she was the heavy odds-on favourite to scoop the SPOTY trophy. And she did indeed win the public vote to be crowned the first goalkeeper to collect the award, pipping Stuart Broad and Katarina Johnson-...Full Story »