Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City: Pep Guardiola’s side win third Carabao Cup on the trot

This went exactly as expected, but better than expected, too. Manchester City won, as was widely predicted, but Villa were not embarrassed or swept aside, which was not. The last team to play City in a cup final, Watford, went down by six; the last time Villa reached a domestic cup final, against Arsenal in … Read more

England star Keira Walsh opens up on criticism that ruined her first World Cup

You don’t have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. But Keira Walsh felt like she had to. Throwing in the towel for England seemed like the only way out. Battling to cope with the constant stream of criticism on social media and tussling with a tough internal dialogue of her own, … Read more

Greg Clarke insists England will prepare for Euro 2020 as usual despite coronavirus threat

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl bans shaking hands, autographs and fan selfies due to coronavirus

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Watford 3-0 Liverpool: Unbeaten record falls as Sarr and Deeney strike gold

Sooner or later, everything changes. Everything comes to an end. Garbo talks. And Liverpool lose.  We knew it would happen some time but of all the places in all of England, no one expected it to happen at Vicarage Road on a bitter evening in February against a Watford team fighting for its life. Disbelief … Read more

Fans clash with police and one man appears to suffer head injury ahead of Crystal Palace match

Fans clash with police ahead of Brighton against Crystal Palace as one fan appears to be treated for a head injury as he lies on the pavement Fans were involved in clashes with police ahead of Brighton’s game with Palace The incident took place near Brighton clock tower ahead of 12.30pm kick-off One man appeared … Read more

Serie A games have been called off this weekend amid coronavirus outbreak

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Serie C club Pianese confirm THREE players now suffering from coronavirus

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Europa League: Copenhagen star sends policeman flying in wild celebrations at Celtic

Copenhagen star Michael Santos CHARGED with alleged assault on policeman after sending officer flying to the ground during crazy celebrations at Parkhead as they knocked Celtic out of the Europa League Policeman was sent flying when he tried to break up Copenhagen’s celebrations The Copenhagen players ran over to their fans after scoring to go … Read more

Laura Kenny crash: Four-time gold medalist left with cut under eye in first event in the omnium

Four-time gold medallist Laura Kenny CRASHES as British cyclist is bloodied and bruised at the World Track Cycling Championships just a month on from breaking her shoulder Laura Kenny crashed at the World Track Cycling Championships in Berlin The Briton said it was a ‘risk’ competing as she broke her shoulder last month  Reports of … Read more