A late winner from Jota earned Celtic their first away victory in Scotland since Valentine’s Day and left Aberdeen without a win in nine matches.Kyogo Furuhashi headed Celtic into a lead on the road for the first time in Scotland since that victory ove…
Scandal-ridden French tycoon Bernard Tapie dies aged 78
Business magnate who also turned his hand to sport, politics and acting, dies four years after cancer diagnosisBernard Tapie, the businessman, actor, former politician and one-time president of Olympique de Marseille football club, whose larger-than-li…
Wrexham ‘need to get out of this league’ says McElhenney after game is called off
Club co-chairman tweets after game at Aldershot is abandonedWrexham players tried to clear water from pitch at EBB StadiumThe Wrexham co-chairman, Rob McElhenney, was left bemused after the team’s National League match at Aldershot Town was abandoned d…
‘It is like drink-driving’: Jürgen Klopp says anti-vaxxers endanger others
Klopp: ‘we have 99% vaccinated’ against Covid at LiverpoolLiverpool manager says City’s lack of strikers ‘luxury problem’Jürgen Klopp has launched an attack on people who refuse coronavirus vaccinations by comparing them to drink-drivers and saying the…
Luis Suárez strikes as Atlético Madrid push Koeman closer to Barcelona exit
It had to be him. The man who was forced out of Barcelona and immediately brought the league title to Atlético Madrid may also have brought Ronald Koeman’s brief and ultimately bitter time at the Camp Nou to a close that has long been coming. On the ni…
‘Always a crap week for women’: Chelsea’s Emma Hayes left exasperated
Paul Riley coercion claims in NWSL follow Sarah Everard case‘All of us hope for a place where we feel safe … without fear’Emma Hayes, the Chelsea manager, has expressed her frustrations at another “crap week for women” following the conviction of Wayne…
‘Punching the air’: Pelé leaves hospital to undergo chemotherapy
Brazilian great, 80, stable after month-long hospital stayTumour removed from colon but chemo to continueBrazilian football great Pelé has been discharged from the hospital where he received treatment for almost a month.The 80-year-old had a tumour rem…
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Manchester City head for Anfield, how best for Manchester United to utilise Paul Pogba and time for Leeds to step up a gearManchester City fans have not been in attendance for a league win at Anfield since 2003, when Nicolas Anelka scored two. What Cit…
Rapid Vienna fans’ missiles mar West Ham win sparked by Declan Rice
The attention should have lingered on those flashes of quality from Declan Rice and Saïd Benrahma. West Ham had settled a bitty contest with two fine goals and they had managed the game well during a testing second half, hiding their inexperience at th…
Covid rule change will let South Americans play in World Cup qualifiers
Breaks from quarantine permitted for matches and trainingRules will only apply to those who are double vaccinatedThe government is to announce new rules to enable players who travel to red zone countries during the international break to play upon thei…