Released players are all from League One club’s academyGroup-chat messages were sent after Euro 2020 finalPortsmouth have released three players from their academy following disciplinary proceedings in relation to discriminatory messages sent in a grou…
Liverpool fan’s death ruled as 97th of Hillsborough disaster
Liverpool coroner’s court rules Andrew Devine, 55, unlawfully killed by effects of crush 32 years earlierA coroner has ruled that Andrew Devine, 55, who has died 32 years after suffering severe and irreversible brain damage at Hillsborough in 1989, was…
Ange Postecoglou rues transfer failings after Celtic exit Champions League
Ange Postecoglou suggested he might not have been forceful enough in his demands for new signings as took responsibility for Celtic’s latest Champions League failure. Celtic missed out on the group stages for a fourth year running as a 2-1 extra-time d…
Have you cried with despair in public? There is nothing braver or better | Adrian Chiles
It’s great to see men such as Tom Daley sobbing in victory – and the gold standard for emotional articulacy is surely showing your sadnessI am all for men crying; I do a lot of it myself. If we leave onions out of it, there are only two kinds of crying…
Arsenal’s Rob Holding: ‘No Europe this season can be a blessing in disguise’
Defender has sights set on a place back in the Champions League and admits last season’s toils caused real lows around the squadUntil the last possible moment, Rob Holding held out a sliver of hope that the most gruelling of years might yet be extended…
Abramovich was not ‘directed’ to buy Chelsea FC by Putin, court hears
Author accused of repeating ‘lazy inaccuracies’ about businessman’s role in Russian politics and societyRoman Abramovich’s lawyer said it was defamatory to describe the businessman as having “a corrupt relationship” with the Russian president, Vladimir…
‘It’s crazy’: Ellie Roebuck enjoying Team GB No 1 spot after show of patience
Goalkeeper established at international level aged 21Olympic squad confident going into Australia quarter-finalTeam GB’s goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck has said she needed to be “patient” to earn the No 1 shirt as an international, after conceding her first …
ITV ad revenues rebound on back of Euro 2020 and easing of Covid controls
Broadcaster reports largest June advertising revenues in its 66-year historyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageITV said it has put the worst of the coronavirus pandemic behind it, after the Euro 2020 football tournament and the…