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Ashton acknowledges that one of the key lessons from their previous Premier League campaign was the need to bring in more athletic players “with a different set of physical attributes”. The midfield lacked power and ball-winning ability in 2024-25, and it is imperative that new arrivals Florentino Luis and Sasa …

Nobbs says “too many draws” held Newcastle back last season but they are not hiding their ambitions this time around after a busy transfer window. Under boss Tanya Oxtoby, who previously managed Northern Ireland and worked with Emma Hayes at Chelsea, Nobbs believes they are improving. “I know we said …

Dakota Ditcheva says she has “cried non-stop” after breaking both of her hands in the win over Denise Kielholtz – just months after recovering from similar injuries. The Briton outclassed Kielholtz at PFL New York earlier this month to win by unanimous decision in her first fight in just over …

Of the 50 previous Super Cups, 30 have been won by the team that won the top-flight European competition (now known as the Uefa Champions League). The match has been an official fixture since 1973, and until 1999 saw the winner of the Champions League (or equivalent) play the winners …

Wales’ top tier, formed in 1992, has been revamped for its 35th edition with games predominantly switching to Friday evenings. The number of clubs has been increased from 12 to 16 with the promotion of Llandudno, Airbus UK, Holywell Town, Trefelin BGC, Cambrian United and Ammanford. Jack Sharp, FAW head …

Watch Sportscene highlights as Kasper Hogh’s hat-trick fires Celtic to an emphatic Scottish Premiership victory at Kilmarnock. Source link

Callum Wright’s dramatic late goal gives Hibernian victory at Ibrox and keeps Derek McInnes waiting for his first win as Rangers manager. BBC News

Hearts fire four past Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership as head coach Wouter Vrancken earns his first victory at the fifth attempt. Source link

Available for 28 days Kasper Hogh kickstarts his Celtic career as they trounce Kilmarnock on Rugby Park’s newly laid park. How impressive was he alongside fellow summer signing Camilo Duran? Just a couple of hours later Rangers fell behind to Hibs, found an equaliser, and were then undone by a …

Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino have been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation. The letter, signed by the presidents and general secretaries, said recent controversy over the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal was fundamentally about “the …

Welcome to our special cricket edition of our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. For each day of The Hundred there’s a new cricketer, taking part in the tournament, who we want you to guess in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a …

A Brazilian footballer says he got “carried away” after he was injured jumping over advertising boards to celebrate a goal – only to fall down a hole on the other side. Defender Jacy Maranhao, 29, headed in for Coritiba against Chapecoense in the Brazilian top flight with his side 1-0 …

Watch the best of the action from the Scottish Championship, Scottish League 1 and Scottish League 2, including wins for Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers and Stenhousemuir. Source link

Entering just his third pre-season training camp with New Orleans, Charlie Smyth can hardly be dubbed a veteran at this stage of his fledgling NFL career but the Saints’ incumbent kicker certainly no longer feels a novice either. Smyth’s big chance with the Saints came last November when he stepped …

Painter and Meadows were crowned BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year winners in 2024. They remain resolutely modest when it comes to their own achievements, while the results continue to speak for themselves. The demand for their attention is no surprise. When Hodgkinson joined Painter, she could run 400m …

Welcome to our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. The fewer clues you need to get the right …

Many of Iraola’s attacking principles resemble those of one of his long-time managerial inspirations, the former Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine coached Iraola at Athletic Club between 2011 and 2013 and, speaking to Sky Sports in 2023, the Liverpool boss acknowledged this influence. “I use a lot of …

There has been a small slice of Wales in Argentina for more than 150 years. About 160 Welsh emigrants sailed to Patagonia in 1865 to create a new settlement, ‘Y Wladfa’, where their language, culture and religion could flourish free from English influence and dominance. The language is still actively …

After years of speculation, Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he agreed to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013, before changing his mind and re-joining Chelsea instead. “When I left Real Madrid, I signed to go to Manchester United after Sir Alex,” the 63-year-old coach – now back …

Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon and Malawi have all qualified for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) in Morocco is also acting as a qualifying tournament for next summer’s tournament, with any country that makes the semi-finals earning their places at the World Cup. …