Chelsea close in on Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix, Newcastle United add Borussia Dortmund midfielder Felix Nmecha to their shortlist, while three Premier League clubs are chasing Uruguay left-back Maxi Araujo. Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix, 26, is expected to complete a move to Chelsea for about 55m euros (£47.4m) after playing for France at […]
Former West Ham United defender Anton Ferdinand has taken his first senior coaching job by joining National League newcomers Hornchurch. Ferdinand, brother of former Manchester United and England defender Rio, is reunited with his former Hammers team-mate, Hornchurch boss Daryl McMahon. The 41-year-old’s arrival is the second high-profile appointment the Urchins have made this summer, […]
Many international fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of tipping servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in. England supporter Geoff Pryor said he understood tipping for good service, but he found it “weird” when buying a bottle of water and “they try to get […]
Wright suggested that those attendance figures, plus the talent and storylines that Scottish football has to offer, should attract a more lucrative TV deal when compared with Norway. The Premiership attracted huge interest last term as a gripping title fight went down to a final-day decider between eventual champions Celtic and Hearts. “Norway have managed […]
Declan Rice returned to England training on Friday but Reece James missed the session as doubt remains about his availability for the Three Lions’ final group game against Panama. Chelsea defender James has a hamstring issue which he picked up in England’s 0-0 draw with Ghana on Tuesday and was missing from the group training […]
Ipswich Town Women have signed forward Kit Graham on a two-year contract following a successful loan spell last season. The 30-year-old joined Town from Tottenham Hotspur in January and scored twice in 10 games, both long-range strikes in a 3-0 win over Birmingham City. “The girls worked so hard to secure survival in WSL 2 […]
Arsenal have held exploratory talks over potential moves for Newcastle pair Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali. The Gunners want to add a new central midfielder to their squad this summer and are assessing numerous options, with Guimaraes and Tonali among the players the club have actively explored. As things stand, it is understood Arsenal only […]
Mark Poyser, BBC Radio Wales commentator In the Hollywood era at Wrexham, few players captured the fans’ and owners’ imagination quite like Paul Mullin. He scored 110 goals in 172 games, including 38 in the National League in the 2022-23 season to help the club back into the Football League after 15 years in the […]
Start Marcus Rashford? Bring Nico O’Reilly and John Stones back in? Rest Declan Rice? It’s decision time for Thomas Tuchel. The England head coach made two changes for Tuesday’s second World Cup group game, with Djed Spence and Marc Guehi coming in for O’Reilly and Stones in a 0-0 draw with Ghana. But what will […]
Expanding the World Cup to 48 teams always presented one obvious problem – it was an imperfect number for a tournament. With 32 teams, the maths was simple – eight groups of four teams, with the top two going through to a last 16, then quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. By adding another 16 nations, […]