Rangers v Celtic: Barry Ferguson ‘confident’ of Old Firm victory

Former Rangers captain and manager Barry Ferguson believes the Scottish Premiership title race will “go to the wire” but is “confident” of Old Firm victory over Celtic on Sunday. Rangers hold a two-point advantage over their Glasgow rivals having played a game more before meeting at Ibrox, the penultimate league derby of the season. Danny […]

Man Utd debt up to £1.3bn despite profit of £33m

With that, the legacy debt from the Glazer family takeover and additional ‘liabilities’ listed of more than £500m – the vast majority of which is outstanding transfer fee payments – the club owed a staggering £1.29bn at the end of last year. United also paid out £13.9m in net finance costs, although this was much […]

World Cup 2026: US cities’ security concerns over funding freeze

“We have to start making some really tough decisions and it starts with our fan festival,” he said. “Without receiving this money, it could be catastrophic for our planning and co-ordination. “The matches up at the stadium will take place, but preparing for all the impromptu events and watch parties that we are expecting to […]

Chelsea and West Ham fined £325,000 and £300,000 for ‘mass confrontation’

Chelsea were 2-0 down in the match but went on to win 3-2 thanks to Enzo Fernandez’s injury-time goal, which came before the confrontation. In its written reasons, the independent regulatory commission stated “this was a serious incident” involving a number of Chelsea‘s players. It added: “It was not accepted that Mr Cucurella was wholly […]

Shrewsbury Town: Ex-England goalkeeper Joe Hart joins club as a stand-in coach

Shrewsbury-born Hart came through the Shropshire club’s ranks and featured 58 times for them before being sold to Manchester City as a 19-year-old in 2006, a deal that was eventually worth £1.5m. What convinced him to once again wear the Shrewsbury kit was the chance to help 22-year-old Matthew Cox, who is on loan at […]

Champions League last-16 draw: Dates, schedule & format

The eight winners of the play-offs will meet the top-eight finishers from the league phase. From this point onward the competition adopts a knockout format, with each fixture other than the final contested over two legs. As with the play-offs, teams’ final ranking in the league phase will influence seeding in the last 16, with […]

Scottish gossip: Celtic’s Nygren attracting Premier League clubs

Premier League clubs are interested in Celtic top scorer Benjamin Nygren while Hearts wait for injury updates on five players. Celtic are willing to consider a big offer for Sweden midfielder Benjamin Nygren, 24, in the summer amid increasing interest from Premier League clubs. (Football Insider), external An Old Trafford return for Napoli’s Scotland international […]

Snoop Dogg’s surreal Swansea visit heralds late drama in Preston draw

Preston had only brought around 200 fans for what was a sell-out. With tickets in the away end sold to Swansea supporters, this was a record number of home fans at a game in this stadium. Yet the away fans were loudest during a first half in which their team led to puncture the party […]

FPL Podcast from BBC Sport – Dave Loses the Plot

Available for over a year Alistair Bruce-Ball, Chris Sutton and Statman Dave are joined by The Athletic writer and podcaster Carl Anka. Are Manchester United players fun to use in FPL? Should Bournemouth feature in your team? How should Premier League players take their penalties? Chris Sutton reveals his pre-match warm up routine whilst Carl […]

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