Marcus Rashford’s early strike was enough to earn a narrow 1-0 victory at Leicester, as Manchester United moved to within two points of fourth-place Chelsea. The striker, on his 100th Premier League appearance, atoned for a shocking miss moments earlier by rifling home following Paul Pogba’s excellent ball over the top in the 9th minute….
Sheffield United Women’s forward Sophie Jones has been charged by the Football Association after racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur star Renee Hector. In an FA Women’s Championship game between the two sides on January 6, Hector claimed she “received some monkey noises from an opposition player”. Jones has until February 15 to respond. She has been charged with…
talkSPORT presenter Adrian Durham has boldly alleged that the EFL are conspiring to disrupt Leeds’ promotion hopes. United manager Marcelo Bielsa admitted to spying on his rivals’ training sessions after a member of his staff was caught at Derby last month, prompting the EFL and Football Association to launch an investigation. On Friday, the EFL…
Dele Alli has returned to training already as he bids to make a comeback for Tottenham Hotspur. The midfielder limped out of Spurs’ win over Fulham last month and was told he would miss at least six weeks through injury. However, Dele is currently out in Dubai completing some warm weather training and seems in…
Simon Jordan has told talkSPORT that whoever replaces Richard Scudamore as the executive chairman of the Premier League will be getting ‘the best job in football’. Scudamore stepped down from his post in November, however, the organisation has yet to appoint a successor, something that has bemused the former Crystal Palace chairman. Jordan went on…
Lionel Messi has been included in Barcelona’s squad for tonight’s Copa del Rey El Clasico semi-final at home to Real Madrid but remains a doubt to start. The legendary Argentine sustained a thigh injury in Saturday’s 2-2 La Liga draw with Valencia. Messi scored twice, including the equaliser from the penalty spot, as the hosts came…
West Ham United welcome Liverpool to the London Stadium on Monday night. But it seems as though Manuel Pellegrini may have got his teams confused, with his programme notes instead claiming Arsenal are Monday night’s opponents. Someone on the programme editing team for the Hammers appears to have accidentally re-printed the exact same programme notes…
Vincent Janssen will be recalled to Tottenham’s Premier League squad as Mauricio Pochettino has performed a surprising U-turn over the outcast striker. The Netherlands international, who spent most of last season on loan at Fenerbahce, has not played for Tottenham since August 2017. He was not named in Spurs’ Premier league squad for the opening half…
Manchester United are preparing three huge defensive signings for the summer, despite not having a permanent boss. According to reports; Serie A superstars Kalidou Koulibaly, Milan Skriniar and Joachim Andersen are on the summer shopping list for the Red Devils. While caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in contention to take over the job full-time in…
Cardiff boosted their chances of survival with a 2-0 win at home to Bournemouth but the result was of secondary importance. This was the Bluebirds’ first game at The Cardiff City Stadium since the tragic disappearance of new signing Emiliano Sala, who was flying back to Wales from Nantes when his aircraft disappeared near Guernsey…