GETTY*SKY BET His admiration for the Brazil great is just one of the revelations Johnson makes in this week’s Sky Bet EFL Q&A. Born in Jamaica, the 24-year-old has helped Preston to a promising start to the Championship season which will be tested by Saturday’s trip to big-spending Middlesbrough. A […]
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Manchester United and Arsenal have both been tipped to lure Lemar away from Monte Carlo this transfer window. And the Red Devils’ path to the winger was left clear yesterday with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger conceding defeat in his bid to land the 21-year-old. It represented a bitter blow to […]
Costa was at Brazil’s national stadium to watch Flamengo’s 1-0 win over Botafogo in a local derby in Rio de Janeiro. The striker is currently AWOL in South America as Chelsea demand he return to the club. Costa has no future at Chelsea but the Blues want him training in […]
Antonio Conte is keen on making more additions to his Chelsea squad before next Thursday’s 11pm deadline. Conte wants to provide competition for Victor Modes, and Candreva has been earmarked as a target. Reports earlier this week indicated the Blues could have the 30-year-old Candreva if they pay £25million. Candreva […]
There are just six days until the window slams shut on August 31 and Liverpool have been far from busy in the transfer market. They spent £35million on Mohamed Salah and he’s been followed to Anfield by Andy Robertson and Dominic Solanke. Liverpool qualified for the Champions League group stages […]
Manchester United are keen to sign at least one more player before deadline day next Thursday. They have already spent £140million on Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic. Mourinho has taken the pressure off executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward by claiming he won’t be too downhearted if a fourth players […]
Ibrahimovic rejoined Manchester United yesterday, putting pen to paper on a one-year deal and taking a £200,000 pay cut in the process. United have set the early pace, and are top of the Premier League table, following their 4-0 wins against West Ham and Swansea respectively. Romelu Lukaku, who joined […]
McIlroy managed three birdies but twice as many bogeys in superb conditions on the Glen Oaks course, which was hosting an event of any stature for its first time since being opened in 1969. The defending FedEx Cup champ birdied two of the opening par threes, holing putts of 29-feet […]
Of course, Europe’s 2018 Ryder Cup Captain is this week contesting his 500th European Tour event since making his full European Tour debut in early 1996 at the Dimenson Data Pro-Am in South Africa. Bjorn, and now aged 46, has won 15 times on the European Tour and played on […]
When the sides met in the quarter-finals six years ago, Bale was still in the lilywhite of the north London club and was powerless to prevent a 5-0 aggregate drubbing by one of the competition’s giants. But the man who left Tottenham as the world’s most expensive player two years […]
Jurgen Klopp’s side were beaten by the Spanish team in the Europa League final two seasons ago, but can still be pleased with a group-stage draw in which they avoided Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. Liverpool will face Russian champions Spartak Moscow and Slovenian title holders Maribor in […]
Chelsea transfer news LIVE: Follow all the latest news and gossip from Stamford Bridge Thursday August 24 Ox development 23:10: Arsenal could be forced to sell Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to a direct rival, with the player reportedly set to reject their latest contract offer. Oxlade-Chamberlain sat down with Gunners chiefs for […]
But the England manager also challenged the younger members of his squad to step out of Rooney’s shadow and show they have the leadership qualities to drive the national team forward. Southgate, who has given first call-ups to Watford midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah and Leicester defender Harry Maguire, had planned to […]
Despite UFC poster boy McGregor’s appearance in the ring, there won’t be any legendary Octagon girls working the highly anticipated event. Instead, it will be Corona Girls who will handle ring card duties in Las Vegas. The beer company won the bid to become the official beer for what has […]
ARSENAL TRANSFER NEWS LIVE UPDATES: Get all the latest from the Emirates here… Thursday August 24 Arsenal update 21:35: Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth has given an Arsenal transfer update. “Lucas Perez, it’s hoped a deal can be agreed with Deportivo La Coruna before the end of the window,” Sheth […]
MANCHESTER UNITED LIVE TRANSFER UPDATES: All the latest on David De Gea, Antoine Griezman, Ivan Perisic and more… Thursday August 24 Henry on Ibra 22:15: Thierry Henry isn’t surprised to see Ibrahimovic pitch up at Old Trafford again. He told Sky Sports: “I’m not surprised, because if I was there […]
The four-time Olympic champion crossed the line in 13 minutes 06.05 seconds in a tight finish. Farah was beaten to gold by Ethiopian Muktar Edris over the same distance at London’s World Championships earlier this month but he edged out his rival, who stumbled and came third in a photo […]
The Gunners head to Anfield on Sunday as they look to recover from their disappointing defeat to Stoke last weekend. But the defeat didn’t look to be playing on the minds of Arsene Wenger’s star men as they were put through their paces at London Colney today. Alexis Sanchez in […]
Snodgrass is understood to be surplus to requirements at West Ham, despite only joining the Hammers in January in a £10million deal from Hull. And Bruce, who previously signed Snodgrass in 2014 during his time in charge of Hull, admits he would be open to a reunion with the Scotland […]
Everton can book their place in the group stage of the Europa League this evening as they take on Hajduk Split in the second leg of the play-off round. Ronald Koeman’s side won the first leg at Goodison Park 2-0 as the game was marred by crowd trouble. However, the […]