The FA, Team GB and England Netball are among major organisations to back the Equal Sport Project - a new initiative aimed at improving equality and making the UK world leaders for women and girls' sport.
Two Andrew Neal penalties earn Plymouth Parkway a first spot in the FA Cup second round after coming from behind to beat Berkhamsted 2-1 in extra time.
Armed with an impressive academic record and experience as a rugby fly-half, the teenager is anything but typical Josh King is talking with pride about how his mother, Michelle, a university lecturer, has almost finished her PhD in sickle cell disease. The Fulham attacking midfielder, who is in the England squad for the Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain this week, mentions that his father, Steve, is a lawyer and says he might have liked to follow in his footsteps if it had not worked out for him on the pitch. King’s background is not that of a typical footballer. Privately educa
Director of football in discussions with Omar Berrada Pochettino and Howe on radar as possible replacements Manchester United are moving towards sacking Michael Carrick, though no final decision has been made by Jason Wilcox, the director of football, who is leading the review after the head coach was given the Chelsea, Roma and Aston Villa games to turn results around. Wilcox has been consulting with Omar Berrada, the chief executive, before a recommendation regarding Carrick is made to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who controls sporting policy. Continue reading...
Seventh-tier side Wimborne Town will host League One Bradford City in the second round of the FA Cup, while former winners Leicester City will visit National League South side Dover Athletic.
United and City dominate the news cycle with stories so strange and vast they threaten to consume the rest of the league In Manchester this weekend it was possible to bookend your Thursday‑to‑Sunday entertainment with two cultural events. First up, a debut screening of the re‑released and uncensored Ken Russell film The Devils at Trafford Odeon. And three days later, three miles down the road, Manchester United versus Aston Villa at Old Trafford. As expected, one of these events provided a visceral cinematic experience, a deeply disturbing two-hour public meditation on the meaning of faith, bl