Glentoran midfielder Aimee Kerr has received her first call-up to the Northern Ireland squad for their Nations League double-header against Romania. The 18-year-old previously captained NI at under-19 level and replaces club teammate Chloe McCarron in the squad after impressing in her first Women’s Premiership season. Tanya Oxtoby’s side are second Group B1 after a...
Experienced Kent batter Joe Denly is set to miss the start of the County Championship season after suffering a broken arm in training. The 39-year-old has undergone surgery after he was injured while batting in a nets session this week. “He is unavailable for selection at this time,” Kent said on its website, external ahead...
Form (most recent first): WLWWWW Top goalscorer: Haji Wright (10) Most assists: Jack Rudoni (10) Clive Eakin, BBC Radio CWR Why they will make the play-offs When Frank Lampard took over in November he didn’t rule out a play-off push but admitted the first aim was to steer clear of relegation. Now, 10 wins from...
Forward Alessia Russo says she has massive belief in Arsenal after reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s Champions League thanks to a 3-0 victory over Real Madrid. Read article in full at source...
While trying to defend himself and come to terms with what a lengthy ban could mean to his future in the game when he was just months into his latest two-year deal with Leicestershire, Wright says he was forced to think about getting a “Plan B up his sleeve”. And so he started a podcast....
Callum Hudson-Odoi feels he is almost back at the beginning of his career. The winger’s mindset now, as then, is going into every game feeling he can score or assist, being part of the conversation around the England senior team, and once again trying to impress Thomas Tuchel. Now 24, the three-cap England international has...
We discuss Kasper Schmeichel, Victor Wanyama and Dunfermline and the Scotland under-21s. Read article in full at source...
The Nepal Super League season lasts just four weeks, with the play-off final to decide the champions on 26 April – FA Cup semi-final weekend. Will it be Preston, 14th in the Championship table, or Aston Villa – who face Paris St-Germain in a mouth-watering Champions League quarter-final next month – at Wembley on the...
How to follow this weekend’s FA Cup quarter-finals on the BBC, with two games being shown live. Read article in full at source...
BBC Sport takes a look back at the Calciopoli scandal, in which Italian champions Juventus were relegated from Serie A and stripped of two titles in 2006. READ MORE: The scandal that rocked Italy and left Juventus in Serie B LISTEN: Calciopoli: The Juventus scandal – Sporting Witness Read article in full at source...
Ireland’s Erin King believes she is playing alongside some of the best back rows in the world during the Women’s Six Nations. King, 21, started her side’s 27-15 defeat by France to kick off their campaign last weekend alongside Aoife Wafer and Brittany Hogan. Wafer scored twice in another superb display, while Hogan was instrumental...
Getty Images The world’s most populous country is ranked 90th in the men’s Fifa world rankings – just ahead of Curaçao and Luxembourg On a hot, humid Thursday night in Saitama, China’s national football team hit its lowest ebb. With a minute left on the clock and trailing Japan 6-0, Chinese defenders were likely wishing...
Ulster back row James McNabney said “it was a bit surreal” to be included as a development player in Ireland’s Six Nations squad. The 22-year-old debuted for his province last season after making 14 appearances for the Ireland Under-20s. His inclusion for Ireland’s pre-championship training camp in Portugal was his first involvement with the senior...
Shrewsbury Town have appointed Michael Appleton as their new head coach until the end of the season. The 49-year-old former Manchester United midfielder replaces Gareth Ainsworth, who left to take over at League Two side Gillingham. This will be the eighth appointment of Appleton’s 14-year managerial career after spells at Portsmouth, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester...
Southampton put £100m price tag on in-demand winger Tyler Dibling, Jadon Sancho targets a move back to Germany and Alexander Isak turns down Newcastle contract offer. Southampton will demand more than £100m for 19-year-old winger Tyler Dibling with the Englishman wanted by Tottenham and Manchester City. (Telegraph), external Newcastle want to bring Liverpool and England...
