Payton’s initial symptoms gave the impression something was wrong. When fellow former Hull City trainee Dean Windass came out earlier this year to say he had received a diagnosis of dementia at the age of 56, Payton felt encouraged to get checked himself. “I was having symptoms such as bad headaches, forgetfulness, but for someone...
England have often favoured pace or variation in height or angle in recent selections but Cook is a more traditional, skilful seam bowler – his debut a reward for his superb County Championship record. Cook’s 227 County Championship wickets were the most by any seamer in the past five years while his overall haul of...
The Europa League final with Tottenham will be followed by the final Premier League game of the campaign against Champions League-chasing Aston Villa, with United nowhere near that race this season. But there will be no immediate rest for United’s players, who have more work ahead of them. As soon as the Villa game is...
Analysis – BBC Radio Cumbria sports editor Paul Newton He may not have been able to keep Carlisle United up – and there are some in the fanbase who feel he had enough time to do so – however, the retention of Mark Hughes has been roundly welcomed in the city. Carlisle were a mess...
Burnley have released Nathan Redmond and Jonjo Shelvey following promotion to the Premier League – but have also completed the permanent signings of four on-loan players. Redmond, 31, had an injury-hit spell with the Clarets, missing most of 2024 with a hamstring injury along with another period out due to a calf issue. In total,...
Glenn Murray speaks to three members of the four generations of the Hinshelwood family – the most recent of whom, Jack, is making waves at Brighton. Jack scored an 85th-minute winner against Liverpool on Monday, with his 17-year-old cousin Harry Howell making his debut for the Seagulls. Jack’s father Adam is managing York City in...
“Unfortunately, I wasn’t afforded that opportunity, which saddens me as I would have liked to have walked round Ibrox one last time and returned all the love and support you’ve given me during my two stints.” Berlin-born Nigeria international Balogun first joined Rangers after leaving Wigan Athletic in 2020. He left for Queens Park Rangers...
England wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow will replace compatriot Will Jacks at Mumbai Indians if they qualify for the play-off stages of the Indian Premier League. Jacks is expected to return to England to play in the one-day series against the West Indies, which starts on Thursday, 29 May. The IPL had to be paused amid political...
“I first met Natalie when I was working at Loughborough University,” says former fast bowler Katherine. “She was trialling at the National Cricket Performance Centre there. “She came in with an arm brace on because her elbow hyper-extends. Mark Lane, the England coach at the time, was trying to wind me up saying she could...
Former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has been identified as the Ibrox club’s preferred candidate following the decision not to retain interim head coach Barry Ferguson, with Real Madrid assistant Davide Ancelotti and former Southampton boss Russell Martin having also been on the shortlist. (Daily Mail), external Former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard and former Ibrox defender...
Goalkeeper Emma Byrne played a key role in Arsenal’s dominance of the 2000s and early 2010s, winning 11 top-flight league titles, nine Women’s FA Cups and three League Cups. Over 16 years she made 459 appearances for Arsenal, the most in the club’s history. The former Republic of Ireland international was capped a record 134...
“Since we had Craig, David Marshall and Allan McGregor, we haven’t quite had the same quality coming through. “It’s something we should have picked up on a few years ago. It’s probably an oversight. We had three goalkeepers of such quality all playing at the same time and you think ‘that will never end’.” Gordon...
Final Score presenter Jason Mohammad and pundits Chris Sutton, Stephen Warnock and Anita Asante discuss whether – win or lose in the Europa League final on Wednesday – Ange Postecoglou will be at Tottenham next season. READ MORE: How Spence went from serial outcast to unlikely Spurs stalwart Read full article at source...
The wait to break the Premier League’s goal involvement record goes on for Mohamed Salah. But on his 400th Liverpool appearance, he really should have been celebrating equalling the tally. Quite how the Egyptian side-footed Cody Gakpo’s low cross wide of an empty net from just yards out in Monday’s defeat at Brighton, no-one really...
Under McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, England have delivered often thrilling cricket and secured landmark series wins away in Pakistan and New Zealand. However, they failed to regain the Ashes in 2023, having gone 2-0 behind against Australia before surging back to draw the series, while they were also heavily beaten in India and lost...