West Bromwich Albion have sacked head coach Tony Mowbray after just three months of his second spell in charge. The 61-year-old was dismissed after Monday’s 3-1 home defeat by relegation-threatened Derby County – a loss that all but ends the Baggies’ hopes of making the Championship play-offs. The former Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough boss was...
Emma Raducanu has paused the search for a new full-time coach, saying she is happy to “keep things informal” as her part-time partnership with Mark Petchey continues. Raducanu brought Petchey – a well-known figure in British tennis circles and a former coach of Andy Murray – into her coaching team on a casual basis at...
MK Dons have appointed former Derby County and Rotherham United boss Paul Warne as their new head coach. The 51-year-old, who has signed a “long-term contract” replaces Scott Lindsey at the League Two club after he was sacked last month. Warne has won four promotions from League One, three with Rotherham and one in charge...
Caroline Gall BBC News, West Midlands Luke Tomkinson Luke Tomkinson, shift supervisor and avid Wolves fan, said it was a “special moment” to meet Vitor Pereira in the pub Wolves fans enjoying a few local drinks after Sunday’s win over Tottenham Hotspur were able to rejoice in style when head coach Vitor Pereira joined them...
Manchester City women’s director of football Therese Sjogran says she has not ruled out the possibility of interim head coach Nick Cushing staying on this summer. Cushing, 40, took over on an interim basis until the end of the season following Gareth Taylor’s sacking last month. Sjogran also said the timing of Taylor’s departure in...
Coming just days after they produced one of their best performance of the season to beat Norwich City, the capitulation against the Swans infuriated head coach Muslic, who has overseen slightly improved form since he took over in January. Despite his anger with his team’s display at the Swansea.com Stadium, he remains optimistic for the...
However, her presence as a leader eventually became a block for others to bloom, which worked against her in the end. After being told England would move on from her as captain and a player in 2016, I felt for her. There was a brutality to it because she was still playing well. While fitness...
Hampshire have appointed former Essex batter Paul Prichard as interim head coach of their women’s side following the departure of Charlotte Edwards. Edwards took the role last November, after a successful stint with Southern Vipers, but left last week to replace Jon Lewis as head coach of England. Prichard joined the coaching staff at Utilita...
The belief of Villa’s players and supporters is backed up by compelling evidence that this is the arena where Emery operates best, having guided Sevilla to three successive Europa League triumphs in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – the latter against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool – before repeating the feat with Villarreal against Manchester United in 2021....
Cristiano Ronaldo has paid tribute following the death on Tuesday of the coach who discovered him and several other elite Portuguese players. Aurelio da Silva Pereira, who died aged 77, created Sporting Lisbon’s recruitment and training department in 1988 and went on to be responsible for the development of some of Portugal’s finest players. The...
Gary Stead will step down as New Zealand’s limited-overs head coach this summer – and is considering his position in charge of the Test team. Stead, 53, played five Tests for the Black Caps in 1999 before moving into coaching, taking charge of his country’s women’s team in 2008, and then the men’s team in...
Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou is looking more isolated than ever. The Australian directed a brief clap towards the furious travelling away fans from near the halfway line following his side’s 1-0 loss at Chelsea but, by then, it could be argued the damage had already been done. Enzo Fernandez’s second-half header was enough to...
Northamptonshire all-rounder Rob Keogh believes Darren Lehmann is the man to get the best out of their squad in this season’s County Championship. They finished fourth in Division Two last season after winning two and drawing nine of their 14 games, 56 points adrift of second-placed Yorkshire. But they hope to mount a stronger promotion...
Edwards won the Ashes and both World Cups as England captain only to be sacked in 2016 and replaced by Knight. Now Knight has been sacked but has indicated her desire to continue as a player. Edwards, 45, said she was not consulted in the decision to remove Knight. “She sets such high standards, she’s...
New England head coach Charlotte Edwards tells BBC Sport that she is now “ready” for the role and the “big challenge”. The 45-year-old, England’s all-time leading run-scorer, replaces Jon Lewis, who was sacked in March after the 16-0 Ashes hammering in Australia. READ MORE: ‘Everyone should be excited by this’ – England appoint Edwards as...