Watch the trailer for new BBC documentary How to win the Champions League: Jose Mourinho. BBC Sport provides a fascinating, first-hand insight from one of the most iconic managers in football history, revealing how the combination of skilful man-management, tactical strength and ability to motivate his teams led to him twice securing the biggest prize...
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says his players should view the second leg of their Champions League showdown with Paris St-Germain as a chance to write themselves into the club’s history books. Villa, who won the European Cup in 1982, suffered a 3-1 defeat away to the Ligue 1 champions last week in the first...
Manchester City again spent the second most on agents – a little over £52m – followed by Manchester United with an outlay of £33m. Aston Villa (£25m) and Newcastle (£24.3m) complete the top five biggest spenders, with the current Premier League top two of Arsenal (£22.8m) and Liverpool (£20.8m) following behind. West Ham (£19m), Tottenham...
“It was a really composed, committed, professional performance, some really well worked goals, six for ‘Pesk’ which is remarkable, and a collective team effort that has put us in a really strong position,” said Sheehan. “We have to enjoy the feeling that we have currently but we still have one game to go and want...
Catch up with the weekend goals from the Scottish Championship, League 1 and League 2. Read full article at source...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou says his side “played pretty well” but were punished for their “individual errors” as they slumped to a 17th league defeat of the season at Wolves. MATCH REPORT: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Two-time reigning champions Loughborough take on Cardiff Dragons. Read full article at source...
The club set a new third-tier record by signing England Under-21 international Jay Stansfield for an eight-figure sum, and also brought in Christoph Klarer and Willum Thor Willumsson for big fees to bolster a squad relegated from the Championship last season. The rebuild has been a success with 18-goal Stansfield currently joint top scorer in...
Anthony Elanga raised his arms in an almost apologetic manner. The winger had just fired Nottingham Forest into the lead against former side Manchester United after a dazzling 70-yard run. But the Swede elected not to celebrate out of respect for the team he joined at the age of 12. That is despite Elanga’s left-footed...
Ex-Premier League striker Dion Dublin speaks with winger Anthony Elanga to discuss Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo and how he has got them “chasing greatness” this season. Watch Football Focus on Saturdays at 12:00 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app. Get all the latest Nottingham Forest news...
First, to address Neville’s comments directly – are players now “robotic” and unable to take risks? Certainly the stats indicate the average Premier League match is now more focused on passing rather than taking an opposition player on. This season, according to Opta, there has been an average of 897 passes per game, approaching the...
Premier League match official Chris Kavanagh explains how Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) is being integrated into the competition from this weekend. READ MORE: Explainer: Semi-automated offsides start in Premier League Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Leaders Truro City have never played higher than the National League South and manager John Askey says the whole of Cornwall is willing them to climb the ladder. The club had to play games at Plymouth, Torquay and Gloucester City after selling their stadium in 2020 but are back in the city now and looking...
Watch some of Mohamed Salah’s best Premier League goals in a Liverpool shirt after the Egypt forward agrees a new two-year deal with the Reds. Read full article at source...
I wanted Arsenal to try to push Liverpool in the title race but boss Mikel Arteta clearly knew something I didn’t, resting his players against Everton last weekend and then demolishing Real Madrid the way they did. Arteta will make changes again here, before Wednesday’s second leg at the Bernabeu, and the fact it won’t...