That meant a third straight season without a trophy for Ajax, who have won the Dutch title a record 36 times. “John is a good coach with enormous drive,” said their technical director Alex Kroes. “He is ambitious and has further developed himself over the past few years in the Premier League and Champions League....
Anyone looking for a source of encouragement from Earps’ career has plenty to go at. But changing the game seemed a million miles away when the Nottingham-born keeper started out. In a series of in-depth interviews for documentary Mary Earps: Queen of Stops, Earps and her family open up about that journey to the top...
The victims of prolific French paedophile Joel Le Scouarnec have expressed their dismay that the former surgeon’s 20-year prison sentence does not include preventive detention – meaning he could be released from jail in the early 2030s. The 74-year-old was found guilty on Tuesday of sexually abusing hundreds of people, most of them underage patients...
With head coach Miron Muslic set to leave the club – with German side Schalke looking like his new employers – who should Plymouth Argyle replace him with? Do they need a big name, or someone who knows League One? Do they have to have an Argyle connection or should they come to the club...
Lancashire have parted company with men’s head coach Dale Benkenstein after a winless first two months of the County Championship season. The South African, 50, leaves with Lancashire seventh in Division Two, having been relegated from the top flight last season. They are the only club in either division not to have won a Championship...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter “It’s been so special” Gary Lineker’s final Match of the Day sign-off Gary Lineker held back tears as he signed off from his final edition of Match of the Day after 26 years in the hot seat and officially left the BBC. The host announced in November that he would leave...
James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine correspondent Europa Press via Getty Images Andriy Portnov’s murder in a Madrid suburb has shocked Ukrainians, but it has not exactly triggered an outpouring of grief. The controversial former official had just dropped his children off at the American School when he was shot several times in the car park. The...
Steve Rosenberg Russia editor PAVEL BEDNYAKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty It’s 2:30am. Inside the Kremlin walls I’m wandering alone through the vast grounds trying – and failing – to find my way out. I spot a checkpoint, approach and show my passport. “Nyet vykhoda!” [“No exit!”] replies the guard. He points in the opposite direction. I walk...
A person has been seriously injured in a crash on a road in Plymouth, police have said. Officers were called to Kings Road, in Devonport, at 10:50 BST on Tuesday after they received reports of a collision between a car and a motorbike. The road has been closed at Stonehouse Bridge and Paradise Road. Devon...
Long-serving Exeter Chiefs coach Ali Hepher has left the Premiership club by mutual consent. The 50-year-old had been suspended from his role as backs and attack coach last month in the wake of Exeter’s club-record 79-17 loss at Gloucester. The former Northampton fly-half had been part of Exeter’s coaching set-up since 2009 when he joined...
Twenty-five fans were hospitalised, including one with life-threatening injuries, after a pitch invasion at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion on Saturday. Thousands rushed the field at the full-time whistle as Hamburg secured promotion to the Bundesliga with a 6-1 victory over Ulm, but celebrations were cut short for many who were hurt during the pitch invasion. According to...
Alex Green BBC News, South West Google Six fire engines have been sent to the scene in the St David’s area A fire has broken out at an electrical substation, leaving hundreds of homes without power. Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said it had received multiple 999 calls about a blaze off Fore...
The key diplomatic win here is that it leaves the UK open to do a full EU deal on, for example, food standards. Economically this US deal is relatively small, although important to very specific sectors. It rolls back on some of the trade damage done by Trump’s original announcement, in particular to the car...
It will also be a time of churn off the pitch at the Bernabeu, with legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti expected to leave at the end of the season. Why leave the stability and success of Liverpool for a time of transition at Real Madrid? The answer is simple. The lure of Real Madrid is almost...
Thirteen miners have been found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped several days earlier. They were working at a gold mine owned by Peruvian mining company Poderosa, which is based in Pataz province, north of the capital Lima. The victims had been sent out to confront a group of people involved in...