David Brooks took the plaudits when Wales players were last together in March after scoring the 96th-minute equaliser in North Macedonia which preserved Craig Bellamy’s unbeaten record as head coach. There were more congratulations for Brooks when the Wales squad reconvened for World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Belgium this week, but for entirely different...
Entering his third season back in England, expectations for Sancho had already dropped significantly. United had signed him to play on the right wing, despite his preference being to play on the left – a position that was locked down by Marcus Rashford at that point – and his underwhelming performances meant he was no...
County champions Surrey face a last-day rearguard action after their heavily-depleted batting line up faltered on the third afternoon of their County Championship Division One match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. In reply to the home side’s 665-5, Surrey closed the third day on 369-9, still 296 short of the follow on figure. Ben Foakes is...
The SPFL has effectively ruled out altering the size of the Scottish Premiership but will continue to explore reconfiguring the Championship and Leagues 1 and 2. The league body has been looking at possible reconstruction but said “there was no reasonable prospect of achieving consensus around a new format for the” 12-team top flight. Since...