“She’s played a huge role in dragging this team up and she’s still doing the same today in the meeting room and on the training pitch. “She’s going to concentrate on her rehab now and we’re going to give her all the support she needs.” Miedema suffered a knee injury in October that required surgery...
This Manchester derby features two teams whose narratives this season have taken very different trajectories. Manchester City began the campaign with head coach Gareth Taylor talking of taking the next step to win the WSL title yet they find themselves languishing adrift in fourth, with interim boss Nick Cushing now in charge and City hoping...
Plymouth defender Matthew Sorinola has been ruled out of the remainder of the Championship season with a thigh injury. The 24-year-old wing-back played the full 90 minutes at Swansea in midweek but picked up a quadriceps injury. Captain Joe Edwards is fit after a hamstring injury and is in line to replace Sorinola against promotion...
Everton’s “challenge” for next season in the Premier League should be to try to finish in a position to qualify for Europe, says manager David Moyes. The Scot, 61, left West Ham in the summer and returned to take charge of the Toffees for a second spell in January. Moyes also led the Hammers twice...
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed a hamstring injury will rule centre-back Wesley Fofana out for the rest of the season. On Saturday, the club confirmed the 24-year-old France defender had undergone “successful surgery”. While Chelsea will have to do without Fofana, Maresca is hopeful midfielder Romeo Lavia and striker Marc Guiu could play again...
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...
Arya’s knock comes after he was bowled for a first-ball duck by England bowler Jofra Archer in Punjab’s previous match. A former India Under-19 international, Arya caught the eye last year by hitting six sixes in an over in a T20 match in the Delhi Premier League. It was in December a timely century helped...
The spring/summer programme at Exeter Library offers residents a choice of vibrant, fun and community-focussed arts events.  The ‘Pride of Place’ season is part of a three-year programme of creative offerings being rolled out by Libraries Unlimited this spring. The Pride of Place season encourages communities throughout the county to discover and enjoy where they...
Archie Farmer BBC News, South West BBC Volunteer-led group Friends of Bude Sea Pool relies on people joining as members to help keep it running Businesses in Devon and Cornwall have praised the recent good weather for giving them a boost ahead of the Easter holidays and the 2025 tourism season. The season is worth...
Germany great Thomas Muller will end his 25-year association with Bayern Munich at the end of the current season. The 35-year-old has played the most games in the history of the club with 743, while he is third on their all-time scorer’s list with 247 goals. The attacking midfielder, who also plays as a second...
Lancashire batter Rocky Flintoff will miss the first part of the County Championship season because of a back injury. The county say the 16-year-old has suffered a “lumbar stress reaction”, which is why he was left out of the squad for their Division Two opener against Middlesex at Lord’s. He felt discomfort in his back...
Bergisch Gladbach-born Hummels came through Bayern Munich’s youth ranks and made his first-team debut for the Bavarian club aged 18 in May 2007. He joined Borussia Dortmund January 2008, initially on loan, and went on to become a key part of the team that twice won the Bundesliga under Jurgen Klopp. Hummels moved back to...
If PSG complete an unbeaten league season, they would become just the sixth team from Europe’s top five leagues to do so, joining Bayer Leverkusen from 2024, Juventus in 2012, Arsenal in 2004, Milan in 1992 and Perugia in 1979. “They would be the first French team ever to do it,” added Laurens. “One defeat...
Kevin de Bruyne has confirmed he will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season. De Bruyne, 33, has won 16 trophies since joining City from Wolfsburg in 2015, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2023. “Every story comes to an end, but this has definitely...
Dani Olmo and Pau Victor are eligible to play for Barcelona for the rest of the season, Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) has ruled. La Liga granted Barcelona temporary licences to register Olmo and Victor last summer, but later revoked their registrations after claiming the club had failed to prove they were complying with the...