Coventry were one of the country’s leading clubs at their old Coundon Road home when rugby union was still an amateur sport – and spent one season in the English top flight when the Courage League, the precursor to the Premiership, was first formed for 1986-87. Their Butts Park Arena home currently has a capacity...
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford says Jordan Henderson and Dan Burn’s inclusion in the squad will “make it a better camp for everybody”. Source link...
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Santander has announced it is set to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk. The High Street bank said its customers were increasingly shifting to banking online and it was aiming to start closing almost a quarter of its branches from June. As...
Some of the groups will not be finalised until after the Nations League quarter-finals in March. Group A: Germany/Italy (winner), Slovakia, NORTHERN IRELAND, Luxembourg. Group B: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo. Group C: Portugal/Denmark (loser), Greece, SCOTLAND, Belarus. Group D: France/Croatia (winner), Ukraine, Iceland, Azerbaijan. Group E: Spain/Netherlands (winner), Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria. Group F: Portugal/Denmark (winner),...
Sixteen teams took part in the tournament staged in Portugal – and Greece were 15th favourites to win it given they were taking part in their first Euros in 24 years and just a second ever. Only minnows Latvia were seen as less likely winners of the Henri Delaunay trophy in 2004. What followed was...
We discuss life in a Scotland camp and continue the build-up to the match with Greece. Source link...
Celtic have made an initial offer of £1.7m for midfielder Kalidou Sidibe, currently in the French second tier with Guingamp, but they face competition from Ipswich Town, PSV Eindhoven, Toulouse and Grasshoppers for the 26-year-old who is soon to be a Mali international (Africa Foot), external Celtic are set to block any move for Cameron...
Last season’s joint-captain Sam Monaghan remains unavailable as she continues to recover from the knee injury she sustained when playing for her club Gloucester-Hartpury last June while Beibhinn Parsons is also still out after suffering a second leg break in five months while on Ireland Sevens duty in December. “Sam’s not going to be fit...
Jordan Henderson’s England recall is a “great move” and the 34-year-old brings a “winning mentality” to the squad, says goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Ajax midfielder Henderson was called up for the first time since November 2023 when new manager Thomas Tuchel named him in his first England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and...
Plymouth Samaritans have teamed up with Citybus to help them with their outreach work. A bus with the mental health helpline’s livery is set to take to the streets of Plymouth, raising awareness of the charity’s work. The charity said the aim was to let the public know its volunteers were there to help people...
A six year old girl from Plymouth is channelling her energies into qualifying for the Kickboxing Youth World Championships in August 2026. Ivanna started kickboxing at three-and-a-half years old and trains four or five times a week at her dad’s studio. After coming second in the National Kickboxing Championships in Nottingham, she now must compete...
Chelsea and England defender Lucy Bronze speaks exclusively to BBC Sport, telling former Lionesses team-mate Alex Scott about her autism and ADHD diagnosis, and how it affects her life on and off the pitch. Watch the full interview on iPlayer READ MORE: Having autism has worked to my advantage in football – Bronze Source link...
BBC Sir Gareth Southgate delivered this year’s Dimbleby Lecture Sir Gareth Southgate says he fears young men are spending too much time gaming, gambling and watching pornography – and they need better role models beyond online influencers. In a wide-ranging talk for the BBC’s annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture, the ex-England men’s football manager spoke about...
Arsenal boss Renee Slegers says the “next step for women’s football” is to have better pitches after Gunners legend Ian Wright described the surface at Real Madrid’s Estadio Alfredo di Stefano as a “disgrace”. Wright made his feelings known during Arsenal’s 2-0 Women’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg defeat in Spain’s capital. Playing conditions at the...
Real Madrid want Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen, Cherries target Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, Al-Nassr eye Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes. Real Madrid will step up their bid to sign 19-year-old defender Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth this summer after he was promoted to Spain’s senior squad. (Sun), external Bournemouth are leading the race to sign Republic of Ireland goalkeeper...
