England told tour of South Africa WILL go ahead despite chaos behind the scenes for the hosts

England squad told tour of South Africa WILL go ahead as planned despite concerns hosts’ Interim Board could be placed into administration Graeme Smith has assured Ashley Giles that there will be no schedule changes Cricket South Africa’s Members Council board resigned en masse last month  A probe into the economic strife of the game … Read more

Romelu Lukaku admits it is ‘one less headache’ for Belgium if Marcus Rashford is absent for England

Romelu Lukaku admits it is ‘one less headache’ for Belgium if former strike partner Marcus Rashford is absent for England clash… as Inter star admits Manchester United forward ‘can give any side in the world’ a problem England travel to Belgium on Sunday for a crunch Nations League clash Striker Marcus Rashford is set to … Read more

Bruno Fernandes reveals he’s tempted to ask Fred to play like coach Michael Carrick

‘It’s unbelievable how fresh and sharp he is’: Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes reveals he’s tempted to ask Fred to play like coach Michael Carrick after being impressed by the retired midfielder’s training sessions Bruno Fernandes has been impressed by coach Michael Carrick in training  The Portuguese star said the retired Englishman still doesn’t miss … Read more

Katie Taylor dominates Miriam Gutierrez to bag unanimous decision victory in London

Katie Taylor dominates Miriam Gutierrez to bag unanimous decision victory in London… flooring the Spaniard in round four before cruising to a seventeenth-straight win Katie Taylor’s WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO were on the line on Saturday night  The Irishwoman faced-off with Spanish boxer Miriam Gutierrez in London  Taylor dominated the fight from the start and … Read more

FIFA to pay Liverpool £2m in compensation to cover wages of Joe Gomez after knee injury

Liverpool to receive £2m payment in compensation by FIFA to cover Joe Gomez’s wages in region of £80,000 a week after the defender’s serious knee injury in England training session The Football Association have confirmed that FIFA will pay Liverpool £2m Joe Gomez sustained a serious knee injury in a training session with England It … Read more

Sale Sharks coach Steve Diamond reveals what it was like after 16 players contracted Covid-19

‘The world thought we were guilty of some heinous crime’: Sale Sharks coach Steve Diamond reveals what it was like following the 16 positive Covid-19 tests that made the club the centre of unwanted attention Steve Diamond was alerted to the terrible Covid-19 news at 6.30am Sale’s depleted squad saw them slip from third to … Read more

Gareth Southgate secretly battled coronavirus after testing positive last month

Gareth Southgate secretly battled coronavirus after testing positive last month and isolating for ten days in run-up to latest international matches Gareth Southgate tested positive for Covid-19 and had to isolate last month The England manager has shown no signs of any lingering effects from the virus  He was out of quarantine by the time … Read more

Germany 3-1 Ukraine: Werner scores brace as Joachim Low’s men leapfrog Spain in Nations League group

Germany 3-1 Ukraine: Timo Werner scores twice as Joachim Low’s men fight back from a goal down to leapfrog Spain in their Nations League group Roman Yaremchuk gave Ukraine a shock lead before Germany struck back Leroy Sane equalised before Chelsea striker Werner had the final say   Spain had an eventful match against Switzerland and … Read more

Switzerland 1-1 Spain: Gerard Moreno salvages a point after Sergio Ramos misses TWO penalties

Switzerland 1-1 Spain: Substitute Gerard Moreno scores late to salvage a point for Luis Enrique’s in Nations League match after Sergio Ramos misssed TWO second-half penalties Remo Freuler handed Switzerland the lead after good work by Breel Embolo Sergio Ramos had a penalty saved in the second-half after a handball decision  Spain got a second … Read more

Charles Leclerc labels Ferrari ‘a DISASTER’ after dismal performance in the Istanbul rain

Charles Leclerc labels Ferrari ‘a DISASTER’ after dismal performance in the Istanbul rain with Italian giants starting Turkish Grand Prix with both drivers outside the top 10 Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel looked on course for good grid positions However the Ferrari team failed to get their tyres switched on during qualifying  Vettel believed the … Read more