Soccer

• 22 mins ago

  Elliott Bennett feeling ‘fit and healthy’ after testing positive for Covid-19

  The Blackburn skipper will now isolate for seven days.

• 58 mins ago

  Premier League return: Staggered kick-off times and live BBC coverage to be introduced

  Premier League football is set to return on June 17 after a two-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.



• 3 hours, 43 mins ago

  Arsenal chairman Chips Keswick retires

  Keswick joined the Gunners board in 2005.

• 7 hours, 23 mins ago

  Two Fulham players test positive after latest round of testing in Championship

  Over 1,000 samples were gathered between Monday and Wednesday.

• 12 hours, 10 mins ago

  Klopp interested in Werner and Ighalo makes personal plea to stay at United

  The Reds want RB Leipzig’s man but both sides are refusing to compromise.

• 13 hours, 7 mins ago

  On this day in 1980: European Cup repeat is a treat for Brian Clough’s Forest

  The City Ground side won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980.

• 21 hours, 4 mins ago

  Troy Deeney receives abuse after expressing his concerns over football’s return

  The striker has not returned to training.

• 21 hours, 40 mins ago

  RB Leipzig fail to move up to second after home draw with Hertha Berlin

  Poland striker Krzysztof Piatek scored a penalty with eight minutes remaining to maintain Hertha’s fine form since the Bundesliga’s return.

• 1 day ago

  Stephen Kenny makes three appointments to Ireland backroom team

  Dundalk boss Vinny Perth has confirmed that his assistant Ruaidhri Higgins has left the club to take up a role with Ireland manager Stephen Kenny's backroom team.

• 1 day ago

  Niall Quinn: Negative Covid-19 tests an 'early boost' for Irish football

  Niall Quinn has welcomed the news that the first round of Covid-19 tests among League of Ireland players and staff has returned all negative results.

• 1 day ago

  Top flight clubs to continue talks after agreeing to resume contact training

  Project Restart moved a step closer on Wednesday.

• 1 day ago

  Ireland women's soccer team to return to competitive action in September

  UEFA had already made the decision to put back the Euro finals, which will be staged in England, for a year, from 2021 to 2022.

• 1 day ago

  Premier League clubs unanimously back resuming contact training

  The move represents another step towards the return of football action.

• 1 day ago

  Spurs boss Jose Mourinho expects lower transfer fees after coronavirus pandemic

  Mourinho expects big fees to be a thing of the past.

• 1 day ago

  'This is a seminal moment in my career '- Lisa Fallon appointed head coach of London City Lionesses

  The fully professional London City Lionesses play in the FA Championship, the second tier of the women’s game in England, and finished fourth in the 2019-20 season.

• 1 day ago

  13 classic Champions League finals to be shown on Irish television this weekend

  The action kicks off at 7pm on Friday.

• 1 day ago

  Irish tech firm to play part in Premier League’s return to contact training sessions

  Company STATSports has held talks with clubs following research into training sessions.

• 1 day ago

  Football rumours from the media

  Xherdan Shaqiri and Willian could be on the move.

• 1 day ago

  Wilder wants contact training return as Guardiola says City stars keen to resume

  Guardiola said his players were looking forward to “coming back training again and doing what they like”.

• 1 day ago

  Wolfsburg boost European aspirations after shock win at Bayer Leverkusen

  Oliver Glasner’s side sit in the final Europa League qualification spot, while Bayern moved seven points clear at the Bundesliga summit.

• 1 day ago

  Morecambe defender Christian Mbulu dies aged 23

  Mbulu also made seven appearances for Crewe after signing a short-term deal in October.

• 1 day ago

  Joshua Kimmich’s stunning chip sinks Dortmund as Bayern move seven points clear

  Dortmund had the chance to close the gap to one point but Bayern edged closer to an eighth successive Bundesliga title.

• 2 days ago

  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still hopes Odion Ighalo’s loan can be extended

  The lifelong United fan has chipped in with four goals in three starts.

• 2 days ago

  Chris Wilder believes contact training needs to come ‘as quickly as possible’

  Contact training proposals will be put to a vote of Premier League clubs on Wednesday.

• 2 days ago

  Solskjaer says Pogba and Rashford will be fit for Premier League return

  The Manchester United manager says everything is ready to move to the next phase of training.

• 2 days ago

  Everton midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin hopes to return from injury this season

  Gbamin has stepped up his rehabilitation as Everton players returned to their Finch Farm training base

• 2 days ago

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic injures calf but Achilles is ‘perfectly intact’

  The AC Milan striker faces a further examination in 10 days’ time.

• 2 days ago

  What will the Premier League's contact training be like?

  Close contact is defined as anything which occurs within the two-metre social distancing boundary.

• 2 days ago

  Teddy Sheringham urges Harry Kane to make the most of his career

  Kane has been linked with Manchester United and Barcelona.

• 2 days ago

  Pavel Pogrebnyak in hospital with double pneumonia after contracting coronavirus

  The former Reading and Fulham striker’s current club is FC Yekaterinburg.

• 2 days ago

  Football rumours from the media

  Pep Guardiola is hoping on poaching a Bundesliga talent if Leroy Sane returns to Germany.

• 2 days ago

  Bournemouth keeper Aaron Ramsdale tests positive for coronavirus

  The Cherries said a player contracted the virus after the latest round of tests for top flight clubs.

• 2 days ago

  On this day 1999: Manchester United’s amazing Champions League final comeback

  Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer struck in injury time to clinch a dramatic 2-1 turnaround triumph.

• 2 days ago

  Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo set for China return next week

  Ighalo has scored four goals in three starts for United.

• 3 days ago

  Jack Byrne happy with precautions as League of Ireland players undergo Covid-19 tests

  Byrne was among the players and staff of the four clubs due to compete in Europe this year – Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, and Bohemians – who underwent their first tests for the virus this morning.

• 2 days ago

  Bayern coach says too early to compare ‘huge talent’ Haaland with Lewandowski

  The Borussia Dortmund striker has 13 goals in 13 games since arriving in the January transfer window.