Lille midfielder Angel Gomes has been taken to hospital after he suffered a serious head injury during their Ligue 1 match with Reims.
The London-born former Manchester United player collided with Reims defender Amadou Kone, who was subsequently sent off for the challenge, in the 11th minute of the game. Players from Lille and Reims immediately called for the medical staff as team-mates placed the stricken Gomes in the recovery position and formed a circle around him. Both […]
Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo has suffered a broken ankle, boss Nuno Espirito Santo has confirmed.
The 23-year-old fell badly on his left leg when challenging Antoine Semenyo after just six minutes of Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth at the City Ground. Danilo had nine minutes of treatment on the pitch and was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. He will be assessed further on Sunday. “It was a […]
A new season – but already it feels like the same old crisis unfolding for Everton.
Sean Dyche’s side suffered a thoroughly miserable start to the 2024-25 campaign with a 3-0 humbling at home by Brighton. The Toffees have struggled at the wrong end of the table for the last three seasons, narrowly escaping relegation on two of those occasions, and are bottom of the pile after their opener. They made […]
Poland striker Robert Lewandowski’s brace earned depleted Barcelona a 2-1 comeback win at Valencia in their opening game of the LaLiga season on Saturday.
Barca were dominated by their hosts early in the match and fell behind when Valencia’s Hugo Duro netted a close-range header in the 44th minute. The visitors hit back quickly, however, scoring either side of halftime through Lewandowski who tapped home Lamine Yamal’s cross deep into added time before the break and fired an unstoppable […]
American Brandon McNulty won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana with victory by two seconds in the individual time trial.
The UAE Team Emirates rider finished the flat 12km stage between Lisbon and Oeiras in 12 minutes 35 seconds to edge out Czech rider Mathias Vacek. Belgian Wout van Aert had looked on course to win the stage at one point, but he had to settle for third in the standings after he finished three […]
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says the club are considering giving players holidays during the season to cope with fixture congestion.
Ancelotti’s comments come amid the Professional Footballers’ Association announcing in June that it, with the support of players’ union Fifpro, has joined a legal action against Fifa over the “overloaded and unworkable” football calendar. “The players need rest, they need holidays and we are thinking about giving individual holidays to the players during the season,” […]
Danny Welbeck scored one goal and set up another as Brighton & Hove Albion eased to a 3-0 victory at 10-man Everton on Saturday, in a perfect start for the Premier League’s youngest ever permanent manager.
Kaoru Mitoma scored at the back post after excellent work from debutant winger Yankuba Minteh, before Welbeck profited from sloppy play by Everton in midfield to add a second and Simon Adingra added a late third to underline Brighton’s superiority. Manager Fabian Huerzeler, 31, will be delighted with a performance in which his side took […]
Arsenal eased to a 2-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers as goals by Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka got their Premier League title challenge up and running on Saturday.
It was far from a fluent display in the summer sunshine but Mikel Arteta’s side, once again regarded as the team most likely to halt Manchester City’s domination, deserved the points. Havertz headed in from Saka’s cross in the 25th minute but the hosts never looked completely comfortable until Saka’s clinical finish doubled their advantage […]
Nottingham Forest have signed Paraguay forward Ramon Sosa for £9.3m from Talleres.
The 24-year-old has signed a five-year deal at the City Ground after scoring 17 goals and adding 13 assists in 56 appearances for the Argentine top-flight club. The forward, who can also play as a winger, has won 14 caps for Paraguay and impressed in the recent Copa America. “Ramon has been coveted by many […]
Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has said he is targeting a career in management after officially announcing his playing retirement.
The 32-year-old has not played since leaving United at the end of the 2022-23 season, with his last appearance coming 12 months earlier in a 3-0 win over Brentford. Jones, who won 27 England caps, joined United from Blackburn in 2011 but struggled with injuries throughout his career. “My career finished shorter than I would […]