16 h. ago Shocking moment mass touchline brawl erupts in Championship clash as manager reveals ‘crazy’ reason for bust

A red mist descended over Ashton Gate where a mass brawl erupted moments after the final whistle. Furious players and staff from both camps were pushing and shoving on the touchline as the promotion race boiled over following a tense contest. Victorious manager Alex Neil and City gaffer Gerhard Struber were in the thick of...

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18 h. ago Bristol City and Millwall clash ends in massive brawl between players and coaches

The Championship match between Bristol City and Millwall ended in chaos on Saturday, as players and staff clashed after the full-time whistle following a tense 1-0 defeat for the hosts

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19 h. ago Bristol City vs Millwall Championship clash ends in HUGE brawl with coach shoved to floor

A brawl broke out in Bristol City vs Millwall, as the two sets of players and staffs clashed after the full-time whistle blew, having been sparked by a coming together on the side-lines.

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63 h. ago Drake London injury update: Falcons' coach drops hint on star player ahead of Week 14 against the Seahawk

Drake London injury update: Falcons' coach drops hint on star player ahead of Week 14 against the Seahawk  Times of India

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3 d. ago See how every judge voted in the 100 best female footballers for 2025

We publish the full breakdown of the 104,140 votes cast this year plus a chance to search for any player who has ever received a pointAitana Bonmatí has been voted the best female footballer in the world 2025 by the Guardian’s panel of experts. We asked 127 people in total, including players, coaches and journalists from all over the globe to create our definitive list for the year.We asked the judges to choose 40 names each and rank their selection in order from 1-40, No 1 being their choice of the best player. The No 1 choice of each judge was awarded 40 points, No 2 given 39pts, down to 1pt for their No 40 choice. All the votes were added together to give a raw score. To minimise the influence of outliers in the list, the highest score awarded to a player was then deducted to give a final score. Continue reading...

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1 week ago West Lothian man facing terminal diagnosis meets Rangers heroes at club's training centre

Graham Glasgow joined other Rangers fans living with terminal or life-changing illnesses at the club’s Auchenhowie training to meet players and coaching staff, thanks to the club’s Charity Foundation.

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2 w. ago From running a SEWAGE company to opening his own tattoo parlour: The Liverpool cult hero who made very strange career choices after retiring

For many players, retirement follows a well-trodden path. A foray into coaching perhaps, or a turn working as a pundit for any of the Premier League's legion of international broadcasters. 

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2 w. ago Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic theory issued by billionaire tennis star

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic's six-month partnership as player and coach has been the subject of much discussion, with the world's richest tennis star weighing in

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2 w. ago Craig Bellamy rubbishes 'nonsense' talk around Swansea City star

The Wales head coach stood up for his player after his excellent display in the demolition of North Macedonia at Cardiff City Stadium

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2 w. ago 'Psychological element': Gregor Townsend on damaging Scotland loss and things he could have done differently

Coach refuses to blame players after Scotland blow 21-0 lead

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2 w. ago ‘It touched us from the start’: Palestine savour historic night in Bilbao | Sid Lowe

More than 50,000 fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s team with the coach and players ‘shocked’ by the outpouring of support during their visit“We are more than a national team, we represent a story of pain but also hope,” Ihab Abu Jazar said, “and we are not alone.” At 8.26pm on Saturday the Palestine coach, whose father was killed in the Israel-Gaza war and whose siblings now live in tents in Khan Younis, emerged from the tunnel and took his place by the bench at San Mamés, Bilbao. Dressed in black, a keffiyeh over his shoulders, he watched 11 men in red, “a team of refugees playing for Palestinians all over the world”, and listened to 51,396 people applaud them, chanting for their freedom.“We don’t play just to win; we play to exist,” he had said in the days before Palestine played their first game in Europe, an occasion that turned out to be bigger than even he had imagined: “The most important day in my life”, a “historic” night that “all the words in the world can’t explain”. They...

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3 w. ago Best Australian player was wearing Irish colours, Wallabies coach says after heavy loss

Joe Schmidt says 46-19 defeat to Ireland is ‘a tough one to take’Australia on brink of first winless Europe trip in 67 yearsThe beleaguered Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has ruefully admitted that the best Australian player on the pitch in his side’s latest calamitous defeat was playing in Irish green.Mack Hansen, the ex-Brumby who grew up in Canberra and was snapped up by his mother’s home country, scored his hat-trick of tries within the first half-hour to kickstart Ireland’s record 46-19 win over Australia in Dublin on Saturday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Borthwick hails ‘outstanding leader’ Ford after England topple All Blacks

Ford scores 13 points including two drop goals in victory‘He made brilliant decisions and executed perfectly’Steve Borthwick has paid tribute to the perseverance and character of George Ford after England’s impressive 33-18 victory over the All Blacks. Twelve months ago, Ford narrowly failed to clinch a home victory in this same fixture, but he was a pivotal figure on Saturday as his side gained their revenge with a first win over New Zealand in south-west London since 2012.“George is a brilliant player, an outstanding leader and an even better person,” the head coach said after the fly-half contributed 13 points to seal his team’s 10th successive Test win this year. “I know you like to talk about 12 months ago and the ball hitting a post. But when he pulls on the England shirt he is just such a consistent performer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘It’s not in our genes to give up’: Veljko Paunovic on coaching Serbia and how England changed him

The head coach heads to Wembley with a tough battle to qualify for the World Cup on his hands as he recalls his career pathVeljko Paunovic’s right hand moves in a wide, smooth arc: up, around and down. “This tends to happen to me a lot,” he says, eyes following his finger as it traces a curve. It is his first day as Serbia’s coach and he is waiting for his players to arrive, entrusted with an “urgent mission” that brings him back again, all the way to when he was a boy. “I tend to close circles, and this could be another. There’s a connection there: my career outside the country, going to Spain, round the world, then returning. And this first game, the link to the legacy left by my dad, to what I inherited from him.”Growing up, there were three games Paunovic recalls his father talking about most, matches that resonate in his mind. Blagoje Paunovic, a defender who played 39 times for Yugoslavia and became a coach, told his son about being invited to play in Pelé’s farewell at the Ma...

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3 w. ago Cowboys' hearts heavy after the death of Marshawn Kneeland, coach Brian Schottenheimer says

Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer says his heart and the hearts of his players are still heavy after the death of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland

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3 w. ago Wolves confirm new manager as Rob Edwards returns to replace Vitor Pereira

The new head coach spent four years as a player at Molineux

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3 w. ago Rob Edwards confirmed as Wolves head coach after 15 games with Middlesbrough

Edwards takes over team with two points from 11 gamesWolves pay about £3m for their former player and coachRob Edwards has been confirmed as the Wolves head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal after the Premier League’s bottom club paid about £3m in compensation to Middlesbrough. The 42-year-old has resigned at Boro 15 games into a three-year contract to take over from Vítor Pereira, who was sacked on 2 November.Wolves have two points from 11 games and will hope to avoid a fifth straight defeat when they host Crystal Palace on 22 November in Edwards’ first game. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rob Edwards confirmed as Wolves head coach with task to ‘refresh whole club’

Edwards takes over team with two points from 11 gamesWolves pay £3m for their former player and coachWolves want their new head coach, Rob Edwards, to help “refresh the whole club” after luring the former defender back for a fourth spell at Molineux, where he has signed a three-and-a-half year deal.The 42-year-old replaces Vítor Pereira, who was sacked at the start of the month, taking over a team bottom of the Premier League with two points from 11 matches. Wolves paid Middlesbrough £3m to prise him away from the second-placed Championship club after less than five months and only 15 games. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago It would be dereliction of Borthwick’s duty not to harness Arundell’s raw talent | Gerard Meagher

It is a test of Steve Borthwick’s coaching credentials to develop speedster Henry Arundell into the player he so obviously can becomeSome things never change. Twickenham can always make a hash of the pre-match festivities, Fiji will always take the breath away and there is no substitute for pace in the elite game. If there is one thing that Steve Borthwick takes from this helter-skelter victory over Fiji, it must be Henry Arundell’s 70th-minute try on his first England appearance since the 2023 World Cup. Some way to celebrate his 23rd birthday.Chasing down Marcus Smith’s grubber kick, Arundell gave Fiji’s outside-centre Kalaveti Ravouvou an enormous head start yet still won the foot race. Suffice it to say he does not lose many and at a stroke, the Pacific Islanders were finally put out of sight. There are plenty of caveats, those who will consider hyping up Arundell’s cameo as getting carried away. He was fresh, having just come off the bench whereas Ravouvou was not. One swallow ...

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last month Former Canada coach convicted of sexual assault not included on public sanctions lists

Bob Birarda, jailed in 2022 for assaulting players, is not listed by Canada Soccer or BC Soccer. The country’s new Safe Sport director says the omission exposes a major gap — and is calling for a global registry of banned coaches.Two years after receiving an 18-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting players under his care, a former Canada women’s national team coach is yet to appear on any public sanctions list published by Canada Soccer or BC Soccer, the regional governing body for soccer in British Columbia, where the crimes took place.The revelation has prompted the executive director of the Canadian organization newly appointed to manage reports of abuse and misconduct to call for an international registry of offenders to track individuals who have been banned from sports for misconduct. Continue reading...

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