3 h. ago Ed Sheeran fans stunned as Hollywood star makes unlikely appearance at football match

The A-list of music and acting collided when Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint buddied up to watch their opposing football teams Ipswich and Tottenham, and fans all said the same thing about the surprise friendship

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6 h. ago Marco Asensio doubles up to steer Aston Villa to win over Chelsea

Unai Emery recently graded Aston Villa’s season as a seven out of 10 at best, acknowledging while their progress in Europe has been eye-catching, they needed to kick-start their Premier League campaign. Just as it seemed they would extend their winless run to six matches, the Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen made a mess of a routine save, inadvertently giving Villa the leg-up they had been looking for, allowing Marco Asensio’s side-foot volley from Marcus Rashford’s cross after a short corner to slip through his gloves. Rashford’s half-time arrival proved inspired given he also laid the ball on for Asensio to cancel out Enzo Fernández’s opener.Thousands of Villa fans had spent the previous 24 hours plotting their second trip to Brugge in four months but for all of its pluses the Champions League has undoubtedly damaged their league form. Unai Emery has highlighted as much, unable to hide his mixed feelings on their season so far. Villa won six points from a possible 24 after midwe...

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6 h. ago Marco Asensio double leads Aston Villa to fightback victory over Chelsea

Unai Emery recently graded Aston Villa’s season as a seven out of 10, acknowledging while their progress in Europe has been eye-catching, they badly needed to kick-start their Premier League campaign to bank another Champions League adventure. Approaching the 89th minute, Villa’s season appeared to be stalling, a third consecutive draw incoming. Then the Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen made a mess of a routine save, allowing Marco Asensio’s lukewarm volley from Marcus Rashford’s cross to squirm through his gloves.Rashford’s half-time arrival proved inspired given he also laid the ball on for Asensio to cancel out Enzo Fernández’s early strike. This was a big result for Villa after taking four points from their previous five matches and one that squeezes the order towards the top. Chelsea can vouch for that. Villa are now seventh, a point behind fifth-placed Bournemouth and sixth-placed Chelsea, though those above and below Emery’s side have at least one game in hand. Continue rea...

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9 h. ago Brennan Johnson makes instant impact as Tottenham put together best run since 2023

IPSWICH 1-4 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Ange Postecoglou's team won a third straight Premier League game for the first time since 2023 as Brennan Johnson made an instant impact

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9 h. ago Johnson’s early double sets Tottenham on way to emphatic win at Ipswich

Some afternoons come like a kick in the teeth. Not only did Ipswich suffer a fourth successive home defeat in a game that never felt as one-sided as the scoreline ultimately suggested but fourth-bottom Wolves inflicted on Bournemouth only their second defeat in 16. After weeks of bubbling along in touch, the gap to safety is now five points and survival is becoming an ever more distant prospect.There was no sense in which this was an undeserved win for Spurs, some sort of smash and grab to offend notions of dignity and propriety, but equally it wasn’t entirely convincing. Not for the first time this season, there was a sense that if only Ipswich had been able to seize their opportunity, it might have been very different. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen delivers major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes

So it turns out Arsenal should have signed a striker. Fourteen months after they last put a major dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations, a goal from Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s second successive Premier League away win over their north London rivals as Mikel Arteta’s side saw their hopes of maintaining the pressure on leaders Liverpool evaporate.To compound Arteta’s misery, substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card in the second half as Arsenal – who had toiled with Mikel Merino again filling in as a makeshift attacker – struggled to find an equaliser against a defence that would have done Graham Potter’s predecessor, David Moyes, proud. Yet while this was a welcome triumph for Potter, it also laid bare the deficiencies in Arsenal’s squad caused by so many injuries to forward players that has made their task of overhauling Arne Slot’s side almost impossible. A first defeat in 15 games – a run that had stretched back to the start of November – almost leaves them n...

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11 h. ago Josh Campbell scores double as spirited Hibs record rare win over Celtic

Hibernian did what Bayern Munich could not as Josh Campbell’s first-half double earned David Gray’s in-form side a stirring 2-1 home win over Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic.Celtic were widely lauded for their display in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw in the Allianz Arena as they exited the Champions League after conceding in stoppage time to the German giants. But Brendan Rodgers’ team were brought back to earth as they suffered only a second domestic defeat of the season at the hands of a Hibs side now unbeaten in 13 matches and tightening their grip on a top-six spot after a dire start to the season. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Ugarte stunner and VAR drama rescue point for Manchester United at Everton

A rousing fightback does not camouflage the extent to which Ruben Amorim and Manchester United were reprieved at Goodison Park. The visitors recovered from two goals down to salvage a point against in-form Everton, but only after a penalty awarded to David Moyes’ team was controversially overturned in the 96th minute.Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte, the latter with his first United goal, appeared to have rescued Amorim’s team from a dire first-half performance in which Beto and Abdoulaye Doucouré gave Everton a merited lead. Moyes’ side were comfortable until Fernandes converted a free-kick in the 72nd minute but were given the chance to regain the lead in stoppage time. After André Onana had saved from Idrissa Gueye, Ashley Young appeared to be impeded by both Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire before he could reach the rebound. Referee Andrew Madley immediately awarded a spot-kick but overturned his decision after being sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR. It was a huge and deb...

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12 h. ago VAR and Bruno Fernandes rescue Man Utd from Everton humiliation

EVERTON 2-2 MANCHESTER UNITED: Late goals from Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte rescued Ruben Amorim's side from a humiliating defeat at Goodison Park on Saturday lunchtime

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21 h. ago Inside KSI’s ugly feud with Wayne Bridge as BGT star breaks silence on cruel jibe

Britain's Got Talent judge KSI is locked in an ugly feud with former footballer Wayne Bridge as their planned boxing match has been called off following cruel taunts

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28 h. ago Furious Leicester fans send message as Ruud van Nistelrooy's side produce sorry Brentford show

LEICESTER CITY 0-4 BRENTFORD: Ruud van Nistelrooy could only watch on from the sidelines as his team failed to turn up and allowed a rampant Bees side to run riot

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28 h. ago Carvalho caps off mauling of Foxes to heap more pressure on Van Nistelrooy

It never rains but it pours. After Brentford breezed into a winning position with three goals inside a 15-minute first-half spell, the Leicester City fans who braved a second-half downpour were left with the hope of celebrating the meagre consolation of a first goal in this dispiriting run of six consecutive home defeats.It didn’t happen. So Leicester, in addition to the increasing possibility of a return to the Championship a decade on from winning the Premier League title, have now become the first team in top-flight history to lose six successive home league games without scoring. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Stephen Graham's nephew's football club 'is fined after actor's called match referee a ''f***ing Teletubby'' in foul

The actor, 51, allegedly hurled nasty insults at non-league referee David Kennedy while watching Barrow Town FC play in Leicestershire in December.

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54 h. ago Europa League match suspended and players taken off as riot police rush into stands

Anderlecht's match with Fenerbahce was suspended after just seven minutes when riot police raced into the crowd at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels

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3 d. ago Liverpool poised for biggest week of the season as Mo Salah continues one

ASTON VILLA 2-2 LIVERPOOL: The Reds needed to come from behind as Trent Alexander-Arnold's equaliser saw them extend their lead at the top, but Arsenal can close the gap

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3 d. ago Kylian Mbappe destroys Man City as Real Madrid cruise to Champions League last

REAL MADRID 3-1 (Agg: 6-3) MANCHESTER CITY: Kylian Mbappe was in devastating form as he scored a hat-trick for the Spanish giants on what was a night to forget for Pep Guardiola's side

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3 d. ago Liverpool held by Aston Villa as chance to go 10 clear missed

ASTON VILLA 2-2 LIVERPOOL: The Reds saw their one-goal lead cancelled out as Villa went in at the break ahead, but Trent Alexander-Arnold grabbed an equaliser

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4 d. ago Brave Celtic suffer Champions League sickener as Nicolas Kuhn denied place in history by Alphonso Davies

The Hoops were outstanding in the Allianz Arena but the Germans who progressed after an injury time leveller on the night

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4 d. ago Celtic heartbroken as Bayern Munich squeeze into Champions League last

BAYERN MUNICH 1-1 CELTIC (3-2 ON AGGREGATE): Alphonso Davies netted a last-gasp winner to send Vincent Kompany's side into the last 16 of the Champions League against a valiant Celtic

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4 d. ago Footballer, 26, tragically dies after medical emergency just before playing match

Tributes have been paid to Brazilian footballer Gabriel Popo after he tragically died at the age of 26 having suffered a medical emergency just minutes before he was set to play a match

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