4 h. ago 'I went to two World Cups and two Euros – but Gareth Southgate ended my England career'

One former England star still harbours some resentment towards Gareth Southgate for booting him out of the Three Lions squad

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13 h. ago Kalimuendo strikes in Nottingham Forest’s nostalgic European win over Malmö

“Champions of Europe, you’ll never sing that,” came the chant as Nottingham Forest supporters, not for the first time, enjoyed getting one over on Malmö. A lot has happened since Trevor Francis’s stooping header to clinch the European Cup in Munich in 1979 but Forest still cherish those days. A lot has also changed in the five weeks since Sean Dyche took the reins, Forest reinvigorated and a comfortable win thanks to goals by Arnaud Kalimuendo, Ryan Yates and Nikola Milenkovic enhanced their hope of qualifying for the Europa League knockout phase.For Forest, this victory – against a Malmö side that had not played for almost three weeks after finishing sixth in their domestic league – represented a third straight win in all competitions and further built on the momentum gained from last weekend’s success at Liverpool. This was a re-run of Forest’s European Cup triumph in name but the game itself was free of any jeopardy or jitters. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Nottingham Forest mark 1979 European Cup success with easy win over Malmo

Goals from Ryan Yates, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Nikola Milenkovic saw off the Swedish club.

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25 h. ago Strictly star Karen Carney reveals she contemplated suicide as a result of sexist football trolls and opens up about self

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 38, played as a winger and midfielder during her professional football career - during which she made 144 appearances for England.

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29 h. ago ‘The whole journey was fantastic’: how Bob Houghton led Malmö to European Cup final

Englishman was not an obvious candidate to lead them but Swedes pushed Nottingham Forest all the way in 1979Early in the 1979 European Cup final, Kenny Burns misjudged a long ball and ended up lobbing it up in the air for Jan-Olov Kindvall. He, in turn, attempted to knock the dropping ball over Peter Shilton but the goalkeeper was not as close as he had perhaps anticipated and Shilton ended up catching it simply. The chance was gone and, with it, Malmö’s hopes of beating Nottingham Forest.“I had quite a good chance to score and then they were the better team,” says Kindvall. “But maybe if we had got the first goal, maybe we had a chance. We were very good when we didn’t have the ball ourselves. We had good organisation in the defence. And Forest were very good without the ball as well. It was more difficult for us to play against a team who were more like our team. We played the English way.” Continue reading...

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44 h. ago US Ryder Cup skipper faces another Black Friday against European 'maniacs'

Keegan Bradley and fellow American Xander Schauffele will take on European heroes Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry in a relaunch of the Skins Game this Thanksgiving

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49 h. ago Why Feyenoord’s 1970 European Cup win was a sliding doors moment for Celtic

The final remains curious in a Celtic context because it is the showpiece occasion the club would rather forgetIt feels cruel in part to use Thursday’s meeting of Feyenoord and Celtic to reflect upon illustrious times. The Dutch side are 29th in the 36-team Europa League table, with Celtic’s position in 27th only more slightly more palatable to supporters because Rangers are bottom of the pile.Those fans disrupted an annual general meeting to the point of abandonment last week, demonstrating the disharmony that has engulfed Celtic for months. A club that progressed to the Champions League’s knockout phase last season, looking an overdue but serious European force, have starkly regressed. Celtic have the spending power to outshine clubs who routinely embarrass them in a bigger pond than St Mirren and Motherwell occupy. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Feyenoord vs Celtic: Martin O’Neill takes Hoops to face old European Cup foes as Wilfried Nancy awaits – team news

CELTIC and Feyenoord's history goes back 55 years. The Glasgow giants reached the European Cup final in 1970 and were looking - and indeed expected - to repeat their heroics from Lisbon three years earlier. But standing in their way was a slick Feyenoord team, with a future Celtic manager at the heart of it...

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3 d. ago Chelsea icon leaves wife huge sum as kids given FA Cup and European winners' medals

Chelsea icon John Dempsey, who won the FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup with the Blues, has left his wife the majority of his fortune as his kids were gifted his two treasured medals

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3 d. ago 'I'm 37 and a catch but have never been in a serious relationship – nobody wants me'

This week, Lala offers advice to a reader who is struggling with dating. Successful, with her own home and a great career, the former Miss England contestant is trying and failing to meet anyone and it's beginning to get her down...

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4 d. ago BBC announces major change to Sports Personality of the Year awards

The Lionesses, the Red Roses, Europe’s Ryder Cup team and the British and Irish Lions will be among the contenders for the ‘Team of the Year’ prize - to be determined by a public vote for the first time

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4 d. ago Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze finds own plane just above ground level to sink Spurs | Barney Ronay

The England forward has made a decent start to his Emirates career but this performance was stick-it-on-a-mural stuffHas there ever been a softer, more delicate act of derby day brutality than this, a hat-trick in a 4-1 win where every goal must have felt like being bludgeoned to death with a feather‑light Parisian macaron?Eberechi Eze’s third goal, the killer, the legend-maker, was the funniest, and also the most telling. It was made by a thrust down the left, and by Leandro Trossard’s smart pass. But it was made as an aesthetic by Destiny Udogie falling over, not because of any real act of trickery, but because Eze stopped suddenly, out there in the middle of all that heat and light, taking the ball on the edge of the Spurs box and simply ceasing to move, like a squirrel on a branch. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Australia's ruthless media turn on their OWN cricketers and concede Ashes defence is in 'total disarray' already

The hosts staggered to 123 for nine at stumps on the first day in Perth, still 49 runs behind England's 172, despite Mitchell Starc's career best figures of seven for 58.

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9 d. ago Mark Kaylor: Frank Bruno issues emotional boxing statement honouring his longtime pal

Frank Bruno's friend, Mark Kaylor, died on Sunday after a long career, during which he claimed the revered ABA (England Boxing National Amateur Championships) trophy in 1980

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9 d. ago Princess Kate rings the changes with a stack of FOUR glittering bands on her wedding finger

Kate, 43, joined former England manager Gareth Southgate for an event at the Salesforce Tower in London today.

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9 d. ago Gareth Southgate: 'Too much practice made Marcus Rashford miss Euro 20 final penalty'

Speaking ahead of his book launch, the former England manager reveals why losing 3-2 to Italy on penalties saw him change strategy for the entire team team

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9 d. ago Princess of Wales urges business leaders to prioritise 'time and tenderness' alongside profit and success in first public speech since cancer diagnosis

The Princess of Wales teamed up with football legend Gareth Southgate as they both attended a workforce summit encouraging businesses to invest in early years programmes.

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9 d. ago Kate says profitability and positive impact possible in first speech since 2023

The Princess of Wales was speaking at a gathering of senior executives in the City of London.

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9 d. ago Sarina Wiegman destroys Mary Earps as Lionesses boss makes brutal five

Former Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps has spoken out on the end of her England career, pointing the finger at Sarina Wiegman, who had kept her own counsel on the situation, until now

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9 d. ago Kate Middleton rings the changes with a stack of FOUR glittering bands on her wedding finger

Kate, 43, joined former England manager Gareth Southgate for an event at the Salesforce Tower in London today.

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