3 d. ago Freddie Flintoff makes telling admission on TV career after terrifying Top Gear crash

Freddie Flintoff is working as the head coach of England Lions and is clear that cricket is the most important thing for him work-wise, having rediscovered the sport

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4 d. ago Kathryn Bryce admits switching allegiance to England is ‘always an option’

Scotland missed out on a top-two finish in Women’s World Cup qualifying but Bryce was player of the tournament.

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8 d. ago John Swinney guarantees families will receive two child benefit cap payments in April next year

EXCLUSIVE: The First Minister made the promise amid concerns there could be a hold up.

Society

1 week ago Wiegman’s Lionesses No 2 Veurink to take Netherlands job after Euro 2025

He has assisted Wiegman with England since 2021‘Great challenge and a wonderful new adventure,’ he saysArjan Veurink, assistant coach to Sarina Wiegman, will leave the England women’s team after July’s European Championship to become the head coach of the Netherlands women’s national side.The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has confirmed that the 38-year-old will succeed Andries Jonker, who has been in charge since 2022. Veurink has a deal until after 2029’s Euros. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gareth Southgate makes dramatic 'change' after missing out on Man United job

Former England head coach Gareth Southgate departed the national team the day after the Three Lions lost the Euro 2024 final to Spain

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2 w. ago Welsh coach states career ambitions after returning from England

Dai Young, Matthew Morgan and Bradley Davies also received praise from Scott Baldwin.

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2 w. ago Rangers’ Jo Potter: ‘Glasgow is such an amazing city, it’s immersed in football’ | Moving the Goalposts

Former England international on her own development, the need for Scotland to do well and winning silverware“[Coaching] was always in my sights,” reflects the Rangers women’s head coach, Jo Potter. “I don’t know why because I don’t even think there were professional managers when I was coaching and trying to be a manager.”“It’s something that I had clearly set in my mind from quite early,” she continues. “I was coaching from 18-19 years old and nobody knew. I did things so under the radar that people at the FA didn’t even know It was really important for me to get all the experience because I wasn’t naive enough to think that just because I played for England, I could turn up and be a really good coach or manager.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago New England coach Charlotte Edwards promises to hold players accountable for fitness

The new England coach intends to take a firm line after the team criticised for their fitness levels during the 16-0 Ashes whitewash

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3 w. ago Charlotte Edwards promises ‘passionate’ approach as head coach of England Women

The ECB moved swiftly to replace Jon Lewis, who was sacked in the aftermath of a painful Ashes whitewash

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3 w. ago Captaincy and player fitness key issues for new England coach Charlotte Edwards

Former England captain Edwards has replaced Jon Lewis in charge of the national team.

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3 w. ago Former captain Charlotte Edwards appointed as new England Women head coach

Edwards was the immediate favourite when Jon Lewis was sacked last month and has now been appointed following a painful Ashes whitewash

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3 w. ago Dani Hazell backs next women’s head coach to ‘put their mark on English cricket’

Jon Lewis’ sacking after a miserable Ashes tour has created a high-profile vacancy.

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4 w. ago Harry Redknapp secretly filmed making crude joke about England boss Thomas Tuchel being 'a German SPY' who has been 'sent over to f*** us up'

Speaking at a venue in London last week, Redknapp was discussing the appointment of Tuchel as England's head coach, and whether he was the right person to replace Gareth Southgate.

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4 w. ago Harry Redknapp appears to make Nazi salute after calling Thomas Tuchel ‘German spy’

Former manager jokes Tuchel aims to ruin England teamRedknapp briefly puts on German accent at charity eventHarry Redknapp called Thomas Tuchel a German spy and appeared to perform a Nazi salute during a discussion about the England head coach at a charity event.Redknapp, the former Portsmouth, Tottenham and West Ham manager, was speaking in front of an audience at a London venue last week. The Guardian has seen footage of the 78-year-old’s remarks about Tuchel, which came when he was asked whether England were right to appoint the German. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Richard Wigglesworth: ‘I’ll be honest and think of nothing but the Lions’

Newly selected British & Irish Lions assistant on his journey as a coach, picking Steve Borthwick’s brain and Andy Farrell breaking the newsRichard Wigglesworth was in the garden with his five-year-old daughter, two days after England’s thumping win over Wales, when the phone rang. It was Andy Farrell and as much as Margot was not happy that her father was on the phone, it was a call he had to take. England’s storming finish to the Six Nations may not be the only reason Wigglesworth has been seconded to the British & Irish Lions but it can only have helped, and so the 41-year-old completes Farrell’s lineup, the first England coach to do so since Steve Borthwick in 2017.It is easy to forget that more than two years ago, Wigglesworth was still playing for Leicester Tigers. He was a player-coach when Borthwick got the call from England in December 2022 and as a result, Wigglesworth immediately hung up his boots and took interim charge at Welford Road. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago How Richard Wigglesworth earned surprise British and Irish Lions coaching call

The former scrum-half will assist Andy Farrell, his old Saracens and England coach, in Australia this summer

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4 w. ago Ellie Kildunne to win 50th England cap in Women’s Six Nations clash with Wales

Mitchell makes 13 changes to starting XV from Italy winCardiff match to break Welsh women’s attendance recordEllie Kildunne will win her 50th cap for England when she starts against Wales at the Principality Stadium in the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday as one of 13 changes to the starting XV. Kildunne, who made her England debut in 2017 and has scored 36 tries for her country, will start at full-back after making an appearance off the bench on the wing in England’s 38-5 win over Italy last Sunday.“She is outstanding, she is the girl that everyone is looking up to at the moment,” said England’s forwards coach, Louis Deacon. “She is such an exciting player. To achieve 50 games for the Red Roses is an outstanding achievement but she has got so many more games to come down the line as well.” The wings Abby Dow and Jess Breach will round off the back three either side of Kildunne while Megan Jones and Tatyana Heard feature for the first time this tournament in the centre partnership wi...

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4 w. ago Starmer accuses Putin of 'hollow promises' on ceasefire as 'coalition of willing' allies hold talks with Zelensky in Paris amid fears Trump will drop sanctions on Russia

Keir Starmer is co-hosting the gathering in Paris with Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelensky is attending.

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last month British & Irish Lions coaches confirmed as Andy Farrell draws up initial 75

Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby and senior England assistant Richard Wigglesworth among the backroom staff for Australia tour

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