51 h. ago Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts posts first ever photo with footballer fiancé

Girls Aloud songstress Nicola Roberts has been with semi-professional footballer for around three years, but she had never shared photos of him on social media before now

Culture

52 h. ago Adam Johnson now six years on from prison release: UK exit plan and appeal for new job

Former Manchester City and England winger Adam Johnson was released from prison six years ago but has not returned to professional football since being sacked by Sunderland in 2016

Events

53 h. ago Where Adam Johnson is now six years after prison release and 'begging club to sign him'

Former England international Adam Johnson has long been released from prison, but has not returned to professional football since being sacked by Sunderland back in 2016

Events

67 h. ago Phil Foden admits to facing challenges ‘off the pitch mentally’ this season

‘It’s been difficult,’ says Manchester City forwardFoden won PFA Player of the Year award a year agoPhil Foden has revealed he has faced challenges “off the pitch mentally” this season and that an ankle injury sustained against Manchester United in April has hampered him and is not 100% healed.The Manchester City forward has struggled to recapture last term’s impressive form that featured a career-high 27 goals and being voted the Professional Footballers’ Association players’ player of the year and the football writers’ player of the year. He has managed only 10 goals, has not scored since January and was only a 76th-minute replacement in Saturday’s 1-0 FA Cup final defeat by Crystal Palace. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago King’s old school launches football partnership with professional club in Dubai

Gordonstoun revealed plans to work with Gulf United, which is led by an ex-pupil.

Politics

4 d. ago The sad demise of Fortuna Sittard Women: ‘I hope the players find new clubs’

Three years ago, Fortuna Sittard entered the women’s game to much fanfare. But now their dreams have been dashedThree years ago, Fortuna Sittard entered the women’s game to much fanfare. The club owner, Atilla Aytekin, boldly stated the aim within three years was to qualify for the Champions League, the club hiring the former Netherlands head coach Roger Reijners and signing talismanic Belgian forward Tessa Wullaert to spearhead their dream.They came close, remarkably finishing third in their first season having gone straight into the Eredivisie, but three years on the club has now just played its final game as a professional outfit, rather than preparing for European football. Continue reading...

Sport

4 d. ago Micky van de Ven ready to prove doubters wrong again as he makes Europa League final vow

The Premier League's fastest ever player Micky van de Ven is used to silencing critics having been told as a teenager that he was too slow to become a professional footballer

Sport

7 d. ago Just Stop Oil protesters spared jail after failed Heathrow disruption

A group of Just Stop Oil protesters have avoided jail after their failed attempt to cause "unprecedented disruption" at Heathrow Airport last July.

Events

7 d. ago Just Stop Oil eco zealots are spared jail over bid to cause mayhem at Heathrow Airport after plotting to glue themselves to the runway

A group of Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have been spared jail terms at their sentencing hearing at Isleworth Crown Court.

Society

8 d. ago Infantino’s Trump trip causes Fifa walkouts; FA Cup finals and more: football – live

Latest news and previews as we head into the weekendMail Stuart | Ten things to look out for | Football DailyIt’s also the second-to-last round of Fantasy Premier League matches. Here’s Paul MacInnes – currently third in Guardian Sport’s in-house league (caps doffed to leader sub Ronnie Ruff, 2,461pts and 19,361th overall, and our chief sports reporter Sean Ingle, who’s in second).Only two weeks to go. That’s the mantra. Two more weeks to endure the familiar trauma of logging on to the fantasy football app, picking a team, celebrating the wise decisions that have led you to create an unbeatable unit, watching the weekend’s football disabuse you of this notion, then repeating the whole thing again.It’s supposed to be a game, but Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is more like a lifestyle. Or a second job. Or even exactly like being a professional footballer: the focus, determination and relentless commitment should really be rewarded with a weekly salary, preferably in the five figures. Bu...

Sport

8 d. ago Woman driver pleads not guilty to causing death of cyclist Harry Webb in Hackney

Accused expected to claim she suffered ‘loss of consciousness’, court told

Events

9 d. ago ‘Cheeky, kind and full of life’: Mum pays tribute to boy, seven, killed in drugs lab explosion as man jailed

Reece Galbraith jailed for 14 years after explosion in Newcastle terraced street that killed two peopleA man operating a cannabis drugs lab which caused an explosion in a terraced street has been jailed for 14 years for the deaths of two people, including a seven-year-old boy.The boy, Archie York, was asleep in the flat above the drugs lab being run by Reece Galbraith, 33, when the blast happened in the Benwell area of Newcastle in the early hours of 16 October 2024. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Moment 'highly dangerous' drugs lab explodes killing cannabis dealer and seven

Reece Galbraith, 33, has been jailed for 14 years at Newcastle Crown Court for manslaughter after causing the death of two people in a house explosion while making cannabis 'gummies'.

Events

1 week ago Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis avoids jail over ‘tragic’ car crash death of his wife

Rohan Dennis, 34, has been given a suspended sentence of one year, four months and 28 days in jail after pleading guilty to committing an aggravated act likely to cause harm

Events

1 week ago Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis receives suspended sentence over wife’s death

Australian Olympian Melissa Hoskins died aged 32 after being hit by a car outside the couple’s Adelaide home

Sport

1 week ago Cyclist Rohan Dennis receives suspended sentence over Olympian wife’s death

Australian Olympian Melissa Hoskins died aged 32 after being hit by a car outside the couple’s Adelaide home.

Sport

1 week ago EFL star makes drastic career change and moves abroad after early retirement

George Ray, who made his professional debut in the Football League Trophy final back in 2013, has announced his retirement from football to pursue a new career in real estate in Dubai

Transport

1 week ago Love Island star engaged to 'love of her life' after 'dream' holiday proposal

Kendall Rae Knight, who appeared on Love Island in 2018, has announced that she is engaged to her partner of six years, professional footballer Andrew Hughes, after he proposed on holiday

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I missed talking math with people’: why John Urschel left the NFL for MIT

The former Baltimore Ravens guard had a lucrative career in professional football. But he chose to concentrate on his first love in academiaJohn Urschel lifts the blinds in his second-floor office in the mathematics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Outside is Cambridge in all of its springtime splendor on a mid-April afternoon. Everything about his office says “college professor” – the computer on one side of the desk, the stack of papers on the other, the books on the shelves behind him.He grins through his beard and his eyes sparkle behind his glasses when he describes his research in linear algebra. When he gestures enthusiastically, you can imagine those huge hands protecting his quarterback from opposing pass rushers – which he once did as a guard for the Baltimore Ravens. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Partner of death crash cyclist had lost previous boyfriend to race accident

Hannah James, partner of Shane Richardson who was killed on Monday, had previously intended to marry another motorcyclist who was killed in 2016.

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