6 h. ago Regis Le Bris enjoys ‘good lesson’ for Sunderland as his Black Cats hold Arsenal

An entertaining tussle saw the high-flying club snatch a point against the league-leading Gunners.

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18 h. ago Alan Shearer names Premier League's 'impossible job' as team's transfers hurt chances

Wolves remain bottom of the Premier League without a win and without a manager and Alan Shearer believes the man they hire will have a near impossible job to keep them afloat

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37 h. ago Is Granit Xhaka fit to face Arsenal? Sunderland team news after Regis Le Bris confirms injury latest

Sunderland captain has discussed an emotional reunion with his former club

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5 d. ago Regis Le Bris hails Granit Xhaka influence as midfielder earns Sunderland point

Xhaka’s equaliser cancelled out Iliman Ndiaye’s opener for Everton.

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5 d. ago Granit Xhaka pegs back Everton to deny Moyes winning return to Sunderland

David Moyes, the manager who oversaw a disastrous relegation for Sunderland eight years ago, found a very different club on his first return to the Stadium of Light. Back then, Sunderland were on a downward slope. Now, things are on the up.Régis Le Bris’ impressive Sunderland moved up to fourth place ahead of Saturday’s home game against Arsenal after a 1-1 draw against Moyes’ Everton side. A deflected strike from the impressive Granit Xhaka cancelled out Iliman Ndiaye’s brilliant opening goal. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Monday’s four meetings, including Wolverhampton Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Sam's Xpress, to win at Wolverhampton and also hopes Al Rufaa can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double

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6 d. ago O’Neil and Edwards in frame as Wolves seek Vítor Pereira replacement

Former coach and Middlesbrough manager candidatesPereira sacked after 10 league matches without winWolves could turn to their former head coach Gary O’Neil after sacking Vítor Pereira, with Middlesbrough’s Rob Edwards another leading candidate. Pereira was sacked on Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after a 3-0 defeat at Fulham as the Wolves hierarchy acknowledged the squad had lost belief in his methods.Pereira replaced O’Neil last December with the club 19th in the Premier League and Wolves are again at severe risk of relegation, bottom of the division after securing two points from their opening 10 matches. Wolves’s last league win was in April. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Regis Le Bris, Sunderland and the new standard for teams promoted to the Premier League

Regis Le Bris' newly-promoted Sunderland are proving to be the standard-bearers for a trio of teams who are defying the patterns of previous Premier League seasons when promoted sides have struggled badly

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1 week ago Three things we learned from Chelsea win as Jamie Gittens grasps opportunity

Blues escaped with a win after a late scare in the Black Country

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1 week ago Enzo Maresca fumes over ‘embarrassing’ Liam Delap red card in Chelsea win over Wolves

The striker’s return from injury was spoiled after his dismissal at Molineux

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1 week ago Maresca tells Chelsea to grow up after Delap’s ‘stupid red card’ in wild win over Wolves

Enzo Maresca lambasted Liam Delap for his “very stupid red card” and called on his young squad to “grow up”. Chelsea, 3-0 up at half-time, managed to turn this into a topsy-turvy tie that earned them a ­Carabao Cup quarter-final tie at ­Cardiff, but has cost them the services of their striker for Saturday’s game at Tottenham.The Chelsea manager had no ­sympathy for Delap who, ­returning as a substitute after two months out with a hamstring injury, was dismissed for collecting two similar yellow cards in seven late minutes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Why Sunderland’s success matters for the Premier League at large

Recent history has seen all three sides promoted from the Championship be relegated the same season – Régis Le Bris’s side could break the spellSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereLast season, all three promoted sides in the Premier League were relegated. The season before that, all three promoted sides were relegated. The fear was that the gulf between the Premier League and Championship had become too big, with the increasing stratification of the English game essentially making it impossible for the promoted sides to survive, much less to thrive. It’s a self-perpetuating issue; the longer the other 17 remain in the Premier League, fattened on television rights, the harder it will be for teams coming up to make an impression.There was a need for the promoted sides to put up a better fight than they managed last season when, between them, Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton collected just 59 points. Nine games into this season, not quite a quarter of the way through, Sunderl...

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1 week ago Wolves star clashes with supporters in car park after Burnley defeat

Lyle Foster's 95th-minute winner earned Burnley a win against Wolves on Sunday, and after the game, supporters turned on Vitor Pereira and members of his squad

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2 w. ago Chelsea: Regis Le Bris plays down Marc Guiu loan links as striker tipped for Sunderland return

The 18-year-old Spaniard was recalled from his loan to Wearside after less than a month

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2 w. ago New Zealand v England: final men’s T20 abandoned – as it didn’t happen

England’s T20 series against New Zealand finishes on a rather damp note but the tourists claim 1-0 winHere we go! That’s tough on the two Tims, who had made a rollicking start.After three balls: NZ 8-0 (Seifert 8, Robinson 0) Wood’s first ball is an inswinger that swings all the way to the square-leg boundary, with an easy nudge from Tim Seifert. The second ball is a dot, and the third is another four – a full toss, thumped through the covers. But then Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Regis Le Bris hails team character as Sunderland claim ‘tough win’ over Wolves

Nordi Mukiele’s strike and a Ladislav Krejci own goal made sure of the points.

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