65 h. ago Eddie Howe in hospital but conscious and talking with family, Newcastle say

47-year-old had been feeling unwell ‘for a number of days’Howe admitted on Friday and is receiving expert careEddie Howe, the Newcastle head coach, was admitted to hospital on Friday and will miss Sunday’s game with Manchester United as a result. The Carabao Cup winners said the 47-year-old had been feeling unwell “for a number of days” and would not be at St James’ Park on Sunday.A statement added that Howe was “conscious, talking with family and continuing to receive expert medical care”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US and UK World Cup bid success boosts hosts but does little for global game | Tom Garry

Tournaments in 2031 and 2035 are likely to be great events but will be hosted by those who need them the leastThere is an abundance of reasons why staging the 2031 and 2035 Women’s World Cups in the United States and UK respectively offers cause for delight. The countries have well-established and emotionally invested fanbases, a genuine buy-in to the women’s game and huge, modern stadiums to choose from. These two summer parties will surely eclipse anything women’s sport has seen and the countries, having invested in the women’s game more than any others in modern times, have frankly earned this.Yet the news that the US and UK are bidding unopposed to host these tournaments is also sad for the women’s game from a global perspective. The US’s NWSL and England’s Women’s Super League are the two most-watched women’s leagues in the world with the largest average attendances and the most professionalised facilities for players and therefore, while many will agree that means they deserve...

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2 w. ago Roy Keane blasts Erling Haaland AGAIN after infamous 'League One player' jibe

Erling Haaland scored in Manchester City's 2-1 win over Bournemouth that saw them reach the FA Cup semi-finals, but earlier in the game he missed two great chances - one of which was from the spot - earning the wrath of Roy Keane

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2 w. ago ‘Unbelievable’ Nico O’Reilly ‘changed the game’ as Man City prospect shines in FA Cup

O’Reilly came on at half-time and grabbed two assists as City came from behind to beat Bournemouth

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2 w. ago How to watch Brighton vs Nottingham Forest FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for FA Cup game today

Nottingham Forest won 7-0 when these sides met in the Premier League last month

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2 w. ago How to watch Fulham vs Crystal Palace FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for FA Cup game today

London clubs go head-to-head for a spot at Wembley

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2 w. ago Mitoma fit for Brighton’s FA Cup tie, Osasuna fury after Barcelona game: football news – live

Team news and more going into an intriguing weekendEmail Dominic | Sign up for Football DailyBelieve it or not, Barcelona’s men’s team played a La Liga game last night, beating Osasuna 3-0.It is highly unusual for domestic matches to be played before the weekend after the international break. The game was rearranged after the death of Barcelona’s first-team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia when it was initially staged, on 8 March. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man City handed £57m showdown that will make or break their season

Manchester City's accountants and transfer team can start planning for the summer knowing they are set for a huge payday at the Club World Cup - but how much could come down to just one game.

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2 w. ago When do Scotland play next? Scotland fixture list 2025, World Cup qualifying dates, latest ticket news

Here is when Scotland will play their next game - and when the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will start.

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2 w. ago North Macedonia v Wales: Score updates as both sides seek breakthrough

Follow live updates as Wales take on North Macedonia in the second game of their World Cup qualifying campaign

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3 w. ago England shirts and kits are 25% off ahead of Latvia World Cup qualifier

Thomas Tuchel takes charge of his second game as England boss on Monday as the Three Lions face Latvia for their second game on the road to World Cup 2026

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3 w. ago Scotland stare down 8 game World Cup 2026 gauntlet as Denmark lie in wait for warp speed battle royale

World Cup qualifying is already underway for some teams as Steve Clarke looks to guide the national side back to a World Cup

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3 w. ago Jordan Henderson: ‘I looked at how far it was to Berlin and I hired a van’

Recalled England midfielder discusses his last-minute dash, as a fan, to the Euro 2024 final – and his World Cup dreamJordan Henderson wanted to be part of it. He felt he deserved to be part of it. And so, despite the obstacles, he put in the hard yards to make it happen. It has been a theme of the Ajax midfielder’s career and it resonates once again with him back in the England squad, winning his 81st cap as a substitute in Thomas Tuchel’s first game as head coach – the 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Albania on Friday night. The more sideways take on it came last summer.Henderson was devastated to have been overlooked by Gareth Southgate for Euro 2024 in Germany, having been involved throughout qualification. The determining factor was the muscle injury he picked up last March, which sidelined him for the best part of two months and did not give him the time to get fully fit at the end of the domestic season. That was how Southgate sold it, anyway. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Emily Scarratt: ‘Retirement looked like the only option — but I’ve got another shot’

Back to her best as the Women’s Six Nations begins, the Red Roses centre reveals to Harry Latham-Coyle how close she came to having to step away from the game and why opportunity abounds with a home World Cup on the horizon

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3 w. ago England vs Albania LIVE: World Cup qualifier latest score and goal updates for Tuchel first game

Thomas Tuchel takes charge of the Three Lions for the first time

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3 w. ago Inside Thomas Tuchel’s grand plan – and the reason England hired him

There are many ways in which the new ‘head coach’ will be different to Gareth Southgate, as Tuchel takes charge of his first game and the road to the 2026 World Cup begins

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3 w. ago How can Manchester City stop Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League? | Tom Garry

Nick Cushing’s side must shut down Mayra Ramírez, have the right mentality and take their chancesChelsea are unbeaten in 28 games under Sonia Bompastor – with 26 wins – and arrive in Manchester for the first leg of their European quarter-final as strong favourites to progress to the semi-finals, and harbour realistic ambitions of winning their first Women’s Champions League title in Lisbon in May.The task of trying to beat this seemingly unstoppable force, over two legs across the next nine days, falls to Manchester City, who are in the unenviable position of facing Chelsea in four consecutive games in three competitions. Nick Cushing, who has been back at the club for only a week, has said their performance in his first game back in charge, the League Cup final defeat on Saturday, gave him belief that they could better Chelsea in Europe – but what do they need to do to achieve that? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The 'big' teams that haven’t won a major trophy for at least 10 years | The Knowledge

Plus: most career goals without a trophy, free-kicks from downtown and foreign-born scorers in EuropeMail us with your questions and answers“In case you haven’t heard, it’s been quite the week for those associated with Newcastle United but who are the big* teams that haven’t won a major trophy for at least 10 years?” asks Richard Goss (*desperately requires clarification).“I’ve done the research on teams that have won a European trophy,” responds our very own Rob Smyth. “Here, that means a European Cup/Champions League, Cup Winners’ Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Europa League, or Conference League (Intertoto Cup, alas, does not qualify). Obviously that means missing out some big clubs such as Wolves – one could maybe include them on the grounds that they beat Honved in a game that helped to catalyse the creation of the European Cup. But obviously you can keep going with this – Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield, also miss out. To many people, they are all big clu...

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4 w. ago Ant and Dec fans brand duo's unexpected behaviour a 'crime' at Carabao Cup final

Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly got together to watch Newcastle United secure a win at the Carabao Cup final, but fans were distracted from the game after noticing their out-of-character move

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4 w. ago Jamie Carragher makes worrying Mo Salah claim and tells Liverpool to sign two players

Mohamed Salah had a very quiet game as Liverpool lost the Carabao Cup final 2-1 to Newcastle on Sunday - but Jamie Carragher felt the problem lies elsewhere for his old side

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