2 h. ago Problems piling up for Ruben Amorim as Manchester United struggle to rebuild | Jamie Jackson

The ‘infamous five’ told to train separately, lack of new signings and a restricted budget – United’s manager is stuck in summer of discontentThe on-off Bryan Mbeumo saga and Liam Delap choosing Chelsea are troubling bellwethers of Manchester United’s predicament a month from the start of the season. So, too, is having half an outfield first team in a bomb squad that skulks in for training in the late afternoon when those not in the same club-decreed quasi-shame have left for the day.As time ticks towards Arsenal’s opening Premier League Sunday visit and, beyond, to the window’s close on 1 September, Ruben Amorim can hardly be ecstatic at how the summer is progressing. The head coach has added only Matheus Cunha from Wolves, for the forward’s £62.5m release clause, a sizeable chunk of a transfer budget constricted by a looming debt mountain and the need to sell to buy a No 9 and, possibly, finally prise Mbeumo from Brentford. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Lions team announcement Live as Jac Morgan set to miss out against Wallabies

British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell will name his side for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday

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6 h. ago Lions name first Test team as Jac Morgan left out completely

British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell has named his side for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday

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13 h. ago Edwards left with food for thought as India edge England in first women’s ODI

1st ODI: India, 262-6, beat England, 258-6, by four wicketsDeepti Sharma hits 62 not out as tourists complete chaseFifty-over cricket is Charlotte Edwards’s Big Project. The day she was announced as the new England head coach, she declared that the national side had “underperformed” in the one‑day format of late, and that she was making it her “first priority” before the World Cup in India in October.All eyes, then, on this three‑match ODI series against India, which began on Wednesday at Southampton with a narrow four-wicket win by the visitors. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Alan Shearer makes Chelsea title prediction and tips Man Utd transfer target to leave

Chelsea ended Enzo Maresca's first season as head coach on a major high, finishing in the Champions League places, winning the UEFA Conference League and then winning the FIFA Club World Cup with a magnificent final victory over Paris Saint-Germain

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54 h. ago Manchester United need to complete three more transfers to build Ruben Amorim's dream XI

Man United head coach Ruben Amorim will be hoping to add more new faces to his squad ahead of the start of the Premier League campaign.

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2 d. ago St Mirren Women's coach tackles epic trek in a bid to raise team funds

Head coach Kate Cooper, along with friends, set off on a six-day walk across the Abbeys Way route.

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3 d. ago Scottish trio called up to Lions squad ahead of Wallabies series

The Lions’ squad has swelled to 44 players with the latest additions.

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3 d. ago ‘We’ve found our urgency’: Wiegman salutes Lionesses as they set up Sweden clash

England thrashed Wales to seal Euro 2025 progressWiegman: ‘You could see the togetherness of our team’Sarina Wiegman said her Lionesses side found a sense of “urgency” to book their place in the quarter-finals of the European Championships with a comfortable 6-1 victory over Wales.“This urgency comes [after the France defeat],” the England head coach said. “You could see the togetherness of our team. We knew today would be a different game because we knew we would have the ball a lot. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Manchester United have four players fighting for one position after £62.5m transfer

Man United head coach Ruben Amorim will have to use pre-season to decide who key element of his first-choice starting XI.

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4 d. ago Louis van Gaal, 73, announces he is free from prostate cancer as former Man United manager reveals he is getting 'fitter and fitter'

The 73-year-old was diagnosed in late 2020, but kept the news private until April 2022, when he went public during his third spell as head coach of the Netherlands.

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5 d. ago Wales head coach Matt Sherratt in tears in coaching box as nightmare over

The Wales boss was visibly emotional after the final whistle as his side finally won a match

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5 d. ago Slow starts, the breakdown and pressure of selection are weighing heavy on Lions | Ugo Monye

Andy Farrell has problems to solve before Test series and needs players to push their case in final warmup gameThe phoney war is coming to an end. One more warm-up match against a tasty looking Australia and New Zealand invitational side and then into the real thing. The Lions head coach, Andy Farrell, was asked how much he was holding back for the Test series and he replied it was exactly the same amount as Australia were. I’d expect nothing less.To give a sense of what that means, it’s not as if he’s asking players to give 80% of their capacity or that the Lions will be unrecognisable come the Test series. The framework they have been working with is the one they will use. But it’s the details where the Lions will try to hurt Australia that have been, to a degree, parked or kept back. You don’t necessarily want to show that in warm-up matches, certainly not your full hand. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ruben Amorim has the green light to unleash Manchester United's new first

Man United head coach Ruben Amorim will use pre-season to try and work out his first-choice starting XI for the upcoming campaign.

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6 d. ago Luis Enrique responds to PSG accusation after thrashing Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique says his team has more than answered its critics with its recent achievements

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6 d. ago Joe Root unbeaten on 99 as England dig in against India but Stokes injury a concern

Third Test, day one: England 251-4Root unbeaten on 99 while captain picks up knockEngland opted not to train on Tuesday but Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum still made a beeline for Lord’s. Two days out from the third Test – a pivotal match with the series locked at one-apiece – they were keen to speak to the groundstaff to express their hopes for a pitch with pace, bounce and a bit of sideways movement.It was too late to be making demands and, like the disappointed customers of Mr Tourette, signwriter extraordinaire from the Modern Toss cartoons, England’s captain and head coach had to settle for a slow, occasionally two-paced surface. Throw in a sluggish outfield — plus an Indian attack buoyed by their win at Edgbaston and now augmented by Jasprit Bumrah — and run-scoring was anything but straightforward. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Scotland hope to have learned Fiji lesson of 2017 but Townsend aware of 'bigger picture'

Head coach knows victory in Suva can make life easier for Scots in 2027

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6 d. ago Man United given 'trouble' verdict amid unexpected link to Premier League free agent

Ruben Amorim needs a new striker and the Manchester United head coach could opt for a free transfer with Dominic Calvert-Lewin linked with the club

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6 d. ago England at Euro 2025: Wiegman gets key decisions right to give Lionesses hope | Tom Garry

From personnel to tactics, the England head coach’s big calls paid off against the Netherlands“Lovely,” said Sarina Wiegman, peering inquisitively at a television screen in the far corner of the room. The England head coach was responding to the news that Jess Fishlock had just scored Wales’s first goal at a major women’s international tournament, but given the mood in the press conference room, she could easily also have been referring to her own team’s performance after they steamrolled the Netherlands.The tone and the atmosphere of the post-match exchanges was wholly contrasting to the scene in the same media room four days earlier, after the Lionesses had been second-best against France. This time, here was a proud Wiegman, a coach whose players had carried out her gameplan to perfection, and a coach who – while admitting she had felt “a little tension” before kick-off – clearly had always had conviction that her team would deliver under pressure. The back-to-back Euros winners ...

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6 d. ago Ruben Amorim can unleash a new Manchester United partnership in pre

Man United head coach Ruben Amorim will soon find himself experimenting once his side's pre-season campaign gets up and running.

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