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Ultimately, despite the backing of a new contract that was to run until Euro 2024, Baraclough would lose his job after a record of six wins and eight draws from 28 games and was replaced by the same man he had succeeded in the role, Michael O’Neill. “There were times we were going over and…

Luke Humphries turned on the style to beat Nathan Aspinall 2-0 and reach the second round of the World Grand Prix in Leicester. Premier League champion Humphries edged a close first set 3-2, despite Aspinall recovering from a slow start to win the second leg with a ‘big fish’ finish of two treble 20s followed…

Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin, now at Real Betis, talks to BBC Sport’s Elizabeth Conway about his attempts to live a more sustainable life after being named global champion at the BBC Green Sport Awards. READ MORE: Bellerin – the footballer who cycles to work Source link

Netherlands record scorer Memphis Depay missed the start of international duty after reporting his passport stolen in Brazil, where he plays for Corinthians. Depay should have travelled to the Netherlands on Sunday evening but was unable to make the trip. Ronald Koeman’s side face World Cup qualifiers away at Malta on Thursday and home to…

The Women’s Football Show pundits Fern Whelan & Nia Jones discuss whether Manchester United are Women’s Super League title contenders. Source link

Although Dan James has been ruled out of this international window through injury, three of his team-mates started in Leeds United’s 2-1 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday’s early Premier League kick-off. Goalkeeper Karl Darlow, defender Joe Rodon and midfielder Ethan Ampadu played the whole game, although Leeds skipper Ampadu did endure a nervous…

Those Rangers fans who are almost as old as the Campsie Fells, the hills sitting above the club training ground just north of Glasgow, will tell you that Martin was the worst manager they’ve ever known. And that’s saying something. One of his predecessors, Pedro Caixinha, once lost to Progres Niederkorn, the fourth best team…

India maintain their 100% start to the Women’s World Cup with a comfortable 88-run win over rivals Pakistan, in a game featuring a controversial run out and play having to be stopped due to a swarm of flies disrupting proceedings in Colombo. MATCH REPORT: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup – India v Pakistan Available to…

BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from the latest round of Irish Premiership action. Source link