Star all-rounder Cameron Green was involved in a hilarious incident on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test between New Zealand and Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday. It happened in the third over of the morning session after Australia had resumed their innings at 279/9. New ...

Barcelona are on the prowl for a new manager in the 2024/25 season, as club legend Xavi will step down after the current campaign amidst increasing question marks regarding his credibility as a coach for an elite club.La Blaugrana will, therefore, choose among a who’s who of great ...

Neil Danns has paid tribute to outgoing Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp for giving son Jayden his breakthrough at the club.The 18-year-old has made quite an impression since making his debut in the Reds’ 4-1 victory over Luton last week.4Danns made his Liverpool debut in last week's 4-1 thrashing of ...

Former Championship star Sam Parkin has claimed that West Brom’s easier run in the next month could give them an opportunity to secure a playoff spot earlier than expected.   Carlos Corberan’s side are sitting fifth in the Championship table on 56 points and have a ...

10 minutes on the clock, 50 players to guess.Remember to tweet your scores @FourFourTwo and share with your friends.NOW TRY Quiz! Can you name every BBC Goal of the Season of the Premier League era?We use Kwizly for our quizzes – find out more here Since the creation of the Premier League, the ...

India icon Virat Kohli is one of the finest batters of his generation. Since making his India debut in 2008, Kohli has been a standout performer for the team across formats. The 35-year-old enjoys a huge fan following across the globe, not only for his cricketing skills, but also for his fitness ...

Real Madrid have been trying to sign Kylian Mbappé for years, and while they became understandably less desperate after the forward rejected them in 2022, they always remained in the mix due to Florentino Pérez’s obsession with the superstar. It looks like the Presi’s infatuation with ...

Nottingham Forest will bid to inflict more misery on Manchester United when they renew hostilities in the FA Cup fifth round tonight.The Tricky Trees beat Erik ten Hag's side 2-1 on their home patch when they met in the Premier League at the end of December.4Forest ensured United ended 2023 on a ...

Bayer Leverkusen are remaining calm about contact from Liverpool with Xabi Alonso’s agent and are confident that the Spaniard will not leave at the end of the season.   Liverpool have identified Alonso as their top target as they seek to replace outgoing manager Jurgen ...

Football fans expect loyalty from their team's players but, in the same situation, what would they do?Players are sometimes supporters of the club in question. More often that not, however, they are there due to circumstance. It is a job.Most people would be tempted to change their job for ...

Rohit Sharma (L) and Hardik Pandya© BCCI Legendary Indian cricket team batter Sunil Gavaskar believes that Mumbai Indians will benefit from the change in captaincy and said that it will allow Rohit Sharma to play more freely in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Hardik Pandya completed a ...

Manchester United are preparing for a new era at Old Trafford under the INEOS banner, with Jim Ratcliffe set to take over the club as owner, mercifully ending the tumultuous reign of the Glazers.Ratcliffe inherits a United side that is still somehow in Champions League contention ...

Crystal Palace will reintroduce key attacker Eberechi Eze into the matchday squad for this weekend’s meeting with Tottenham Hotspur, according to the South London Press.   New Eagles boss Oliver Glasner opened his reign with a comfortable win over Burnley and will now ...

Some of the most famous footballers in history are not known by their real names.Numerous Brazilian players in particular are household names – but because of their nicknames acquired in their youth or early in their careers.Here, a look at some of the most famous footballers known by their ...

Joe Prince-Wright, Nick Mendola and Andy Edwards go up and down the table to predict every fixture of Matchweek 26 in the ... source

Paulo Dybala scored his first hat-trick in a Roma jersey in a 3-2 win over Torino in Serie A ...

Manchester United are prepared to take a huge hit on Antony to sell him in the summer, talkSPORT understands. New minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has identified Antony as a player he is willing to offload even though he knows the club will not recoup anywhere near the £86million they paid Ajax ...

Mainz have a first right to refusal on Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg, but are likely to face financial challenges if they want to sign him in the summer on a permanent deal.   The 22-year-old defender joined Mainz on loan last summer but there was a vagueness on ...

By Ifreke Inyang Following an appeal, Everton’s 10-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules, PSR, has been reduced to six. On November 17, the Toffees were sanctioned by an independent commission, after being found to have exceeded permitted ...

Mauricio Pochettino claims Gary Neville remarks on Chelsea’s defeat to Liverpool were not fair Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged Gary Neville’s comments on Chelsea’s 0-1 defeat to Liverpool and asserted that it was not fair to make such remarks. The former Manchester United player ...

By Ifreke Inyang Liverpool will be paid only £100,000 in prize money after they beat Chelsea 1-0 on Sunday to win this season’s Carabao Cup. The Blues will earn £50,000 following their defeat at Wembley. The other two semi-finalists, Fulham and Middlesbrough, will get £25,000 for reaching ...

It is often said that sport and politics should not mix, but that is impossible.Sport is a reflection of society and football has a huge influence throughout the world – both culturally and politically.Over the years, many footballers have been lured into politics – either in a party's attempt ...

Veteran midfielder Luka Modric's curling strike gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Sevilla on ...

Mary Earps is the best goalkeeper in the world and she loves savings off the pitch too. The award-winning England international may be enjoying the fame brought to her by the Lionesses successes - but she won't let it go to her head. 3Earps won the FIFA Best Women’s Goalkeeper at the The Best ...

Richard Keys believes Chelsea must accept that justice was done in the EFL Cup final against Liverpool, after the Reds won 1-0.   The two teams played out a thrilling affair at Wembley, but could not be separated after 90 minutes, with neither side hitting the ...

Virgil van Dijk's header deep into extra time gave an under-strength Liverpool a remarkable Carabao Cup final win over Chelsea at Wembley. Van Dijk had seen a header contentiously ruled out for offside on the hour but there was no reprieve for Chelsea when he glanced home another from Kostas ...

Manchester United have been linked with an eyebrow-raising summer move for Luton Town’s Ross Barkley.The Sun report that new 25% owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and right-hand man Sir Dave Brailsford has an affinity for the former England midfielder that dates back to his spell with their French club ...

Legendary England cricket team skipper Michael Vaughan took fresh aim at the Hawkeye ...

Barcelona have ambitions to significantly upgrade their attack this summer with the addition of a true superstar left winger, and the Blaugrana remain on the hunt for a world-class defensive midfielder after bidding farewell to icon Sergio Busquets.In order to afford two world-class ...

Bukayo Saka remained coy on whether he is a world class talent after once again starring in Arsenal's latest victory. The 22-year-old brought up his 16th goal of the season in Saturday night's 4-1 win over Newcastle at the Emirates. 3Saka was on the score sheet again as Arsenal breezed past ...

Mauricio Pochettino plays down Chelsea being favourites after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp comments Earlier, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp commented that his side weren’t favourites going into the Carabao Cup final, and Mauricio Pochettino said he was being clever by calling Chelsea ...

Manchester United were given a harsh reality check at Old Trafford as Alex Iwobi's injury-time effort gave Fulham only their second Old Trafford victory since 1963. Four days after new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe spoke of United attempting to knock Manchester City and Liverpool off their ...

Erik ten Hag has defended Manchester United's decision not to add depth up front in January, after losing Rasmus Hojlund to injury.While Ten Hag expects to be without the red-hot Dane for only a few weeks at most, United are nonetheless very short in the centre-forward position.Anthony Martial ...

Ollie Robinson gifted away his wicket after making a career-best 58 that resulted in England's first innings ending at 353 even as Joe Root remained unbeaten on 122 on the second day of the fourth Test against India, on Saturday. England had made a solid start this morning, making Indians toil ...

Liverpool face Chelsea in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday, with the first major ...

Ben Chilwell may have won the Champions League - but he has declared that Carabao Cup glory would be a bigger achievement for Chelsea. The 27-year-old started in the 2021 Champions League final, where the Blues shocked Manchester City to cement himself as a club legend. 4Chilwell helped Chelsea ...

Gloucester star Zach Mercer is too good not to play for England and it's a travesty Steve Borthwick has left him out. That is the view of 2003 World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio, who cannot understand how the 26-year-old remains out of the Red Rose side. 3Mercer is yet to feature for the Red ...

Ex-QPR boss Mark Warburton thinks that whoever took over from Tony Mowbray at Sunderland would have had a tough task, amid Michael Beale being sacked.   Beale was shown the door at Sunderland just a little over two months after being appointed at the Stadium of Light as ...

Chelsea sent scouts to watch Barca star Jules Kounde in recent UCL match Chelsea had their scouts present to observe the performance of Jules Kounde for Barcelona in their recent Champions League clash against Napoli. The Blues also had their eyes on Napoli striker Victor Osimhen during ...

Pakistan's T20I captain Shaheen Afridi picked teammate Babar Azam's coverdrive over India ...

Sergio Aguero looked absolutely delighted as his doctor told him he could return to football during a live stream. The Manchester City legend and all-time top scorer was forced into an early retirement in December 2021 when he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia in one of his first games for ...

Malang Sarr is looking to leave Chelsea over concerns about lack of playtime Chelsea signed Malang Sarr after the 2019/20 season. He joined the Londoners from OGC Nice on a free transfer. After signing for Chelsea he was sent on loan to Porto. He came back to Chelsea hoping for some time to ...

Arsenal could be about to bring ‘the next Nicolas Anelka’ to the Emirates Stadium in a bid to secure their next big No.9.The Gunners have been criticised for much of the season by pundits for their lack of threat in attack, with the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah, Kai Havertz and Leandro ...

England on Thursday announced their playing XI for the fourth Test against India, starting ...

Barcelona have been enduring a difficult 2023/24 season, failing to build on the success of their 2022/23 campaign in which they returned to the summit of LaLiga as champions.Not only are Barça third in the league and seemingly out of the title race against Real Madrid, but they also ...

Luton Town boss Rob Edwards has admitted his side got a look at ‘the best’ in the shape of Liverpool in their 4-1 loss at Anfield on Wednesday night.   The Hatters took a shock 1-0 lead in the early stages of the Premier League encounter, but Liverpool started the ...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has pinpointed the main factor that could come to decide the Premier League title race this term. With Manchester City and Liverpool both ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League title race right now, albeit by just one and two points, the Gunners have a lot of work ...

Eight years, six months and 11 days. That's how old Ashwath Kaushik was when he made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest in history to beat a chess grandmaster. Enthusiasts of the game have started celebrating the birth of a new star. It was 37-year-old Polish grandmaster Jacek Stopa who ...

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Former captain Alastair Cook has urged England to drop wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow ...