• The Guardian

    Ten Hag calms talk of divided squad as Wilcox appointed technical director

    Alejandro Garnacho has apologised for liking a critical social media post while Sancho starred for Dortmund in this week’s Champions League

  • Birmingham Live

    Wayne Rooney has teammates in stitches with response to 'granny' jibe

    Wayne Rooney has been a hit with his Girth N Turf team-mates after joining the EA Sports FC Pro Clubs side, with the Manchester United legend and former Birmingham City manager quick to get involved in the banter

  • The Canadian Press

    Europe discards Arsenal and Liverpool shift focus to EPL title race

    LONDON (AP) — What will it take to win the English Premier League with six games remaining? That's easy — perfection. Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool — all eliminated from their European competitions this week — are locked in a tight battle for the title. Defending champion City leads both rivals by two points but with Pep Guardiola's team playing an FA Cup semifinal against Chelsea on Saturday, Arsenal and Liverpool can gain ground. “If you want to be champion in the Premier League, you

  • The Canadian Press

    Dutch soccer club Vitesse docked points and relegated during probe of Russian ties to Abramovich

    ARNHEM, Netherlands (AP) — Soccer club Vitesse Arnhem was docked 18 points on Friday and will be relegated from the Netherlands top division while under investigation for ties to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea. Vitesse said in a statement it will not appeal the punishment imposed by a licensing panel at the Dutch soccer federation. It dropped the team into the second tier for the first time in 35 years. Vitesse already was in danger of relegation before