Heitinga could be interim option to end of season De Zerbi available after leaving Marseille Tottenham are exploring their options after sacking Thomas Frank on Wednesday morning, with Roberto De Zerbi and one of their current coaches, John Heitinga, in the conversation. It is unclear whether the chief executive, Vinai Venkatesham,...
Manchester City make quick work of Fulham but Haaland off early with ‘niggles’
Manchester City’s week is moving along sweetly, this win closing the gap to three points to Arsenal, who travel to Brentford on Thursday. On Sunday, they defeated Liverpool at Anfield, on Wednesday they downed Fulham at home to reel off a 20th consecutive victory against them. The rosiest moment for the...
Fear and Gibson suffer nightmare on ice as GB Winter Olympic medal drought goes on
British pair finish seventh after stumble in free dance Gold goes to France’s Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron Lewis Gibson did his best to smile, but the pained pinch on the face of his partner, Lilah Fear, as they twirled around the Milan Ice Skating Arena gave the game away. The...
Nottingham Forest target Vítor Pereira after late-night sacking of Sean Dyche
Strugglers seek fourth manager of the season Home stalemate with Wolves prompts latest firing Nottingham Forest are keen to appoint Vítor Pereira as their fourth head coach of the season after sacking Sean Dyche in the early hours of Thursday. The former Wolves manager worked under Forest’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis,...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’ Keir Starmer has said Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his comments that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants. In an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Britain’s seventh-richest...
Welcome to the Dark Side: Seattle’s brutal, Super Bowl-winning defense is here to stay
The Seahawks’ Legion of Boom terrorized opponents in the 2010s. Now a new unit has taken up the mantle – and delivered another title Super Bowl LX was a two-score game with less than five minutes remaining. New England had the ball on the Seahawks’ 44-yard line and – after...
Muirhead vows to rally Team GB as curling defeat means wait goes on for Winter Olympic medal
Mouat and Dodds repeat fourth place in Beijing Games Brookes and Muir missed out narrowly on Monday Another day, another dolour. The Great Britain Olympic team suffered their third heartbreak in the space of 24 hours after the mixed doubles curling team of Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds lost their...
Sesko rescues late point for Manchester United to deny West Ham precious win
Stop all the clippers, don’t cut off the barnet: United’s winning run is over. Frank Ilett, the man who pledged never to visit a barber again until Manchester United won five matches in a row, may have been denied a viral haircut, but United’s resilience came to the fore here...
Ramsey winner for Newcastle adds to Frank woes to leave Spurs fearing the drop
To his extensive list of problems at Tottenham, Thomas Frank can add another. The manager is dealing with a ghost from the club’s more successful recent past. There were 49 minutes on the clock when the South Stand choir took up the song. “He’s magic, you know. Mauricio Poch-e-ttino.” The...
Okafor grabs comeback draw for Leeds as wasteful Chelsea’s bad habits return
Chelsea’s habit of squandering leads did not leave with Enzo Maresca. The lapses in concentration have piled up and there was another to add to the list after Stamford Bridge witnessed an inexplicable collapse against Leeds, who took another step towards staying up fighting back from 2-0 down to keep...