Spurs v Forest - the 'disarray derby' key to survival hopes

Chaos clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest are battling to survive in the Premier League - and face each other on Sunday.

Matildas rise to a grand occasion but are left to rue the goal that never came

Australia had Japan on the back foot for long periods but a flurry of shots were scuffed, saved and blocked in a narrow Women’s Asian Cup final defeat An occasion of grandeur and cruelty in equal measure left Caitlin Foord lying on her back on the Stadium Australia turf. Like most of her Matildas teammates, she was covering her hands with her eyes, tormented by flashbacks of shots scuffed, saved and blocked. Alanna Kennedy was slumped in a seated position. Sam Kerr was in full foetal, nose to the ground. The Matildas had played their best match since pushing England in the World Cup semi-final

Hull KR's sputtering Super League defence continues with Catalans loss

Hull KR's disappointing start to their Super League title defence continued as they slipped to a 26-20 defeat to Catalans Dragons after Lenny Marc's 79th-minute try.

Shaw hat-trick helps Man City to convincing win against Spurs

Bunny Shaw scores a record-breaking hat-trick inside 21 minutes as Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-2.

Late London City equaliser ends Chelsea's winning run

Isobel Goodwin scores a late equaliser for London City Lionesses and ends Chelsea's five-game winning run.

'If Liverpool play like that at PSG it could be 10-0'

Arne Slot needs answers quickly or Liverpool's unwanted records may no longer be his only worry.

European football: Bayern Munich hammer Union Berlin to close on records

4-0 win takes Bayern within four of clubs’s best of 101 Kane up to 31 goals, 10 short of Lewandowski’s mark Bayern Munich scored three times in seven minutes to cruise past Union Berlin 4-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday and open up a 12-point lead at the top while edging closer to an all-time club scoring record. The Bavarian club, chasing three trophies and fresh from their midweek Champions League quarter-final qualification with a 10-2 aggregate win over Atalanta, are on 70 points with second-placed Borussia Dortmund, on 58, playing Hamburg later. This story will be updated Continue re

Slot running out of excuses at Liverpool - Premier League hits and misses

Swansea to complain to EFL over Sky’s Live from Wrexham with Rob & Ryan

Wrexham owners Mac and Reynolds helped commentate ‘Buildup and coverage of the game left a lot to be desired’ Swansea’s chief executive has said the club will raise concerns over television coverage of their game against Wrexham with the English Football League (EFL), with Tom Gorringe saying the team owned by Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds “were given priority at every opportunity”. Wrexham won the Championship match 2-0 on a night when Mac and Reynolds provided alternative commentary alongside the Sky presenter David Prutton, marketed as “Live from Wrexham with Rob & Ryan”. Sky Sports trailed

‘It’s not good enough’: Slot feels the pressure after Liverpool’s loss at Brighton

Manager defends club’s spending record in dig at critics ‘We need to make sure we qualify for Champions League’ Arne Slot has defended Liverpool’s spending record but admitted the pressure was now on to qualify for the Champions League. Their chances of making the top five – likely enough to qualify – took a significant hit after they lost 2-1 at Brighton in what has been a disastrous season in the context of a £450m outlay on players in the summer shortly after they had lifted the Premier League trophy. Continue reading...

Scottish Premiership: Leaders Hearts bounce back with late winner from McEntee

Defender breaks deadlock against Dundee in 77th minute Livingston further adrift at bottom of table after 2-0 loss Oisin McEntee headed a crucial late goal as Hearts reasserted themselves at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 1-0 win over Dundee . On a tense day at Tynecastle, Hearts looked in danger of dropping points for the second weekend running after their deflating 1-0 defeat at Kilmarnock last Saturday. The breakthrough came in the 77th minute when McEntee rose at the back post to head Marc Leonard’s free-kick powerfully beyond Jon McCracken. This story will be updated Cont

'Not just goals, he's a great connecter' - should Welbeck be in England squad?

Danny Welbeck scores two goals against Liverpool on Saturday to take his tally for the season to 12 - one day after he was left out of Thomas Tuchel's England squad.