‘Every time I lose, boom’: Guardiola offers feisty defence of City’s tactics

Manager speaks at length after defeat at Real Madrid Players must use ‘guts and nose’ to score, he adds Pep Guardiola launched a four-and-a-half minute defence of his team selection in the 3-0 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid . Guardiola chose to play an attacking 4-2-2-2 formation at the Bernabéu stadium on Wednesday and the visitors were ultimately humbled by a Federico Valverde hat-trick to leave them on the brink of a European exit. “I had to explain it [team selection] before and after? After 10 years? I would not convince you one second, any one of you, anyone,” Guardiola said bef

Wakefield beat Leeds in Challenge Cup after power outage as Wigan win

Wrexham secure huge win in playoff race over Welsh rivals Swansea

Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Wrexham and Swansea.

Wrexham boost play-off chances with win over Swansea

Wrexham boosted their chances of reaching the Championship play-offs by beating Welsh rivals Swansea 2-0.

Every shot of Hoge's remarkable QUINTUPLE bogey at The Players!

Tom Hoge made a quintuple bogey nine on the par-four seventh during the second round of The Players at TPC Sawgrass.

Åberg ties course record at The Players going SEVEN-under to turn!

Ludvig Åberg carded an incredible two eagles and three birdies before making the turn at TPC Sawgrass to tie the front-nine course record at The Players.

'Simply stunning' - Monchengladbach take lead against St. Pauli in style

Kevin Stoger's first goal of the season is one to remember as he gives Borussia Monchengladbach a stunning lead against St. Pauli in the Bundesliga.

England's James signs new contract with Chelsea

England forward Lauren James signs a new contract with Chelsea, keeping her at the club until 2030.

Lauren James follows brother Reece in signing new Chelsea deal

Chelsea forward Lauren James has signed a new contract at the club until 2030.

Crunch time: how England’s battle for Champions League places is shaping up

With nine games to go we assess the teams behind Arsenal and Manchester City who are most likely to fill the remaining Champions League berths Reasons for optimism: Michael Carrick recently professed himself as “definitely a glass half-full” manager so the interim surely looks at the final nine games and sees a huge opportunity. Particularly positive here are the fixtures with Aston Villa (Sunday), Chelsea (18 April) and Liverpool (2 May): three chances for Manchester United to seriously damage the Champions League qualification prospects of the three teams currently directly below them and e

'I'm still heartbroken!' - Bradley opens up on post-Ryder Cup struggles

Keegan Bradley insists he would welcome the opportunity to captain Team USA again at the next Ryder Cup, despite still being "heartbroken" from their home loss to Team Europe at Bethpage Black.

Ex-England women's youth player Carr dies aged 35

The England women's football team pays tribute to former youth player Amy Carr, who has died at the age of 35.