Barton remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with an assault

Former footballer Joey Barton has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with an assault near a golf club.

LIVE: Newcastle United vs Barcelona – Champions League last 16

Follow the build-up, analysis and live text commentary of the game as Newcastle face Barcelona for a first-leg clash.

Wasteful Palace booed off after first-leg draw with stubborn Larnaca

Evann Guessand, Tyrick Mitchell and Chris Richards squandered fine chances as an otherwise laboured Crystal Palace performance saw them booed off after a 0-0 last-16 first-leg draw with Larnaca at Selhurst Park.

Galatasaray v Liverpool: Champions League last-16, first leg – live

⚽ Champions League news from the 5.45pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Read today’s Football Daily | Email Scott Liverpool make five changes to their starting XI from the 3-1 FA Cup win at Wolves last Friday. Alisson is injured so Giorgi Mamardashvili takes his place in goal. Milos Kerkez replaces Andy Robertson at left back. Ibrahima Konaté returns in central defence, so Joe Gomez moves to right back, with Curtis Jones dropping to the bench. Rio Ngumoha and Cody Gakpo make way for Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike. Galatasaray: Cakir, Singo, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Lang

Mateta on bench, Johnson at wing-back for Palace vs AEK Larnaca LIVE!

Forest punished late on in defeat to FC Midtjylland at rain-soaked City Ground

Nottingham Forest’s profligacy was punished late on by FC Midtjylland as Vitor Pereira’s side fell to a 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie in treacherous conditions at the City Ground.

Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland team news LIVE!

MLS’s Polymarket deal looks even worse after players’ gambling bans | Leander Schaerlaeckens

With its credibility swaying in the wake of a betting scandal, the very last thing the league needed was to be in business with a prediction platform The timing of the suspensions was unfortunate. Or perhaps it was karmically inevitable. Forty-two days after Major League Soccer announced a new partnership with Polymarket – a prediction platform that lets its users bet on just about anything, including whether, when, and where one country will bomb another – a press release went out. A pair of Ghanaian-born former MLS players, Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah, had been banned from the league for

Lossiemouth crowned new Queen of Cheltenham with Champion Hurdle triumph

Lossiemouth swept aside all rivals to claim a brilliant victory in the Unibet Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Wonderful Watkins header earns Villa EL first-leg win in Lille

A moment of magic from Ollie Watkins gave Aston Villa a 1-0 first-leg win at Lille in their Europa League last-16 tie.

João Pedro shining brightest as Chelsea brace for PSG reunion

Liam Rosenior has unlocked João Pedro and must do the same with Cole Palmer for Chelsea to reach their potential João Pedro had been a Chelsea player for less than two weeks when he faced Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup last summer. The settling-in period was intense. The forward had an impactful substitute appearance when he made his debut in the quarter-final win over Palmeiras, struck a clinical double when Fluminense were downed in the semi-finals and then, on a thrilling, sweaty afternoon in New Jersey, delivered the coup de grace when Chelsea became world champions

Warren: Usyk to fight Wardley-Dubois winner, then Fury | 'We're up for that!'

Promoter Frank Warren intends to open negotiations for Oleksandr Usyk to fight the winner of Fabio Wardley's world title clash with Daniel Dubois.