Spencer capitalises on a Schmid spill to bring Oxford level

Spencer capitalises on Schmid spilling Mills shot to bring Oxford level

Arsenal's Rice and Gabriel train before Lisbon trip

Arsenal's Declan Rice and Gabriel return to training before the Champions League meeting with Sporting after injury absences.

Mallorca’s Pirate puts Kosovo playoff pain aside to stun Real Madrid | Sid Lowe

Kosovo’s Vedat Muriqi broke down in tears after a late winner that took his side out of the relegation zone For one magical moment in the sunshine and the spotlight, the roughest man in Spanish football was the smoothest, the toughest, its most vulnerable. With his ponytail and the stubble covering a face that’s been lived in, they call Vedat Muriqi the Pirate and he’s supposed to have the turning circle of a galleon. But here there was grace, all 6ft 4in and 14 stone 8lbs of him moving like he was wearing slippers, not a pair of size 15s. The first touch, with the left, couldn’t have been sof

Tonda Eckert: The boss who has Saints back on the march

From 21st in the Championship when he took over to the thick of the play-off race and an FA Cup semi-final.

Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg manufacture ‘the wildest plastico of all time’ | Andy Brassell

Two ‘factory’ teams of German football proved that there is plenty at stake in the Bundesliga after a 6-3 win for Leverkusen They said nobody cared enough for the stakes to be this high. If discussion over the destination of the title (and second place for that matter) has been and gone, there is plenty more in the Bundesliga tank and for Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg, two clubs who will never hold universal approval despite producing teams to thrill us and break the Bayern monopoly in the last two decades, that is truer than for most. Before RB Leipzig were around to corral all the disappr

Why promoted Falkirk's superb season has created problem for league

Falkirk have upset the Scottish Premiership apple cart - and given the league's organisers a fixtures headache.

Meet the Olympic sprinter who has made Chelsea's youngsters quicker

Asked to name the best moment of his career and Adam Gemili does not pick his European gold medal over 200 metres but his part in a relay triumph at the 2017 World Championships in London. No surprise. Team sport brings the best out in him.

Portsmouth vs Oxford kicks off crucial EFL Easter Monday on Sky!

Swansea vs Middlesbrough on Sky after Ipswich win & Lincoln seal promotion LIVE!

Hull host Coventry on Sky after Boro fail to retake second spot LIVE!

Bastoni turns Inter jeers to joy after World Cup heartbreak and ‘ugly’ wobble | Nicky Bandini

Targeted after Italy’s failure and for his dive in the Derby d’Italia, Alessandro Bastoni returned to form against Roma Italy were too afraid to play a World Cup qualifying playoff at San Siro, hosting their semi-final against Northern Ireland in Bergamo instead. Gennaro Gattuso explained it as a choice to protect his players, noting that the nation’s biggest football stadium was home to two rival clubs – Milan and Internazionale – and suggesting this dynamic might lead fans there to turn more quickly on players who struggled. Instead, on Sunday, it was San Siro that offered comfort to one w

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich: Champions League – team news, start, lineups

Madrid host Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League quarterfinal tie.