You might assume that Wales’ goalkeeper spends every minute of her time focusing on football. You would be wrong. Laura O’Sullivan works full time and plays her club football for an amateur side, Cardiff City Ladies, where the players were paying subs until last season. Should Cardiff upset the odds by winning their women’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at Burnley this Sunday (14:00 GMT), the talk in the dressing room…
Qatari club Al-Wakrah have signed AFC Wimbledon forward Ayoub Assal for an undisclosed fee. The 20-year-old, who joined the Dons at under-12 level, had scored 10 goals in 31 appearances in all competitions for the League Two club this season. The Qatar Stars League outfit triggered a buy-out clause in Assal’s contract. “It is always difficult when one of our own moves on and I would like to wish him…
Colchester United have signed West Ham United defender Will Greenidge on a two-and-a-half year contract. Greenidge did not play for the Hammers first team but made three appearances for their under-21 side in the EFL Trophy earlier this season. The 20-year-old right-back is the seventh signing made by the U’s since the start of the transfer window. He came through the West Ham academy and scored his first goal in…
Championship side Sunderland have confirmed the loan signing of Leeds United striker Joe Gelhardt. The 20-year-old will remain with the Black Cats until the end of the season after making 15 Premier League appearances so far this campaign. Gelhardt becomes the Wearside club’s third signing of the January window after Pierre Ekwah and Isaac Lihadji. “I know how big the club is and I’m really looking forward to meeting the…
Scottish Premiership: Hibernian v AberdeenVenue: Easter Road, Edinburgh Date: Saturday, 28 January Kick-off: 15:00 GMTCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio Scotland Extra and the BBC Sport website & app, text updates on the BBC Sport website & app Football, like life, comes at you fast, the speed of travel rarely more rapid than in Scotland. Six months ago, as two of the driving forces behind the Deloitte Report into the state…
If West Bromwich Albion are to shock Brighton in the women’s FA Cup this weekend, they will look to their very own ‘Iniesta’ in Phoebe Warner. The 22-year-old midfielder is among the part-time squad of third tier West Brom, who take on Women’s Super League (WSL) opposition in the fourth round on Sunday. Warner works at local youth engagement charity Powered By Can for her day job, which provides mentoring…
Scotland defender Ryan Porteous has joined Watford from Hibernian for a fee of about £450,000. The 23-year-old was out of contract at Easter Road this summer and had turned down the offer of a new deal. Porteous joined Hibs aged 13 and scored 13 times in 157 games after making his debut in the League Cup in 2017. Hibs are looking at Bailey Wright and Stuart Findlay as replacements for…
Aston Villa have been fined £20,000 by the Football Association for their players’ reaction to Southampton’s disallowed goal on Saturday. James Ward-Prowse’s 65th-minute strike was eventually overturned by the Video Assistant Referee for a foul in the build-up. Referee Michael Salisbury was surrounded by Villa players and subsequently booked Douglas Luiz. Ollie Watkins scored 12 minutes later to give Villa a 1-0 win at St Mary’s. Villa admitted the charge…
Jen Beattie has dedicated more than half her life to playing for Scotland. Now 31, she was just 14 years old when she was first called up to her country’s under-19 squad. At 16 she made her senior debut, before going on to earn 144 caps, captain her country and lead Scotland to their first women’s World Cup. No wonder then that the team feels like family. Having played her…
West Ham have “no intention” of selling striker Michail Antonio despite the player saying he is talking to other clubs, says manager David Moyes. Antonio said there was a possibility he could leave during the January transfer window. The 32-year-old has been at the Hammers since 2015 and is the club’s all-time leading Premier League scorer. “[Antonio] said it but we here have got no intention of doing anything,” Moyes…