Major League Soccer club Atlanta United have opened talks to sign Giorgos Giakoumakis from Celtic and could gazump Urawa Red Diamonds, who had looked favourites to take the 28-year-old striker to the J-League. (Football Scotland)external-link Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis has agreed a move to Atlanta United, but the transfer has yet to be rubber stamped by the Scottish champions. (SDNA)external-link Centre-half Moritz Jenz is poised to end his loan spell…
Todd Cantwell wants “to leave some of the scars behind” after exiting Norwich City to become Michael Beale’s first signing as Rangers manager. The midfielder says his primary motivations in heading to Ibrox are to win silverware, compete in Europe and have “a manager who believes in me”. Cantwell had not featured for Norwich since November, with David Wagner becoming head coach in January. “It’s a chance to prove a…
League Two AFC Wimbledon have signed Cambridge United forward Saikou Janneh on loan until the end of the season. The 23-year-old has scored one goal in 17 appearances for the U’s in all competitions after joining the League One club from Bristol City last summer. The Gambian has previously had loan spells at Torquay United, Newport County and Shrewsbury Town. Janneh becomes Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson’s fourth signing of the…
Line-upsLive TextLine-upsBromleyFormation 4-4-213Charles-Cook4Bingham6Sowunmi18Whitely11Dennis9Cheek17Webster19Forster21Vennings23Topalloj35Fisher13Charles-Cook4Bingham6Sowunmi18Whitely11Dennis9Cheek17Webster19Forster21Vennings23Topalloj35FisherSubstitutes2Reynolds10Marriott14Bergkamp20Arthurs32KrauhausDag & RedFormation 4-4-21Justham2Hare21Longe-King8Sagaf19Ling16Phipps4Rance12Robinson7Walker24Morias11Weston1Justham2Hare21Longe-King8Sagaf19Ling16Phipps4Rance12Robinson7Walker24Morias11WestonSubstitutes9McCallum14Saunders23Ibie36Bird42TaylorReferee:Adrian QuelchLive Text Kick OffFirst Half begins.Posted at 19:4219:42Post updateLineups are announced and players are warming up. Match report to follow.
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri is in search of the seventh managerial appointment of his chaotic reign as owner at Goodison Park after sacking Frank Lampard. Lampard’s successor will not only have to rescue Everton from a catastrophic run of form that leaves them 19th in the Premier League but also work to an owner who has already dismissed Roberto Martinez, Ronald Koeman, Sam Allardyce, Marco Silva, Rafael Benitez and now…
The January transfer window has produced several surprises with Premier League clubs already surpassing the record spend since the winter window was introduced. Analysis from Deloitte’s Sports Business Group shows the current spend for January in the English top flight as £440m, £10m more than the previous highest in January 2018. And there is still time for Premier League clubs to do further business. Here is everything you need to…
The Women’s Super League needs to find a solution to prevent games being called off because of frozen pitches, says Chelsea manager Emma Hayes. Their WSL home match with Liverpool on Sunday was abandoned after six minutes when conditions were deemed unsafe. The game – live on BBC Two – had kicked off as scheduled at 12:30 GMT following an earlier pitch inspection. But referee Neil Hair took the teams…
Former Portugal boss Fernando Santos has been appointed as the new head coach of Poland. Steven Gerrardexternal-link had reportedly been linked to the job, after the former England midfielder was sacked by Aston Villa back in October. Santos led Portugal to victory at Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League but quit after their exit in the World Cup quarter-finals at the hands of Morocco. “It is an honour to…
Sir Alexander Fleming is “the most famous thing Darvel has produced”, but the scientist who discovered penicillin now has rivals in the shape of the Ayrshire town’s local football team. So says John Gall – although the owner of Darvel FC is leaving it to others to decide if his sixth-tier side’s defeat of Aberdeen, who lie fifth in the Premiership, is the biggest shock in Scottish Cup history. No…
Merseyside Police arrested three men for alleged homophobic chanting during Liverpool’s draw with Chelsea. One was arrested inside Anfield and two outside the ground for three separate incidents on Saturday. The men, aged 23, 37 and 49, were arrested on suspicion of homophobic intentional harassment, alarm or distress. The 37-year-old has been bailed pending further enquiries, and the other two men will attend a voluntary interview. The Premier League match…