Former Wales captain Gareth Bale has announced he will play in a PGA Tour event just weeks after retiring from professional football. Bale said he will compete in February’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California. The 33-year-old retired earlier this month as Wales’ most-capped male player and record men’s goalscorer. “Delighted to announce I will be playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at the start of next month! Let’s…
In January 2022, Southampton were taken over by Sport Republic, with chief executive Martin Semmens describing it as “a pivotal moment” for the club. A year on, Saints are bottom of the Premier League and co-owner Rasmus Ankersen summed up their first 12 months in charge as a “really rough ride”. So what’s going on? Has the rot set in or is it just teething problems for ambitious new owners?…
Jordan Kirkpatrick will go down as the man who gave Darvel the biggest and best night in their 134-year existence. The match-winner against Aberdeen – the seven-time Scottish Cup winners, the Premiership heavyweights – was self-deprecating when asked about scoring the only goal in the fourth-round tie at Recreation Park. “I just wanted to get it on target,” he told BBC Scotland. “It wasn’t even the best of strikes. It…
Women’s Championship leaders London City Lionesses have confirmed manager Melissa Phillips has left the club. Phillips, who took Lionesses top of the second tier of English women’s football, leaves to become assistant coach of Angel City FC in the US. She departs Lionesses five days before their FA Cup fourth-round tie with Women’s Super League side Tottenham. “This has been an incredibly tough decision and one I haven’t taken lightly,”…
Peterborough United have offered to pay for more than 30 coaches to transport Charlton fans to the rearranged League One game between the two clubs. The initial fixture was called off just 90 minutes before kick-off on Saturday with the pitch deemed “unplayable”. Posh chairman Darragh McAnthony later issued an apology on social mediaexternal-link for the short notice of the postponement. He and co-owner Jason Neale have now agreed to…
MK Dons have signed Brentford midfielder Paris Maghoma on loan for the remainder of the season. The 21-year-old had spent the first half of the season on loan at League Two side AFC Wimbledon. He made 24 appearances before suffering an ankle injury, with his season-long deal then ended early on 5 January. Maghoma, a former England Under-20 international, is yet to feature for the Bees’ first-team having arrived from…
Championship side Blackpool have signed Brentford defender Charlie Goode on loan for the rest of the season. The 27-year-old has been with the Bees since August 2020 and played 20 games, with two appearances while on loan to second-tier side Sheffield United. Goode, who was in Fulham’s academy, has also spent time in the English Football League with Northampton Town and Scunthorpe United. “This is something that has been spoken…
The head of referees in the Women’s Super League admits they must “take a lot of learning” after the game between Chelsea and Liverpool was abandoned. Sunday’s game was called off after six minutes because of a frozen pitch. The pitch had passed an inspection to kick off as scheduled at 12:30 GMT. Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb, women’s director of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), said: “We do understand fans…
Former Nottingham Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi has emerged as a potential candidate for the Cardiff City vacancy. Former Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion boss Valerien Ismael is also thought to be high on the shortlist drawn up by the club. Ismael is currently third favourite for the post with bookmakers, while Sam Allardyce tops the betting. Cardiff are looking for their third manager of this season after sacking Mark Hudson…
It has been some four years for Arsenal’s newest signing Jakub Kiwior. In January 2019, the Polish central defender was let go by Anderlecht’s academy without a senior appearance and was thrown into a relegation battle in Slovakia – one that ultimately ended in failure. Since then, though, the 22-year-old has ended up marking Lionel Messi at the World Cup, been identified as a future leader for his country and…