Aston Villa won an FA Cup tie for the first time since 2016 after Matty Cash hit a late winner at Middlesbrough. Championship club Boro were close to earning a replay when Cash’s attempt from…
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Tottenham beat fellow Premier League side Burnley to move into the fourth round of the FA Cup thanks to Pedro Porro’s stunning strike. Without club captain Son Heung-min, who has joined up with South Korea…
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Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin was controversially sent off but the 10-man Toffees held on to force an FA Cup third-round replay with Crystal Palace. Calvert-Lewin was shown a straight red card in the 79th minute…
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Wilfred Ndidi has been ruled out of Nigeria’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign because of injury. The 27-year-old Leicester City midfielder was named in the Super Eagles’ 25-man squad on 29 December but was absent…
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Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi praised his side’s “very smart game” after they kept their first Premier League clean sheet of the season at West Ham. It was the first time in 24 league matches…
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Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool eventually broke down Newcastle United to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League. In a relentless and frantic game, fuelled by wicked rain and…
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Arsenal missed the chance to go top of the Premier League at new year with a disappointing defeat at Fulham. Bukayo Saka put the Gunners ahead inside five minutes but Raul Jimenez equalised on his…
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Morgan Gibbs-White scored an 82nd-minute winner as Nottingham Forest recorded their first Premier League victory over Manchester United in 29 years to bring 2023 to a miserable end for Erik ten Hag’s side. It looked…
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Manchester City ended a stellar year on a high note by beating a battling Sheffield United side to move within two points of Premier League leaders Liverpool. Rodri gave the defending champions an early breakthrough…
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Cole Palmer starred as Chelsea ended a miserable 2023 with an important win after withstanding a late Luton fightback at Kenilworth Road. The Blues took the lead in the 12th minute when a poor…
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