MARCUS RASHFORD came off the naughty step to charm his way back into Erik ten Hag's good books. The disciplinarian Dutchman had originally banished his top scorer to the bench for breaching “internal discipline”, and breaking “our rules”. But it couldn't have been a major crime because by half-time Ten Hag decided to show his bad-boy some leniency as he […]

BRENDAN RODGERS has no doubt in his mind Wout Faes will recover from his horror show against Liverpool. The Belgium defender scored TWO own goals in Leicester's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Friday night, a loss which has left the Midlands club four points off the drop. But Rodgers doesn't foresee the £15million summer signing's nightmare at Anfield derailing his […]

PELE has died aged 82 in Sao Paulo. The Brazilian football legend is survived by mother Celeste. Pele's mum was always a great support to her supremely gifted son, and is still alive to this day aged 100. His coffin will pass by Celeste's home, before he is laid to rest. Who is Pele's mum? Pele's mother, Celeste Arantes, turned […]

EXCLUSIVE: Karren Brady DOUBLES her West Ham salary to £2.24m, thanks to a one-off £1m bonus for bringing in Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky… but her pay is still well below male Premier League counterparts like Daniel Levy West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady saw her salary more than double in 2022  Brady was given a £1m bonus after bringing in Czech […]

CHELSEA have confirmed the signing of David Datro Fofana from Molde in a £10.5million deal. The Blues have been eager to strengthen their forward line, particularly after the devastating, season-ending injury suffered by Armando Broja. Confirming their latest signing, an official club statement read: "Chelsea FC has reached a pre-agreement with Molde FK for the transfer of David Datro Fofana. […]

DAVID MOYES is in denial – his West Ham team are bang in trouble with the Hammers having a 2022 to forget. The East London club have undeniably had two-and-a-half good seasons on paper under the Scotsman. He saved West Ham from relegation, followed it up with consecutive sixth and seventh-placed finishes, and a Europa League semi-final. However, the European […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Peter Wright’s reign as PDC world champion came to a sorry end as Kim Huybrechts claimed the biggest win of his career […]

“I’ll fight whoever’s ready; I’m ready and we’ll get cracking in the new year. I want to be consistent, be fit to fight, and everything comes off the back of that. “I’m dying for the world championship, 100 per cent. That’s all my heart and soul is leading towards, [but] I lost a fight this year which took me out […]

Watt is widely considered among the sport’s greatest-ever defensive players Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Three-time Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt has confirmed his retirement […]

A DAD claimed his footie-mad son was pulled ten foot in the air by fans trying to grab Dan Burn's shirt off of him. Newcastle fan Nicholas Junior Surrey, known as NJ, was at his side's Boxing Day match against Leicester with his dad as a Christmas present. Goals from Chris Wood, Miguel Almiron and Joelinton sent Toon up to lofty […]