ANTHONY MARTIAL and Jesse Lingard need to watch their backs. Mason Greenwood has been quietly knocking on the door to become a first team starter at Manchester United for a few months now. But in the last three days the 18-year-old has pretty much barged it down. On Thursday against Alkmaar he scored twice and won a penalty as United […]

JOSE MOURINHO'S winning message is coming through loud and clear. Lucas Moura had revealed the Portuguese has been drumming it into his players that they have the capacity to be winners since arriving at Tottenham. But when the Brazilian’s super opener was ruled out by a Adama Traore wonderstrike, you wondered if Spurs would fall into bad habits and fold […]

ARSENAL legend Emmanuel Petit has urged the club to move quickly in case Carlo Ancelotti joins rivals Everton. The Gunners legend, 49, believed former team-mate Patrick Vieira was the right man for the job until the ex-Napoli boss became available. And now he wants Emirates chiefs to go all out to secure the 60-year-old Italian, who has held talks with […]

While military service academies have long competed in college sports, they have mostly emphasized training future officers rather than serving as a steppingstone for athletes seeking a career in professional leagues. Under a new Department of Defense policy promoted by President Trump on Saturday at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, the few athletes who are good enough to catch […]

Darts legend Raymond van Barneveld has suffered a humiliating early exit in his final ever World Darts Championship as the Dutchman retires. Van Barneveld lost to American underdog Darin Young 3-1 on day two of the William Hill World Championships at Alexandra Palace. The shock defeat brings the curtain down on Barney's career in darts, and the four-time world champion […]

SIX stars of British sport in 2019 are battling it out for this year's Sports Personality of the Year award. The shortlist has now been announced and the hopefuls will be announced at a lavish ceremony in Aberdeen on Sunday, December 15. Garry Lineker, Gabby Logan and Clare Balding will be the hosts with proceedings underway at 7pm. Who has […]

THE HONEYMOON period is well and truly over for Frank Lampard. He may be a Blues legend but three points from four games against some of the worst teams in the Premier League is nowhere near good enough no matter how many goals you scored as a player. Today's 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth was the third in a worrying run […]

ARSENAL welcome Manchester City to Emirates Stadium on Sunday with Nicolas Pepe set to be fit after a knee knock. The winger struck a sensational winner at West Ham in his last game but had to sit out the midweek draw with Standard Liege. Emile Smith-Rowe and Reiss Nelson were given runouts for the Europa League game as a result […]

The New England Patriots are 10-3. They currently hold the No. 2 seed in the A.F.C. In all likelihood — a 76 percent chance, according to The New York Times’s playoff simulator — they will earn a first-round bye for the 10th consecutive postseason. And yet an uneasy feeling has settled across New England, where fans spoiled by the Patriots’ […]

DEONTAY WILDER became just the third American heavyweight to ever have an audience with the Pope on Friday. The WBC heavyweight champ met Pope Francis in Vatican City as he toured Rome. Wilder was named the Boxers’ Representative and Ambassador for Peace through Sport, and had many words of admiration for the leader of the Catholic Church. Accompanying a picture […]