GYLFI SIGURDSSON CANCELLED out a controversial Wayne Rooney penalty to secure a 1-1 draw for Swansea City at Old Trafford that damages Manchester United’s top-four ambitions. Rooney swept home from the spot moments before half-time after…
Updated at 17.41 IRELAND INTERNATIONAL MICHAEL Obafemi was on target as Southampton earned an impressive 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League today. The 19-year-old Dublin-born striker put the visitors ahead…
LIVERPOOL BECAME A “proper team” after selling Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona, says Graeme Souness, with that deal allowing them to bring in Virgil van Dijk. Back in January 2018, the Reds reluctantly accepted that the…
RONAN CURTIS HAS been rewarded for his form at club level by winning the PFA League One Player of the Month award for December. Curtis, who also landed the November award, scored in four consecutive…
FRENCH STRIKER OUSMANE Dembele has suffered a badly torn hamstring, his club Barcelona announced today. “Tests carried out on Tuesday on Ousmane Dembele have shown that the player has a complete proximal hamstring tear in…
AN ADRIAN MARIAPPA own goal prevented Watford from lifting themselves out of the bottom three, as Brighton and Hove Albion claimed a 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium. Abdoulaye Doucoure gave Watford a 19th-minute lead…
MATEJ VYDRA’S FIRST goal in 17 months made it three wins in four for Burnley in the Premier League after a 2-1 victory at Southampton. After Ashley Westwood and Danny Ings had traded first-half goals,…
LOUIE SIBLEY SCORED a superb goal on his first league start for Derby County to put the Rams on their way to a 3-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Pride Park. The 18-year-old midfielder – playing…
OF ALL THE man-of-the-match awards Andy Reid received in 290 appearances for Nottingham Forest, only one sticks in his mind. Those early years at the City Ground, when he broke into the first team at…
ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC are the latest League of Ireland club to temporarily lay off their playing and coaching staff. Global sport has been brought to a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with many major…