Mainoo doesn't have the right midfield partner – Scholes

Vitor Pereira is still searching for his first Premier League victory as Nottingham Forest boss. A 2-1 defeat at Brighton on Sunday – in his third league game in charge – stretched their winless run to five league games. With 10 games to go, Forest teeter just two points above the relegation zone. But Pereira,…

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of child abuse. The 49-year-old was accused of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010. Dott, who won the sport’s world championship at The Crucible in 2006, had denied the charges. A judge at the High Court in…

This season’s English Football League play-off finals at Wembley will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in May. The EFL has announced the Championship final will be held on Saturday, 23 May, with League One to follow on Sunday, concluding with League Two on Monday. This is the final season in which the…

Martin O’Neill is of the view VAR is “debilitating” for officials on the pitch as he branded the Scottish FA process for appealing against decisions “worthless”. On Tuesday, Celtic lost their bid to have Auston Trusty’s red card against Hibernian overturned. A club statement was critical of the ruling and called for an urgent review…

Success for United this season would be qualifying for the Champions League after a two-year absence. If they beat Brentford at Old Trafford on Monday, they will need a maximum of two points from their final four games to seal a top-five slot. After that, the focus will be on United’s hierarchy to decide whether…

Bellingham’s start to the season was inevitably difficult, having had shoulder surgery in July for a long-standing injury he sustained in 2023. He missed 63 days of training and playing, including five matches for Los Blancos. In his first appearance back in late September, he was welcomed to the pitch with a huge roar as…