As a player, Eta grew up idolising David Beckham and had a successful career as a midfielder in the women’s Bundesliga. She represented Germany at youth level and won the Champions League with Turbine Potsdam in 2010 before ending her career early because of injury in 2018. When she earned her professional coaching badge in…
Ulster back row Juarno Augustus says the team are focused on finishing as high up the United Rugby Championship table as they can to try and secure home advantage in the knockout stages as the battle for silverware hots up in the latter stages of the season. Richie Murphy’s side sit third in the table…
Few European ties have been as emotionally charged as the 2005 Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool. Just under two years after Roman Abramovich’s takeover, Chelsea were assembling a star-studded squad under Jose Mourinho, while the Reds were seeking a return to the top of continental football after two decades. The two-legged tie was…
Hull head coach John Cartwright told BBC Radio Humberside: “I’m really disappointed for the players that they didn’t get a result. They gave their everything. “I’m so proud of the playing group. There were another couple of injuries tonight but whoever we put out there just keeps turning up. “Everyone we come [up] against it’s…
Emery replaced Steven Gerrard as Villa manager in October 2022 with Villa hovering just above the relegation zone on goal difference. The former Arsenal and Villarreal boss brought with him his own backroom staff, with many of the old guard departing. Former Sevilla goalkeeper Monchi also joined as Villa’s president of football operations in June…
Sunday’s visit of Burnley remains key to Premier League safety with Forest having navigated three of their potentially season-defining games in the past seven days. Pereira showed his hand both in his team selection and post-match comments after the first leg draw at Porto last week. A much-changed side, including young defender Zach Abbott, Morato…
Despite being debutants, Palace were installed as favourites to win the Conference League at the start of the season. It took a while for them to live up to that tag, with many of their performances in Europe looking somewhat turgid. But their 3-0 win against Fiorentina – two-time finalists in the Conference League –…
Paralympic champion William Ellard set a new world record time to take gold in the S14 mixed class 100m freestyle final at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. Ellard finished in 50.41 seconds to shave 0.49 seconds off the previous record held by Brazil’s Arthur Xavier Ribeiro. The 20-year-old, who won gold in the…
Why is a Europa League place given up? This is all about applying the EPS after all other factors. So in this example, Aston Villa have earned a place in the Champions League but finished in a league position that qualifies them for the Europa League. Uefa rules state that the berth in the lower…
Jonny Clayton delighted the Rotterdam crowd as he beat Luke Littler 6-4 to extend his lead at the top of the Premier League table. The Welshman kept his cool during an early blitz from Littler in the final and came through to claim back-to-back nightly wins and his fourth of the year. Littler was booed…