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West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo calls for his side perform better in their remaining games following a 3-0 defeat to Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium. Source link

In the end, it wasn’t to be for Wrexham. And perhaps a quartet of consecutive promotions was asking too much for even a club touched by Hollywood. It is four years since the last time the final game of the season wasn’t one of jubilant scenes. Those in red immediately fell to the turf after…

There is no doubt that lessons were learned by McKenna during Ipswich’s season in the Premier League, only his third full campaign as a head coach. One charge which could perhaps have been levelled at him was that he showed too much loyalty to players who had served him well previously. The starting 11 for…

Despite being outside the automatic promotion places at kick-off, Palace were arguably in the best position, playing bottom of the league knowing that a win would secure a top-two finish. However, they were given an early shock as Portsmouth’s Megan Hornby scored direct from a corner in the third minute. That seemed to jolt Palace…

But it wasn’t just VAR that harmed Arsenal’s chances of becoming the first British side to reach successive Women’s Champions League finals. The two-time European champions, who beat Lyon in last year’s semi-finals, were completely outplayed by the eight-time champions on Saturday. “Arsenal came here last year and overcame the deficit to win, this time…

Hull boss Sergej Jakirovic told BBC Radio Humberside after the matches were over that the the topsy-turvy football that had unfolded would have been “excellent for you all in the media”. “For me, it was a new experience,” he said. “I’ve never been part of a game, where three teams can reach the play-offs [on…

Victory at Barrow came exactly 10 years after a Leicester City team featuring Fuchs won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting upsets of all time. “It’s like we’ve won the league,” the Austrian added of Newport’s celebrations at Barrow. “But that’s what it means to the fans. It’s very high [in…

The closest match of the day came at Headingley where Essex edged out Yorkshire by just 13 runs. Cordelia Griffith put on 95 with captain Grace Scrivens (36) after Essex had been put into bat, with Griffith’s 69 the highest score of the innings. But with useful contributions through the middle and lower order, they…

Ed Sheeran has spoken of his delight as his beloved Ipswich Town were promoted back to the Premier League. The Blues beat QPR 3-0 on the final day of the Championship at a packed Portman Road on Saturday afternoon. It means the club have returned to the Premier League at the first time of asking…

In sun-kissed Belfast – a huge contrast to the wind and rain that had impacted Ulster’s last-16 and quarter-final wins – the opening stages of the game brought plenty of intensity but was littered with handling errors from both sides. Doak, usually so reliable from the tee, missed a penalty from just outside the 22…