Lampard continues to have admirers behind the scenes at Crystal Palace, who need a new head coach as Oliver Glasner is leaving. The level of Palace’s interest will become clearer in due course as the club accelerate their efforts to identify Glasner’s successor. Departing Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola, former Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche, ex-Spurs…
Wada revealed details of a state-sponsored doping programme in 2015, and declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code. But Wada’s executive committee voted to reinstate Rusada in September 2018, subject to a number of strict conditions. The move was condemned in some circles at the time with one critic calling it…
John Higgins produced a battling display to fight back from 3-1 down to draw level at 4-4 against Shaun Murphy in the opening session of their World Championship semi-final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. It was far from fluent from the four-time world champion, whose highest break of 50 gave him the eighth frame…
Interim Blackburn Rovers boss Michael O’Neill has said whatever happens with his future has to be right for him, the club and Northern Ireland. O’Neill took over on until the end of the season in February and has combined the role with his duties as Northern Ireland head coach. After confirming Rovers’ place in the…
When England arrived at Spurs for a then-British record fee of £250,000, she was a huge name who had achieved great success with Chelsea. An England international, the striker quickly transformed the team, helping them survive relegation and scored 21 goals in 35 appearances in her first two seasons. That quickly cemented her position as…
Elsewhere in the division, Dunfermline and Arbroath begin a triple-header against each other. They will meet twice next week in the quarter-finals of the Premiership play-offs – live across BBC Scotland on Tuesday and Friday. Before then, they face off to decide who will finish third and have home advantage in the second leg of…
Millie Bright retired from England duty last year and has now left Chelsea after 294 appearances, eight Women’s Super League titles, six FA Cups and four League Cups. She sat down with the BBC’s women’s sport reporter Jo Currie. READ MORE: ‘I lost myself’ – Bright on retirement, abuse and the future Available to UK…
West Bromwich Albion have appointed James Morrison as head coach on a two-year contract after steering the club to Championship safety. The former Baggies midfielder, 39, stepped up on an interim basis after Eric Ramsay was sacked in late February and was put in charge until the end of the campaign a week later. Under…
Phil Parkinson will have to watch games elsewhere in the Championship as they look to secure a top six spot on Saturday. Source link
Yet the Champions Cup is an elusive prize for Bath. It has been almost 30 years since they last won the trophy, back in 1998 – when it was then the Heineken Cup – and another 20 years since they last reached this stage, the 2006 semi-final which they lost to Biarritz. Memories of the…