Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said “big clubs” are able to win games 1-0 as he branded his side’s FA Cup exit at Brighton a “big shame”. The Blues were gifted a fifth-minute advantage in the fourth-round ...

The families of two of three girls murdered at a dance class in Southport have told of the moment they heard ‘something awful has happened’.

Father-of-two Joel Verite, 26, was among the first on the scene as Southport killer Axel Rudakubana launched his attack.

Mathys Tel is primed to make his first start for Tottenham at Aston Villa on Sunday. Tel was brought on for his debut in the first half of Thursday’s 4-0 thrashing at Liverpool in the semi-finals of ...

Kaoru Mitoma struck a second-half winner as Brighton overcame a calamitous own goal from Bart Verbruggen to book a place in the FA Cup fifth round with a 2-1 win over Chelsea. Enzo Maresca’s Blues ...

Minister Andrew Gwynne has become the fourth high-profile figure to leave Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Government since the party’s election victory in July last year.

He had been treated at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital after his defeat to Welshman Nathan Howells at the Ulster Hall last Saturday.

Daizen Maeda netted a hat-trick as a much-changed Celtic side warmed up for the visit of Bayern Munich on Wednesday with a 5-0 win over Raith Rovers in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup fifth round. The ...

Belfast boxer John Cooney has died, his promoter Mark Dunlop has announced. A statement on Monday said that the 28-year-old was in intensive care following his defeat to Welshman Nathan Howells at the ...

Daniel Udoh and Adam Reach both saw their penalties saved by Freddie Woodman in the shoot-out defeat to Preston.

Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has been sacked as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party. He reportedly posted sexist comments about Angela Rayner, racist remarks about ...

Lincoln boss Michael Skubala felt Joe Gardner was unlucky to be sent off on debut during the 1-1 draw with Cambridge. The Nottingham Forest loanee was on the pitch only four minutes when he was shown ...