Category: Sport

Ole Gunnar Solskjær has said Manchester United are desperate to win the Carabao Cup, with the manager stating his players are hungry to learn how to win trophies. United are at Everton for their quarter-final on Wednesday, Solskjær having yet to guide the team to a trophy after two years in charge. Last season United […]

Tottenham have announced that Alex Morgan will leave the club and return to the United States in the new year. The USA striker joined from Orlando Pride in September in an effort to regain fitness and improve her chances of a place in the national team squad for the Olympics after giving birth to a […]

Michael Kallbäck was working as an obscure agent in Scandinavian football when, in November 2014, he became a father for the first time. He describes the birth of his daughter, Charlie, as “an epiphany” which transformed his life. Apart from inspiring him to work in women’s football, where he is now an influential agent, the […]

It is understandable that a Carabao Cup visit from José Mourinho and Tottenham sharpens focus on Michael O’Neill’s quiet revival of Stoke. Perhaps O’Neill will be glad when this quarter-final tie has been resolved, meaning he can return to the pursuit of perfection without prying eyes. Anyone concerned about O’Neill’s ability to reboot Stoke – […]

Carlo Ancelotti has said Everton should not be obsessed with ending the longest trophy drought in the club’s history but motivated by the opportunity in the Carabao Cup. Everton have not won the League Cup in any guise and host Manchester United in Wednesday’s quarter-final seeking to go on and claim the club’s first silverware […]

Still, at least Newcastle can concentrate on the league now. On a dank and dreary night, they were handed a lesson in invention and ambition by a Brentford team who can now celebrate the first major cup semi-final in their 121-year history. They got there by believing in their plan, by having a plan, by […]

Lionel Messi became the all-time top scorer for a single football club after scoring his 644th goal for Barcelona during their La Liga match against Real Valladolid, surpassing Pelé’s record goal haul for the Brazilian side Santos. The 33-year-old Argentinian, who matched Pelé’s record of 643 goals with a strike against Valencia on Saturday, scored […]