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Sir Bobby Charlton died five days after a fall at his care home, an inquest has heard; hearing was opened into his death at Chester Coroner’s Court in Warrington on Wednesday; the causes of death were given as “traumatic haemopneumothrax,…

David Moyes expects Declan Rice to be “welcomed with open arms” when he returns to West Ham with Arsenal on Wednesday. England midfielder Rice will face his old club for the first time since joining the Gunners for £105million in…

Mauricio Pochettino called for Chelsea’s fans to believe and show trust in his side after Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Brentford left them in the bottom half of the Premier League table. The Stamford Bridge crowd booed Chelsea off at full-time…

Brazil forward Vinicius Junior has agreed a new contract extension with Real Madrid until the summer of 2027. Vinicius’ previous contract was set to expire in 2024, and it has been reported an updated deal – said to include a…

Sky Sports exclusive: Barnsley midfielder Callum Styles on adapting to play in a new, more attacking midfield position under Neill Collins, experiencing huge lows at Millwall last term and dreaming of reaching Euro 2024 with Hungary and international team-mate Dominik…

Warren Gatland has backed Andy Farrell to be the next British and Irish Lions head coach after ruling himself out of the running for the 2025 tour of Australia. New Zealander Gatland, who late last year returned for a second…

Saudi Arabia was left as a shoo-in to host the 2034 World Cup after Australia confirmed it would not make a bid for soccer’s global showpiece on Tuesday’s deadline day. World soccer’s governing body Fifa had invited bids from Asia…

England defender was treated on the pitch for 13 minutes in the first half before she was stretchered off; Lionesses manager Sarina Wiegman said after the 3-2 Nations League defeat in Belgium that Greenwood was “walking around” and “doing fine”…

England wing Jonny May has announced his retirement from Test rugby. The 33-year-old Gloucester player made his debut against Argentina in 2013 and scored 36 tries in 78 international appearances. He sits second behind Rory Underwood (49) on his country’s…

Eddie Howe denied Newcastle are on a revenge mission against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup as the Magpies boss weighs up his diminishing options for the fourth-round clash. Newcastle’s long wait for a first domestic trophy since 1955 was…