Questions have been raised about the judgment of Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and his deputy leader Jack Chambers in picking the political novice for the contest, and the shortcomings in the ...

Fans returned to Hillsborough in numbers after demonstrations against controversial owner Dejphon Chansiri in previous games.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe saluted “special” player and person Bruno Guimaraes after seeing him fire his side to a hard-fought Premier League victory over Fulham. The Brazil international’s 90th-minute ...

Manager Jens Berthel Askou admits he and assistant Max Rogers had to have stern words at half-time as Motherwell came from behind to beat Livingston 2-1 in the William Hill Premiership. The visitors ...

John Swinney has said he would be happy to meet with the family of Sheku Bayoh, after the chairman of the inquiry into his death stood down. The First Minister’s comments come as the Scottish Greens ...

Jack Wilshere was “over the moon” to notch his first win as Luton boss. Lamine Fanne scored late on in Wilshere’s second game in charge to clinch the Hatters a 1-0 victory at Northampton in League One ...

Head coach Shaun Wane described England’s 26-6 defeat against Australia in the opening Test of the Ashes as “torture” after he accused his players of underselling themselves. England’s bid to win the ...

Notts County head coach Martin Paterson hailed his team’s patience after watching Alassana Jatta’s late brace turbo-charge their promotion push and condemn Cambridge to a 2-0 defeat at Meadow Lane.

Gary Bowyer hailed his “crazy” gang of players after Burton beat Sky Bet League One promotion hopefuls AFC Wimbledon 1-0 at the Cherry Red Records Stadium. The Dons could have been ahead at half-time ...

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has apologised for any offence caused after saying “it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people”. She said her comments were “phrased ...

Reis Peggie doubled their advantage nine minutes after half time and East Fife put the icing on a dominant second half when Gregor Nicol grabbed a third in stoppage time. Cove Rangers picked up their ...

Congratulating Ms Connolly, the Social Democrats’ Holly Cairns called the victory a “seismic moment in our history”. She said: “The momentum behind Catherine’s presidential bid was incredible, growing ...