Category: Football

‘I’ve always called Southgate the Prime Minister of football’published at 16:30 16 July 16:30 16 July Sports psychologist Michael Caulfield, who has previously worked alongside Gareth Southgate, has said that Southgate walked away from the job as the Three Lions because he would have felt it was the right thing to do. “He’s had criticism...

4 days ago By Ryan Leston, BBC News Getty Images Freshwater West has been named the best beach in Wales by the Sunday Times A Pembrokeshire beach has been named the best in Wales on a list of the UK’s top beaches. The wide and sandy Freshwater West has been a favourite of surfers for some time...

4 days ago By Elliot Ball, BBC News, South West • John Acres, BBC Radio Devon Philip Halling Mattiscombe Sands near Kingsbridge in Devon has been used as a filming location in the past A list of the 50 best British beaches has been compiled with six of them named in Devon. The Times has singled out Woolacombe, Mothecombe, Soar...

5 days ago By Kevin Keane, BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent BBC Balmedie beach forms part of a 13 miles stretch of sands along the north east coast The number of beaches in Scotland named among the best in the UK has fallen for a second year running, with the list becoming more selective over water quality criteria....

New Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the creation of a new football regulator is “a top priority for me in this job”. A Football Governance Bill, which would have brought the introduction of an independent regulator, ran out of time to pass through Parliament and become law when the general election was called. But Labour...

Ruud van Nistelrooy has returned to Manchester United to become an assistant to manager Erik ten Hag as part of a coaching reshuffle. Van Nistelrooy enjoyed five prolific seasons as a striker at the club after joining in 2001. The Dutchman scored 150 goals, putting him 11th on the club’s all-time list but left in...

(The FA via Getty Images) Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England face Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday as the Three Lions attempt to win a major trophy for the first time in more...

Getty Images Lord Cameron is not part of the interim shadow cabinet Rishi Sunak has confirmed his interim shadow cabinet, after 12 members of his top team lost their seats in the general election. Ex-Prime Minister Lord Cameron, who had made a surprise return to cabinet in November, has resigned and been replaced by his...

Who will win Euro 2024? Insiders’ verdictspublished at 15:59 8 July 15:59 8 July Julien LaurensFrench football expert on BBC Radio 5 Live We have seen the best of France defensively, certainly. This is what they do, it is their style and it is their DNA. It is also how you win tournaments, being solid...

Manchester City and Manchester United have been cleared to take their places in European competition next season after conflicts over multi-club ownership with Girona and Nice respectively were resolved. However, United will be prevented from signing highly-rated Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo by Uefa. City Football Group owns City and Girona, while Ineos controls the football...

Leicester’s appeal against the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability charge has been rejected by an independent commission. The commission has ruled the top flight can punish the Foxes for an alleged breach for the three seasons leading up to 2022-23 after they were charged in March. Leicester appealed against the charge as they were in...

‘Tournament seems to be very badly timed’ for Southgate and Three Lionspublished at 16:00 4 July 16:00 4 July England v Switzerland (Sat, 17:00 BST) James HorncastleEuropean football writer on BBC Radio 5 Live Image source, Getty Images I think a lot of teams could’ve beaten Italy the other day in Berlin when Switzerland came...