Magpies head coach Langley says north-east region needs top-flight team to take women’s football to the next levelThe Women’s Championship attendance record is set to be not merely broken but shattered into smithereens on Sunday when a crowd of more than 20,000 is expected to converge on the Stadium of Light for the Wear-Tyne derby.“I don’t buy that...

Live updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off at WembleyNext Generation 2019: where are they now five years on?Live scores – follow all the goals | Drop Scott an email here England get the match underway. They start with a few gentle passes across the back.Before kick-off, a moment of silence in memory of George Baldock. Just before, a grim-faced Manolis...

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!While the competitive value, format and byzantine permutations of the Nations League are understood by so few people that the handful of Uefa blazers who dreamt it up are all forbidden from travelling together on the same plane, all your average joe needs to know is that it is a competition devised...

Club insist minor corrective procedure is precautionaryDefender expected to be available ‘in the next few weeks’The Manchester United defender Noussair Mazraoui will be sidelined for several weeks having undergone a medical procedure after heart palpitations.Club sources have played down the seriousness, insisting it is a precautionary, minor corrective...

Southgate has been linked with Manchester UnitedHe wants to give his mind and body timeThe former England manager Gareth Southgate has ruled out a return to coaching for the next year. The 54-year-old, who resigned after England lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, has been heavily linked as a potential successor to Erik ten Hag as the Dutchman continues...

Spain captain reveals mental toll of his playing career‘You have another person inside that you have to fight’Álvaro Morata says he has experienced depression and panic attacks as a result of being a professional footballer, to the point that he feared he would not be able to play in the European Championship last summer.Spain won the tournament in...