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Clubs told to give VAR feedback as Premier League will not be forced into knee-jerk reaction

There will be no knee-jerk reaction to the contentious VAR penalty decisions in the latest round of Premier League games but clubs are being encouraged to provide their feedback on the new system.




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Back between the sticks… only this time it's an ice hockey goal Petr Cech is protecting

Sharing pictures on his Instagram, the Champions League winner was in goal wearing an eye-catching protective kit, stopping flying pucks instead of footballs.




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Burnley news: Sean Dyche to ring changes for Carabao Cup clash against Sunderland

Danny Drinkwater is set to make his Burnley debut in Wednesday's Carabao Cup clash with Sunderland as Sean Dyche plans a raft of changes.




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Barcelona coach Victor Valdes jokes about Neymar with Brazilian desperate for Nou Camp return

The Brazilian forward, 27, has been linked with a return to his former side this summer, two years after leaving the Catalan club for a world-record fee of £198million.




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Ben Stokes surges to career-high 13th in official Test batting rankings after Ashes heroics

Ben Stokes' epic performance in England's miraculous one-wicket win over Australia at Headingley has seen him rise to a career-high 13th in the official Test batting rankings.




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Sean Longstaff's younger brother Matty set to start for Newcastle against Leicester in Carabao Cup

Steve Bruce did not know Sean Longstaff had a younger brother on Newcastle's books until five weeks ago - but is now ready to start sibling Matty against Leicester on Wednesday.




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Everton confirm £25m new boy Jean-Philippe Gbamin is out for at least two months

Everton have confirmed that new £25million signing Jean-Philippe Gbamin has suffered a thigh injury which rules him out for at least two months.




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Fulham 0-1 Southampton: Michael Obafemi sends Saints into Carabao Cup third round with narrow win

ADRIAN KAJUMBA AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Southampton were left counting the cost of their trip to Fulham after their second round win at Fulham was marred by injury to Nathan Redmond.




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Sheffield United 2-1 Blackburn: Blades secure Carabao Cup second round win

First-half strikes from Richard Stearman and Oliver Norwood helped Sheffield United beat Blackburn Rovers to reach the Carabao Cup third round.




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Nottingham Forest 3-0 Derby: Sabri Lamouchi's side reach third round of Carabao Cup

MAX WINTERS AT THE CITY GROUND: Albert Adomah opened the scoring for the home side in the 25th minute before Joe Lolley added a second just 10 minutes later. Joao Carvalho added a third.




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Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich: League Two minnows knock top flight opponents out of Carabao Cup

NATHAN SALT AT THE PEOPLE'S PENSION STADIUM: When the teams were read out, Crawley knew there was always a chance they could pull it off. Daniel Farke made 11 changes.




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Barcelona stars turn out in force for inauguration of new B team stadium

Barcelona stars including Lionel Messi unveiled the new Barcelona B stadium on Tuesday.  Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Sergio Roberto and Frenkie de Jong were also there.




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Bury expelled from the Football League

Bury have been thrown out of the Football League in a move that is expected to spell the end for the 134-year-old outfit. Late on Tuesday night the EFL announced that the Shakers had been ejected.




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FLASHBACK: 25 years since Robbie Fowler's four-minute hat-trick against Arsenal

On a sun-kissed August afternoon at Anfield, a quarter of a century ago, Robbie Fowler announced his exhilarating talent to English football. It remains an iconic Premier League moment to this day.




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Grimsby Town's Carabao Cup clash with Macclesfield called off due to torrential storm

Grimsby Town's Carabao Cup clash against Macclesfield was called off just before half-time due a torrential storm. A replay of the second-round tie will have to be rescheduled.




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Barcelona submit £153m offer for Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar

The Spanish champions are also discussing the possibility of players going in the opposite direction for the Paris St Germain star with Ousmane Dembele among those to be mentioned.




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Neymar Judgement Day: Barcelona travel to France in last-ditch bid to land Brazilian star

PETE JENSON: Members of Barcelona's board have travelled to Paris to try and settle a deal to bring Neymar back to the Nou Camp. The La Liga giants are preparing a final bid for him.




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Transfer news: Barcelona 'plot one final bid to sign Neymar from PSG'

Barcelona 'are preparing to launch one final bid to sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain' as the clock ticks down to European deadline day next week.




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JASON GILLESPIE: Australia tried to get over 2005 Edgbaston Ashes defeat by looking forward

JASON GILLESPIE: It is very hard to avoid the conclusion we are now in for one of the classic Ashes series, maybe even up there with 2005 in terms of excitement and drama. It's fantastic.




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Bundesliga Week 3 Preview: Philippe Coutinho has perfect chance to endear himself to Bayern Munich

It might only be week three of the new Bundesliga season but some of the usual suspects are already setting the pace. Here, Sportsmail previews the upcoming fixtures ahead of the weekend's action.




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Coronavirus: Rushing football's restart will put careers at risk, players' union warns

Stars' careers are being put at risk by the imminent resumption of competition, according to a union representing nearly 100,000 athletes. German football has been cleared to resume next week.




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Labour MP backlash after Ian Lavery floats idea of leadership bid

Rebecca Long-Bailey has ended weeks of speculation as she said she is 'considering standing' for the Labour leadership. Ian Lavery is also weighing up a run for the top job.




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Ex-Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the party's leadership race

Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says the Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the leadership race for paying 'lip service' to rooting out anti-Semitism. She claims 'none of them deserve a vote'.




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Jess Phillips says she's ready to 'fight' to take Britain back into the EU

MP Jess Phillips is 'fight' to get the UK back into the EU 'regardless of how difficult that argument is to make'. This comes as Sir Keir Starmer said Labour should 'adjust' and move on from Brexit.




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Drugs and rent boy shame ex-MP Keith Vaz returns to play role in the Labour leadership battle

The 63-year-old attended today's meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), which is due to decide on the rules and format of the battle to replace Jeremy Corbyn.




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Jeremy Corbyn's election campaign? I give him 10 out of 10, says Rebecca Long-Bailey

The party's business spokesman lavished praise on the outgoing leader during her campaign launch despite him overseeing Labour's worst British election defeat since 1935.




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'Like watching paint dry': Labour MPs savage 'boring' Corbyn loyalist Rebecca Long Bailey

The Parliamentary Labour Party has long been at odds with Mr Corbyn over his policies and attitude to Brexit and her speech on the party's future went down badly according to MPs in the room.




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Corbyn's ally Barry Gardiner received £500,000 from a firm with links to Beijing

Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner as received £500,000 from a firm with links to Beijing and another £100,000 to finance a string of Parliamentary 'fact-finding trips.




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Rebecca Long Bailey takes swipe at Jeremy Corbyn's inner circle over handling of election campaign

The shadow business secretary hit out at a scatter-gun approach that saw people and resources wasted on seats that were unwinnable, at the expense of marginal seats lost to the Conservatives.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey confirms her surname DOES have a hyphen (but someone should tell her staff)

Journalists poring over her policies and private life to glean a better understanding of the would-be leader have, until now, been split over whether to hyphenate her surname.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey vows to scrap House of Lords if Labour members choose her as new party leader

Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said she would unveil a package of radical constitutional measures if she won the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.




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Could top union shun Rebecca Long-Bailey? Unite's Len McCluskey said to be impressed by Lisa Nandy

Wigan MP Ms Nandy, who narrowly came third behind Ms Long-Bailey in the first round of the leadership campaign, is said to have impressed Mr McCluskey in a face-to-face meeting.




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Yvette Cooper backs Sir Keir Starmer despite insisting 'it's time we had a Labour woman leader'

Yvette Cooper said backing Sir Keir Starmer to replace Jeremy Corbyn was a 'hard decision' because she has 'always argued it's time we had a Labour woman leader'.




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Corbyn allies swipe at 'metropolitan' Sir Keir Starmer and Remain-backing Labour members

Two of Jeremy Corbyn's top allies have urged northern working class voters to join Labour and prevent southern Remainers from deciding the party's leadership contest.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey hints she took cannabis in Amsterdam

Rebecca Long-Bailey has hinted that she took cannabis during a trip to Amsterdam as she prepares to formally launch her Labour leadership bid this evening.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey's clashes with aide over her 'regressive' abortion views 

In a defiant riposte, she hinted that her concerns had been 'misrepresented' in a bid to damage her bid to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.




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Lisa Nandy and Piers Morgan in furious row over Meghan Markle racism debate

Lisa Nandy and Piers Morgan had a blazing row over the press coverage of Meghan Markle this morning as the Labour leadership candidate said the ITV presenter had never faced 'prejudice'.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey allies demand Sir Keir Starmer pull out of leadership race

Allies of Rebecca Long-Bailey have demanded Sir Keir Starmer pull out of the Labour leadership race to make way for a woman to take over from Jeremy Corbyn.




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Tony Blair hits back at Lisa Nandy for accusing New Labour of continuing the 'Thatcherite consensus'

The Wigan MP used a media interview this morning to claim the 'consensus that Thatcher built lasted all the way through the New Labour years' under Mr Blair and then Gordon Brown.




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Rebecca Long Bailey offers an olive branch to Labour moderate MPs

The leadership candidate said there are 'really experienced, amazing people' in the parliamentary Labour party and that 'we've got to have that good mix of talent in there'.




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'I would rather we were getting rid of Tory MPs': Lisa Nandy bashes Long-Bailey deselection call

The Wigan MP said the beleaguered party should be focusing on getting rid of Tory MPs rather than their own following Jeremy Corbyn's humiliating defeat to Boris Johnson in December's election.




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Unite backs Rebecca Long-Bailey to be the next Labour leader

Members of Unite, the second largest union in Britain, backed the shadow business secretary after a ballot this afternoon, as well as Richard Burgon for deputy leader.




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John Bercow's wife Sally personally lobbied Jeremy Corbyn to offer her husband a peerage 

Mrs Bercow, a Labour supporter, privately urged Mr Corbyn to send her husband to the Lords because the Tories would refuse, Commons sources said.




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Jeremy Corbyn 'backs Rebecca Long-Bailey for Labour leader'

Jeremy Corbyn delivered an apparent endorsement of Rebecca Long-Bailey at a retirement party for former MP Ronnie Campbell over the weekend.




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'That's b******s': Rebecca Long-Bailey says Jeremy Corbyn's catastrophic election defeat does

Rebecca Long-Bailey told an event she had been left in a 'state of shock' by the scale of their defeat on December 12, when Labour handed Boris Johnson an 80-seat Tory majority.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey says she would NOT block second Scottish independence vote

Rebecca Long-Bailey said she would not stand in the way of another referendum on Scottish independence as she clashed with her fellow Labour leadership candidates.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey accused of lying over boast of working until 3am to prepare for meeting

The left-wing candidate to replace Jeremy Corbyn told an event at the weekend how she worked until 3am in 2016 after the resignation of Robert Marris left the party's treasury team in the lurch.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Corbyn must hand over the reins at PMQs as performances go from bad to worse

ANDREW PIERCE: As he plods painfully through his six questions, there is an embarrassed silence on the Labour benches. Some Labour MPs say there is a way out.




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HARRY COLE: Corbyn's son is back in business after his hemp firm went bust with debts of £100,000

The National Hemp Service was going to sell products such as clothes, made from a legal strain of cannabis, from a cafe in North London. But it never opened and was soon liquidated.




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HENRY DEEDES sees Boris Johnson barely bother to fend off Labour's lame duck 

HENRY DEEDES: The Leader of the Opposition kicked off by attacking this week's deportation of foreign nationals to Jamaica, citing the case of a black boy deported for a drugs charge.