The Daily Telegraph - Sport Saturday
United’s biggest call
Crystal Palace have suffered a huge double blow, with manager Oliver Glasner confirming he will leave at the end of the season and captain Marc Guéhi on the verge of a move to Manchester City. The Austrian informed the squad and playing staff...
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Ashes to ashes
The morning after England’s sucker punch of an opening Ashes defeat in Perth, Brydon Carse was sitting at a riverside cafe with team-mates Zak Crawley and Harry Brook. Carse put his hand in his pocket, and accidentally dislodged what eyewitnesses...
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Chelsea close in on Rosenior
Chelsea players expect Liam Rosenior to be named their new head coach after being given indications he is the favourite to succeed Enzo Maresca. Rosenior, the Strasbourg head coach, offered no guarantees that he would remain at the French club when...
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It’s a Christmas miracle!
Manchester United’s Patrick Dorgu celebrates his brilliant 24th-minute volley, a goal that proved to be the winner despite a second-half Newcastle onslaught
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Amorim slams ‘entitled kids’
Ruben Amorim has gone to war with Manchester United’s young players over what he feels is a culture of “entitlement” at the club. The United manager has told Kobbie Mainoo to ignore former players telling him to leave and instead fight for his place...
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Slot’s shock recall for Salah
Mohamed Salah will return to the Liverpool squad for his final game before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations, with his future at Anfield to be discussed during the tournament. Salah, 33, held talks with Arne Slot at the club’s training ground in...
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Tuchel: No fears over hard draw
Thomas Tuchel said England will look forward to next summer’s World Cup with “hunger and excitement” as he played down fears over a tough draw. England will play a host of familiar foes after being drawn alongside Croatia – World Cup finalists in 2018...
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Rebel league in tatters as launch put back to 2028
R360 has been forced to delay the launch of its breakaway league until 2028 in a further blow to the credibility of the project. Mike Tindall, the former England captain who is spearheading the proposal for a global league, had claimed as recently as...
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Dingwall injury opens door for Ojomoh to start against Argentina
England have been forced into a late change to their starting XV by replacing Fraser Dingwall with Max Ojomoh at inside centre against Argentina at the Allianz Stadium tomorrow. Dingwall, who has started England’s previous three autumn Tests and...
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Tuchel open to England stay
Thomas Tuchel has not ruled out signing a new England contract before the World Cup, with sources indicating there may have been tentative discussions over a deal. When asked whether he would put off agreeing a new contract before finding out how...
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We’re ready for a ruck!
Australia have dismissed claims that they employ “illegal” tactics at the breakdown going into their crunch match with England today. Telegraph Sport revealed on Thursday how Steve Borthwick, the England head coach, had pointed out numerous side-entry...
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Wednesday docked 12 points
Dejphon Chansiri has lost control of Sheffield Wednesday after the club were hit with a 12-point deduction for falling into administration. It means the Thai businessman’s troubled ownership should finally be coming to an end, with the Championship...
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Borthwick set to leave out Farrell
Owen Farrell is not expected to play any part in England’s autumn internationals, but the door will remain open for a possible return to the team before the 2027 World Cup in Australia. Telegraph Sport understands that Farrell, 34, will not be named...
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A family’s grief... a city in tears
One by one, Ricky Hatton’s three bereft and bewildered children filed to the lectern to deliver eulogies they had never imagined writing. Fearne, his youngest at 12, could not comprehend why her father was no longer around to play mini-golf or take her...
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Bellingham frozen out by Tuchel
Jude Bellingham faces a fight to get back in the England squad, with Thomas Tuchel declaring there is “no proof” that teams need their best players to win a World Cup. “We’re building the best team,” the manager said when asked about leaving out...
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Twickenham can win us World Cup, say England
England have called on a sold-out Twickenham crowd to roar them to victory in today’s World Cup final against Canada. More than 80,000 spectators are expected for the tournament decider at Allianz Stadium, which will smash the record for women’s rugby...
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English cricket figure quizzed over sexual assault and spiking
A well-known figure in English cricket is being investigated by police over allegations of spiking two women and sexually assaulting one of them. Telegraph Sport can disclose that the man, in his forties, was questioned under caution by Scotland Yard...
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Spurs bank £100m as Levy left ‘heartbroken’
Daniel Levy’s Tottenham Hotspur exit is due to coincide with significant fresh investment into the club through the Lewis family trust and Enic to help deliver their aim of sustained sporting success. Telegraph Sport understands that more than £100m...
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Amorim: Sometimes I hate my players and want to quit
Ruben Amorim has admitted wanting to quit Manchester United in the lowest moments of wild mood swings – and said defeats could leave him “hating” his players. The United manager said turbulent emotions amid the club’s plight explained his comments in...
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Nuno’s Forest future in doubt
Nuno Espirito Santo’s future at Nottingham Forest has been plunged into doubt amid a major rift with Edu Gaspar, the club’s new global head of football. In a remarkable press conference yesterday, Nuno appears on a collision course with owner...
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Jeers and tears
Mohamed Salah was reduced to tears after Liverpool’s emotional victory over Bournemouth, but the win was overshadowed by a complaint from the visitors’ Antoine Semenyo that he had been racially abused by a home fan. Salah struck four minutes into...
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Changing faces of 2005 Ashes heroes
2005 Ashes statistics 326 runs at an average of 32.6. Favourite 2005 memory “Watching the winning runs being hit at Trent Bridge.” Life after 2005... England’s captain in 2005 retired from Test cricket in 2008 and the game in 2009. Now 50, he is an...
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Liverpool’s Isak bid rejected
Liverpool do not plan to make a second bid for Alexander Isak after having a first offer worth around £110m rejected out of hand by Newcastle United. Telegraph Sport understands that Newcastle are optimistic they can now keep Isak and are hopeful a...
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How the Farrells make father-son team work
Almost as soon as he was able to walk, Owen Farrell would go with his father Andy to training sessions at Wigan Warriors. It was there that, as a young boy, he would be exposed to the extraordinary environment and culture that made Wigan the finest...
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Do the jersey proud, boys
I want to wish you all the very best as you prepare, in these final few hours, for the first Test against Australia. To the playing 23 selected by Andy Farrell, you are the lucky ones. You have the opportunity and responsibility to get this Test series...
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Forest in threat to sue Spurs
Nottingham Forest are considering legal action over an approach from Tottenham Hotspur for Morgan Gibbs-White. Spurs have activated the £60 million release clause in Gibbs-White’s contract but Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is threatening to pull...
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Robots 1... Raducanu 0
A tearful Emma Raducanu bemoaned the inaccuracy of Wimbledon’s electronic line calling after going down to a narrow defeat against top seed Aryna Sabalenka. Raducanu had queried an artificial-intelligence line call at one stage during the match,...
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Verstappen in Mercedes talks
Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, has reignited talk of Max Verstappen potentially joining his team by admitting that he is having “conversations” with Red Bull’s four-time world champion about a future drive. Wolff’s comments came after one of...
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Wirtz takes Slot spree to £200m
Liverpool completed two huge transfers last night when Florian Wirtz joined from Bayer Leverkusen and Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, to take the Premier League champions’ recent spending beyond £200million. Wirtz arrived at Liverpool’s training centre...
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Tottenham try to hijack United’s Mbeumo move
Tottenham Hotspur have expressed an interest in signing Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford in a move that could derail Manchester United’s hopes of recruiting the forward. Spurs are understood to have made clear their admiration of Mbeumo in recent days, as...
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Spurs fury at Postecoglou axe
Daniel Levy is facing the threat of a Tottenham Hotspur player revolt after brutally sacking head coach Ange Postecoglou two weeks after winning the Europa League. Telegraph Sport exclusively broke the news of Postecoglou’s exit on the two-year...
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Saudis confident on Fernandes
Al-Hilal are increasingly confident of landing a deal for Bruno Fernandes after positive talks over the Manchester United captain. The Saudi Arabian champions have made Fernandes, 30, their main summer target and want to wrap up a move before the Fifa...
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Liverpool eye record Wirtz deal
Liverpool have opened talks with Bayer Leverkusen for the potential British-record signing of Florian Wirtz. The Premier League champions have made a formal approach for a player who is valued at £125million. There remains much negotiating to be done...
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Salah: Fans were wrong to boo Alexander-Arnold
Mohamed Salah has branded the Liverpool supporters who booed Trent Alexander-Arnold as “harsh” and called on the Kop to give their vice-captain a deserving send-off in the club’s remaining two Premier League games. The brutal reaction of a large...
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ECB open to hosting IPL climax
The England and Wales Cricket Board is open to hosting the final stages of the Indian Premier League, which have been postponed after an escalation in India’s conflict with Pakistan. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has paused the...
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Maguire: Blame us, not Ruben
Harry Maguire has said that Manchester United have been a “mess” and that the players are to blame for not coping with the appointment of Ruben Amorim following Erik ten Hag’s sacking. The United defender offered a frank assessment of how he and his...
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Eubank fined £375k for weight failure
Chris Eubank Jnr will be fined £375,500 after missing the 160lb weight limit by 0.05lb – the equivalent of a standard packet of crisps – for tonight’s grudge fight with Conor Benn at Tottenham Stadium. At yesterday’s weigh-in behind closed doors in...
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Aston Martin eye Verstappen
Aston Martin’s Saudi Arabian backers are prepared to offer Max Verstappen £230million over three years to drive for them in what has been described as the “deal of the century”. Saudi’s Public Investment Fund, which already owns 20 per cent of Aston...
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Salah to stay at Liverpool until 2027 in £50m deal
Mohamed Salah has signed a new Liverpool deal which could be worth up to £50million over the next two years. After a breakthrough in negotiations with sporting director Richard Hughes, the 32-year-old attacker put pen to paper on the two-year...
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Slot snaps back at Owen over ‘strange’ title remark
Arne Slot, the Liverpool manager, has hit back at former Kop idol Michael Owen for suggesting recent cup exits may take the gloss off a possible Premier League title triumph. Slot backed his captain Virgil van Dijk’s response during a TV interview...
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Hundred deals held up as owners ‘flex muscles’
CRICKET JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Pushback by the prospective buyers of the two London franchises means the deadline for finalising the £520million Hundred deals has been extended by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Telegraph Sport understands...
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We have to do better, says Tuchel
Thomas Tuchel warned his England players they must do better and singled out wingers Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden for criticism, despite getting off to a winning start as head coach. Goals from Myles Lewis-Skelly and Harry Kane secured a 2-0 World...
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Tuchel in warning to Grealish
4.45pm, BBC1 Thomas Tuchel has told Jack Grealish that he must show responsibility off the pitch as well as on it – but insisted that the player’s private life was not the reason for his England omission. Grealish was left out of Tuchel’s first squad...
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Amorim: Arteta had time at Arsenal – I will not get same at United
Ruben Amorim believes he will not get the time at Manchester United to turn around the club like Mikel Arteta did at Arsenal. Arteta took over in mid-season, similarly to Amorim, but was given time to drive out high-profile big earners or...
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We let Buttler down, says McCullum as captain quits
Brendon McCullum said Jos Buttler had suffered from England prioritising Test cricket after he resigned as white-ball captain. Buttler admitted his leadership had “reached the end of the road” after a third consecutive poor global event for England,...
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Borthwick is not for turning in his
Steve Borthwick, the nights are always darkest after a defeat. Sleep is rarely an option. Instead, the hours before dawn are spent reviewing the game again and again, agonising over his selections and tactical decisions. But, by morning, that hatred of...
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City land major blow in legal battle with Premier League
Manchester City have won a resounding victory in the latest round of their legal battle with the Premier League after financial rules between 2021 and 2024 were declared void and unenforceable. An independent tribunal ruled in September that elements...
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Leicester hit out as United escape with offside goal
Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Leicester City manager, slammed an “unthinkable and unacceptable” blunder after Harry Maguire scored a controversial offside winner as Manchester United scraped into the FA Cup fifth round. Maguire was in a clear offside...
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‘Next season City will be back – now it is survival’
Pep Guardiola says if Manchester City finish in the guaranteed Champions League places this season it will be like winning a trophy. He cited Jose Mourinho’s secondplace finish at Manchester United in 2017-18 as a similar achievement. Mourinho...
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Football joins in mourning for ‘The King’
Denis Law, the Manchester United and Scotland legend, nicknamed “The King”, has died at the age of 84, his family revealed last night. A winner of the Ballon d’Or, Law was one of the greatest players in United’s history, spending 11 years at Old...
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Rashford on Monaco’s list of top targets
Mike McGrath James Ducker Monaco have put Marcus Rashford on their transfer shortlist for this month and are willing to offer a realistic package to land the Manchester United forward. Rashford, 27, has admitted he would consider a move for a “new...
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Littler is king of the world
Rashford, 27, responded to his derby omission two days later by giving an interview in which he declared he was ready for a “new challenge” and was then left out for the defeats by Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth and Wolves. Now the England forward is...
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Amorim: I could be sacked
Ruben Amorim is ready for scrutiny on his own future at Manchester United and says “every manager is in danger” if they fail to win matches in the Premier League. The Portuguese coach has lost five of the past seven matches to send United closer to...
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Rebels vow to oust Sweeney as Ilube ‘sacrifice’ backfires
Efforts to oust Bill Sweeney, the Rugby Football Union chief executive, have intensified after the resignation of chairman Tom Ilube backfired on the governing body. Ilube announced his resignation in an early-morning statement yesterday, but his...
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Stop excuses or leave, says Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou has laid into his senior Tottenham Hotspur players, insisting he will not tolerate “bruised egos” and “excuses”, and warning that those who do not buy into his philosophy can leave the club. The Spurs head coach has stood by his...
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A cure for liking Gary Neville? No, just embrace it
What is your favourite Merseyside derby moment, as an Everton fan and then a Liverpool player? Thomas Davies As a fan, the first derby I went to was at Anfield in 1984 when Graeme Sharp scored one of the greatest derby goals with a 25-yard volley. I...
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City crisis leaves scar but Pep can go again
There is a powerful reason why Pep Guardiola decided to sign a two-year contract extension at Manchester City rather than the 12 months that was expected a few weeks ago. Guardiola cannot leave City like this. He knew that the squad were in need of...
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Guardiola: I will stick with City even if we are relegated
Mike McGrath Tom Morgan Pep Guardiola said he believed 75 per cent of Premier League clubs wanted Manchester City relegated, after the champions lost their legal dispute over sponsorship. Guardiola, 53, has also guaranteed he will stay at City in the...
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Rebel league targets Dupont
Gavin Mairs, Charles Richardson, Charlie Morgan Ben Coles and Finn Russell and Antoine Dupont feature on a global franchise league wish list under plans to target the world’s top players on double-yourmoney deals. A source told Telegraph Sport...
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‘Disgraceful’ England in the firing line over anthems
Ben Coles Charles Richardson England have been accused of playing “absolutely disgraceful” versions of opposition anthems and a lack of respect towards visiting teams ahead of hosting Australia at Twickenham today. A recorded version of God Defend...
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England face ‘loaded gun’ after Marler’s haka taunt
and Jamie George has urged England to play without fear at Twickenham today, after the All Blacks warned that Joe Marler’s attack on the haka had “loaded the gun”. Marler sparked contoversy on Tuesday when he said on social media that the haka was...
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Maresca slams captain James
Enzo Maresca said he “expected more” leadership from club captain Reece James as he admitted that Chelsea did not have a “proper leader” in their squad. Maresca has publicly challenged James to display “more in terms of personality” behind the scenes...
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A football anorak ‘with 1960s trousers’ Thomas Tuchel England face law change chaos
England fear the All Blacks have been handed an unfair advantage for their opening Test match of the autumn after a series of new laws were introduced at short notice. Telegraph Sport understands England will seek further clarification about the laws...
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First Test report and analysis: Pages 8-10 FA stalling over new manager
and The Football Association has not yet formally interviewed any of the leading candidates to become the next permanent England manager – more than two months after the closing date for applications. It will prompt questions over the process to...
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Ratcliffe fails to back Ten Hag
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has stopped short of backing Erik ten Hag to continue as Manchester United manager, insisting “it’s not my call”. Ten Hag is under huge pressure after a poor start to the season, with the Dutchman facing a crucial game at Aston Villa...
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