Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross will be available after serving his one-match ban in midweek in the Capital One Cup. Peter Crouch is likely to miss out with a hamstring injury, but Mame Diouf should be available after missing Tuesday’s match for family reasons. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is hopeful …

After news broke earlier that FIFA are going to discuss whether to extend the World Cup to 40 teams, it got me thinking what if it was expanded further and it was done as a straight knockout tournament. For this to happen the top 47 FIFA ranked nations would get …

QPR look set to name Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as their new Manager in the next couple of days after Burton Albion acceped an approach from the Championship Club. Burton currently sit top of League One by two points and look set to lose a second manager to a Championship side …

Another weekend of Premier League action is on the horizon and that means another round of predictions. It was a bang average 5 out of 10 last weekend, let’s see if I fare any better this time around. Saturday Stoke vs Manchester City – Manchester City Win Arsenal vs Sunderland …

Fifa will debate a proposal to expand the World Cup from 32 teams to 40. The change can be approved by Fifa’s executive committee without consent from the 209 member associations, and could come into effect from 2026. The proposal will be discussed later on Thursday in Zurich, where a …

So the line up for the Capital One Cup Semi Finals is complete With the draw pitting Manchester City vs Everton and Liverpool vs Stoke That means a Manchester City vs Liverpool final is on the cards, but don’t rule out an all Merseyside Final either Even Stoke who seem …

Quite a length video because there’s so many goals, but here is all you need to know as Liverpool completed the line for the Capital One Cup Semi Finals

Southampton are missing captain Jose Fonte after he injured his knee against Manchester City on Saturday. His replacement in that match, Steven Caulker, is set to deputise, while Saints manager Ronald Koeman has no other injury concerns. Philippe Coutinho (hamstring) could return to the Liverpool squad and Adam Bogdan is …

Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has been named as Valencia’s head coach until the end of the season. The 40-year-old, who will take charge officially on Sunday, will remain part of the England coaching set-up. Peter Lim, Valencia’s Singaporean owner, has a stake in Salford City, the …

A comfortable win for Stoke last night at The Britannia Stadium, here is all you need to know