How good is YOUR spelling? Tricky quiz challenges players to identify the correct word

How good is YOUR spelling? Multiple choice quiz that challenges you to fill in the blanks will put your knowledge to the test A tricky new multiple choice quiz puts your spelling ability to the test  Shared on US trivia site Playbuzz, it features 20 words often spelled incorrectly  Many people have struggled to achieve … Read more

Empty football stadiums have made players, and coaches more polite 

Football matches in empty stadiums during the current pandemic have made players and coaching staff engage in fewer altercations on the pitch, a new study claims. Austrian researchers compared male players and staff during matches played both before leagues were suspended due to coronavirus and those played when football restarted without fans in stadiums.  Overall, … Read more

Four players and president of Brazilian club Palmas killed in plane crash

Four players and president of Brazilian fourth-tier club Palmas killed in horror plane crash after small aircraft came down following take-off with passengers heading to cup tie Four players and the president of Palmas have been killed after a plane crash  The small aircraft was taking the group to a Brazilian cup game on Sunday … Read more

Australian Open is thrown into chaos as 23 players fly to Melbourne with Covid case on board

Australian Open is thrown into chaos as 23 players travel on a charter flight to Melbourne with an infected passenger on board By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 09:43 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 09:57 GMT, 16 January 2021 The Australian Open has been thrown into further chaos after 23 players touched down in … Read more

Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund research and offer support

Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund scientific research into the disease and offer support Head For Change has enlisted the family of Nobby Stiles to be ambassadors  Three women who have watched relatives live with the illness are behind charity  Fundamental aim is to deliver support to families through … Read more

Celtic rocked with THIRTEEN players and three staff forced to isolate after Dubai break

BREAKING NEWS: Scottish football in Covid chaos with THIRTEEN Celtic players forced to isolate after a team-mate tested positive on return from Dubai trip amid questions over social distancing… as all-but the top two divisions are halted By Jack Bezants for MailOnline Published: 12:02 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 12:25 GMT, 11 January 2021 … Read more

Australia embroiled in cricket racism row as Virat Kohli blasts insults towards Indian players

Australia is embroiled in an ugly racism row after Indian cricket players claimed they were subjected to ‘pathetic’ and ‘unacceptable’ insults from spectators. Day four of the third Test between the two countries at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday was marred by allegations of racial abuse towards some Indian players. Six people were ejected … Read more

Oxford United suspend two youth players ‘and could SACK them’ for allegedly breaking Covid-19 rules

Oxford United suspend two youth players ‘and could SACK the pair in a landmark case’ after allegedly breaking Covid rules to attend a New Year’s Eve party… just days after boss Karl Robinson said clubs had become ‘a little bit sloppy’ with protocols Oxford United have seen five League One matches postponed this season All … Read more

Three Tottenham players and one West Ham star ‘broke Tier 4 Covid-19 rules at Christmas’

Tottenham stars Sergio Reguilon, Giovani Lo Celso, Erik Lamela and West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini broke government Covid-19 rules by spending Christmas together. In a photo which is believed to have been posted by one of the footballer’s friends on Instagram, the four players are pictured in one house with 11 other adults, two children and a baby.  … Read more

Football players ‘overwhelmingly’ back sticking with taking the knee

We DO want to keep taking the knee! Football players ‘overwhelmingly’ back sticking with the ‘act of solidarity’ despite fans’ booing after being quizzed by the PFA… who slam the EFL and clubs for a ‘lack of leadership’ A PFA survey shown huge support from players to continue taking a knee The survey followed a series … Read more