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Newcastle admit they started planning for Eddie Howe’s exit at start of year
Newcastle United’s sporting director, Ross Wilson, has revealed the club had been quietly planning for Eddie Howe’s exit for eight or nine months before the manager stepped down in late July, meaning the switch to Matthias Jaissle could be executed swiftly despite the surprise timing just weeks before the new season. Wilson said the process…
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Newcastle were ‘preparing for months’ for Howe departure
Newcastle United sporting director Ross Wilson has said the club spent up to nine months preparing for Eddie Howe’s departure before it was announced in July, insisting the exit was not “chaotic” despite the manager originally intending to stay on this season. Howe, who ended the club’s 70-year wait for a domestic trophy with the…
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No goals but Emery knows Villa’s forwards need time
Aston Villa remain without a Premier League goal after three matches this season, reflecting a summer of major squad turnover under manager Unai Emery as they prepare to open their Champions League campaign at Club Brugge. Six starters from last season’s Europa League final win have left Villa Park, forcing a rebuild of the attacking…
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Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes
This is a promotional round-up article from BBC Sport pointing readers to its daily set of football quizzes rather than a news story. It highlights three quiz formats designed to test fans’ football knowledge and encourages readers to try all of them. The quizzes include a “guess the footballer” game that scores players on how…
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From match point to US Open exit – lucky loser denied history
France’s Arthur Gea came within a point of becoming the first lucky loser to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final, but lost a marathon five-hour fourth-round match at the US Open to Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp. Gea, 22, held a match point in the third-set tie-break but could not convert it, then failed to serve…
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Swansea’s golden boot winner yet to kick start season
Swansea City’s leading scorer from last season, Zan Vipotnik, has yet to open his account this campaign despite the Championship leaders making an unbeaten start to the season. The Slovenian striker, who won last term’s second-tier golden boot with 23 league goals, has largely been left out of the starting XI, raising questions about his…
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Kim Zolciak’s jailed son KJ, 15, may face harsh conditions if he’s released on bond after indictment on multiple charges in sexual assault case
Kroy Jr, the 15-year-old son of Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann, remains in custody in Georgia after being indicted on seven charges, including aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and aggravated sexual battery, following allegations made by a female classmate. A former prosecutor has suggested he could be released on bond with strict conditions such as…
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Must be a safe pair of hands! Goalie for non-league London team is set to become the King of Uganda
A goalkeeper for a non-league London football club has unexpectedly been chosen as the next King of the Tooro Kingdom, a subnation of Uganda. George Desmond Kamurasi, who captains SE Dons in Bexleyheath, south-east London, was selected by a 21-member royal committee following the death of his cousin, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV,…
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FSU-SMU game turns into old-school football after stadium power outage wipes out in-game communication
A power outage at Doak Campbell Stadium on the Florida State University campus disrupted the FSU-SMU American football game on Monday evening, forcing both teams off the field and eventually stripping the match of all in-game electronic communication. Officials from both universities, along with ACC commissioner Jim Phillips, held repeated meetings to decide whether to…