The phrase 'emotional rollercoaster' is often bandied about in football and in recent seasons Everton has endured more than its fair share of waltzer rides, both on and off the pitch.

Defending champion Coco Gauff suffered a shock defeat to Yulia Putintseva in her opening match of the Cincinnati Open.

Birmingham Phoenix will meet Southern Brave in The Hundred Eliminator at The Kia Oval on Saturday after a nine-wicket victory over Manchester Originals.

British No 1 Jack Draper reeled off the last three games to produce a gutsy three-set victory against ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Cincinnati Open on Thursday.

Australia's Minjee Lee leads the Women's Scottish Open by one shot after carding a bogey-free, five-under 67 on the rain-interrupted first day at Dundonald Links.

Manchester United open to selling Christian Eriksen, United boss Erik ten Hag does not plan to reunite with Frenkie de Jong by signing him from Barcelona, plus more.

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo intends to rein in his criticism of match officials and is backing PGMOL boss Howard Webb to drive up standards.

Jamie Smith and Moeen Ali star in The Hundred plays of the day as Birmingham Phoenix qualify for the Eliminator of the men's competition.

Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui have both previously played for Man Utd boss

Eleven of the 20 signings made his since appointment in 2022 have a Dutch association.

The Red Devils manager has spent big money bringing in players with links to the Eredivisie in the hopes of reshaping Manchester United’s recent fortunes

Draper came through 3-6 6-4 7-5

Manager says his trophy haul second only to City‘We want to win every competition,’ Dutchman addsErik ten Hag says Manchester United’s ambition is to win the Premier League, claiming they have only been second best to rivals Manchester City since his arrival in 2022.The Dutchman has led the club to Carabao Cup and FA Cup triumphs in his first two …

While a lot of West Ham fans wanted to move on from David Moyes, Julen Lopetegui knows he needs to make an early good impressionGuardian writers’ predicted position: 9th (NB: this is not necessarily Michael Butler’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 9th Continue reading...

New managers, new players, new hopes and new dreams as clubs ready themselves for another marathon seasonErik ten Hag is one step closer to playing an all-former-Ajax back five after the arrivals of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui. With André Onana and Lisandro Martínez already in position, the head coach’s influence in transfer activity is clear. …

Chelsea have discovered who they will face in the play-offs of the UEFA Conference League. The first leg of the tie will take place next Thursday at Stamford Bridge.