Sunderland welcome familiar faces as Wigan Athletic travel to Wearside
The League One season gets underway on Saturday with Sunderland and Wigan Athletic, two fancied sides, facing each other at the Stadium of Light on the opening day.
The League One season gets underway on Saturday with Sunderland and Wigan Athletic, two fancied sides, facing each other at the Stadium of Light on the opening day.
FA Cup debutants Redcar Athletic welcome Hemsworth Miners Welfare for an Extra Preliminary Round tie at Green Lane.
Canada strike gold after 20-year-old Julia Grosso’s spot-kick saw them beat Sweden 3-2 on penalties.
Stoke City kick-off their fourth Championship campaign this weekend in the hope that they can build on positive foundations laid by Michael O’Neill and make a push for the top six.
A new season is again upon us, with the early sense of anticipation and optimism loitering in the Cumbrian air, but early hope could easily turn into misery if Colchester United get a result at Brunton Park.
West Bromwich Albion will be aiming to bounce straight back to the Premier League at the first time of asking as they look to secure a sixth promotion from the Championship under new boss Valérien Ismaël.
After a successful first season back in League One with a 12th place finish, Crewe Alexandra manager David Artell will be looking for improvement in the coming campaign while hoping that the famous phrase of ‘second-season syndrome’ won’t come into play.
Leeds Rhinos face off against Castleford Tigers for the third time in 2021, with this arguably the most important so far as the end of the regular season in Super League draws closer.
Wigan Warriors could maintain some pressure on Super League’s current top three with a win over Salford Red Devils at the DW stadium on Friday night.
Mansfield Town begin their 2021/22 campaign at home against the newly relegated Bristol Rovers.
This season for Huddersfield Town has to go down as one of the most important seasons in their recent history, a very real potential of relegation looms over the West Yorkshire side but Carlos Corberan is aiming for mid-table.
Following on from achieving promotion from League One at the first time of asking last season, Grant McCann’s Hull City find themselves back in the Championship with all to prove.
Hull FC Head Coach Brett Hodgson is anticipating another close contest with Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
After a rousing 2020/21 campaign at Sincil Bank, it very much feels like the forthcoming season will be a question of how Lincoln will perform after The Lord Mayor’s Show in League One last season. Having blown expectations out of the water, it will be a true test of the club’s collective approach to see if they can build further on that success.
Sheffield United kick off their 2021/22 campaign as they host Birmingham City at Bramall Lane. Promotion is the long-term target, but with a tricky start, an opening day win would do wonders.
While many Cambridge United fans are still basking in the glory of the club’s promotion to League One, a daunting opening day fixture against Oxford United is right around the corner.
Cambridge United have confirmed that Jubril Okedina has rejoined the club on a two-year deal.
Birmingham Phoenix were made to pay for their failings with the bat and in the field as Oval Invincibles consolidated their place in the qualification spots with an eight-wicket win.
Vincent Borges previews the Olympic medal matches.
Hull Kingston Rovers pair Jordan Abdull and Adam Quinlan will both miss out on match action in the coming weeks as they recover from longer-term injuries, leaving KR scrambling for replacements.
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Portsmouth will be looking to regain their spirits during the new campaign under the Cowley brothers after failing to reach the play-off places on the final day in May.
You would be forgiven if you had forgotten that Southampton played a football match on Wednesday evening with the Saints’ penultimate pre-season friendly against Levante kicking off at 7 pm, only 20 minutes after Aston Villa announced that they had secured the signing of star striker Danny Ings.
Bohemians continued their winning run at the Aviva Stadium with a 2-1 victory over Greece’s PAOK in the first-leg of their UEFA Europa Conference third-round qualifying tie.