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Tottenham 3-0 Leicester: If Martin Ho’s arrival kickstarted Tottenham’s sputtering engine, then the arrival of Maika Hamano and Signe Gaupset could be the masterstroke, writes TARA ANSON-WALSH

Twenty-one-year-old Hamano arrived earlier this month following a frustrating spell on the fringes of Chelsea’s jam-packed squad of superstars and she shone in her first start here

Life is looking markedly brighter for the women’s team than it is…

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January 18, 2026

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Victoria Wood’s hidden heartbreak: Late comic battled marital strife with husband Geoffrey Durham – but she got the last laugh when she left none of her £9m fortune to him

Despite being known as one of the nation's most beloved comedians, Victoria Wood battled a secret heartache, when her marriage to Geoffrey Durham ended in 2002 (pictured in 1991)

Victoria Wood is renowned as one of nation’s most beloved comedians, entertaining…

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January 10, 2026

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EMMA DONALDSON: I’ve lost 4 stone on Mounjaro… but I’m in thousands of pounds of debt because of the jabs. No one warned me this could happen

Emma Donaldson has dropped from 18st and a size 24 to 14st and a size 16-18, and is now more than halfway to her target weight of 11st

Looking in the mirror at my svelte silhouette in a flattering bias-cut…

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January 2, 2026

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Former Premier League winner appointed manager of League Two’s bottom club Newport County

Christian Fuchs has been tasked with saving Newport County from League Two relegation

By CIARAN FOREMAN, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 10:11 EST, 20 November 2025 |…

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November 20, 2025

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The secrets behind a football miracle: How Swedish minnows Mjallby from tiny fishing village of 1,485 people pulled off title win to reach Champions League qualifying

Mjallby's players stuffed their faces with cake and sprayed champagne after winning the title

Taking a club from a village of 1,485 next to the Baltic Sea…

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October 21, 2025

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No wonder Ange Postecoglou is under pressure – the Premier League has become a global soap opera of knee-jerk reactions, and the success of promoted teams has only fuelled the chaos, writes MATT BARLOW

Nothing sends tremors through the Premier League landscape like promoted clubs looking like they intend to stick around and that’s what we have seen in the early phase of this season

First Nuno Espirito Santo. Then Graham Potter. Now Ange Postecoglou on shaky…

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October 7, 2025

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Sam Kerr given standing ovation in long-awaited return to Chelsea’s Kingsmeadow Stadium

Sam Kerr returned for Chelsea after 634 days out of the game with a serious knee injury

Former Matildas captain was out of the game for 634 days Returned from…

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September 22, 2025

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Love is a rollercoaster! Revealed: Rylan Clark’s hunky new boyfriend is a fairground boss 11 years his senior known as ‘the showman’

Rylan Clark is said to be 'smitten' with his new boyfriend Kennedy Bates (left) who at 47 is 11 years his senior. Kennedy runs a fairground business with his family based in Leicester

This is the hunky fairground showman who has captured the heart of…

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September 2, 2025

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Jamie and Rebekah Vardy’s escape to Italy: Striker, 38, gets hero’s welcome (and signs a fan’s TATTOO of him!) as his wife jets in straight from holiday to see him sign for minnows Cremonese

Jamie Vardy has touched down in Italy ahead of a surprise move to Serie A side Cremonese

By ABDI RASHID, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 05:03 EDT, 1 September 2025 |…

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September 1, 2025

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I ditched the UK for an underrated African country – it’s just as safe and I live in a huge house with a swimming pool, but there’s one thing we always miss about England

Natalie Furk (pictured), from Leicester, revealed herself and her family ditched the UK for Zimbabwe but her children always crave this one meal from the UK

A woman who ditched the UK to move to Zimbabwe has revealed…

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August 20, 2025

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EFL confident financially-stricken Sheffield Wednesday will pay their players this week after stars refused to play friendly in protest over unpaid wages

The EFL is confident Sheffield Wednesday will pay its players this week – and be in a position to play its opening fixture of the season

By MIKE KEEGAN, CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER Published: 13:03 EDT, 6 August 2025…

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August 6, 2025

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Former Liverpool star set to have Wrexham medical on Monday – as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney-backed side aim to make mark on Championship

Goalkeeper Danny Ward is set to undergo a medical with Wrexham on Monday

By JOE BERNSTEIN and NATHAN SALT Published: 15:26 EDT, 29 June 2025…

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July 1, 2025

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Nuno Espirito Santo signs new three-year deal at Nottingham Forest as Evangelos Marinakis rewards boss for superb season despite late slump – as coach thanks owner for ‘constant support and backing’

Nuno Espirito Santo has signed a new three-year deal to remain as Nottingham Forest manager

Nuno led Forest back to European competition for the first time in…

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June 21, 2025

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British Air India crash survivor reveals how he was the only passenger able to free himself and get out of the doomed plane alive

Brit Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was sitting in seat 11A, said it was a 'miracle' he survived last Thursday's disaster that killed 279 people

The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash tragedy has revealed…

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June 19, 2025

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What it’s like being the ONLY white Britons left on the street where we’ve lived for 40 years

NHS workers Cathy Gyles, 64, and her husband Julian Serra, 60, have seen a lot of changes in their neighbourhood over the 40 years they have lived there

There have been a lot of changes since Cathy Gyles and her…

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June 9, 2025

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EFL clubs’ summer transfer plans: WILL PICKWORTH reveals Wrexham’s big-money targets, Birmingham’s plans to take down the Championship and the Reading rebuild

The EFL season concluded on Monday as AFC Wimbledon secured their return to League One

After more than nine months of action the EFL season concluded on…

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May 29, 2025

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Nottingham Forest star Taiwo Awoniyi is OUT of an induced coma and recovering well with his family after having urgent surgery on serious abdominal injury

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi is out of an induced coma after undergoing urgent abdominal surgery

Awoniyi, 27, suffered a serious abdominal injury during 2-2 draw with Leicester…

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May 14, 2025

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Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi in an induced coma and receiving intensive care after emergency surgery on abdominal injury which could have been fatal

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi is in an induced coma after undergoing urgent abdominal surgery

Taiwo Awoniyi is in an induced coma and receiving intensive care following…

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May 13, 2025

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Chelsea fans call out star who dressed ‘as a janitor’ at the club’s glitzy end-of-season awards party while team-mates donned their best suits

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been ridiculed for his choice of attire at Chelsea's end-of-season awards

Chelsea celebrated their end-of-season awards on Sunday night in London Players from…

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May 5, 2025

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Leicester 2-0 Southampton: Jamie Vardy and Jordan Ayew sink Saints with first-half goals – as Foxes seal all three points in bottom of the table clash

Jamie Vardy scored the opening goal as Leicester beat Southampton 2-0 on Saturday

Leicester emerged victorious in their clash against Southampton on Saturday Jamie Vardy…

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May 3, 2025

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Jamie Vardy will LEAVE Leicester this summer and could be set for a move to the US with wife Rebekah as fairytale 13-year spell ends on a sour note after he labelled their season a ‘s***show’

Hero of Leicester's 2015-16 fairy tale Jamie Vardy will leave the club at the end of the season

Jamie Vardy was the hero of Leicester’s 2015-16 fairy tale Premier League…

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April 24, 2025

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Tottenham 3-0 Leicester: If Martin Ho’s arrival kickstarted Tottenham’s sputtering engine, then the arrival of Maika Hamano and Signe Gaupset could be the masterstroke, writes TARA ANSON-WALSH

Victoria Wood’s hidden heartbreak: Late comic battled marital strife with husband Geoffrey Durham – but she got the last laugh when she left none of her £9m fortune to him

EMMA DONALDSON: I’ve lost 4 stone on Mounjaro… but I’m in thousands of pounds of debt because of the jabs. No one warned me this could happen

Former Premier League winner appointed manager of League Two’s bottom club Newport County

The secrets behind a football miracle: How Swedish minnows Mjallby from tiny fishing village of 1,485 people pulled off title win to reach Champions League qualifying

No wonder Ange Postecoglou is under pressure – the Premier League has become a global soap opera of knee-jerk reactions, and the success of promoted teams has only fuelled the chaos, writes MATT BARLOW

Sam Kerr given standing ovation in long-awaited return to Chelsea’s Kingsmeadow Stadium

Love is a rollercoaster! Revealed: Rylan Clark’s hunky new boyfriend is a fairground boss 11 years his senior known as ‘the showman’

Jamie and Rebekah Vardy’s escape to Italy: Striker, 38, gets hero’s welcome (and signs a fan’s TATTOO of him!) as his wife jets in straight from holiday to see him sign for minnows Cremonese

I ditched the UK for an underrated African country – it’s just as safe and I live in a huge house with a swimming pool, but there’s one thing we always miss about England

EFL confident financially-stricken Sheffield Wednesday will pay their players this week after stars refused to play friendly in protest over unpaid wages

Former Liverpool star set to have Wrexham medical on Monday – as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney-backed side aim to make mark on Championship

Nuno Espirito Santo signs new three-year deal at Nottingham Forest as Evangelos Marinakis rewards boss for superb season despite late slump – as coach thanks owner for ‘constant support and backing’

British Air India crash survivor reveals how he was the only passenger able to free himself and get out of the doomed plane alive

What it’s like being the ONLY white Britons left on the street where we’ve lived for 40 years

EFL clubs’ summer transfer plans: WILL PICKWORTH reveals Wrexham’s big-money targets, Birmingham’s plans to take down the Championship and the Reading rebuild

Nottingham Forest star Taiwo Awoniyi is OUT of an induced coma and recovering well with his family after having urgent surgery on serious abdominal injury

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi in an induced coma and receiving intensive care after emergency surgery on abdominal injury which could have been fatal

Chelsea fans call out star who dressed ‘as a janitor’ at the club’s glitzy end-of-season awards party while team-mates donned their best suits

Leicester 2-0 Southampton: Jamie Vardy and Jordan Ayew sink Saints with first-half goals – as Foxes seal all three points in bottom of the table clash

Jamie Vardy will LEAVE Leicester this summer and could be set for a move to the US with wife Rebekah as fairytale 13-year spell ends on a sour note after he labelled their season a ‘s***show’

Blades Brown, 18, Contends With World No. 1 at American Express

The millennial women who don’t need men! Why being ‘single, child-free, and friend-free’ is becoming a ‘badge of honour’

Lil Mosey: Bio And Career Highlights

Andy Burnham latest: Labour committee urged not to block Manchester mayor’s Westminster comeback bid