Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email England must beat the Netherlands at Wembley to keep their hopes of topping their Women’s Nations League group and qualifying for next summer’s Olympics alive. The Lionesses suffered a shock defeat to Belgium last month, having also been

EXCLUSIVE Burnley, Leeds and Leicester are set to WITHDRAW plan to sue Everton, as aggrieved trio seek negotiated settlement instead following Toffees’ 10-point deduction for breaking spending rules Burnley, Leeds and Leicester have held talks ahead of deadline to make claim  Aggrieved trio of clubs do not want to force Everton into administration  We expected perfection from VAR – we haven’t got it: Listen to It’s All Kicking Off Burnley, Leeds

Michael Owen awkwardly insisted that Brendan Rodgers turned down the opportunity to sign him for Liverpool in 2009 – despite the Northern Irishman not being appointed by the Reds for another three years. Recounting the story in which the striker claims he tried to return to Liverpool after leaving Newcastle, Owen also misremembered the name of forward David N’Gog, who he called Robert. Owen claims that he tried to rejoin

GRAEME SOUNESS: No threat, no end-product and no goals… with Jeremy Doku now Man City’s go-to player, Jack Grealish needs to have a close look at himself Jack Grealish is struggling for form and fluency at Manchester City this season New £55m signing Jeremy Doku has shone and is now Pep Guardiola’s go-to man Manchester United in a mess – they have a collapse in them – It’s All Kicking

Aston Villa confirm they have lodged an official complaint to UEFA over ‘violent’ conduct from Legia Warsaw supporters – after 46 away fans were arrested prior to Europa Conference League clash on Thursday night There were clashes between police and Legia Warsaw fans outside Villa Park  46 Legia Warsaw fans were arrested and UEFA are investigating the incident Big Ange has lost three in a row, but no chance he

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email It was a pre-season friendly with a legacy, one that sparked an interest in Pep Guardiola. As he did his research – even with nothing at stake, he wanted to be prepared – he took heed of a

Raphael Varane is a big player with an ego to match, and has clearly fallen out with Erik ten Hag, Mail Sport’s Chris Wheeler tells It’s All Kicking Off… with the row undermining the Man United manager The French World Cup winner has made just seven starts across all competitions  Varane has been sidelined – but didn’t move to United to ‘sit on the bench’   Raphael Varane row is undermining

Nottingham Forest are the least posh Premier League club because they don’t have enough Waitrose and M&S stores near their ground. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool and Everton also came out at the bottom of the table in the study. The 20 top-flight clubs were judged on how many of the upmarket supermarkets they have in close proximity. The number of private schools per 100,000 local people was taken into account, too.

France’s scrum-half Antoine Dupont will pursue gold at the Olympics in sevens Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email If the key to launching a new festival is getting the right headline act, then having rugby’s biggest star on

Christopher Nkunku and Romeo Lavia could make their Chelsea debuts against Brighton on Sunday after Mauricio Pochettino said both were ‘close’ to match fitness Chelsea will hope to bounce back from Newcastle drubbing against Brighton Nkunku and Lavia will have their fitness assessed ahead of Sunday’s match Big Ange has lost three in a row, but no chance he changes his style: It’s All Kicking Off  Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino