Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Saturday the club’s involvement in the controversy over Kylian Mbappe’s comments about an internet meme about himself and former Chinese leader Mao Zedong was over, after both the player and club apologised. Mbappe has endured a difficult week, after he finished second behind Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane in Monday’s Ballon d’Or ceremony.
Bets predicted exact top-five men’s finishing order Organisers France Football have contacted police A series of suspicious bets that correctly predicted the exact top-five finishing order of this year’s Ballon d’Or and generated almost $200,000 (£149,000) in winnings is being investigated by the event’s organisers, France Football, who have also contacted the police. Harry Kane was crowned the winner at the ceremony at the London Palladium, finishing ahead of Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, Rodri and Lionel Messi.
Goals from Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer give Chelsea a 2-0 win over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Chelsea’s English midfielder Morgan Rogers (L) vies with Manchester United’s Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes (R) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London on October 31, 2026. English referee Peter Bankes shows a second yellow card to Manchester United’s Argentinian defender Lisandro Martinez (2nd-right) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London on October 31, 2026.
A group of well-choreographed, fancy-dress-wearing school-age dancers fully embraced the Halloween spirit as they boogied to one of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits at half-time. For Manchester United, the only scary thing about this game was how few times they tested Courtney Brosnan in Everton’s goal in the first 75 minutes as the visitors demonstrated a lack of creativity.
Chelsea took full advantage of Manchester United’s second-half collapse to condemn the visitors to a third straight loss and heap yet more pressure on Michael Carrick. After an encouraging first-half performance, United allowed Morgan Rogers to saunter unchallenged through the heart of the defence to dink home the opener for Chelsea five minutes after the break.
Get ready for another week of agonising over the sorry state of Manchester United. United missed a series of golden chances when the scores were level, just as they did when Ten Hag lost to West Ham a day before his sacking two years ago, and Chelsea made the most of the reprieve after initially delivering a performance so bad it had you worrying for the nascent Xabi Alonso project.
Michael Carrick’s stay of execution as Manchester United boss may not last long after his team imploded in a 2-0 Premier League loss at Chelsea on Saturday. The roles were reversed when Mbeumo could not stretch to meet Fernandes’s delivery at the back post before twice Amad Diallo was denied by Chelsea’s stand-in goalkeeper Mike Penders.
Former Ghana coach Otto Addo has lodged a complaint with FIFA against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) following the termination of his contract in March, JoySports can exclusively reveal. JoySports understands that Addo has made several attempts to secure payment from the football association without success, prompting him to take the matter to FIFA.
Also not the words of the Manchester City centre-back Marc Guéhi, despite what you were thinking there. This is instead a condensed quote from the mind of Gary Harkness, existentially curious college running-back and the narrator of Don DeLillo’s great American football novel End Zone.
⚽ Clockwatch updates on the Saturday 3pm GMT kick-offs ⚽ Football Daily | Scorers | Live Scores | Table | Mail Tom Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Sangare, Janelt, Ouattara, Jensen, Schade, Thiago. Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Collins, Diouf, Schuster, Damsgaard, Wilson, Anthony, Nunes.
South Africa regain top spot in Test rankings Harmer takes career-best six for 16 at Newlands South Africa’s Simon Harmer took a career-best six for 16 as the hosts thumped Australia by 176 runs to clinch their three-test series 2-1 at Newlands on Saturday. While Pat Cummins’s 90-ball vigil and Nathan Lyon’s unbeaten 33 in the hope of a draw delayed the inevitable, their fate was sealed Simon Harmer bowled Josh Hazlewood just before tea.
Green tea can be a mixed bag – we sipped our way through the supermarket shelves to find the ones worth boiling the kettle for • The best (and worst) supermarket teabags My mother-in-law has a mug that reads: “By replacing your morning coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 87% of what little joy you still have left in your life.” To stand the best chance of making a half-decent cup, use water at 80C – you can achieve that temperature by quarter-filling a cup with cold water, topping it up with just-boiled water and leaving it to brew for about 90 seconds.
Aston Villa have announced plans to take legal action against former Liverpool defender-turned-pundit Jamie Carragher for what the club described as “unacceptable insults” about the club and its supporters. Carragher, a prominent pundit with Sky Sports and CBS, has been hit with a backlash by Villa fans for suggesting that manager Unai Emery should be a candidate to replace the under-fire Michael Carrick at Manchester United.
Pool A: Kangaroos 66-6 Cook Islands in Townsville Tom Trbojevic scores second hat-trick in as many games Reece Walsh showed if there was anything James Tedesco could do, he can do better with a starring role for the Kangaroos in a partly clunky but otherwise entertaining victory over the Cook Islands in Townsville. No 1s for the much-anticipated semi-final against either Samoa or Tonga next week, but this only sometimes convincing display showed there is still work to do in camp Kangaroo.
Criticism of Israel's captain Adam Edelman at Winter Olympics breached discrimination rules, Swiss complaints body says.
The former Celtic forward joined Bursaspor as a free agent during the summer, but even he admits his early impact has surpassed his expectations
With Rivers United and Rangers preparing for a crucial showdown, Nasarawa United waiting to capitalise, the South East derby coming up, and several clubs battling to improve their positions, Matchday 11 promises another important weekend in the NPFL title race and the fight for survival.
Arsenal, second in the table, travel to Anfield looking to bounce back from their shock League Cup fourth-round exit.
⚽ All the latest as we build up to Saturday’s games ⚽ Ten things to look out for | Fixtures | Mail Billy Aston Villa have announced plans to take legal action against Jamie Carragher following his “unacceptable insults” about the club and its supporters. Carragher told Villa fans to “shut the f*** up” after facing criticism for suggesting Unai Emery should consider taking the Manchester United job.
Updates as Kangaroos take on Cook Islands in Townsville Kick-off time is 7.05pm local/8.05pm AEDT/9.05am GMT Any thoughts? If Australia beat Cook Islands they will top the group.
Updates on the ODI in Lahore. Play starts 8am GMT Eliminated England beat Sri Lanka | Email Tanya Apologies all, back online in time to see Pakistan strolling out to the middle.
Iraola’s midfield has rediscovered its aggression and intensity just in time for Sunday’s visit of Arsenal to Anfield Alexis Mac Allister found himself in a strong position to apply pressure on Liverpool over a new contract before Atlético Madrid’s visit to Anfield last month, although only in the physical sense of being up on stage to preview the game in front of a mass audience. As the past two Premier League champions prepare to meet at Anfield on Sunday, when Liverpool can narrow the gap on Arsenal to three points with a fourth successive home win in all competitions, Mac Allister’s form…
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