Former Manchester United star Eric Cantona has been chosen as recipient of the 2019 UEFA President's Award. He will join an illustrious list of previous winners which includes David Beckham.

Emery opted against playing his star strike partnership of Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, dropping the Frenchman for new boy Nicolas Pepe.

Former Bury director Joy Hart believes the club's battle to preserve their English Football League status is "looking fairly positive" with Tuesday's deadline looming.

Paul Pogba's brother Mathias has once again fuelled speculation that his World Cup winning sibling could be set to seal a late summer exit from Old Trafford and join Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Real Madrid are considering a move for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes over fears they will be unable to secure the signing of Paul Pogba.

A hilarious video has emerged of a pitchside correspondent reporting on a Russian Premier League game despite being drenched by a sprinkler. 

The 35-year-old, who has been at Bury since 2017, started his career at Elland Road where he became one of the club's most prolific goalscorers with 85 goals in 152 matches.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Serena Williams's return to the Arthur Ashe Stadium proved a stunning contrast to her last appearance she imperiously crushed old foe Maria Sharapova.

Maurizio Sarri could take charge of his first Juventus game this weekend against former club Napoli. Sarri had been expected to miss his new side's first two games of the season due to illness.

Sam Skinner has been ruled out of Scotland's World Cup plans following a recent injury picked up on international duty. The Exeter Chiefs second row had scans after limping off with a hamstring issue.

The 18-year-old cousin of former Reds captain Steven Gerrard has been subject to interest from Danish side Nordsjaelland and, most recently, Serie A club Fiorentina.

Joe Schmidt's Irish team were hammered 57-15 by England at Twickenham last Saturday, in what was a record defeat in that fixture and O'Driscoll is concerned their confidence could suffer.

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has indicated he will make changes as the Premier League side host Sky Bet League Two club Forest Green in the Carabao Cup second round.

Tottenham may have reached their first ever Champions League final at the end of last season but things certainly aren't all that rosy back home for Mauricio Pochettino's side.

The 35-year-old, who recently announced he would be bringing his 19-year career to a close, has revealed he might consider making a comeback if he can maintain his fitness levels.

Huddersfield midfielder Abdelhamid Sabiri has left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual consent. Sabiri, 22, had a year remaining on a three-year deal he signed when arriving from FC Nurnberg.

Gary Neville feels his former club should take the drastic move of selling the naming rights to their famous Old Trafford stadium, and use the cash to slash match tickets down to around £10.

The Spanish Grand Prix will continue to be part of the Formula One calendar after an agreement was reached to hold the race in 2020.

Bury are now almost certain to be expelled from the Football League after a takeover by C&N Sporting Risk fell through, just 90 minutes before a league-set deadline for the deal to be completed.

Jose Mourinho wanted to get rid of Anthony Martial because he thought the Manchester United forward was 'mentally weak'. Martial reportedly fell out with the former Red Devils boss.

Danny Drinkwater is set to make his Burnley debut in Wednesday's Carabao Cup clash with Sunderland as Sean Dyche plans a raft of changes.

Eden Hazard, who signed from Chelsea in a staggering £150million deal earlier this summer, missed the first two games of the La Liga campaign with a thigh injury.

If England could have chosen an Australian cricketer to make the fatal fumble that may just have handed them the Ashes then the name of Nathan Lyon would have been on many lips.

MARTIN KEOWN: Twenty-five years ago today, me and my Arsenal team-mates were caught up in a storm at Anfield as Robbie Fowler - just 19 at the time - scored three times in four minutes.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is concerned his squad lacks an attacking plan B following the departure of Fernando Llorente. Spurs' difficulty in breaking down Newcastle has raised concerns.

Stoke City are facing a legal fight after failing to pay a mandated agent when they signed their former striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

PAUL FARBRACE: What we saw at Headingley from Ben Stokes was the performance of a cricketer who has matured as a person and now fully understands what he's capable of.

MATT BARLOW AT THE MEMORIAL STADIUM: Teenage striker Aaron Connolly marked his first Brighton start with a goal but it was not enough to spare Graham Potter an anxious night.

IAN WHITTELL AT GRESTY ROAD: Two first half goals from Conor Hourihane continued the feelgood factor swirling around Premier League newboys Aston Villa.

MAX WINTERS AT THE CITY GROUND: Albert Adomah opened the scoring for the home side in the 25th minute before Joe Lolley added a second just 10 minutes later. Joao Carvalho added a third.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: The mantle of being British No 1 has never rested easily on the shoulders of Kyle Edmund, and he may be relieved of that pressure fairly soon.

On a sun-kissed August afternoon at Anfield, a quarter of a century ago, Robbie Fowler announced his exhilarating talent to English football. It remains an iconic Premier League moment to this day.

Grimsby Town's Carabao Cup clash against Macclesfield was called off just before half-time due a torrential storm. A replay of the second-round tie will have to be rescheduled.

The Spanish champions are also discussing the possibility of players going in the opposite direction for the Paris St Germain star with Ousmane Dembele among those to be mentioned.

JASON GILLESPIE: It is very hard to avoid the conclusion we are now in for one of the classic Ashes series, maybe even up there with 2005 in terms of excitement and drama. It's fantastic.

EXCLUSIVE BY KIERAN GILL: Premier League refereeing chiefs will resist calls for officials to start using their pitch-side monitors for VAR checks as they feel it will slow the game down too much.

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed he isn't 'scared' to settle his rivalry with Conor McGregor outside of the Octagon.

Germany provided the first installment of live post-lockdown sporting action on Thursday by hosting a dozen races in Hanover. Many jockeys wore face masks while others used transparent plastic visors.

Stars' careers are being put at risk by the imminent resumption of competition, according to a union representing nearly 100,000 athletes. German football has been cleared to resume next week.

Ministers are determined not to see the British Grand Prix postponed or cancelled in its 70th anniversary year and so plans are reportedly being drawn up to 'televise without spectators' there.

French racing has been on hold since March due to the coronavirus crisis, but is set to make a high-profile return with no less than four Group races on the card.

The four-time world champion eventually retired back in November 2012 after his loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, holding an overall record of 45 wins and three defeats from 48 bouts.

Technical director Paolo Maldini and his son, Daniel, were thought to have been the only coronavirus cases within Serie A outfit AC Milan's camp.

UFC 249 is experiencing an 'unbelievable pacing of buys' as pay-per-view purchases have already doubled from the last event UFC 248.

Mr Lavery is an ally of the current Labour leader, and could split senior left-wing party figures, including Mr Corbyn, who are believed to favour Rebecca Long-Bailey.

Yvette Cooper is set to pull out of the Labour leadership race amid fears she cannot win. One friend told the Mail she was likely to withdraw as she feared being punished by Jeremy Corbyn's supporters.

Boris Johnson is concerned a 'Labour mole' is operating within Whitehall, say government sources. Confidential Treasury documents were leaked to Labour during the election campaign.

The centrist shadow Brexit secretary would beat Rebecca Long Bailey by 61 per cent to 39 per cent in a run-off for the UK Labour party leadership, according to the YouGov survey.

MP Jess Phillips is 'fight' to get the UK back into the EU 'regardless of how difficult that argument is to make'. This comes as Sir Keir Starmer said Labour should 'adjust' and move on from Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn was mocked by Tory MPs this afternoon after he claimed to have 'long spoken out against the Iranian government's human rights record'.