Wikimedia Commons By Alessandro Schiavone in Leuven World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Belgium 6-0 Luxembourg The manager of the Belgium women's national football team has aimed a dig at England superstar Harry Kane. The striking similarities between Belgium’s all-time record goalscorer Tessa Wullaert and the former Tottenham hitman are well documented on both sides of the Channel. Both belong to the class of 1993. Both score for fun. Both are ageing like fine wine. Both are showing n

Last domestic fixture of the season League Two play-off final Notts County (2) 3 Jatta 32, Ness 45, Jones 70 Salford City (0) 0 Sometimes, you just can't beat old money. One of the oldest pro football teams showed their pedigree to win domestic football's last fixture of the season at the expense of one of the EFL's newest additions - and it was fully deserved. Notts County's reward is League One football next season while vanquished Salford must once again try to find a way

A hastily-arranged get together Championship Play-Off final Hull City (0) 1 McBurnie 90+5 Middlesbrough (0) 0 The fixture from a parallel universe with its £200m price tag and threats of litigation all around it ended with Hull City claiming their slot in next season's Premier League. They were last there in 2017 and for much of this impossible-to-call contest did not look much like edging it. Then, in the fifth minute of injury time, sub Yu Hirakawa's cross from the left was

Blue afternoon at Wembley : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Final Chelsea (0) 0 Manchester City (0) 1 Semenyo 72 A brilliant backheel from Antoine Semenyo - gliding in front of Levi Colwill to reach an Erling Haaland cross - was enough to condemn Chelsea to a fourth defeat in their last four FA Cup finals. It was a goal worthy of settling such a grand occasion and barely reflected the Mancunians' superiority for most of the contest. The Blues did have a few good moments but overa

A game with a certain ring to it : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup semi-final Chelsea (1) 1 Fernandez 23 Leeds United (0) 0 Managerless they may be, but old habits die hard for the Blues as they once again made it through to the FA Cup final and another shot at silverware. Their recent form has been so wretched, and their fans so disillusioned, that a pathway to any success this year seemed out of the question. A route to the Champions League has started to look beyond them but a

Absentee overlord : The main man on the programme cover wasn't in action this time Friendly International England (0) 0 Japan (1) 1 Mitoma 23 Another unconvincing and soporific performance in their last game at Wembley before the World Cup should ensure that there will not be any runaway expectations about what England might achieve in the USA. Japan claimed a first ever win over the tame Three Lions. It means Thomas Tuchel has overseen a first defeat to an African nation (Se

Underneath the arches : Picture by @YTJourno International Friendly England (0) 1 White 81 Uruguay (0) 1 Valverde pen 90+3 After six straight wins this season without conceding during a qualification breeze, England surrendered their 100 per cent record. Ben White, of all people, prodded in what should have been a late winner, but then was adjudged - after a VAR intervention - to have fouled Federico Vinas in the box and Federico Valverde buried the penalty. The match summary

Master v Apprentice showdown : Picture by @YTJourno Carabao Cup Final Arsenal (0) 0 Manchester City (0) 2 O'Reilly 60, 64 It had all been looking so good - for the first five minutes at least. But the Gunners were left empty handed in the League Cup yet again after a drab showing that got the outcome it deserved. They now have lost seven finals in this competition and not won it since 1993 - one of only two successes since it was first played in the 60s. City have won it nin

A rainy Wembley going through the motions : Picture by @YTJourno Key Facts : World Cup Qualifier England (1) 2 Saka 28, Eze 90 Serbia (0) 0 How the game panned out: With England already qualified, the lack of any real devil in their play was understandable. Serbia had only an outside chance of qualification if they finished second in the group but they lacked the tools to do any harm. England were sloppy in attack but won with ease, even if they only carved out a modicum

Local derby at Wembley : Picture by @YTJourno The details: England (3) 3 Rogers 3, Watkins 11, Saka 20 Wales (0) 0 Attendance: 78,126...