Stuart Pearce has been axed as England U21 coach following a shocking European Championship campaign for the Young Lions. Pearce’s men lost all three of their group games – against Italy, Norway and Israel – and failed to muster a goal from open play as they fell at the first hurdle in Israel. Spec...

Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is currently undergoing a medical with West Ham United. The two clubs have reportedly agreed a fee of £15million for the England international – meaning Liverpool will be writing off £20million after they splashed out £35million to lure Carroll from Newcastle United b...

Australia secured a place in the 2014 World Cup Finals after beating Iraq 1-0. A late goal from substitute Josh Kennedy was enough to secure the win that guaranteed second spot behind Japan in the qualification group and Australia will now play in their third successive World Cup Finals having also...

Italy will book their place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup when they beat Japan on Wednesday night. Italy were expected to follow Brazil out of the group stage when the draw was made for this competition, and that looks set to be the case after both sides won their opening games. Whil...

Brazil will book their place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup with a win over Mexico on Wednesday night. The host nation made a flying start to the competition as they eased past Japan in their opening Group A fixture. Neymar took just three minutes to open the scoring before Paulinho ...

Robert Lewandowski is odds-on to still be a Borussia Dortmund player when the summer transfer window slams shut. First he was certain to go to Manchester United and then he had his heart set on following club-mate Mario Gotze to Bayern Munich, but after much toing and froing, the latest is that Le...

The 2013/14 Premier League campaign is drawing ever closer, and Betfair’s Christian Crowther has taken a look at the odds for the top six sides who will be targeting the title. Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea have all changed managers. Liverpool could lose star man Luis Suarez. Totte...

The return of Joe Kinnear to Newcastle United will be one of the biggest shocks football sees this summer, and it has got Betfair’s Callum Davis reminiscing about some other bizarre appointments! The revelation that Joe Kinnear is making a hugely unexpected return St James’ Park came as a surprise...

Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew could soon be packing his bags after Joe Kinnear signed a three-year deal to become the club’s Director of Football. The news has come as a great shock to Toon fans and it is safe to say that the vast majority are not best pleased with yet another seemingly bafflin...