Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca insisted “nothing has changed” for his young side after they turned in a devastating display to sweep aside 10-man Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Eddie Howe has defended Nick Pope after the goalkeeper’s rush of blood set Marseille on the road to Champions League victory over Newcastle.

Kieran McKenna accepted Ipswich were far from perfect but he praised their perseverance as the Tractor Boys moved up to fourth in the Sky Bet Championship with a 2-0 win at Hull.

Coventry are now 10 points clear at the summit after a fourth straight win, but Lampard is determined not to get too carried away. “We keep doing what we’re doing, it’s so early in the season still,” ...

Pep Guardiola admitted he made “too many changes” as he took the blame for Manchester City’s 2-0 Champions League defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen. Guardiola sprung a surprise by swapping out 10 ...

Jamie Dawson KC, senior counsel to the inquiry, and Joanna Cherry KC, for the patient group, will make opening statements at a hearing in Edinburgh on Wednesday, as will Una Doherty KC for NHS Tayside ...

Mark Robins was full of praise for winger Sorba Thomas after the Wales winger’s brace in Stoke’s 3-0 win over Charlton. Thomas scored from what appeared to be two crosses from the left side as the ...

Rachel Reeves has vowed to make “fair and necessary choices” in the Budget, despite being widely expected to introduce a series of tax rises. The Chancellor insisted she will use her second Budget on ...

The National Trust has said it will closely monitor numbers and that several factors could be behind the decline.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to “help, not hammer” families when she delivers her Budget. Ms Reeves will lay out her tax and spending plans in the Commons on Wednesday, where she is widely ...

Manchester City paid the price for making wholesale changes as they slumped to a surprise 2-0 home loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.