English Premier League

English Premier League

Considering he took out a licence in 2013, you could hardly describe trainer Ben Pauling as an up-and-coming talent, but it's fair to say he wouldn't be as well known to the average racegoer in Britain as established figures like Dan Skelton, Paul Nicholls or Nicky Henderson.

Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed was bought by Sunrisers Leeds for 190,000 pounds ($254,000) in the men's auction for the Hundred, despite concerns that Indian-owned teams might avoid signing cricketers from Pakistan. In February, media reports suggested that Manchester Super Giants, MI London, Southern Brave and Sunrisers Leeds would not consider signing Pakistani players for the United Kingdom-based competition amid tensions between neighbours India and Pakistan.

Arsenal enjoy a seven-point lead over Manchester City but have played a game more. Looking at the remaining fixtures, the Gunners have a slightly easier run-in on paper, although their eight remaining games include what could be a title-defining trip to the Etihad on 19 April.

Having missed the last two games against Leeds United and Port Vale, Swedish goalkeeper Melker Ellborg has stepped in to replace his Belgian counterpart. Winning at Elland Road, he kept a clean sheet on his debut for the club, but Ellborg could do little as the Black Cats crashed out of the FA Cup against the League One outfit just last weekend.

We have Summerville that is out. We will assess him day-by-day and see how he goes, but he's not going to be available for the game. It is a calf issue. We will assess him day-by-day and see how he goes, keep improving. We're going to miss him, as he's been an important player for us, but he will miss this game for sure.

Chelsea had played well for 74 minutes at the Parc des Princes. They came from behind twice, exploited space behind the flying fullbacks of PSG. And for a while this was just a really good, open game, the midfield an endless full-contact pirouette in search of space.

The top spot in the table - currently occupied by Zaglebie Lubin - has changed hands multiple times, and the top nine clubs in the 18-team division are currently separated by just eight points. The league's top scorers, Lechia Gdansk, are 11th in the table, while its best defence belongs to eighth-placed Wisla Plock - who are currently on a five-game losing streak.

Billed far and wide across the media as a fire-fighter upon his arrival, Tudor has proved quite the opposite, taking no time at all to torch his own reputation as a coach and leader, along with whatever sort of positive relationship he might have fostered with Tottenham's players and fans.

After more than a decade representing my country, I have decided to retire from international football. Playing for England has always been the biggest honour of my career and something I will always be proud of. Thank you to every team-mate, coach, manager, the 12th man, and everyone behind the scenes who has been part of the journey.

We need to do our best in terms of what we need to grow. Our first aim is the Premier League; this should be said publicly, it's a normal thing. This [competition] is something extra, but that doesn't mean we don't want to pass (through), that we don't want to go to the next round.

Liverpool will hope to perform better than they did in Istanbul during the league phase. The Reds were beaten 1-0 in late September and never really got going in a pressure-cooker atmosphere. That setback was the second in a four-game stretch of defeats that dimmed early optimism and paved the way for an underwhelming season.

According to a report from Sports Boom, Newcastle are one of the sides interested in signing Arsenal forward Trossard, with his contract set to expire next summer. It's claimed that the Gunners would be open to negotiations for a fee in the region of £20m-£25m, while the Belgian forward could demand in the region of £130,000-a-week to make the move.