Sheffield United have dismissed Slavisa Jokanovic and appointed Paul Heckingbottom s as manager until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Jokanovic signed a three-year deal to take over at Bramall Lane following the Blades relegation to the Championship, but has departed only six months into his reign with the club 16th in the second tier.
Heckingbottom, who stepped in as caretaker boss last season following Chris Wilder s departure, has been installed as boss on a long-term deal.
The former Leeds United, Barnsley and Hibernian manager had been in charge of the South Yorkshire club s Under-23 side. Stuart McCall will be Heckingbottom s number two.
The Blades were relegated from the Premier League with a whimper last season, finishing bottom after winning onl…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta wants to offload Willian in the summer transfer window, according to . The Spaniard wants to let the former Chelsea winger leave this summer due to his wage of £192,000 per week. Arteta wants to free up wages so that he can bring in other players.
Despite Arteta’s willingness to offload Willian, there is little interest in the 33-year-old Brazil international, who can also play as an attacking midfielder. The former Chelsea star had a disappointing season in 2020-21, and there is also the sense that he is past his prime.
Willian made 16 starts and nine substitute appearances in the Premier League for Arsenal , scoring one goal and providing five assists in the process. The winger made three starts and six substitute appearances in the Eur…
New Orleans Saints assistant Joe Vitt will take over from suspended head coach Sean Payton on an interim basis, the NFL team have announced.
Payton was suspended for the upcoming season by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being found guilty of breaching the league s bounty rule.
The 48-year-old Payton, who led the Saints to a Superbowl triumph in 2010, was found guilty of implementing a bounty program from 2009 to 2011, which rewarded players with cash bonuses for injuring opponents.
Vitt will also serve a six-match ban for his part in the scandal once the season starts on September 5.
Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said Vitt s experience working alongside Payton will ensure a seamless transition within the coaching ranks.
Loomis did …
Oscar Garcia is the new coach of Olympiacos, the Greek club have confirmed.
Garcia, 44, quit his last role at Saint-Etienne five months after taking the post, taking his leave from the Ligue 1 side after a 5-0 hammering by local rivals Lyon.
Olympiacos are top of the Greek Super League and Garcia s first game in charge will be at Larissa on Sunday.
Takis Lemonis had taken charge of the club on a temporary basis following the September departure of Besnik Hasi.
Garcia who represented Barcelona during his playing career won a brace of Austrian Bundesliga titles during his time in charge of Salzburg between 2015 and 2017, prior to taking over at Saint-Etienne.
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Chelsea youngster Nathan has joined Portuguese Primeira Liga side Belenenses on loan until the end of the season.
Nathan signed for Chelsea for a reported €6.2million in 2015 from Atletico Paranaense before being shipped out on loan to affiliate club Vitesse.
The Brazilian spent two years in the Eredivisie and was then sent to Ligue 1 side Amiens at the start of the current campaign.
However, he managed to play just nine minutes of Ligue 1 football in his solitary appearance, resulting in his loan move ending at the start of the month.
He will link up with Belenenses who are 11th in the Primeira Liga until the end of the campaign, as the 21-year-old looks goes in search of more regular football.
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Inter striker Romelu Lukaku has credited Jose Mourinho with turning him into more of a team player and sees similarities with Harry Kane s development at Tottenham.
Lukaku has been in fine form since joining Inter from Manchester United in August 2019, scoring 34 goals in 49 Serie A appearances.
That is a tally bettered only by Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo (43 goals in 43 games) and Lazio star Ciro Immobile (45 in 49) over the same period.
The 27-year-old s return of one Serie A goal every 116 minutes for Inter compares favourably to his one goal every 179 minutes for United across two Premier League seasons (28 goals in 66 matches).
But Lukaku is grateful to have worked under Mourinho at Old Trafford, with the Portuguese now getting the best out o…
Riyad Mahrez was left disappointed by the collapse of his proposed move to Manchester City, but Leicester City manager Claude Puel hopes the attacker is happy to return soon.
The Algeria international was heavily linked with a move to Pep Guardiola s Premier League leaders, but that deal failed to materialise on deadline day.
Speaking after his side were beaten 2-1 at Everton on Wednesday, Puel was glad to hold onto Mahrez, but admitted he was unsure how the 26-year-old would feel when he comes back into the fold.
We will see. Just at the moment I have finished the game. All my focus is on this game, he said.
I will take all the information and we ll see with Riyad. We know the situation. We can understand. It s a reaction.
It s a difficult s…
Harry Kane will be fit to feature in England s next World Cup match against the United States on Friday, says manager Gareth Southgate.
The Three Lions captain picked up an ankle injury during the second half of their opening 6-2 win against Iran in Group B and was replaced by Callum Wilson.
Kane underwent a scan on Wednesday to ascertain the severity of the injury, but concerns appeared to be abated after goalkeeper Jordan Pickford confirmed he had trained alongside the rest of the squad.
Now Southgate has said his skipper will be in line to play against the Stars and Stripes in Al Khor for their second match of Qatar 2022.
Harry is fine. He has worked slightly separately from the group but all good for Friday night, he told BBC Sport. He had a scan [on…
Romelu Lukaku marked his 100th cap with a goal as Belgium swatted aside the Czech Republic 3-0 to move a step closer to an automatic place at the World Cup.
Chelsea striker Lukaku and former Blues forward Eden Hazard rampaged almost at will, with both getting on the scoresheet in a comfortable qualifying win for the Group E leaders at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
The Belgians remain top of the FIFA world rankings despite their quarter-final defeat to eventual winners Italy at Euro 2020, and this was a reminder of how they got there.
A two-goal cushion by half-time meant they were largely on cruise control afterwards, with Alexis Saelemaekers grabbing their third goal midway through the second period.
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Former Blackburn Rovers favourite Henning Berg is the Championship club s new manager.
Club owners Venky s will be hoping Berg can lead Blackburn back into the Premier League after a disastrous spell under Steve Kean which saw the side relegated.
The Norwegian centre-back enjoyed two spells as a player at the Lancashire club, making more than 200 appearances between 1993-1997 and 2000-2003.
A statement on the club s website on Wednesday read: Blackburn Rovers can confirm that Henning Berg has accepted the role of manager. Henning, a former player over two spells at the club, is set to be unveiled to the media in the morning.
Despite a strong start to the 2012-13 campaign with Rovers third in the Championship, Kean decided to leave after describing his p…