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Five Players Reading Should Sign This Summer
Photo by Steven Paston/PA Images via Getty ImagesLewis identifies some players the Royals should include in their summer rebuild. Although still...
Arsenal eye Alexander Isak and Michael Olise in search for striker and winger
Club's owners ready to back Mikel Arteta in transfer market
Sporting's Viktor Gyökeres has also been heavily linked
Arsenal are targeting a...
Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti always find a way. How do they do it?
Maybe Fede Valverde, Real Madrid's man of the match at the Etihad, said it best: “Against all odds. Acting like dead people. THIS IS FOOTBALL...
A lot of fans are going to be disappointed with summer Newcastle United squad strengthening
When I’m reading and listening to opinions on how this Newcastle United squad needs strengthening, both in terms of where and how many positions...
Reading FC announce new Catering Partnership with Elegant Cuisine Limited
Reading Football Club are pleased to announce a new Catering Partnership with Elegant Cuisine Limited.
Elegant Cuisine, a national caterer based...
Bayern Munich's Musiala emerges as top target for Guardiola at Manchester City
German club could demand huge fee for 21-year-old
Other City targets include Lucas Paquetá and Eberechi Eze
Manchester City are planning a big...
Preview: Burton Albion vs. Reading - prediction, team news, lineups
Sports Mole previews Saturday's League One clash between Burton Albion and Reading, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
As City and Arsenal exit Europe, is the Premier League really the world's best? | Max Rushden
In a game where Eric Dier is among those who moved abroad and kicked on, plenty believe the English arrogance is real
It's that Mitchell and Webb...
English clubs in nervy wait as Germany closes on extra Champions League spot
Thursday's European ties could spell end of hopes for fifth place
Italy and Germany currently the likeliest to take two extra spots
England's...
Champions League team of the week: Kimmich breaks record … and Arsenal
A round packed with goals brought us a smiling Ousmane Dembélé, a frustrated Bukayo Saka and match-winning performance from a goalkeeper
If Tuesday...
FA Cup replays and Premier League winter break scrapped from next season
Bullingham says new agreement ‘strengthens' the FA Cup
Summer break will then become longer with new schedule
The FA has agreed to overhaul the...
Match Preview: Burton Albion v Reading (Saturday, 3pm)
Burton Albion are on a poor run ahead of hosting Reading at the Pirelli Stadium on Saturday, with just four […]
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Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football Weekly Extra
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Lars Sivertsen and Sid Lowe as Real Madrid and Bayern account for Manchester City and...
Women's Champions League: where the semi-finals will be won and lost
Chelsea must be wary of Caroline Graham Hansen while PSG will look to capitalise on Tabitha Chawinga's speed against Lyon
This weekend brings the...
‘It's why we went abroad': Kane relishes semi-final clash with Real's Bellingham
Bayern Munich striker looking forward to Champions League tie
Kane admits Wednesday's win over Arsenal ‘feels amazing'
Harry Kane says the...
Thorne: “This is a really special group”
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Northampton Town FC U21 Women Vs. Reading FC U21 Women - Wed, Apr 17th 2024, 14:30
Reading FC U21 Women were crowned league champions...
Barnsley 2-2 Reading: Tactical Analysis
Tom focuses on the Royals' out-of-possession play in the 2-2 draw at Barnsley. Reading secured safety on a sunny day in South Yorkshire with a well...
Who Should Start For Reading On The Left Wing?
Photo by Kieran Cleeves/PA Images via Getty ImagesAlister compares the Royals' three main options to play on the left. One of the problems that I...
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde: ‘It was obvious Mikel Arteta would go on to be a manager one day'
The former Arsenal prodigy rebuilding his career in Belgium with RWD Molenbeek hopes his old club can win the Premier League
When Jeff...
'We lacked that magic moment': Mikel Arteta rues small margins in Arsenal defeat to Bayern – video
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal 'lacked that magic moment' after losing to Bayern Munich and missing out on a first Champions League semi-final since...
'I don't have any regrets': Pep Guardiola proud of Man City performance after shootout loss – video
Manchester City came from behind in their quarter-final second leg at the Etihad Stadium, after Kevin De Bruyne's 76th-minute strike cancelled out...
Canberra United handed government lifeline for next A-League Women season
ACT government promises ‘one-off' payment of $200,000
Club still afloat but long-viability remains in doubt
Canberra United's immediate future has...
Haaland fails to deliver cutting edge as Real's will to power shines through | Barney Ronay
City still played like champions of Europe for long periods but a lack of decisive end product proved their undoing
Pep Guardiola had talked about...
Arteta admits players are ‘disappointed' after defeat to Bayern Munich
‘At the moment it is a gutted dressing room'
Manager promises Arsenal can refocus on title hunt
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal's players were “gutted”...
Durham selected ahead of Yorkshire to host professional women's county team
Yorkshire edged out by neighbours in north-east
Essex, Hants, Lancs, Notts, Somerset, Surrey, Warks also get nod
Durham's chief executive, Tim...
No regrets for Pep Guardiola as he thanks City players for their efforts
‘We did everything – they did it better from the penalty spot'
Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal players are ‘gutted'
Manchester City's dream of a...
How Thomas Tuchel’s genius tweak to Bayern starting XI nullified Arsenal attack and ‘took Bukayo Saka out of the game’
FANS have hailed Thomas Tuchel’s tactical tweak that “took Bukayo Saka out of the game” against Arsenal.
The German coach masterminded Bayern...
Hardened Bayern show true colours and hand Arteta biggest challenge
After European elimination, Arsenal manager must pick up his jaded squad to keep fight alive for Premier League
Roughly translated, Bayern Munich's...
Real Madrid dethrone Manchester City after Rüdiger holds nerve in shootout
With 72 minutes on the clock, an increasingly fervent Manchester City support announced who they were and promised to fight until the end. Their...
Rangers' Premiership title hopes dented again by goalless draw at Dundee
Rangers' regression continued with a goalless draw at Dundee, which further dented their increasingly-fragile title hopes.
The Ibrox side lost for...
Drink-driver nurse was caught swigging bottle of wine at the wheel while child was in back seat
A NURSE caught swigging from a bottle of wine while at the wheel of a car with a child in the back has been spared jail.
Ainsley Mul — described...
Arsenal knocked out by Bayern after Kimmich header secures last-four spot
It was a night when Bayern Munich lived up to their assertions that, when the Champions League comes around, they are an altogether different...
Hamano and Buchanan power Chelsea past Aston Villa to go top
Chelsea shrugged off the disappointment of their FA Cup semi-final exit to climb back above Manchester City at the top of the Women's Super League...
‘If we fail, then let's fail in beautiful way': Klopp calls for special Liverpool display
Klopp evokes memories of comeback against Barcelona in 2019
Gasperini: ‘It is one of the most important games in our history'
Jürgen Klopp evoked...
Stoke to pay for Kayleigh McDonald's ACL surgery after her GoFundMe plea
Defender sustained injury in game against Burnley last month
Club agree to fund operation after player laments ‘worst news'
Stoke City have agreed...
Match wrap | Oxford United 0 Lincoln City 1
There was always going to be a correction. Amongst the waves of optimism crashing joyously over the Kassam on Saturday, I had one small nagging...
Alonso says Leverkusen will keep foot on Europa League gas against West Ham
Head coach has no fears of comedown after Bundesliga title win
David Moyes bouyed by possible return of Areola and Phillips
Xabi Alonso is...
‘Really upsetting': Grenfell Tower edited out of TV advert
Exclusive: Man whose uncle died in 2017 disaster describes ad for pain relief gel Voltarol as ‘insulting'
Grenfell Tower has been edited out of a...
Manchester City v Real Madrid: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live
Champions League updates from Etihad, kick-off 8pm BST
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Daniele Orsato leads...
Bayern Munich v Arsenal: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live
Champions League updates from the Emirates, kick-off 8pm BST
Get in touch with Scott | Live scoreboard – Wednesday's latest
Arsenal are 90...
Chelsea v Aston Villa: Women's Super League – live
WSL updates from the 7pm BST kick-off at Kingsmeadow
Get in touch with Sarah | Live scoreboard: Wednesday's latest
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FOOTBALL & EDUCATION PROGRAMME WOMEN'S SQUAD DEFEATED BY READING
The Northampton Town Football and Education Programme Women’s squad were defeated by Reading in the National Football Youth League South Premier...
Football-based mentoring found to boost wellbeing for at-risk pupils in England
Charity that uses football to help pupils build relationships found to improve happiness in Greater Manchester project
Intensive mentoring for...
Report | Northampton Town U21 Women 0-5 Reading FC U21 Women
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Northampton Town FC U21 Women Vs. Reading FC U21 Women - Wed, Apr 17th 2024, 14:30
Royals claim league title following 5-0 win over...
Portsmouth party like there's no tomorrow after going through wringer
Where was the most happening place on Tuesday night? With Mbappé's boys in Barcelona? Among a stream of yellow flags in Westphalia? No, as much as...
Georgia footballers protest against Tbilisi's ‘foreign influence' bill
Captain of national team among those posting apparently coordinated social media messages
Leading players in Georgia's national men's football team...
Steve Evans quits Stevenage to take Rotherham job after Richardson sacked
Evans returns to club where he enjoyed success from 2012-15
Richardson lost 18 of 24 games and oversaw relegation
Rotherham have appointed Steve...
Blackpool's recent trend in results sums up their strengths and weaknesses ahead of run-in against Barnsley and Reading
Blackpool have won their last three games 1-0- which sums up both their strengths and weaknesses this season.
Wrexham set to give guard of honour to rivals on final home game of season despite already securing promotion
WREXHAM will give Stockport a guard of honour on the last day of the season after their rivals secured the League Two title.
The pair have chased...
PSG and Dortmund thrill in two classic Champions League quarter-finals - Football Weekly
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Fadugba and Archie Rhind-Tutt as Borussia Dortmund and PSG book their places in the Champions...
Mesmerising drone footage shows Portsmouth fans filling pitch after winning League One – video
Stunning drone footage captured the moment Portsmouth fans stormed the pitch as they were crowned League One champions. Portsmouth return to the...
Henry Winter's surprise exit a sign of the fracturing evolution of the football media | Jonathan Liew
Times writer probably closest thing football journalism had to a celebrity but the game, and how we consume it, has changed
For more than three...
Reading FC ease past Brighton- and former favourite- in PL2
Reading Under-21 breezed past Brighton and Hove Albion in an impressive PL2 victory on Saturday, coming up against a former first-team regular in...
Royal Mail owner received takeover offer from Czech billionaire
IDS shares rise as it is reported it rejected bid from Daniel Křetínský's EP Group
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The owner of Royal Mail received...
Their one pitch is in a PRISON, 94.5 per cent of adults are overweight and it takes three days to get there... but ex-Reading and Stoke star Dave Kitson is relishing his new job as boss of Pacific island Nauru's football team!
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LEWIS STEELE: The challenge was to take charge of a tiny Micronesian island, form a football team and lead them to their...
Rwandan leader went to Arsenal game as country marked 30 years since genocide
Paul Kagame flew to UK for Champions League match while national police told citizens to restrict activities including football
The president of...
Inside RTE pundit Kevin Doyle's life with wife amid career change as Ireland legend tackles different sport
KEVIN DOYLE ran the rule over a new-look PSG completing a second-leg comeback to advance to the Champions League semi-finals.
He credited this more...
Ollie Watkins is a real contender to be Premier League player of the season
He has scored 19 goals and laid on 10 assists in the league – the best return for an Aston Villa striker in more than 40 years
By Ben McAleer for...
The Scottish star celebrating league title in England despite breaking his ankle and getting sent off in his ONE match
THERE were incredible scenes on Tuesday night as Portsmouth began their return to the big time with promotion to the Championship.
Tens of...
Eberechi Eze was rejected by SIX teams including Arsenal as fans say ‘absolute stinker in hindsight’
CRYSTAL PALACE star Eberechi Eze revealed SIX clubs rejected the chance to sign him before his Selhurst Park heroics.
Eze, 25, has shone bright in...
Five Young Royals In Five Years' Time: Part One
Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty ImagesTom gets his crystal ball out to predict the future of some of Reading's brightest talents. Back...
The Knowledge | Premier League players representing countries with the lowest Fifa ranking
Plus: winning a title from way behind, even further-apart country clashes in the Euro and long-throw fatigue
Mail us your questions or tweet...
Review – O Jogo Bonito! Brazil’s 1970 World Cup Samba Party by Gary Thacker
Gary Thacker’s latest book is the story of probably the greatest football team in the history of the World Cup. ‘O Jogo Bonito’ is Portuguese for...
Royal Rewind | Reading 1-0 Nottingham Forest | 17/04/2012
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Everton on the brink: questions over club's finances are more urgent than ever
Time taken for Farhad Moshiri to attract new investors may have made a viable solution harder to find
Everton fans are used to owner Farhad...
'All of them were against us': Xavi rails against referees and rules out staying at Barça – video
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernández berated the referee and said his performance cost the club a chance to fight for a place in the Champions League...
Michelle Heyman hunts Paris Olympics selection after Matildas resurgence | Jack Snape
The Canberra United striker says ‘it's wild' how women's football has changed since she was a part of the Australian team in Rio
It wasn't the...
‘Forever’: Conor Shaughnessy’s message to people of Portsmouth after writing himself into Fratton legend
The former Leeds United and Reading defender is now a Pompey immortal.
Danny Dyer: How to Be a Man review – come on, geezer, is this really the best you can do?
The former EastEnders star could have been the perfect person to take toxic men to task in this report on modern masculinity. Instead, he utterly...
Football League: Portsmouth win promotion to Championship and title
Stockport are League Two champions, Forest Green relegated
Southampton beat Preston to boost automatic promotion hopes
Late goals from Colby...
Mbappé inspires PSG to comeback victory in Barcelona after Araújo red
Just when Montjuïc roared, clinging to the hope that there might be a way back into this, one last chance to see Barcelona reach the semi-final for...
Borussia Dortmund win seesaw contest with Atlético Madrid to reach last four
Just another raw and savage night of Champions League football at the Westfalen: the colours vivid, the sounds ear-shattering, the defences in...
Dave Wright nominated for Berkshire Football Award
Dave Wright is up for a Berkshire Football Award in the category of Correspondent of the Season.
Dave has been a fixture in the Berkshire sport...
Leicester could be eying Ponte Preta forward as their Brazil adventure is on, Bayer Leverkusen stands out as role model
Embed from Getty Images Leicester scout Sean St. Ledger is currently on a mission in South America, preferably Brazil, to find talent were others...
Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn't have to be this way | Nadeine Asbali
Kids pausing their football so a friend can pray; theology chats over lunch – I've seen the richness that religious diversity brings to school...
Manchester City are holders, but Real Madrid's kings must still be dethroned
Last year's semi-final blitz at the Etihad was a triumphant night yet Pep Guardiola knows there is no guarantee of a repeat against an improved...
Emma Hayes claims Chelsea players' WSL success is ‘taken for granted'
Chelsea Women have chance to go top with win over Aston Villa
Club's FA Cup and League Cup hopes over after recent defeats
Emma Hayes has said...
Barcelona v PSG: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live
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Borussia Dortmund v Atlético Madrid: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live
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Jude Bellingham says joining Real Madrid was a ‘no-brainer'
England midfielder moved to Spain from Dortmund last summer
Bellingham faces Manchester City in Champions League
Jude Bellingham has said joining...
Cole Palmer's imagination and audacity integral to Chelsea's future
England prospect showcased his ingenuity with his hat-trick and attacker's unpredictability is flummoxing opponents
Sometimes it is possible to...
Arsenal arrive in Munich with destiny and opportunity still in their hands | Nick Ames
Sunday's defeat by Aston Villa has added jeopardy, and Mikel Arteta knows ousting Bayern will take some doing
Arsenal landed in a gusty Munich...
Football's version of toddlers at a party fighting over the last piece of cake
Having watched his team record their best result of the season against Everton, Mauricio Pochettino must have been thrilled that talk in his...
Double-treble is Manchester City's motivation, admits Bernardo Silva
Midfielder says desire to ‘create a legacy' is inspiring players
Kyle Walker winning battle to be fit for Real Madrid second leg
Bernardo Silva...
Keïta suspended and fined by Werder after walking out of Leverkusen game
Club say midfielder went home after being left out of team
‘We won't tolerate Naby's behaviour,' says head of football
Werder Bremen have...