Motherwell have confirmed the departure of full-back Jake Carroll after four years at Fir Park.

The 31-year-old joined the Steelmen from Cambridge in 2019 and went on to make 76 appearances for the club.

However, he leaves under freedom of contract at the end of a campaign in which he featured in only three matches before being sidelined by a serious knee injury sustained last August.

Carroll will be allowed use of Motherwell’s facilities until he returns to fitness.

Striker Jack Aitchison, 23, is also leaving after making 11 appearances – nine as a substitute – since arriving on deadline day in January.

Homegrown centre-back David Devine, who has struggled to make the breakthrough at Motherwell since his debut in 2019, has also been release…

Ralph Hasenhuttl labelled it a disaster and it seemed Southampton would enter a tailspin following their miserable 9-0 home loss to Leicester City in October.

The Saints were a goal behind when Ryan Bertrand was dismissed in the 12th minute, and they shipped eight more in a landslide at St Mary s, suffering the joint-heaviest defeat in Premier League history.

Saturday brings a rematch and Southampton have displayed good humour in the build-up, muting Twitter terms related to the last encounter.

But with a five-game undefeated streak behind them and a European place remarkably not out of reach, a team formerly deemed destined for the drop are on the up.

A review of history with help from Opta data puts the turnaround in clear context, positioning Southam…

AC Milan ended their goal drought to keep their Champions League hopes alive after a comeback win over Paris St Germain.

Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud scored their first European goals of the season to secure a 2-1 victory at San Siro.

Milan Skriniar’s header had given the visitors the lead but PSG are now just a point ahead of third-placed Milan in Group F.

Newcastle’s 2-0 defeat at leaders Borussia Dortmund earlier on Tuesday gave the hosts, who started the night bottom, a glimmer of hope.

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They are only two points adrift of Dortmund with the group still wide open after four games.

Milan, who reached the semi-finals last season, came into the game with one win in their last six in all compe…

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Germany are set to welcome Italy to Borussia Monchengladbach s Borussia-Park in another clash of big European teams of the ongoing edition of the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday evening. The match will be a part of round four in League A Group 3.

Germany

It s now been eight years since Germany won a major tournament, the last being the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They ve had some disappointing campaigns since, and they re obviously looking to get back on the right track after leaving the Euros last year in the round of 16 as they suffered defeat at the hands of England.

The Germans didn t have too many problems in the World Cup qualifications process. They did lose quite unexpectedly to North Macedonia, at home, but they won the …

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After more than four years of waiting, we ve finally arrived at the return of the FIFA World Cup. The greatest sporting spectacle on the planet will take place in Qatar and while there are so, so many reasons why that shouldn t be happening, common sense hasn t been able to prevail. Alas, we re still expecting to see some great football, especially when Mexico and Poland lock horns on Tuesday afternoon.

Mexico

Mexico fans will, above all else, want to focus on qualifying from Group C but they ll also have the dreaded gave five curse in the back of their mind. This is a nation that has been waiting for a real breakout moment over the course of the last few decades and although they have some talent within…

Mohamed Salah became the first player in Liverpool history to score in nine successive matches with his early strike in Tuesday s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid.

The Egypt forward guided in a left-footed drive from just outside the box that was initially credited as a James Milner goal due to the shot taking a deflection on its way through.

However, the goal was later awarded to Salah and with that the 29-year-old broke yet another record as he extended his remarkable scoring streak.

Salah s run started with a penalty to help the Reds to a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on August 28 and he followed that up with goals against Leeds United, Milan, Crystal Palace, Brentford, Porto (two), Manchester City and Watford.

That impressive solo goal against Watf…

Romelu Lukaku banished his Stamford Bridge blues as his deadly double helped Chelsea to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa, their 600th Premier League victory.

The striker made the most of a Mateo Kovacic throughball to net the 15th-minute opening goal, and a blunder from Tyrone Mings allowed Kovacic to clip in the second soon after the break. Lukaku struck a sublime third in stoppage time.

Lukaku had not scored at Chelsea s home ground in 14 previous appearances, including 11 Premier League games, comprising those from his previous spell with the west London club and subsequent stints at Everton and Manchester United.

He made his Chelsea debut in August 2011 but did not establish himself with the club in his first spell; however, a different narrative is playing ou…

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Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Manchester City to their modern stadium in North London on Sunday afternoon, when the two teams come out to fight for important Premier League points. Neither team is where they want to be at this point, but they re not too far away either, which adds and extra spark to what would surely be an exciting contest in less pressuring circumstances too.

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Spurs appointed Antonio Conte as their head coach in November 2021 in the hope that the experienced and proven Italian expert would help them make that difficult step from being a top-four competitor to a genuine title contender. It hasn t been an easy task, of course, with the competition ever stronger in the English top flight, and 15 months…

Competition: Euro 2016 qualifier
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Netherlands are desperate to get their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, with the Oranje on the brink of missing out on an automatic qualifying place in Group A. Gus Hiddink’s side has so far struggled with the side after taking over from Louis Van Gaal, with Netherlands six points adrift of the automatic places.

They need a win at the minimum against Latvia this afternoon to maintain their pressure on first-placed Iceland and second-placed Czech Republic, as anything less than all three points could see the duo out of sight. Despite Netherlands having already lost to the Czech Republic and Iceland, they are being tipped to win against Latvia which could see them just three point…

Bukayo Saka scored two and assisted another as Arsenal eased past Crystal Palace 4-1 on Sunday to move eight points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

The Gunners were eliminated from the Europa League by Sporting CP on Thursday, but they showed no sign of a hangover against managerless London rivals Palace.

Gabriel Martinelli s 13th league goal of the season gave Arsenal the lead at Emirates Stadium and Saka, who set up that opener, added a second before half-time.

Granit Xhaka put the game out of the reach of Palace, who did pull one back through Jeffrey Schlupp, before Saka s second made certain of a sixth league win in a row.

Arsenal survived an early scare when Schlupp played in Wilfried Zaha, who cut onto his right foot and f…