Sports

Aston Villa have announced an exciting pre-season friendly against Bayern Munich 09:26, 10 Apr 2026Updated 09:29, 10 Apr 2026 Aston Villa hosted Bayern Munich last season Aston Villa have confirmed their first pre-season friendly of the summer. They will face German giants Bayern Munich in Hong Kong on Friday, August 7. The match will be […]

Birmingham City take on Wrexham in their next Championship fixture this weekend 06:00, 10 Apr 2026 Ibrahim Osman of Birmingham City Chris Davies must have spent the last few days debating Birmingham City’s two full-back positions. Neither Bright Osayi-Samuel nor Jonathan Panzo covered themselves in glory during Blues’ narrow defeat to Ipswich Town on Easter […]

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins admitted that his team were lucky to get out of Bologna with a two goal lead in their Europa League quarter-final first leg 22:32, 09 Apr 2026Updated 22:35, 09 Apr 2026 Ollie Watkins scored twice for Aston Villa against Bologna Ollie Watkins admitted that Aston Villa were “lucky” against Bologna […]

Unai Emery has selected his side to face Bologna in the first leg of the club’s Europa League quarter-final Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans(Image: Ryan Browne/Shutterstock) Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has named his starting XI to face Bologna in the Europa League this evening. He has made two changes from the side that beat West […]

Birmingham City’s accounts revealed a significant loss for the 2024/25 season Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner (left), director Andrew Shannahan (centre) and chief executive Jeremy Dale (right) The huge losses being posted by Championship clubs aren’t likely to prevent wealthy owners from betting on promotion to the Premier League. That’s the verdict of Christian Purslow, […]

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery wants to build on the club’s proud history in Europe Aston Villa manager Unai Emery(Image: Ryan Browne/Shutterstock) Unai Emery insists Aston Villa’s proud heritage means he and his players have a responsibility to write their own history. Winning a fifth UEFA Europa League title this season would end Villa’s 30-year […]

Jadon Sancho will miss Aston Villa’s match against Bologna on Thursday night Aston Villa’s Jadon Sancho(Image: Getty Images) Aston Villa manager Unai Emery expects that Jadon Sancho will be sidelined for up to two weeks with a shoulder injury. The winger suffered the problem during Villa’s friendly with Elche in Spain during the March international […]

Aston Villa skipper John McGinn was a focus of Bologna’s pre-match press conference Lewis Ferguson of Bologna and Aston Villa’s John McGinn(Image: Getty Images) John McGinn’s name was mentioned more than any other by Italian reporters at Bologna’s pre-match press conference ahead of facing Aston Villa. At least five questions were put to Vincenzo Italiano […]

Sancho is currently on loan at Aston Villa from Manchester United and will be a free agent this summer 12:40, 08 Apr 2026Updated 12:47, 08 Apr 2026 Jadon Sancho of Aston Villa(Image: Getty Images) Borussia Dortmund have broken cover and confirmed their transfer interest in Jadon Sancho. Sancho is currently on loan at Aston Villa […]

Tomoki Iwata has been Chris Davies’ flexible friend for Birmingham City this season 06:00, 08 Apr 2026 Tomoki Iwata of Birmingham City No player has played more minutes or started more Championship games for Birmingham City this season than Tomoki Iwata. While some have criticised Iwata’s recent showings and manager Chris Davies for continuing to […]