Football
Alan Knight: Ex-Portsmouth goalkeeper has prostate cancer
About one in eight men in the UK will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, with a particular risk for those aged 50 or over.
“I was having to get up a few times in the middle of the night to use the toilet and had a weak stream,” Knight added.
“So when I was getting a blood test for something unrelated, I spoke with the nurse about doing a PSA test.
“I probably would have put it off otherwise, but I’m glad that I didn’t.
“Ironically, it has spread to my hip, which I’ve had a few problems with down the years, but I have been told that it’s manageable.
“If I hadn’t needed to have a blood test, then I probably would have waited and by then, it might have been too late.”
Symptoms can include struggling to urinate or emptying your bladder, a weak flow and needing to urinate more than usual.
More information is available at Prostate Cancer UK , externaland Macmillan Cancer Support., external
As a teenager, Knight kept a clean sheet on his debut against Rotherham in Division Three in 1978 and he went on to represent the club in all four divisions. He was awarded an MBE following his retirement.
Knight’s final appearance for the club came on 3 January 2000, in a 2-1 Division One defeat at Norwich, making him the only Blues player to have played across four decades.
Football
Belarus v Northern Ireland: Nobody wants to play football behind closed doors – Callum Marshall
Northern Ireland striker Callum Marshall says he expects Saturday’s Nations League game with Belarus to “be like Covid again”.
The game will be played in western Hungary and behind closed doors because of current Uefa restrictions on Belarus.
The 19-year-old, who is on loan at Huddersfield Town from West Ham, says it is far from ideal playing without supporters.
“Nobody wants to play behind closed doors as a footballer, especially when you have fans like Northern Ireland,” Marshall told BBC Sport NI.
“Everyone wants to see the away fans and hear them.”
Northern Ireland defeated Luxembourg in their Nations League opener in Belfast but lost their last match away to Bulgaria.
Michael O’Neill’s side travel to Zalaegerszeg to face Belarus, who drew with Bulgaria and defeated Luxembourg in their opening matches.
“It’s out of our hands,” Marshall added on the game being played behind closed doors.
“Both teams will be playing away from home, so we can’t use that as an excuse.
“It will be like Covid again with no atmosphere. It’ll be harder to get up for the occasion, but I’m sure we will.”
Football
Regis Le Bris: How the Frenchman is transforming Sunderland
Sunderland are only in their third year back in the Championship, having suffered double relegation to end up in League One in 2018.
For four years, the Wearsiders battled it out in the third division of the EFL before finally achieving promotion with a play-off win against Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley in 2022.
Yet their return to the second tier has not proven easy.
While they did manage to secure a play-off spot in their first year back, they lost out in the semi-finals to Luton Town, and then found themselves drifting backwards in the table the following year.
Midfielder Neil, who was part of the Sunderland squad in League One, has spoken about how Le Bris has shed the naivety of the team to form them into promotion-contenders.
“He has definitely brought new ideas, new ways of playing, especially in possession,” Neil told 72+: The EFL Podcast.
“I feel like the way we are playing now is a lot more structured. Everybody knows their roles in and out of possession.”
There’s no longer the ‘pass to the attacking players and hope for the best’ kind of mindset that seemed prevalent in the club’s recent past.
Le Bris’ style of play hinges on his midfield talent – Rigg, Bellingham and Neil – to create triangles of space on the pitch and build into an attack rather than a gung-ho approach.
Bellingham in particular seems to have found his footing under Le Bris’ guidance.
Last season, the Birmingham youth product was utilised as both a midfielder and a second striker but seemed to run out of steam as the season progressed.
Le Bris appears to have settled his role in the midfield, allowing his combination play with Rigg and Neil to help slow the tempo of the game while still taking advantage of his physical power in attack.
It’s effective.
Sunderland have scored the most goals of any Championship side with 18 this season, conceding just eight.
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Scotland vie with Belgium for U21s runners-up spot
Scotland’s bid to reach an Under-21 European Championship for the first time in 28 years hinges on a closing double-header at home to Belgium and away to Kazakhstan.
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Gareth Southgate: I won’t coach in next year, says ex-England boss
Former England manager Gareth Southgate says he will “not coach in the next year” and he is enjoying taking a break after dedicating the last 11 years of his life to England Under-21s and then the full side.
The 54-year-old resigned from the England job after defeat by Spain in the Euro 2024 final in July.
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Inverness CT: ’15-point deduction would probably relegate us’
Inverness Caledonian Thistle face a “nearly impossible task” to avoid successive relegations if the club goes into administration, admits head coach Duncan Ferguson.
On Monday, the board of directors revealed that administration was the most likely course of action, although it could be averted if fundraising efforts reach £200,000 by the end of next week.
That fund currently stands at £75,000.
Caley Thistle are second bottom of Scottish League 1 with nine points from nine matches, having dropped from the Championship over the summer.
Administration would bring a 15-point penalty from the Scottish Professional Football League, along with a threat to jobs.
“Everyone at the club is finding it difficult at the moment,” Ferguson said. “I hope everybody is still here next week, but we know there’s a big cloud hanging over us.
Football
Football players strike threat is wrong – say Bayern Munich and Uefa chiefs
The European Leagues and world players’ union Fifpro will next week submit their legal complaint about Fifa’s expansion of the Club World Cup to the European Commission in Brussels.
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin used his speech to also criticise high profile players for using their platform to make an argument that he says only applies to a small minority of professional players globally.
“We must recognise the match calendar has reached full capacity,” said Ceferin. “Limits have been reached.
“At the same time the impact is very different among clubs and players. Some are over-burdened. The others have spare capacity.
“In fairness to those who are stretched, I stand by what I said two months ago, there is no room for additional matches. But I have to add this, who is complaining? The ones who have the highest salaries and the ones [clubs] with 25 top players. The ones with lower salaries and hardly 11 players are not complaining. They love to play.”
Paris St-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi combines his club role with being chairman of the ECA.
PSG will play at the Club World Cup and Al-Khelaifi said he had taken calls from some clubs disappointed at the two per country limit put on the event by Fifa.
“The players and clubs who are complaining – don’t play,” he said. “I receive complaints about the fact only two clubs are participating from each country. Some want more than two. On the other side they are complaining. You cannot win.
“The calendar has always been an issue. It needs to be solved with all the stakeholders sitting together in an open and transparent way, to see what the best thing is for everybody, not just one set.
“Clubs are financing the ecosystem and salaries are going higher and higher. If we have the same competitions and the same revenues, that is an issue.”
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