Sport

Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association following his angry reaction to being sent off at Newcastle United on Boxing Day. The Colombian was red-carded when he was adjudged to have deliberately stamped on Magpies defender Fabian Schar during Villa’s 3-0 defeat at St James’ Park. Villa appealed against the 21-year-old’s three-game …

Watch the 20 best Scottish Premiership goals of 2024.

Four teams have been relegated in the Premier League era having been in United’s current 14th position at the turn of the year. Leeds were the last two seasons ago. Of course, it might not come to that but on the evidence of events at Old Trafford, it might need an injection of new players when the transfer window opens …

Delap, who McKenna described as “a different beast”, opened the scoring for Ipswich with a 12th-minute penalty. Incredibly, it was Town’s first penalty goal in the Premier League in more than 23 years – Marcus Stewart’s strike in November 2001 also came against Chelsea. Meanwhile, the 21-year-old Delap took his goal tally to seven in the league this season – …

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says his side are “not focused” on the title race following a 2-0 defeat by Ipswich Town in the Premier League.

Glamorgan have sacked head coach Grant Bradburn following a recent charge of misconduct by the independent cricket regulator. The club referred Bradburn to the independent body after receiving allegations of inappropriate behaviour and say they “are confident a fair and transparent process has been followed in this case”. Glamorgan say they have a “zero-tolerance policy towards discriminatory behaviour of any …

Nathan Aspinall breezed into the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship with a comfortable 4-0 win over Ricardo Pietreczko. The Englishman, seeded 12th, held steady at an average in the low 90s throughout the match – finishing on 94.28 – and his German opponent’s struggles meant that was all that was required. Pietreczko impressed in his 4-1 win over …

Former Porto manager Sergio Conceicao has been appointed AC Milan’s head coach following the sacking of Paulo Fonseca. The former Lazio, Inter Milan and Parma midfielder has signed an 18-month deal at San Siro. Conceicao, 50, won 11 trophies in six years at Porto before stepping down at the end of last season. The Portuguese coach’s first game in charge …

Millwall have appointed former Preston North End, Sunderland and Stoke City boss Alex Neil as head coach on a “long-term” contract. The 43-year-old most recently managed the Potters, having taken over in August 2022, but was sacked just over 12 months ago. Neil, who won promotion from the Championship as manager of Norwich City in 2015, takes over from Neil …

Katie Boulter and Charles Broom helped Great Britain beat Argentina in their Group F opener of the United Cup. Great Britain led 1-0 after Boulter beat Nadia Podoroska 6-2 6-3 but Argentina hit back when Tomas Martin Etcheverry overcame a stomach issue to see off Billy Harris 3-6 6-3 6-2. British number one Boulter and Broom, 26, came through their …