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Mark Robins praised the quality and unity of his Coventry side after the secured their first promotion in 51 years against Exeter at Wembley. Coventry thrashed Exeter 3-1 in the Sky Bet League Two play-off final.Second-half goals from Jordan Willis, Jordan Shipley and Jack Grimmer were enough to condemn Exeter, who grabbed a late consolation goal through Kyle Edwards, to a second-straight final defeat, after they were also beaten exactly a year ago by Blackpool at the same stage. "It's such a
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailcommentNeymar was back in training on Tuesday to give Brazil a boost ahead of the World Cup.The Paris Saint-Germain forward has been sidelined since February after having surgery on his right foot but spent an hour training on the main pitch at Brazil's Granja Comary training ground in Teresopolis, outside Rio de Janeiro.He was joined by Manchester City duo Gabriel Jesus and Danilo as he took part in drills, using his recovering foot to dribble thro
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailcommentWe tabulated the votes from all our global editors throughout the 2017-18 Player Power Rankings to see who had the best season of them all. Could anyone match Lionel Messi's magic?1. Lionel Messi Why he's here: Messi played all over the pitch for Barca this season, in a campaign in which the Blaugrana did the Liga and Copa del Rey double, and still managed to win Europe's Golden Shoe race with 34 goals in La Liga; across all competitions, tha
Barcelona's Lionel Messi has won the Sky Sports La Liga Power Rankings by an unprecedented margin - but who else made the top 50? Messi ended the season with a league-topping 34 goals and 12 assists - picking up his fifth European Golden Shoe.As a measure of his dominance in the rankings this term, the Argentine collected a staggering 65 per cent more Power Rankings points than runner-up Luis Suarez and 38 per cent more than Premier League winner Mohamed Salah. Cristiano Ronaldo had only sco
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailcommentBarcelona star Lionel Messi has retained the European Golden Shoe as the top scorer across all leagues in Europe.A little over a month ago, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was the firm favourite to outscore all of his rivals but the Liverpool man scored just four Premier League goals after the end of March, and Messi has answered that with eight in La Liga.With 34 goals in his domestic league, Messi finished ahead of Salah by two. Tottenham's Harry
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailcommentPaul Pogba says he and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho do not need to get along, telling Canal+ that "a coach and a player don't have to be best friends."The 2017-18 season was punctuated by friction between the pair with Pogba playing a cameo role at times -- notably in the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 defeat to Sevilla."There were times when I wasn't playing, I was on the bench," Pogba said. "People talked about it a lot. They
Notts County boss Kevin Nolan believes "awful decisions" cost his side in their play-off semi-final defeat to Coventry. Nolan's side were on the wrong end of several controversial decisions over the course of the two legs as Coventry ran out 4-1 winners at Meadow Lane on Friday night and 5-2 victors on aggregate to reach Wembley.A devastated Nolan said: "It's nothing down to my players or me, it's down to the people in the middle of the park who you're hoping to trust to get the major decisio
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailcommentFulham coach Slavisa Jokanovic has likened teenager Ryan Sessegnon to Real Madrid left-back Marcelo.Sessegnon, 18, helped Fulham reach the Championship playoff final, scoring as they beat Derby County in the semifinals on Monday. Some have compared him to Real Madrid's Gareth Bale who, like Sessegnon, made his Championship debut at 16 when at Southampton."He can play in two positions, as left-back or at left wing, and that is why he is being