Southampton FC capped off their pre-season preparations with a comeback 2-2 draw against Premier League Brighton on Saturday.

Hat-trick hero Helena Rowland hopes there is more to come after World Cup favourites England launched their warm-up fixtures with a 97-7 demolition of Spain. The rampant Red Roses ran in 15 tries in ...

A boat ran aground in a marsh last night and needed to be rescued. The volunteer RNLI crew from Lymington was paged to the emergency at 11.11pm on Friday, August 1. HM Coastguard requested their help ...

The King enjoyed a dram of whisky and met competitors when he attended the Mey Highland Games in Caithness. Charles wore a traditional kilt and was pictured waving as he arrived at the games on ...

Josh McPake scored a hat-trick as relegated St Johnstone opened their William Hill Championship campaign with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Partick Thistle. Saints’ 16-year stay in the top flight came ...

Sam Nombe’s first-half double saw Rotherham begin their League One campaign with a 2-1 win over Port Vale. Nombe put his side in early control when he got on the end of Joe Rafferty’s brilliant cross ...

Jamie Reid scored twice and last season’s top scorer Dan Kemp also netted as Stevenage beat Blackpool 3-2 to record a first ever win at Bloomfield Road. Alex Revell’s side had lost two and drawn one ...

Chesterfield made a winning start to the new campaign with Dilan Markanday’s first-half goal giving them a 1-0 victory over Barrow. After a quiet start, Chesterfield’s Armando Dobra made a strong run ...

Kyreece Lisbie’s superb late equaliser rescued Colchester a point in their 1-1 draw with Tranmere at the JobServe Community Stadium.

Stephen Duke-McKenna got the goal that gave Harrogate a 1-0 win at Bristol Rovers in Sky Bet League Two. The Guyana international midfielder ensured a gritty performance was rewarded in the 63rd ...

Conor Thomas’ brace late in the first half helped Crewe to a 3-1 win at Salford in League Two. Thomas put the Alex on track for victory after Kadeem Harris had scored at both ends of the field.

Wigan kicked off their Sky Bet League One campaign in style with a commanding 3-1 victory over Northampton at the Brick Community Stadium. The home side’s early dominance was rewarded on the half-hour ...