All news by author: Mike Walters

After a tough season in the Premier League, the Hammers face Dutch dark horses AZ Alkmaar in the Europa Conference League semi-finals on Thursday night with history beckoning

Erling Haaland's goalscoring deeds for Manchester City have earned him a guard of honour but, with respect, he is still miles behind the greatest record of all time set by Dixie Dean

Arsenal can move back to the top of the Premier League table if they beat Chelsea, with Mikel Arteta refusing to go overboard following their 4-1 defeat at title rivals Man City

Former Arsenal skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returns to the Emirates for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the club in January of last year

Although time-warp Kenilworth Road is a corrugated relic, the old girl is undeniably atmospheric - and it could be hosting Premier League football next season after a rollercoaster ride since Luton last graced the top flight with Pleat in charge

PDC world champion Michael Smith's lucrative year has continued, but the latest big windfall for 'Bully Boy' had nothing to do with taking out doubles at the oche

Frank Lampard's return to Chelsea has not had the galvanising effect that the Blues hierarchy had hoped for after sacking Graham Potter, with European hopes dead in the water and the London club still NOT mathematically safe from relegation

Frank Lampard has lost 13 of his last 14 games as head coach at Everton and Chelsea after the Blues latest defeat, the 2-0 failure against Brentford on Wednesday night

CHELSEA 0-2 BRENTFORD: Frank Lampard lost his 13th game in his last 14 as a manager as his disastrous return to Stamford Bridge continued against Thomas Frank's Bees

As Brighton and Manchester United prepare for the sequel to their Wembley classic 40 years ago, Dean Wilkins pays tribute to his late brother and explains why he was cheering for the Red Devils in 1983 - but he'll be backing the Seagulls this time

Hartlepool are fighting relegation from League Two to the National League and could be in deep trouble if they lose to Crawley this weekend - but Jeff Stelling will hoping to be announcing a win on Sky Sports

WEST HAM UNITED 4-1 GENT (Aggregate 5-2): For the second successive season, David Moyes has led the Hammers into a European semi-final, with club captain Declan Rice shining as they saw off the Belgian side at the London Stadium

As a warm-up for Chelsea's Champions League mission improbable against Real Madrid, Frank Lampard was given a sobering welcome home at Stamford Bridge

An autograph-hunter's taunt, 5,000 miles away in Malaysia, made Gordon Smith realise he was never going to live down the moment where he should have written a glorious chapter in Brighton's history

Arsenal are six points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League but wobbled against Liverpool last weekend and West Ham are ready to take advantage

While Paul Mullin has delivered the punchlines in Wrexham's Hollywood script, County have struck gold with the forward they signed for just £50,000 from Gateshead

Tottenham talisman Kane scored the winner as Spurs battled past a determined Brighton side to earn a big three points in their battle for the top four

Cristian Stellini and Roberto Ze Zerbi clashed on the touchline during Tottenham's 2-1 home over Brighton with both men given their marching orders

Stellini is demanding urgent atonement for the craven surrender of a 1-0 lead against 10-man Everton - and Tottenham's interim boss has also defended his tactics

Kane won few admirers when he went down clutching his face after Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure pushed him away head-high with his hand in Monday night's 1-1 draw at Goodison Park

Shakhtar Donetsk has effectively become an aid agency, finding new families for children orphaned by the conflict, and shelter for those made homeless in towns and cities laid to waste by Putin's war

England's new approach has so far worked against India and Pakistan and four-time Ashes winner Cook sees no reason why it can't rip apart the Aussies

Wally Meets...Thomas Frank: Although he was a player of no fixed distinction in Denmark, Frank has led Brentford to the gates of Europe with his workaholic application and relentless positivity

Now is the time for the 12 teams in the top half of the Championship to front up or back out because time is running out to win the prize of being in with the elite next season

British star Harlem Eubank is set to return this weekend as he puts his unbeaten record on the line against Mexican Christian Uruzquieta in front of the Channel 5 cameras