Auckland FC forward Liam Gillion is the only newcomer in an experienced All Whites squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers.
Liam Gillion was the lone new cap included in Darren Bazeley’s 24-man squad to face Vanuatu and Samoa later this month.
Nottingham Forest and their free-scoring All Whites striker are proving to be the surprise package of the Premier League season.
Nottingham Forest has made the most of the dismissal of West Ham United's Edson Alvarez with a rip-roaring 3-0 win that lifted them into third spot in the Premier League, with Kiwi Chris Wood among the goal-scorers.
Nottingham Forest have opened contract talks with New Zealander Chris Wood after the forward’s stunning start to the Premier League season.
The New Zealand striker has scored 76 times in the world’s leading club football competition and is among heady company.
Premier League updates from the 2pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard | And email Daniel with your thoughts We’ve got out first mail of the day from Eric Peterson on the other side of the Atlantic. Good morning from Pittsburgh! Slogging through the most annoying weekend of my Premier League season: when the UK departs daylight savings time and the USA has yet to do so. This totally upsets my established Sunday rhythm of the Premier League dovetailing with the NFL. Annoying. With this comes the inevitable anxious lap around this website’s sports links wondering why I can’t find the doggone link to the early MBM - because it won’t be put online for another hour, Eric. Sigh. Year after year. I never learn. The highest-quality pranks, Halloween or otherwise, self-inflicted or not, are the inadvertent ones. Continue reading...
Manchester United could rival Real Madrid for Canada and Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, who will be out of contract at the end of the current Bundesliga season
Manchester United are ready to enter the race for Alphonso Davies, whose contract at Bayern Munich expires in the summer, with the club gathering information ahead of a potential offer
All Whites striker Chris Wood scored a brace as Nottingham Forest moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over Leicester City.
Nuno Espirito Santo praises Chris Wood after the striker's two goals in Nottingham Forest's 3-1 win at Leicester.
LEICESTER CITY 1-3 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Chris Wood struck twice as Steve Cooper saw his new side shoot themselves in he foot and be architects of their own downfall at the King Power Stadium
At some point Steve Cooper must have wondered what kind of reception he would receive from the travelling Nottingham Forest supporters but, unfortunately for the Leicester manager, it took a chastening defeat to their East Midlands rivals to find out. After Chris Wood feasted on some laughable Leicester defending to add his second and Forest’s third, the away fans returned to an old hit. “Stevie Cooper, Stevie Cooper, he hates the Leicester, he hates the Derby, Forest are massive,” filled the air as Leicester’s stunned fans sat in silence. The reality is Forest should have made it 4-1 but the homegrown midfielder Ryan Yates, who opened the scoring, missed a sitter from four yards. Only Erling Haaland has scored more league goals than Wood’s tally of seven this season and the Forest striker’s first, with his back to goal, was a beauty. Since Nuno Espírito Santo’s first game in charge of Forest, only Haaland has scored more non-penalty goals than Wood. By the end, the away fans were rampant, singing about Europe, goading Leicester and Forest had climbed up to fifth, for a few hours at least. Cooper allowed Forest to finally return to the biggest stage but Nuno is seemingly driving them to higher ground. Forest have tasted defeat just once in nine league matches. Continue reading...
Ben Old is set for an extended stint on the sidelines after suffering an injury in training in France.
