Connor Andrews

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One of Watford’s greatest ever players, Troy Deeney, has admitted he’d tell the club ‘no thanks’ if they offered him the managerial position. The author of one of the Hornets' most famous goals and one of their highest ever goalscorers, Deeney has tried his hand at coaching with Forest Green Rovers upon retirement. Yet if the club he’s most famously associated with came calling, it would be a rejection from the talkSPORT host.

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The father of Netherlands and PSV Eindhoven winger Noa Lang has spoken out after a video of him being punched during a youth team match went viral. Jeffrey Lang was officiating a clash between Alexandria '66 and Door Combinatie Verkregen [DCV] when a man marched onto the field and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Images of the incident went viral on Monday, and both clubs involved have confirmed that it actually took place weeks ago, but they hadn’t seen the pictures until now.

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Sunderland’s players went wild after booking their play-off final spot, but a little too wild according to one club legend. The Black Cats will face Sheffield United at Wembley for a place in the Premier League after Dan Ballard settled their tie against Coventry with a stunning winner in extra time stoppage time. The roof was lifted off the Stadium of Light given their struggles down in League One since being relegated from the top tier in 2017, but things may have gone overboard.

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Italian football stadiums are known for their atmosphere-killing running tracks, but one ‘English-style’ arena is so close to the pitch that it needs a moat. That’s the case for Sassuolo and Reggiana’s shared Mapei Stadium, which has become a cult favourite in Italy. Opened in 1994 as the Stadio Giglio solely for Reggiana, the struggling Italian side used it for only three seasons in Serie A before twice going bankrupt in 2005 and then again in 2018.

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Questions are being raised over Michael van Gerwen's time at the top of darts, and former pro Colin Lloyd has told talkSPORT why. The Green Machine is undoubtedly one of the sport’s greatest ever competitors, but 2025 has so far been a year from hell. Van Gerwen was beaten 7-3 in the World Darts Championship final by teen sensation Luke Littler. Things have only got worse moving into the spring with his form sporadic.