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  • 2 weeks ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Ian Woodcock |Adam Lanigan

    Hull City have appointed Sergej Jakirovic as their new head coach on a two-year deal. The 48-year-old Bosnian joins the Championship side after a short spell in charge of Turkish Super Lig outfit Kayserispor. The Tigers sacked boss Ruben Selles last month after they narrowly avoided relegation to League One, staying up on goal difference. Jakirovic has managed in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia, and was only appointed head coach of Kayserispor in January but left the club by mutual consent on Sunday.

  • 2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ian Woodcock |Adam Lanigan

    Hull City have appointed Sergej Jakirovic as their new head coach on a two-year deal. The 48-year-old Bosnian joins the Championship side after a short spell in charge of Turkish Super Lig outfit Kayserispor. AdvertisementThe Tigers sacked boss Ruben Selles last month after they narrowly avoided relegation to League One, staying up on goal difference.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Ian Woodcock

    Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sheffield United goalkeeper Michael Cooper (centre) will look to join Newcastle skipper Bruno Guimaraes and Crystal Palace forward Eberechi Eze in helping his side end a long wait for Wembley successPlay-off finals are always nervy affairs but Sheffield United fans could be excused for going into Saturday's Championship showdown against Sunderland with an extra amount of apprehension. The Blades' record in the play-offs makes for sorry reading.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Ian Woodcock

    Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sheffield United players celebrate after Gustavo Hamer's goal made the score 5-0 on aggregateBBC Sport England Yorkshire at Bramall LaneSheffield United cruised into the Championship play-off final with a thumping 6-0 aggregate win over Bristol City. The Blades, who won the first leg 3-0 at Ashton Gate on Thursday, started slowly but took the lead on the night when Kieffer Moore headed in Harrison Burrows' corner kick before the break.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Ian Woodcock |James Deighton

    Of all the reasons to start supporting a football club very few can compare with the story of one Argentine's love for Bradford City. Mourinho had a number of clashes with Lionel Messi's Barcelona with the Blues, Inter Milan and Real Madrid and that led Soboleosky to root for the underdog at Stamford Bridge. "I'm from Rosario, the same city as Messi and I'm a big fan and I was watching the Chelsea v Bradford game and I hated Mourinho because of Messi," he told BBC Radio Leeds.