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Kim Hellberg updates on Middlesbrough's injury and team news ahead of the final day trip to Wrexham

Sunderland could have three of their injured wingers back in the squad for Saturday’s game at Wolves

David Hopkinson claims that increasing Newcastle United’s annual revenue to more than £500m is the key to the club's future

David Strelec looks to be finding form at Middlesbrough at the right time ahead of the final day and play-offs

Regis Le Bris wants more goals from his Sunderland side but says it will be a gradual process rather than an overnight change

The football season could have come to an early finish for some Middlesbrough fans when police knocked on their door following clashes with Millwall rivals.

Billingham’s sporting heritage will be celebrated in an exhibition at St Cuthbert’s Church, as part of efforts to preserve the historic Teesside building as a community hub.

Rachel Steedman, originally from Edinburgh, is competing for Team GB at the World Bench Championships in Poland next month

Wrexham director Shaun Harvey says it would be the "greatest sports story ever" if Phil Parkinson's side secure a top six finish against Middlesbrough on Saturday and go on to achieve a fourth successive promotion

Ex-Middlesbrough defender Craig Harrison was forced to retire as a player when he was just 25 but went on to become a record-breaking manager

Middlesbrough need Ipswich to lose to QPR on the final day of the Championship season to be in with a chance of winning automatic promotion

Sunderland are set to make improvements on and off the pitch this summer as the Black Cats look to build on this season's success

Kim Hellberg says Middlesbrough will again analyse their injury record at the end of the season in a bid to try and prevent as many issues moving forward

Stockton's Northern Premier League Premier Division promotion hopes were brought to an end with a play-off defeat at Hednesford Town

ROWAN Scott’s profile was given a major boost when he was signed up late last year by high-flying Amo Racing on a retainer until the end of the 2026 season.

Hossein Vafaei is currently competing in the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible in Sheffield

What Middlesbrough need to happen on the final day to finish second in the Championship after Southampton and Ipswich's 2-2 draw on Tuesday night

Sunderland's Brian Brobbey has been quizzed on transfer links with Bayern Munich and Chelsea

Newcastle United will set about firming up their plans for the transfer window at this week's PIF summit in Northumberland, with ins and outs on the agenda ahead of a summer of change on Tyneside

How Ferryhill Athletic were reborn and created history by winning promotion from Wearside League Division One

Florent Ghisolfi met with Sunderland's scouts and recruitment team last week as the Black Cats step up their preparations for the summer transfer window

Callum Brittain's message from inside the Middlesbrough dressing room ahead of the final-day trip to Wrexham

Stockton Town will use the pain of setbacks over the course of the last 12 months as motivation when they take on Hednesford in the Northern Premier League Premier Division play-offs tonight

Preparation for next season is already underway for Middlesbrough Women on the back of an impressive first campaign in the third tier

York City have said they would support midfielder Hiram Boateng “through all proceedings” and were “committed to assisting” any review into events following their promotion-clinching draw at Rochdale

BBC presenter Sophie Raworth says the Great North Run helped change the course of her life, after the iconic half marathon sparked a late‑blooming running journey.

Newcastle United will attempt to sign James Trafford this summer – less than a year after the goalkeeper rejected them to join Manchester City

Championship promotion permutations as Ipswich, Millwall, Middlesbrough and Southampton chase second place

Aidan Morris has spelled out a warning to Wrexham ahead of Middlesbrough's final game of the Championship season

With pixCaptions: Action from last year’s festival.

Sky Sports will show some games of the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup for free on its platforms

Middlesbrough's 5-1 win over Watford highlighted how successfully Kim Hellberg and his players have turned things around

Eddie Howe has defended his decision to leave Lewis Hall out of Newcastle United’s weekend defeat at Arsenal

Darlington's play-off hopes were crushed as they were beaten 3-1 at home by Oxford City on the final day of the National League North season

Regis Le Bris will spend this week trying to get to the bottom of the defensive collapse that has seen Sunderland ship nine goals in their last two matches

Kim Hellberg's view on the attacking transformation that has turned things around for Middlesbrough in the last few games

IN the 1950s, amateur football clubs in south west Durham had an iron grip on the FA Amateur Cup competition, so much so that Bishop Auckland appeared in six finals in the 1950s, winning three, Crook made two appearances, winning both, and Willington appeared in one in 1950 when they beat Bishop Auckland 4-0.

The ballot for the 2027 TCS London Marathon is now open - here's all you need to know.

Newcastle United suffered their fourth successive Premier League defeat as they went down 1-0 at Arsenal

Darlington’s dreadful form continued into their final fixture, sinking to a fourth successive home defeat against Oxford City.

Kim Hellberg is hoping Southampton do Middlesbrough a massive favour when they host Ipswich Town on Tuesday

Player Ratings: Middlesbrough 5 Watford 1 - Morgan Whittaker is star man at the Riverside

Middlesbrough kept their automatic-promotion hopes alive as they thrashed Watford 5-1 at the Riverside

Dael Fry, Matt Targett and Tommy Conway are all notable absentees from the starting line-up as Middlesbrough take on Watford at the Riverside

Enzo Le Fee fronted up and apologised after Sunderland's 5-0 defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest on Friday night.

Regis Le Bris explains his Sunderland team selection and substitutions against Nottingham Forest

Kim Hellberg feels Morgan Whittaker’s absence from Middlesbrough’s side has highlighted just how important a player he has become this season

Only three points will do for Darlington against Oxford City today as Steve Watson's side look to force their way back into the play-off places

Eddie Howe insists he has not lost faith in £124m Newcastle United strike duo Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa

A TV legend who has starred on the BBC and Channel 4 has been banned from driving after he was caught speeding.