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Southampton boss Tonda Eckert previews his side's Championship play-off clash with Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough's fans are set to line the streets to welcome Kim Hellberg and the players to the Riverside ahead of Saturday's play-off semi-final first leg against Southampton

The Sunderland players who are likely to leave the club in the coming summer transfer window

We're giving away a pair of tickets for Sunderland's Premier League game against Manchester United at the Stadium of Light

Southampton boss Tonda Eckert looks ahead to the Championship play-off clash against Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough's star player Hayden Hackney might miss the play-offs.

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris is impressed with Chemsdine Talbi's attitude in his first season on Wearside

A FAIRYTALE continues at Redcar’s new May evening meeting tomorrow (Thursday) when 82-year-old farmer Ray Craggs takes the best horse he’s ever had back to the seaside.

Teen entrepreneur Frazer Barker from Washington has launched football coaching business Technical Focus with support from the North East BIC, turning his childhood dream into a growing venture. Key People:

Funding of £200,000 to stage one of British cycling’s biggest events will be discussed by North Yorkshire councillors to help to promote the region to a global audience and bring major economic benefits.

Durham University’s women’s hockey team has made history by reaching the EHL Premier Division Finals 2026, becoming the first university and first northern side to finish in the top four.

Lewis Miley will miss the final three games of the Premier League season after fracturing his fibula in training on Tuesday

Sunderland are awaiting a decision from the FA after appealing Dan Ballard's red card at Wolves

Barcelona and Bayern Munich are both said to be interested in Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon

Middlesbrough have launched a stirring campaign ahead of the Championship play-offs and are urging supporters to get involved, with Boro saying: "The time is now to come together"

Peter Schmeichel has told Manchester United they should try and sign Sunderland's Granit Xhaka this summer

Kim Hellberg expects both Middlesbrough and Southampton to adopt a positive front-foot approach in their play-off semi-final

A Boro FC club legend is set to be awarded Freedom of the Borough of Middlesbrough later this week. Alan Peacock, who scored 141 goals for the Boro between 1954 and 1964 across 238 games, will likely be posthumously bestowed the prestigious honour at an extraordinary meeting of the council on

Footballing legends are set to take the field in a star-studded match at the Stadium of Light. But who is playing?

Eddie Howe wants to keep Will Osula at Newcastle United beyond this summer, having been delighted with the striker’s rate of progress

Middlesbrough v Southampton Championship semi-final play-offs - Key talking points ahead of first leg at the Riverside

Tommy Conway takes us inside the Middlesbrough dressing room ahead of the Championship play-off clash with Southampton

Dan Burn claims Saturday’s performance against Brighton proves Newcastle United’s senior performers remain as committed to the club as ever

IT stings for Middlesbrough because of what should have been.

Dan Ballard's red card for hair pulling in Sunderland's 1-1 draw with Wolves shows the law over the offence has to change

David Bruce has been confirmed as the new CEO of Sheffield Wednesday, just a week after leaving a senior role at Sunderland

Newcastle United relied on their 'old guard' as they claimed a much-needed 3-1 win over Brighton

Tonda Eckert downplayed Southampton’s 19-game unbeaten run in the Championship ahead of their play-off semi-final double header with Middlesbrough

Kim Hellberg updated on Alan Browne, Alex Bangura and Riley McGree after Middlesbrough's final day draw with Wrexham

Yasir al-Rumayyan outlined his ambitious future plans for Newcastle United when he spoke to the club’s players in the dressing room at St James’ Park

South Shields owner Geoff Thompson is daring to dream after the Mariners made it to within 90 minutes of the National League

A North Yorkshire farming family has transformed a former potato shed into Thirsk’s first padel courts, with Padel Shed Thirsk offering both single and double courts at the Sowerby Gateway development.

Regis Le Bris admitted Dan Ballard’s red card for hair pulling was “hard to digest” as Sunderland’s hopes of European football next season were dented by a 1-1 draw at Wolves

Eddie Howe thanked the Newcastle United fans after they chanted his name during the second half of his side’s 3-1 win over Brighton at St James’ Park

Sunderland had Dan Ballard sent off for hair pulling as their hopes of European football next season were dented by a 1-1 draw at Wolves

Player Ratings - Newcastle United 3 Brighton 1 - Will Osula is Man of the Match at St James' Park

Newcastle United beat Brighton 3-1 at St James' Park thanks to goals from Will Osula, Dan Burn and Harvey Barnes

Kim Hellberg's assessment of Middlesbrough's 2-2 draw at Wrexham on the final day in the Championship

How Middlesbrough's players rated in the 2-2 draw at Wrexham on the final day

Middlesbrough will face Southampton in the play-offs after ending the regular season with a 2-2 draw against Wrexham on the final day

All of Middlesbrough's Championship play-off semi details

Anthony Gordon is only on the substitutes' bench for Newcastle United's Premier League home game with Brighton

Wrexham vs Middlesbrough Championship team news

Kim Hellberg previews Middlesbrough's final day Championship game at Wrexham as the promotion battle goes down to the wire

Eddie Howe insists no decision has been made on Fabian Schar’s future, with the Newcastle United centre-half still battling to try to return to fitness

Regis Le Bris has warned his Sunderland players not to underestimate the threat posed by bottom-of-the-table Wolves

Join us for live coverage of Middlesbrough's final day Championship game away at Wrexham

Durham Cricket Foundation is expanding its hospital programme to three days a week, supporting more young patients at sites including the Great North Children’s Hospital and Freeman Hospital in partnership with Newcastle Hospitals Charity.

Former Sunderland manager Peter Reid will return to the city for a special fan event at the Roker Hotel, celebrating ahead of his 70th birthday.

BRIAN HONOUR, who made 384 appearances for Hartlepool Football Club in all competitions, was born  on  February 16, 1964, in Horden at 26, Warren Street, a family of five lads, and he told  our  most recent  Sporting Memories meeting about life with the tin bath in...