Olivier Giroud scrambled a late winner as Arsenal came from behind to survive an FA Cup scare with a 2-1 win at Championship Preston.

Boro back top after gritty win over Wednesday

A man whose tomato plants “miraculously converted themselves” into cannabis plants has been handed down an eight-month sentence, suspended for two years on condition he grows no more illegal drugs.

Now that the dust has settled on the January winter transfer window, a number of clubs hoping to have made the signings that will make the difference for them between now and May.

Any possible sale of either PayPal or EBay will be watched closely in Dublin and Dundalk, where the two employ almost 3,000 staff.

Aston Villa have confirmed the double capture of Denmark defender Jores Okore and Dutch midfielder Leandro Bacuna.

Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Andy Marshall, Jean Makoun and Simon Dawkins have been released by Aston Villa, the club have confirmed.

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Aston Villa handed a Barclays Premier League debut to midfielder Jonathan Hogg for the home clash with Manchester United.

The black box recorder, already recovered from the wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed at India’s Bajpe airport, will reveal the split-second decision-making which caused it to overshoot the runway and burst into flames.