Birmingham City

Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund sign Birmingham's highly-rated teenager Jude Bellingham on 'long-term' contract

Jude Bellingham will leave the Championship (second tier) club to link up with England international Jadon Sancho, who left Manchester City to sign for Dortmund at 17.

EFL Championship: Pep Clotet to step down as Birmingham City manager after completion of ongoing season

Spaniard Clotet was named head coach on a permanent basis in December following his six-month stint as caretaker manager at St Andrew’s Stadium.

FA Cup: Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says Jamie Vardy recovering from calf injury but won't play match against Birmingham City

Vardy was in blistering form at the start of the season with 17 goals in 18 league matches but has not scored in his last nine games in all competitions

FA Cup: Liverpool head to Charles Darwin's birthplace to face third division club Shrewsbury Town

Liverpool are the European and recently crowned Club World Cup champions, and - holding a 16-point lead - on the brink of winning the English league for the first time in 30 years. Shrewsbury is in 16th place in the third tier.

Former Chelsea, Juventus striker Eniola Aluko becomes first sporting director at Championship side Aston Villa Women

Aluko, who won 102 caps for her country and represented Britain at the 2012 London Olympics, retired as a player last week after leaving Serie A champions Juventus in December

EFL Championship: Birmingham City faced with yet another points deduction after repeat breach of financial regulations

Championship side Birmingham were handed a nine-point deduction by the EFL in March last year for breaching profitability and sustainability rules

Birmingham fan Paul Mitchell jailed for fourteen weeks, banned from stadiums for decade after punching Jack Grealish

As well as his prison sentence and stadium ban, Mitchell was ordered to pay £100 ($130) to Grealish as compensation for the pain, discomfort and shock caused by the assault

Former Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish appointed as the new manager of Scotland

Alex McLeish has been appointed as the new manager of Scotland, the Scottish Football Association said on Friday.

Premier League: Leicester City's Demarai Gray signs new four-year contract to end speculation over his future

Leicester City's Demarai Gray has ended lingering speculation over his future by signing a new four-year contract, the former Premier League winners announced on Thursday.

Premier League: Bookmaker apologises after listing dead footballer as potential Birmingham City manager

Paddy Power briefly advertised odds of 66/1 on ex-Aston Villa and England defender Ugo Ehiogu taking charge of rivals Birmingham, following the sacking of manager Harry Redknapp.