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England women play their first ever match at the home of football against Germany and 26-year-old Houghton will captain the side in front of 55,000 fans.

Captain Dan Braid scored the only try of the match just over 10 minutes from time, after both sides traded penalties, to give Sale a 16-12 win at Twickenham Stoop.

Les Parry, who won the Medical & Sports Science Professional crown at the North West Football Awards on Tuesday, is convinced United’s academy will continue to produce talented youngsters.

The embers of controversy that began with the hiring of Malky Mackay, whose racially-insensitive texts landed him in hot water earlier in the season, were stoked into a blaze by apparent racial slurs made by Wigan owner Dave Whelan.

Hill was less-than-impressed with his team’s frenetic 2-1 FA Cup victory over Northampton Town on Tuesday night and made his feelings known to the players during and after the game.

What does it take for David to beat Goliath? For Manchester Giants head coach Jeff Jones, the answer is simple: bring the right players to the club.

The occasion will mark the first women’s England international being held at Wembley, with 55,000 people set to attend, ahead of the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

Wigan’s 77-year-old chairman feels hard done by and has accused a Guardian journalist of misunderstanding him despite apologising profusely for any upset he may have caused.

Swansea are flying high in fifth place, just three points behind City, and they head to the Etihad looking to better the 3-0 defeat they suffered there last season.

Johnson’s side have responded well after losing their 13-game unbeaten run to Bristol City two weeks ago, with a win over Leyton Orient and a hard-earned point at home to Crawley Town as they prepare to face Sheffield United.

Bury have suffered four defeats in the last five on the road, as well as two consecutive defeats going into Saturday’s home game against Newport County.