David Moyes is mulling over whether to hand Mohammed Kudus his first Premier League start as West Ham prepare to host Sheffield United on Saturday. Kudus, a £38million signing from Ajax this summer, started the Carabao Cup victory over Lincoln on Wednesday night having opened his scoring account in the previous week’s Europa League triumph against Backa Topola. James Ward-Prowse, Kurt Zouma, Emerson Palmieri, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Michail Antonio and Alphonse Areola all sat out that fixture.
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“I am going to tell you a secret,” says West Ham’s Hawa Cissoko. The France defender is discussing her disciplinary record in the Women’s Super League, a division in which she has been shown three red cards since arriving in 2020. But that hasn’t deterred her from her long-term dream.