The Blades, like Sunderland before them, slumped to a late defeat against Leeds United on Monday evening, and are now five points adrift of Daniel Farke’s men at the summit of the Championship table.

Adkins spent just one season as manager of United, having been appointed to take over at Bramall Lane in June 2015. A ...

Sunderland remain in the hunt for promotion into the Premier League despite suffering consecutive defeats against Hull City ...