Sign up for The Athletic today with our limited-time Tournament Sale offer. Sunderland have not had a permanent head coach, or manager, since February 19. Almost one ...

When Sunderland finally sacked Tony Mowbray after spending six months wondering if life might look better without him, the inevitability of it all encouraged a broad acceptance of the separation. Not ...

Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris has confirmed that Sunderland’s appeal against Dan Ballard’s red card has been rejected. The Northern Ireland international was shown a red card for a hair pull ...

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