Former Luton boss Rob Edwards has been appointed as Head Coach of Premier League side Wolves, leaving his job with Middlesbrough to do so.

Edwards, 42, has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at Molineux as Wolverhampton Wanderers’ replacement for Vitor Pereira, who was sacked by the side currently bottom of English football’s top flight earlier this month.

The deal sees Edwards move from the Riverside Stadium after just 15 games in charge on Teesside. Boro are currently sat second in the Championship, having won 7 games after appointing former Hatters boss Edwards in the summer.

It is reported Wolves have paid Middlesbrough a multi-million pound compensation package for Edwards. Wolves had previously had an attempt to talk to Edwards rejected last week, but talks progressed during the weekend with Edwards not on the touchline for Middlesbrough’s match against Birmingham in their last game before the international break.

He is joined by Harry Watling, who is appointed as his new Assistant Head Coach after moving with him from Middlesbrough.

Edwards returns to Wolves for a fourth separate spell with the club, having previously captained Wolves as a player and served on their coaching staff. It also sees him return close to his family, who live close to Wolverhampton.

In a statement, Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said, “I know Rob very well and I have seen his growth in different jobs. He’s a very good person, he knows the club very well, he knows the city, the fans and he is very talented. When he was a youth coach here, he showed his tactical awareness, but after he took first-team jobs he started to grow his own identity, character and leadership.

“We need to refresh the whole club with a new coach’s philosophy, bringing his own identity and ideas, and we can build on that. We are at a new chapter for the club and Rob will be a key piece of that.”

Edwards previously won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs as Luton boss in the 2022/23 season. The former Welsh international and Watford boss had joined Luton during the 2022 World Cup hiatus after predecessor Nathan Jones had left the job at Kenilworth Road to join Southampton.

In his time, Edwards masterminded promotion to the top flight for the Hatters and then presided over a 2023/24 Premier League campaign in which Luton competed in the top flight of English football for the first time in over 30 years. He would however leave Luton in January 2025 after a downturn in form, which had seen Luton relegated from the Premier League and then fall into a relegation battle in the Championship.

Middlesbrough confirmed that Adi Viveash will remain as interim Head Coach while they conclude the process of finding Edwards’ replacement.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road traffic collision in Milton Keynes, for which a man from Northampton has been arrested.

The incident happened around 8.25pm yesterday (8/11) when a pedestrian, a woman aged in her fifties, was crossing Millers Way, near to the junction of Culberson Lane, and was struck by a red Ford Edge.

The pedestrian sustained serious, life-threatening injuries, and remains in hospital at this time.

A 50-year-old man from Northampton has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving and driving while over the prescribed drug limit. He remains in custody.

PC Steve Leathersich of the Roads Policing Unit said, “Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of this incident which has left a woman with life-threatening injuries.

“I am appealing for any witnesses to please come forward and ask any drivers who were in the area at the time and have dashcam footage to review it, as it may contain important information about the collision or the moments leading up to it.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Thames Valley Police by calling 101 or submitting a report via the website, quoting reference number 43250571719.

Digital evidence can be uploaded directly to a dedicated portal accessible through the Thames Valley Police website for this investigation.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via its website.

MK Dons ended their EFL Trophy campaign after a 4-0 defeat at home to Swindon Town.

Ollie Clarke’s early goal followed by an Aaron Drinan hat-trick did the job for a Swindon side who needed a win by two goals or more to reach the knockout round.

The Dons were already mathematically confirmed as being out of the competition, with the result confirming they would do so with three defeats out of three.

The final match of the EFL Trophy group stage for MK Dons saw them aiming for an improvement on defeats against West Ham’s junior team and Reading in their first two assignments in the competition.

Both sides opted to make heavy rotations for the game, with both Paul Warne making ten changes from the weekend and Swindon boss Ian Holloway making nine alterations.

For the Dons, goalkeeper Connal Trueman was the only one retained from the draw at Barnet in their last outing, with teenager Jack Burke handed a first full start in one of their switches.

While MK Dons were already mathematically eliminated, Swindon arrived in Milton Keynes needed a big win to take a place in the next round and they had an early opportunity as Princewill Ehibhatiomhan missed the target from close range.

Former Swindon man Nathan Thompson missed an early chance for the Dons, but it would be the visitors who grabbed an early goal.

Swindon skipper Clarke would strike it, as he received Billy Bodin’s cross and saw a strike land in the back of the net despite Dons keeper Trueman getting a hand to the ball.

Despite losing Tom Wilson-Brown to injury, the visitors continued to cause the Dons problems, with Trueman making saves to deny Bodin and Ehibhatiomhan.

Swindon then got a penalty and a chance to make it 2-0 as the referee interpreted a challenge by Callum Tripp on Finley Munroe in the box as a spot-kick. Up stepped Drinan, who beat Trueman to grab a second for the visitors with 32 minutes gone.

Very quickly after making it 2, Swindon would then make it 3. Ehibhatiomhan had a shot at a free-kick deflected wide off of Thompson, and from the corner, Drinan got a touch to divert the corner home for his second goal in three minutes.

The visitors could’ve rubbed further salt in the wounds as Ehibhatiomhan was in a prime position to score from Bodin’s cross, only for Trueman to make a fine stop.

Clarke had one shot denied by Trueman and another sail wide of the target after the break as the visitors continued to look for more.

MK Dons did have their best major chance after the break, as Chase Medwynter saw a strike from Kane Thompson-Sommers’ cross denied by Lewis Ward.

Swindon grabbed a fourth with just under 20 minutes to go, as Drinan completed the hat-trick by glancing in Bodin’s corner.

Trueman would make a late save to stop Bodin from adding a fifth for the visitors, while the Dons would come close as Simone Troso saw a low shot just go wide.

But there was no way back into the contest for the Dons, who’s attentions will duly turn back to League Two action, starting with a home match against fellow top 5 side Salford City on Saturday.

MK Dons: Trueman – Thompson (Domi 78), Burke, Maguire (Guzynski 62) – Tripp, Crowley (Silver 87), Troso, Thompson-Sommers, Tomlinson (Mellish 45) – Leko (Osborne 87), Medwynter

Subs not used: Finch, Singh-Hurditt

Booked: Medwynter

Swindon: Ward – Ball (Gonzalez-Birchall 62), Tafazoli (Mabete 45), Wilson-Brown (Delaney 19) – Knight-Lebel, Kilkenny (Oldaker 62 (Wright 89), Clarke, Munroe – Bodin, Drinan, Ehibhatiomhan

Subs not used: Ripley, Wright, Glatzel

Goal: Clarke (10), Drinan (pen 32, 35, 71)

Booked: Clarke, Bodin

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen pulled off a fine drive to finish on the podium from a pit-lane start at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

After a difficult Saturday where he could only qualify 16th, Red Bull opted to pull Verstappen’s car from the grid and start in the pit-lane with set-up changes and a new power unit.

The reigning world champion duly flew up the order, flying from starting in pits in a net 19th place start to finishing third, narrowly behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes in second.

Verstappen’s teammate Yuki Tsunoda had a more difficult afternoon, meanwhile, as he finished 17th after picking up a penalty and then another penalty for not serving the first penalty correctly.

Although the race saw Verstappen pull off an acclaimed drive, at a track where he famously won from 17th in 2024, victory for Lando Norris means that Verstappen still faces a big task to win his fifth consecutive F1 world championship title. The Dutchman sits 3rd, 49 points behind the McLaren driver with 83 to play for in the final 3 races and single sprint. He is 25 behind second place Oscar Piastri.

Tsunoda sits 17th in the championship on 28 points, with the Japanese driver sat between the French duo of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.

In the Constructor’s Championship, a weekend that saw Verstappen score 20 points in race and sprint combined helped Red Bull climb to third in the Constructor’s Championship. The Milton Keynes-based Red Bull team have 366 points, with the team 32 behind second place Mercedes and 4 clear of 4th placed Ferrari, who scored no points in the main grand prix in Brazil.

After a troubled qualifying, Red Bull opted to keep Tsunoda on his set-up but withdraw Verstappen and start him from the pits.

Verstappen had been able to close back up through a first lap safety car, which was thrown after a crash for Gabriel Bortoleto’s Sauber. But on the restart, Verstappen ran over debris and suffered a slow puncture, necessitating an earlier than intended pit-stop for the Red Bull driver.

After racing restarted, Verstappen duly began to use his new tyres to good effect, making multiple overtakes of midfield cars to rise into the top 10. He would also be further promoted as some drivers made early pit-stops, putting him back into the top 5 by lap 21.

The pace showed by the Red Bull of Verstappen was able to keep him as a competitive factor with the McLaren and Mercedes cars who were running in the top 4, with Verstappen also able to clear Piastri after the Australian was handed a 10 second time penalty for causing a collision on the restart after the first safety car that took out Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

At one point, after making two stops with other drivers also pitting, Verstappen had been able to take the lead of the race, to the surprise of many onlookers. But Red Bull opted to be conservative, deciding that the tyres weren’t going to last to the end of the race and pitting Verstappen for a third time onto new softs with 17 laps to go.

The Dutchman returned to the track in fourth place, and would make a move on lap 63 to get ahead of George Russell’s Mercedes. But the best of the tyres would be gone by the time he reached the other Mercedes of Antonelli, and although he was able to get within DRS range, it wasn’t enough to overtake the Italian as Verstappen took third at the checkered flag.

It was still nonetheless a flying drive by the Dutchman, who was the first driver to take a podium from starting in the pit-lane since Lewis Hamilton did so at the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Tsunoda meanwhile had a very difficult afternoon. After making up some places on the initial start, the Japanese driver drove into the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll on the restart after the safety car, with the Canadian’s car spun around. He would earn a 10 second time penalty for this, and he would then also get another time penalty after the stewards ruled the first penalty had not been served correctly. His race wouldn’t recover and he was the last driver to finish.

F1 now has a 2 week break before the final 3 races of the season, which all occur on back-to-back weekends. The first of this triple header takes place in Las Vegas, which will hold a race on November 22nd.