Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris praised his side for maintaining their identity from last season, securing their first top-flight win since 2017

Sunderland hosted West Ham at the Stadium of Light this Saturday for the opening matchday of the 2025-26 Premier League season. The Black Cats came into this ma

The 27-year-old, who spent last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, becomes Sunderland's 12th signing of the window.

Graham Potter is already ringing alarm bells in East London after his side suffered a 3-0 loss against newly-promoted Sunderland. West Ham United put up little fight at the Stadium of Light and were comfortably beaten in the end as three second-half goals courtesy of Eliezer Mayenda, Daniel Ballard, and Wilson Isidor settled the contest.

Sunderland and West Ham United have faced each other a total of 92 times across all competitions and it is the Hammers who marginally lead the overall head-to-head record, as they have won 36 games compared to the Black Cats’ 31, while 25 draws have been played out between the two clubs.

The Stadium of Light, for so long, was where Premier League aspirations came to die. There were fleeting moments of joy, enough to help its tenants stage a series of escapes from relegation to the Championship, but it became a venue synonymous with Sunderland’s perennial struggle.

IT’S BEEN eight long years but finally the Black Cats are back in the big time. Every gruesome detail of Sunderland’s downfall into League One was screened on Netflix. Now the cameras and

Sunderland AFC have reached an agreement in principle to sign Paris Saint-Germain defender Nordi Mukiele, and he has been given permission to travel, according to RMC Sports journalist Fabrice Hawkins.