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Goals galore! Why Barça's start to season is best in Europe's top leagues for almost 100 years

Barcelona have begun the season on fire, scoring 36 goals in their first eight matches. How does that compare to the best starts for all time? (Spoiler: Very well.)

Returning Mancini accepts fans' jeers as Italy beaten by Belgium

Six months on from failing to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup, four-time champions Italy are still struggling.

Lamine Yamal: ‘Football is mechanised but players like me have that special spark’

Spain and Barcelona wonderkid has won World Cup and European Championship but says there are no limits for his career Like the kid he is, Lamine Yamal just wanted to keep playing. This wasn’t Plaça Joan XXIII, wasn’t El Parque de Rocafonda either; it wasn’t the Mataró neighbourhood where it all began, but it might have been. “We’re in a World Cup final and I wanted to carry on,” he says, and there’s the smile again, the braces. Really? “Yes”. No nerves? “No. I never thought: ‘Just blow the whistle’. I was enjoying it.” No fear, just fun: 19 July, New Jersey and he knew: this 19-year-old who had happily been asleep on the bus to the biggest match of his life. And now he sits in a first-floor office in Las Rozas, surrounded by tactics boards and stats sheets. There’s a Spain keyring hanging from the door and a second star on his shirt. In the corridor, crates loaded for London. Son of Mounir and Sheila, named after the family friends who helped them, “ touched by God’s wand ” in the words of the coach whose office is next door, there’s something about Lamine Yamal. He turned 17 the day before the final of Euro 2024 , a schoolboy sitting exams, and 19 the day before the semi-final of the World Cup. Asked what he wanted, he said a trip to New York, so there he was, about to be a champion again. Continue reading...

How do England beat Spain, or even score against them? The data suggests crosses

Thomas Tuchel wishes his team could play more like the world champions, but, as he put it, they may have to ‘embrace the chaos’ instead England are about to face the hardest challenge in international football, maybe at any level of the game. They are going to try to score against Spain. Spain conceded one goal in eight games on the way to winning the World Cup while allowing their opponents 2.37 expected goals, a mere 0.30 per 90 minutes played. Thomas Tuchel has said he hoped his side “became for 10 minutes more like Spain” to comfortably dominate possession when the heat was on. A fine aspiration for those situations, but it is not an approach that will help England unlock the Spain backline. The pass masters cannot be toppled that way. The solution may lie elsewhere within the same Tuchel press conference . Continue reading...

The computer hacker who tried to take down Man City

BBC Sport travelled to Portugal to find out more about Rui Pinto - the computer hacker who sparked the Manchester City investigation.

Connelly's must-see international soccer: Cape Verde's return to action, USMNT kids

FIFA has served up a veritable feast of soccer with the first-ever three-week September international window. So what should you look out for? Bill Connelly casts his eye across the fixture list.

How PSG's Ballon d'Or duo are pushing each other on

While there can only be one winner, team-mates Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia are backing each other to win the Ballon d'Or.

Georgia's Kvaratskhelia proud of Best comparison

Paris St-Germain's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia says he already feels like he has achieved "something special" to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or.

Name Wales' Euro 2016 semi-final XI against Ronaldo's Portugal

As Craig Bellamy's side travel to Portugal on Thursday, can you name the Wales side that faced Cristiano Ronaldo's side in the semi-final of Euro 2016?

Mourinho's ref rants overshadow Madrid derby defeat; can Arsenal shrug off heavy loss?

Real Madrid lost the derby to Atletico this weekend, but Jose Mourinho's focus was on the refereeing postgame, not the result. Plus: Can Arsenal shake off a deservedly heavy defeat at Brighton?

Oriali warning Italy face ‘difficult spell’ under Mancini

Italy team manager Gabriele Oriali warns they are going into ‘a difficult spell’ with the...

Zidane’s next move as France coach may reveal the wizard behind the curtain | Jonathan Wilson

It is apt that the most perplexing football country will now be guided by the most enigmatic of leaders Even in his playing days, Zinedine Zidane seemed unknowable. As a manager, the sense of distance has only grown. He won three Champions Leagues with Real Madrid without ever giving a sense of what his idea of football looked like. France are perhaps the most perplexing football country: a squad that teems with such talent that a B team would be serious contenders at a World Cup, that reached three major finals under Didier Deschamps with a sense of unfulfilment, a team that progressed but rarely entranced, or at least didn’t until this summer’s World Cup, when they attacked with gusto and ended up overrun in midfield by Spain . Continue reading...

Kane becomes quickest in history to 100 Bundesliga goals

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane became the fastest player in history to reach 100 Bundesliga goals, reaching the milestone in just his 98th appearance on Friday.

⭐ Everyone who is nominated for 2026 Ballon d'Or

The 2026 Ballon d'Or short lists are out. Here's who could win the biggest individual prizes in men's and women's soccer.

Real Madrid? Ajax? Liverpool? Ranking Europe's greatest football dynasties

Paris St-Germain are eyeing a third successive Champions League crown, but where do they rank against Europe's most dominant clubs?

Kane, Rice, Bellingham among Ballon d'Or nominees but no Ronaldo

The 2026 Ballon d'Or nominees have been announced as the best male and female footballers of the year are identified.

Why Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise deserves to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or

A domestic double winner, the Bundesliga Player of the Season and the leading assist provider at the FIFA World Cup: Michael Olise's 2025/26 campaign was certainly one to remember. With several game-winning moments to match his remarkable numbers, the Bayern Munich winger has every reason to be eyeing the 2026 Ballon d’Or.