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Fulham leave pitch as Malaga take penalty into empty net

Fulham's pre-season friendly against Malaga ends in chaotic fashion as the Premier League side leave the pitch before a penalty shootout.

This week’s soccer questions: is the Premier League wide open and should Barça avoid Rodri?

We look at the many contenders for the English title this season, one of the big potential moves of the summer and chaos at Fifa It’s difficult to recall a Premier League season starting amid such widespread uncertainty as this one. Half the division, including Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, is under new management. The Pep Guardiola era is over and, as Jonathan Wilson put it , the Premier League has no alpha manager possibly for the first time ever. Continue reading...

Seven players we’re excited to watch in the Championship this season

This should be a big year for Jarrod Bowen, Zan Vipotnik, Ethan Galbraith, Lorent Tolaj, Léo Scienza, Othmane Maamma and Mason Melia By Opta Analyst The Championship, often called the most exciting league in football, is also among the least predictable competitions in Europe. It’s the perfect stage for players to show off their talent before progressing to top-flight football. We’ve picked seven players we’re excited to see in the Championship this season. Continue reading...

Spence secures Inter contract and has already chosen new shirt number

Reports in Italy claim that the final details of Djed Spence’s contract with Inter have...

Disney+ secures rights to Gary Neville’s Overlap content in riposte to Lineker’s Netflix deal

Multimillion-pound deal puts podcast in streaming battle Rooney and Mark Goldbridge join forces for new show Disney+ has secured the rights to broadcast The Overlap’s podcast content in a multimillion pound deal under which Gary Neville’s Stick to Football brand will compete with Gary Lineker’s Netflix-backed Rest is Football in a battle between two of the world’s biggest streaming platforms. Under the terms of a deal that also includes title sponsorship, Disney+ will broadcast 40 episodes of Stick to Football this season featuring the regular team of Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jill Scott, Ian Wright and Roy Keane, as well as 50 episodes of a new programme, Stick to United with Wayne Rooney, which will be co-presented by the content creator Mark Goldbridge. Continue reading...

Messi plays for Inter Miami after father's death

Lionel Messi makes a substitute appearance for Inter Miami on Wednesday following the death of his father and hinting he may retire.

We have been staring at Phil Foden for close to a decade – how well do we actually know him? | Jonathan Liew

About to start his ninth season, his first under a club manager who isn’t Pep Guardiola, this could be the year we finally find out who the City enigma is Phil Foden says he is excited about working under Enzo Maresca, his new manager at Manchester City . We should call this exactly what it is: a very obvious barefaced lie. No doubt Foden is excited about playing football again, about challenging for trophies with his boyhood club, the new Premier League season, his new contract , a fresh start, etc, etc. But let’s be real. Holidays are something you get excited about. Birthdays. Weddings. Amazon deliveries. The new Charli xcx album. Christmas. Playing for Enzo Maresca inspires plenty of emotions, but excitement would probably feature pretty low down a list. At best, you brace for Maresca . You steel yourself. You look in the mirror every morning and ask yourself whether you’re man enough for him. But if you’re excited, then he simply isn’t doing his job. Continue reading...

Championship 2026-27 preview: the contenders, hopefuls and strugglers

A mixed picture at the clubs coming down, more playoff places to encourage the pack – and the long shadow of spygate at Southampton The relegated teams, naturally, will be the favourites to go back up but two have endured confusing summers. Jarrod Bowen committing to West Ham was a bonus and the quality available to Nuno Espírito Santo should make bouncing back straightforward for the calmest of the clubs to have dropped down. They brought in huge fees for Crysencio Summerville and Mateus Fernandes but incoming activity has been pedestrian, which is the only minor cause of concern. Continue reading...

Coach in DR Congo banned by Fifa for 20 years for sexual abuse still training young players

Jonathan Bukabakwa released from prison last year Case highlights flaws in Fifa’s safeguarding processes A coach in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was banned from football for 20 years by Fifa in March 2023 for sexual abuse of a minor is continuing to take charge of young players, the Guardian can reveal. Jonathan Bukabakwa, who is known as Messi and previously coached youth teams in the Limpopo and Malabo regions, was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs (£91,000) after a Fifa investigation found him of guilty of sexual abuse . He had also been convicted of similar offences by authorities in the DRC but was released from prison last year. Continue reading...

‘It was horrendous’: Durham captain relieved WSL2 club survived after fears of folding

Sarah Wilson delighted fresh investment was found ‘It honestly feels now that nothing’s ever happened’ The Durham captain, Sarah Wilson, has spoken of her relief over the fresh investment that saved the club this summer, after what she recalled as a “horrendous” period worrying that the Women’s Super League 2 club could fold. Durham finished 10th in England’s second tier last term and have been ever-present in WSL2 since 2014 but their ability to remain in the division was in major doubt when the club released a statement on 8 June warning that they would have to “cease operations” if they could not find fresh investment within 21 days. Later in June they were rescued when the local businessman and South Shields FC co-owner Geoff Thompson, together with his co-investor, agreed to acquire a majority stake in the club. Continue reading...

Can Sunderland defy the Premier League doubters again?

Sunderland were one of the stories of the 2025-26 Premier League season - but can they do it again this time around, with added European commitments?

Inter Milan closing on deal for Spurs' Spence

Tottenham are in the final stages of negotiations with Inter Milan over the sale of Djed Spence.

Arsenal to retain title? Liverpool above Man Utd? Sky Sports predicted table revealed

Will Arsenal retain the title? What's in store for Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea under their new managers? And which teams are going to be relegated?

Chelsea make enquiry for Arsenal's Lewis-Skelly

Chelsea have made a new enquiry about signing Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Everton 3-1 Newcastle commentary

Sports fans watch on as Britain experiences fullest solar eclipse since 1999

Cricket fans at Edgbaston were among sporting spectators given a stunning view of Wednesday evening's partial solar eclipse.

Arsenal 1-1 Como commentary

Birmingham Phoenix win battle to avoid Hundred wooden spoon vs MI London

Birmingham Phoenix prevailed in the battle to avoid the wooden spoon in The Hundred women's competition as Ellyse Perry's composed half-century condemned MI London to a sixth defeat of a chastening campaign.