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OGC Nice made history in their first-half drubbing of AS Saint-Étienne, becoming the first team in the 21st century to score six goals in the first half of a Ligue 1 encounter. Pre-match, there was ...

Chelsea began life after Emma Hayes with a 1-0 win at home to Aston Villa on the first day of the 2024/25 WSL season.New manager Sonia Bampastor's first competitive match in charge of the Blues ended ...

Scorers: Rytting Kaneryd 36'Chelsea's defence of their WSL title got off to a nervy start as they edged past Aston Villa 1-0 on the opening night of the season.In Sonia Bompastor's first Super League ...

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Pep Guardiola has come to the defence of Rodri following his comments over potential strike action as a result of the growing football calendar.The Spanish international suggested the other week that ...

Ollie Watkins Fit for Wolves Derby as Unai Emery Confirms No Injury ConcernsAston Villa are gearing up for their highly anticipated derby against Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the latest update on star...

Rio Ngumoha has only been at Liverpool for a few weeks but the exciting academy talent is already making waves. The Reds caused shockwaves in English football when they managed to lure Ngumoha to the...

Dani Carvajal has been labelled a dark horse as the footballing fraternity gears up for the Ballon d’Or gala, where the likes of Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham will emerge as fav...

Liverpool and England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has been in the news this week, amid a flurry of reports about Real Madrid’s interest in him. The Reds will have a tough job to hold onto him,...

Manchester United were linked with multiple midfielders during the summer transfer window before they finalised the signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain.Atalanta star Ederson was among th...

Italian striker Mario Balotelli expressed his gratitude towards legendary Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti who helped him launch his career.The 34-year-old started his once-promising career as a ...

Real Betis goalkeeper Rui Silva has jumped to the defence of Barcelona captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen following the barrage of criticism directed at the German shot-stopper over the past 24 hours.Ter S...

Barcelona did not manage to bring in a deeper midfielder this past summer, instead opting to spend what they could on Dani Olmo. Just days out from the end of the transfer window, they were hit with t...

If you looked at the Premier League table and see Newcastle United sitting in third, unbeaten in their past four matches, you could be forgiven for assuming the Magpies have been at their free-flowing best at the start of 2024-25. The goals are yet to start flowing but Newcastle are simply finding ways to win. Craven Cottage is the destination for Howe's men on Saturday, for a 15:00 BST kick-off against a Fulham side who, like themselves, haven't blown teams away but fight for every ball.

The inaugural edition of the newly-minted FIFA Intercontinental Cup will begin on September 22, with the competition set to feature a total of five matches.The FIFA Intercontinental Cup is set to repl...

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo credits former Reds manager Brian Clough for giving the club "the mentality of knowing that anything is possible in football". It has been 20 years since club legend Clough died at the age of 69 in 2004. During his 18-year spell with Forest, he took them from Division Two to winning the First Division title in 1978, followed by two consecutive European Cup wins in 1979 and 1980 and four League Cup trophies.

The Women's Super League kicked off for the new season this evening as reigning champions Chelsea took on Aston Villa.And it took just over half an hour for Sonia Bompastor's side to remind everyone j...

Paris Saint-Germain doesn’t have much depth at right-back Achraf Hakimi. Moreover, Chelsea intend to pursue a player that the Parisians were targeting this past summer window to bolster the position...

Ahead of Arsenal’s crucial Premier League clash with Manchester City, Mikel Arteta confirmed in his pre-match press conference that there are no fresh injury concerns following the Champions League ...

Inter Milan goalkeeper Yann Sommer reveals he’ll be prepared to face AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic from the spot in Sunday’s Derby della Madonnina.The two rivals will clash heads at San Siro i...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Strategic Decisions: From Ivan Toney to Dominic SolankeTottenham Hotspur, under the guidance of manager Ange Postecoglou, had a notable summer in the transfer market. Before the ...

Barcelona have a number of contract discussions to consider over the next 12 months, but in a clear show of their faith in him, Pedri’s agents appear to be the first they have contacted over a new d...

Signing the world’s best player in Kylian Mbappe and one of the brightest young talents in Endrick, Real Madrid justified their title as the Galacticos earlier this year.Florentino Perez, however, d...

Manchester United have received a major injury boost ahead of their Premier League clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday.The Manchester Evening News reports that Rasmus Hojlund is in tomorrow’s matc...

The past 24 hours or so have been very forgettable for Barcelona captain and first-choice goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.A blunder in the game against AS Monaco from the German international led to ...

What to look out for in this weekend's Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals.

Plymouth Argyle announce that captain Joe Edwards has extended his contract until 2026

Paolo Vanoli has left summer signings Che Adams and Saul Coco out of the Torino starting line-up for Friday night’s Serie A clash away at Hellas Verona.Torino instead welcome Antonio Sanabria back i...

Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Stuttgart in the UEFA Champions League marked the perfect start to their title defence. Back in action in La Liga, however, they take to the field once more at Santiago Be...

Barcelona’s stellar start to the season was cut short by AS Monaco earlier this week as they handed the Catalans a 2-1 defeat in their UEFA Champions League campaign opener.The result, however, was ...

Paris Saint-Germain have been dealt more injury blows as a couple of key players will be unavailable this weekend. Gianluigi Donnarumma (25) and Marco Asensio (28) have been ruled out for the league l...

West Ham United manager Rehanne Skinner says that her side are hoping to build on last season’s performances in the Barclays Women’s Super League.Skinner was appointed West Ham United boss a littl...

Real Madrid have had a mixed start to the season, uncharacteristically dropping points in La Liga and finding themselves four points behind FC Barcelona. The results have started coming in recent week...

Empoli continued their unbeaten run at the beginning of the 2024-25 campaign with an encouraging 2-0 win away to early strugglers Cagliari, who are still in the relegation zone after a winless start t...

Manchester United’s Striking Ambitions: Targeting Dusan VlahovicUnited’s Continuous Search for Striking TalentsManchester United’s recent endeavours in the transfer market have highlighted a per...

The decision to join Manchester City and begin working with manager Pep Guardiola enabled one defensive star to begin learning within the game.That concerns the rise and development of John Stones, wh...

In recent years, Liverpool’s goalkeeping talent has been in abundance. The signing of Alisson Becker in 2018 will go down as one of the best purchases in footballing history. The Brazilian has cha...

West Ham United will be hoping to get their Premier League campaign back on track when they welcome Chelsea on Saturday afternoon.The Hammers have made an awful start to the season, and their performa...

Manchester United have received a fresh injury boost ahead of the Premier League clash against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon.The Red Devils have registered back-to-back wins over Southampton an...

A hectic week for Roma saw the club part ways with legendary former midfielder and now ex-head coach Daniele De Rossi and replace him with former Torino and Hellas Verona boss Ivan Juric.Here is how t...

The 29-year-old midfielder, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Hearts, was a free agent after terminating his contract with League One Charlton on transfer deadline day. Fraser through the ranks across the road at Dundee United and spent three seasons in the first team before moving down south where he had spells with Burton, MK Dons and Ipswich before signing for Charlton two-and-a-half years ago.

Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests. For week five, he takes on singer-songwriter and West Ham fan James Smith, whose debut album, Common People, is out now. First up this weekend is Chelsea's trip to the Hammers.

Roma CEO Lina Soulokou has been cast under the spotlight following the sacking of club legend Daniele De Rossi on Wednesday, and reports in Italy suggest the pair had their fair share of grievances ov...

Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi explains why he keeps a cardboard cutout as a valuable souvenir from his team’s wild Scudetto celebrations last season.The Nerazzurri dominated the previous Serie ...

Ahead of Arsenal’s critical Premier League showdown with Manchester City, Mikel Arteta has addressed the potential absence of City’s star player, Kevin De Bruyne.De Bruyne is reportedly unlikely t...

The September international break is thankfully behind us, so we were back to enjoying club football this past week. And what a week of club football is was.There were local derbies, record-breaking w...

Unpacking Pep’s Tactical Shifts: Insights on City’s Recent MatchesGuardiola’s New Approach to SubstitutionsIn a recent insightful article by Sam Lee from The Athletic, Pep Guardiola’s latest t...

Arne Slot’s Strategy for Unleashing Darwin Nunez’s Potential at LiverpoolSince taking over the reins at Liverpool, Arne Slot has been faced with the enviable task of blending a host of attacking t...

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Two decades on from his passing, Brian Clough remains a football icon and one who Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis says continues to influence the club he elevated to footballing folklore. "You had someone, Brian Clough, who inspired the players to outperform, who inspired the crowds to be there to support the team everywhere, and when he spoke he talked about things that they could never imagine," Marinakis told BBC East Midlands Today. Brian was one of them.