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  • Trevoh Chalobah celebrates scoring the opening goal for Chelsea against Champions League hopefuls Tottenham.

    Live
    Chelsea v Tottenham – Premier League

    Minute-by-minute report: Join Simon Burnton for London derby updates as Mauricio Pochettino welcomes his former club
  • Aston Villa supporters greet their team coach as it arrives ahead of the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24 Semi-Final first leg

    Live
    Aston Villa v Olympiakos – Europa Conference League semi-final, first leg

  • Bayer Leverkusen fans make some noise at the Stadio Olimpico.

    Live
    Roma v Bayer Leverkusen – Europa League semi-final, first leg

    Minute-by-minute report: Join Luke McLaughlin for updates as the new German champions visit the Italian capital
    • Emma Hayes and Jürgen Klopp

      Football Daily
      Hayes’ long goodbye and the farewell tour narrative

    • Manchester United
      Ten Hag: in-form Sancho represents 'high value'

    • West Ham
      Steidten told to stay away from Moyes and first team

    • Premier League
      Masters objects to ‘risk-averse’ regulator

    • Ralf Rangnick
      Austria head coach opts against Bayern move

    • Premier League
      Who will win the golden boot?

    • Football Weekly Extra
      Advantage Dortmund in Champions League semis?

News and features

  • Jadon Sancho

    No surprise Sancho is shining away from Old Trafford circus

    Barney Ronay
    Jadon Sancho was superb against PSG but let's avoid clamour for United return
  • Barbra Banda, wearing her Zambia military uniform, receives her military colours from Lt General Sitali Alubuzwi

    Zambia
    Why sharp-shooting Copper Queens won’t leave military behind

  • Southend Football Club. Roots Hall. Southend.

    The long read
    The death and (possible) rebirth of Southend United

  • Champions League
    Dortmund end Premier League hope of extra spot

  • Liverpool 4-3 Chelsea
    Hayes says 'title race is done' after Blues lose thriller

  • Brighton
    Club will target Ipswich's McKenna if De Zerbi quits

  • Wales
    Police investigate alleged assault on teenage official

  • Concussions
    Players and Kinnear family part of brain injury action

  • 'For the whole town'
    Wrexham owners eye 55,000 capacity

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In depth

  • Left to right: Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and the Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae.

    Do Son and Salah show harm of mid-season tournaments?

    John Duerden
    Leading players have not been at usual club levels since going to Asian Cup or Afcon
  • Jadon Sancho completed 12 dribbles against Paris Saint-Germain.

    Champions League
    Team of the week: Sancho and Maatsen shine for Dortmund

    Semis kicked off with standout displays from a trio of Premier League loanees
    • Robert Pires

      'Time goes very quickly'
      Pires on finding life after football

    • Harry Kane celebrates after scoring Bayern’s second goal in their Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.

      Champions League
      Can Bayern win crown with revolution afoot?

    • Celtic fans at Hampden Park for the 1971 Scottish Cup final against Rangers.

      The Knowledge
      What is the biggest cumulative attendance for a cup tie?

    • Kansas City Current v Portland Thorns FC - 2022 NWSL Championship<br>WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Jessica Berman National Womens Soccer League Commissioner presents the Player of the Match to Sophia Smith #9 of the Portland Thorns FC after winning the National Womens Soccer League Championship Match against Kansas City Current at Audi Field on October 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Getty Images)

      NWSL
      How it became the world’s most innovative league

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Video

  • 'Totally crap'
    Ten Hag denies reports of a clearout at Manchester United

    Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has denied reports that Manchester United are set for a summer clearout of their players in the next transfer window
  • Leicester celebrated on and off the pitch as they secured the Championship title

    0:43

    Championship
    Leicester celebrate title win on and off the pitch

  • With a style not too dissimilar to Jürgen Klopp's, the Feyenoord manager could help Liverpool continue to challenge for titles

    1:45

    Arne Slot
    Who is the manager set to replace Klopp?

  • Thiago Silva, Chelsea’s veteran defender, has announced that this season will be his last at Stamford Bridge

    1:04

    Chelsea
    Thiago Silva gives tearful goodbye but hopes for return 'in another role'

  • Thousands of jubilant Internazionale fans took to the streets around San Siro Stadium to celebrate the club's historic 20th Serie A title

    0:51

    'Most beautiful Scudetto'
    Inter fans line Milan streets for parade

  • Emma Hayes called the decision to send off Chelsea defender Kadeisha Buchanan as the 'worst in Women's Champions League history' as her side crashed out to Barcelona at the semi-final stage

    1:05

    'Worst decision in WCL history'
    Emma Hayes fumes at Chelsea sending off

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World football

  • Nico Williams taps his arm in front of the South Stand after scoring shortly after the abuse directed at him

    Atlético Madrid
    Club hit by stand closure over Williams racist abuse

    Atlético also fined £17,000 over abuse of Athletic Bilbao player
  • Mario Pasalic (left) celebrates after scoring Atalanta’s first goal against Empoli in the 2-0 victory.

    Serie A
    Gasperini turns Atalanta's flecks of gold to treasure

  • Thomas Tuchel

    Bundesliga
    Bayern beset by discord with Eberl cast in the thick of it

  • Ligue 1
    The drama has only begun for the other 17 clubs

  • Paris Olympics 2024
    Zambia’s women may be barred after Fifa steps in

  • Women's World Cup
    US and Mexico withdraw joint bid to host 2027 event

  • Wrexham
    Club owners buy stake in Liga MX club Necaxa

  • MLS
    Lionel Messi makes league history in front of 65,000

  • La Liga
    Xavi's Barcelona U-turn shows breaking up is hard to do

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Football Weekly

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The top 100

  • trail football 100 mens 2023 day 4

    Men's edition
    Our picks for the best male players in the world 2023

  • Sam Kerr, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo

    Women's edition
    The 100 best female players in the world 2023

  • Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham.

    Haaland voted the world’s best – and he’s just getting started

    Niall McVeigh
  • Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Aitana Bonmati and Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

    Spain and Barcelona lead way after year of success

    Rich Laverty

Opinion

  • Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

    Liverpool out of steam but Klopp’s legacy is cemented

    Jonathan Wilson
  • An aerial view of Everton's new stadium being constructed at Bramley Moore Dock.

    Explainer
    The Everton crisis: how did it get to this point?

    Farhad Moshiri's bold promises, mounting debts and worries over funding new stadium
  • A Nottingham Forest fans' banner in the game against Manchester City says: 'Premier League: for the few, not the many'

    Forest see conspiracies while City hit them with reality check

    Jonathan Wilson
    In the loss to Pep Guardiola’s men, they failed to get the basics right

    Regulars

    • Ipswich fans

      Football Daily
      Ipswich and a punt that has almost got them back

    • Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, left, runs with Bayern's Harry Kane during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)

      Football Weekly
      All square in Munich and Ipswich almost there

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Bristol City sink as WSL's financial realities bite

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Chelsea’s Champions League dreams dashed

      • David Squires on …
        A handy Premier League referee grudge tracker

      • The Knowledge
        Can anyone top Coman’s run of league titles?

      • David Squires on …
        FA Cup meddling and clubs reading the room

      • Premier League
        Ten things to look out for this weekend

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    Catch up

    • Gareth Southgate and Harry Maguire illustration

      Southgate to United is a good idea. So what’s the chance?

      Barney Ronay
    • Jürgen Klopp and Mohamed Salah on the sidelines at the London Stadium

      Liverpool can help Slot by selling petulant Salah in summer

      Jacob Steinberg
    • Paul Mullin poses in front of a Wrexham badge.

      Paul Mullin
      As soon as we leave the pitch, Ryan’s first to text

    • Fleetwood United players and staff celebrate on 6 April 2024 after winning the United Arab Emirates second division

      Football’s unlikeliest brand
      How Fleetwood made it big in the UAE

    The big picture

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    Next generation

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      2023 edition
      Picking 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Next Generation 2023: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs image

      Premier League
      20 of the top talents at English top-flight clubs in 2023

    • Brommapojkarna’s Kevin Ackermann, Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

      Class of 2018
      From Saka to Ackermann: what happened next

    • Joel Ndala of Manchester City, Ben Doak of Liverpool, Ishé Samuels-Smith of Everton, David Obou of Crystal Palace and Jimmy Jay Morgan of Southampton

      'Relative age effect’
      Why scouts select players based on this element of talent ID

    The top 100

    The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

    See who made the lists

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