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  • Ivan Toney (centre) arrives at Southwark crown court on Thursday

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    Toney to stand trial during Euro 2028 after denying assault charge

    Ivan Toney has in effect been ruled out of Euro 2028 after his trial for assault occasioning actual bodily harm was scheduled for 12 June 2028
  • Mateus Fernandes, Dominic Solanke and Mathys Tel enjoy their 2-0 win against Chelsea.

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    Tottenham’s season has finally taken off. How far up the table can they go?

  • Alessia Russo celebrates with her teammates after making it 2-0 against Benfica

    Women's Champions League
    Arsenal's Slegers hails ‘role model’ Russo after hat-trick sinks Benfica

  • Charlie Nicholas smiles while peering out through a gap in orange velvet curtains

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    Post your questions for former Celtic, Arsenal and Scotland forward Charlie Nicholas

  • A viral video of a three-year-old soccer player in Florida has sparked a national debate over youth sports, parental behavior and the perils of internet fame.

    US
    A three-year-old prodigy went viral. The adults have already let him down

In depth

  • Fans of Manchester United hold up a banner in a protest outside Old Trafford before the Premier League match against Manchester City in September 2026

    double quotation markHowe, Nagelsmann, Pochettino: can anyone end United’s doom loop?

    Daniel Harris
  • Viviane Asseyi of West Ham United

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    West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi: ‘When I was four I said I wanted to be like Zidane’

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  • Eddie Nketiah celebrates his goal against Fulham

    Carabao Cup
    Nketiah takes Crystal Palace past Fulham and earns Sage breathing space

    Eddie Nketiah put Crystal Palace into the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, beating Fulham 1-0, relieving the pressure on the Palace manager Pierre Sage
  • Zsofia Wright shows off the Fleetwood team kit

    Carabao Cup
    ‘This isn’t supposed to happen’: giant-slaying Fleetwood revels in fairytale Arsenal win

  • Gerónimo Rulli is congratulated by teammates after Manchester City’s Carabao Cup fourth round penalty shootout win against Brighton.

    Carabao Cup
    Rulli’s penalty shootout heroics earn Manchester City win against Brighton

  • Amine Adli (21) of Bournemouth scores the opening goal beating Marco Bizot (40) of Aston Villa

    Carabao Cup roundup
    Bournemouth thrash Villa, Sunderland salvo stings Brentford

  • Olwethu Makhanya jumps between two Hearts defenders for Rangers’ second

    Scottish Premiership
    McInnes booed in Rangers draw at Hearts, Celtic held by Dundee United

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  • Norwegian Football Association President Lise Klaveness at a press conference about FIFA's proposal to sell parts of the World Cup product to external players.

    Interview
    Lise Klaveness: ‘Certainly there are people that can challenge Infantino’

    The Norwegian federation president has distanced herself from running for the Fifa presidency but believes football’s governing body can be reformed
  • Kylian Mbappé on an advertisement in Shanghai.

    double quotation markMbappé’s China crisis shows how sensitive Mao’s legacy remains

    Rebecca Bailey
  • Mikel Arteta speaks to Max Dowman as the player leaves the pitch

    Carabao Cup
    Dowman’s Fleetwood fracas leaves him, Arsenal and Arteta red-faced

  • Didier Six during the 1982 World Cup semi-final

    The Knowledge
    Which footballers have scored in the same minute as their surname?

  • Alexia Putellas holds up her third Ballon d’Or Féminin at the London Palladium

    Moving the Goalposts
    Putellas a worthy Ballon d’Or winner but the limited shortlist illustrates flaws

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  • Real Madrid’s players converge after Kylian Mbappé’s late winner at the Camp Nou.

    La Liga
    Mourinho’s plan comes together as Real Madrid relaunch with clásico statement

Football Weekly

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    Harry Kane wins the Ballon d’Or and an EFL round-up

    Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Ali Maxwell and George Elek to reflect on the England captain’s Ballon d’Or award and to discuss the weekend’s EFL action
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  • Sam Kerr, Alexia Putellas, and Alexandra Popp pose in different soccer kits against a colorful graphic backdrop

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  • Ollie Watkins, Bradley Barcola and Emi Martínez

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    All the remaining moves and a club-by-club guide to the window

  • Brighton's Luka Vušković, Arsenal's Bruno Guimarães, Aston Villa's Nicolas Jackson, Leeds' James Trafford, Ipswich's Julio Enciso.

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    Transfer window verdict: how every Premier League club fared

  • (Clockwise from left): Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Iliman Ndiaye, Ibrahim Mbaye and Femi Azeez.

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World football

  • Scott McTominay celebrates

    Serie A
    McTominay stars in Napoli draw that leaves Allegri ‘not lucid enough’ to talk

  • Davide Ancelotti took over from Bruno Génésio as Lille manager in the summer.

    Ligue 1
    Davide Ancelotti wants to make a name for himself – will he do it at Lille?

  • Lazio’s Kenneth Taylor (right) celebrates his goal against Parma with Tijjani Noslin.

    European roundup
    Lazio beat Parma to top Serie A; Dortmund lead Bundesliga

  • Children playing football as the sun sets

    DR Congo
    Coach banned until 2048 for training children while suspended for sexual abuse

Opinion

  • Harry Kane kisses the trophy after receiving the Ballon d'Or award for best male footballer.
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    double quotation markKane’s Ballon d’Or triumph a glorious riposte to celebrity ceremony fawning

    Barney Ronay
  • Michael Carrick

    double quotation markDamning data: stats that show Carrick’s United luck was bound to run out

    Andrew Beasley
  • The Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes, sits on the bench after not being selected for his team's home Premier League game against Bournemouth.

    double quotation markFernandes gamble leaves Carrick to carry can for United’s institutional failures

    Will Unwin
  • De Bruyne Rodri

    double quotation markManchester City have been a joy to watch but they became detached from their roots

    Philipp Lahm
  • 5:4 trail image for the 2026 Rest of the World Next Generation featuring (left to right): Eduardo Conceição, Cavan Sullivan and Mezian Mesloub Soares

    Next Generation 2026
    We pick out 60 of the best young talents in world football

  • Josh Abe (left), Max Dowman (centre) and Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli have all been included in our 2026 list

    Next Generation 2026
    Premier League edition: 20 of the best young talents

  • (Left to right): Youssoufa Moukoko, Adrian Blake and Jack Hinshelwood.

    Next Generation 2021
    The five-year check-in: slow and steady sometimes wins the race

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    Cartoon
    David Squires on … Manchester United’s latest crisis and dirty laundry

    Our cartoonist on the expected end for Michael Carrick at Old Trafford and what could come next

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  • Fleetwood’s Raffaele Cirino gets gripped by a fan after the win over Arsenal

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  • Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain smiles and grabs his shirt as he poses for a portrait during the official Champions League 2025/26 portrait session.

    double quotation markDembélé quietly becomes main man after long journey to top

    Ben Lyttleton
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    double quotation markBonmatí makes top 100 history with third title in a row

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