Football Features

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Oct 26, 2026

Copa del Rey winners list: every champion since 1903, and Real Sociedad’s 2026 shootout

Every Copa del Rey final since 1903: the full winners list, the clubs with the most titles, the records, and how Real Sociedad beat Atlético Madrid on...

Oct 25, 2026

Saudi Pro League players: the biggest names at all 18 clubs in 2026-27

Ronaldo, Toney, Martinelli, Watkins, Retegui and Reijnders: a club-by-club guide to the best-known players in the Saudi Pro League this season, with t...

Oct 8, 2026

Messi was sent off on his Argentina debut, and 208 games later he signed off with a goal and two assists

Argentina beat Benin 3-0 at the Monumental as Lionel Messi scored his 126th international goal and set up the other two in his final game for the nati...

Oct 6, 2026

Poland national football team players: Urban’s 25 for Romania and Sweden, and Lewandowski’s 92 goals

Jan Urban’s 25-man Poland squad for the Nations League games against Romania and Sweden, with clubs, caps and goals, three first call-ups, the goalkee...

Oct 4, 2026

Uruguay national football team players: Forlán’s 28 for Argentina, with Valverde back

Diego Forlán’s 28-man Uruguay squad for the November friendlies against Argentina and the Dominican Republic, with every player’s club, caps and goals...

Sep 23, 2026

Australia national football team players: the 25 Popovic picked for Qatar and Jordan, and the seven yet to play

Tony Popovic has left out Mathew Ryan, Jackson Irvine, Milos Degenek and Aiden O’Neill and called up seven uncapped players for Australia’s November f...

Sep 22, 2026

Italy national football team players: Mancini’s 31 for France and Belgium in November 2026

Italy are second in Nations League Group A1 after four games. Here is Roberto Mancini’s 31-man squad for France (12 November) and Belgium (15 November...

Sep 22, 2026

Mbappe’s mother walked round Anfield and wanted him at Liverpool, and he signed for PSG instead

Nine years after Liverpool flew the whole family around the Mediterranean in a private jet, Mbappe has given his own account of the move that never ha...

Sep 22, 2026

There is no Premier League until 10 October, and the October break has been swallowed by this one

Club football stops for 19 days because FIFA has merged two international windows into a single 16-day block. England play four matches inside it, one...

Sep 21, 2026

Turkey national football team: Sergen Yalçın’s first squad, with Çalhanoğlu back and Aktürkoğlu out

Sergen Yalçın replaced Vincenzo Montella after four Nations League defeats and has named 26 for Belgium (12 November) and France (15 November). Here i...

Sep 20, 2026

Egypt national football team: full squad and key players

Ali Maher has named 26 players for his first games as Egypt coach, the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Malawi on 13 and 17 November. The full...

Sep 20, 2026

Iraola took Bournemouth into Europe and left, and he goes back on Sunday with a Liverpool side that has drawn three of four

Andoni Iraola’s three years at Bournemouth ended with a sixth-place finish and a first European campaign. He returns to the Vitality Stadium in the aw...

Sep 20, 2026

Monaco have already beaten both of them, and Le Classique arrives with Marseille on three points

Marseille have three points from four games and Paris Saint-Germain five, while the club sitting top of Ligue 1 has beaten both of them. Kick-off at t...

Sep 17, 2026

Paraguay national football team: Alfaro’s 27 for Singapore and Japan, and the World Cup squad

Gustavo Alfaro’s 27-man Paraguay squad for the friendlies against Singapore and Japan, with four first call-ups. Caps, goals and clubs, the autumn win...

Sep 17, 2026

India’s Asian Games began two days before the ceremony, on a curved table, with a football

Declan Gonsalves and Mohamed Anas Beg were the first Indians in action at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. Two group matches later, the World Championship bronze me...

Sep 16, 2026

Ivory Coast national football team players: Renard’s squad for Gambia, with Amad Diallo back

Hervé Renard has named 25 for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Gambia on 12 and 17 November, with Amad Diallo back and four first cal...

Sep 16, 2026

India are ranked 138th, and Panama, Brazil and Uruguay are all coming to play them

Brazil have never played a senior match in India and will be the best-ranked opponent the Blue Tigers have faced since 1992. Three World Cup nations a...

Sep 14, 2026

Harry Kane needed 104 games for his first 100 Bayern goals, and 49 more for the next 50

Kane’s 72nd-minute winner at Elversberg was his 150th goal in 153 matches for Bayern Munich. His Bundesliga hundred is one game away.

Sep 11, 2026

Manchester United have been four different teams in four matches, and Manchester City arrive on Sunday

City are top of the Premier League with a perfect nine points in Enzo Maresca’s first season. United are eleventh, having lost at Hull, beaten Ipswich...

Sep 10, 2026

Saudi Arabia national football team: Gulf Cup winners, the November squad and the World Cup 26

Saudi Arabia won the Gulf Cup in Jeddah without conceding a goal, and Georgios Donis has named 30 for friendlies against South Korea and Uzbekistan in...

Sep 9, 2026

South Korea national football team: Moreno’s squad, and Son’s new scoring record

Robert Moreno’s 26-man South Korea squad for Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Doha, the last games of his interim contract. Caps, goals and clubs, the autumn...

Sep 8, 2026

Mourinho won a treble at the Bernabeu with Inter, and Chivu was his left-back that night

Sixteen years after the 2010 final, the two men are back at the same ground on opposite benches. Real Madrid host Inter at 12.30am IST on Wednesday.

Sep 7, 2026

Sabah were founded in 2017, and on Thursday they play Manchester United in the Champions League

Matchday 1 runs across three nights from Tuesday, six games a night, and four clubs are about to play the first Champions League match in their histor...

Sep 6, 2026

Senegal national football team: the full squad and key players, from three centurions to four under-21s

Patrick Vieira has four points from his first two qualifiers and has left out Sadio Mané for November, while Senegal wait on CAS over the Africa Cup o...