Aug 19, 2026
Newcastle sign Amar Dedic on his 24th birthday, five days before Liverpool
The Bosnia full-back has joined from Benfica on a five-year deal for a reported £30 million, reuniting with the coach who brought him through at Salzb...
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Aug 19, 2026
Diamond Harbour have until 2pm to pay, and the ISL has moved to 10 October
The Indian Super League will now start on 10 October, five weeks later than the date that had been in circulation. Diamond Harbour FC, who won promoti...
Aug 19, 2026
Malaga are back in La Liga after eight years, and they open at Atletico Madrid
Eight years after finishing bottom of the table, Malaga return to the Spanish top flight. They begin at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, against an Atlet...
Aug 18, 2026
Kieffer Moore scored in the third minute, and Cardiff’s answer took until the 98th
Cardiff City and Wrexham had not met in a league match since March 2002. Rubin Colwill’s free-kick, eight minutes into stoppage time, denied Wrexham a...
Aug 18, 2026
Mohun Bagan needed 18 penalties to reach a semi-final against the team that beat them on penalties
The 135th Durand Cup semi-final line-up was settled on Monday: Mohun Bagan survived a 9-8 shootout with Jamshedpur, and Alaaeddine Ajaraie’s hat-trick...
Aug 18, 2026
Aubameyang scored Deportivo’s first La Liga goal in eight years, and Elche still took a point from Riazor
Deportivo de La Coruna came back to La Liga after eight years away and led through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Marc Aguado’s header in the 76th minute...
Aug 18, 2026
The Champions League play-offs start tonight, and Fenerbahce vs Lyon is the tie to stay up for
Seven places in the league phase are still open. Three first legs kick off at 00:30 IST tonight, with Celtic and Bodo/Glimt among four more on Wednesd...
Aug 18, 2026
Benfica score seven at Casa Pia, and Pavlidis’s hat-trick took seven minutes
Benfica’s first league win of the season was a 0-7 rout in Rio Maior, with Vangelis Pavlidis scoring three times between the 47th and the 54th minute.
Aug 17, 2026
Flamengo score five at Mirassol, and the game they have in hand is against the same team
Pedro scored twice as Flamengo won 5-1 in the early hours of Monday India time. Palmeiras are still three points clear, but Flamengo have a match in h...
Aug 17, 2026
Vishnu’s header puts East Bengal in the semi-finals, 22 years after their last Durand Cup
East Bengal beat Indian Army FT 1-0 at Salt Lake to reach the Durand Cup semi-finals, where unbeaten SC Delhi are waiting on Wednesday.
Aug 17, 2026
Arsenal scored after 23 seconds, and Maresca’s Manchester City never recovered
Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-0 in Cardiff to win the Community Shield, and Riccardo Calafiori’s opener after 23 seconds is the fastest goal the comp...
Aug 17, 2026
Rodri is going to Barcelona for 76.5 million euros, with a year left on his City deal
Manchester City accepted Barcelona’s third bid over the weekend, 60 million up front and 16.5 million in add-ons, for the midfielder who won them the...
Aug 17, 2026
Racing led 2-0 on their return to La Liga, and Villarreal wiped it out in a minute
Racing Santander were two goals up on their first day back in the Spanish top flight since 2012. Villarreal took it all back either side of half-time,...
Aug 17, 2026
Santos scored three times in thirteen minutes in Rio, and Neymar made two of them
Nothing happened at Sao Januario for 68 minutes. Then Santos scored three, climbed out of the Brazilian relegation zone, and left Vasco da Gama sittin...
Aug 16, 2026
A 19-year-old Afghanistan international ran from his own half, and Southampton are bottom on minus four
Watford beat Southampton 2-1 at Vicarage Road through Iker Bravo’s debut goal and a solo run from Amin Nabizada. Southampton began the season four poi...
Aug 16, 2026
West Ham break the Championship transfer record to sign Arne Engels for £22m
The Belgium midfielder cost more than any player in the history of the second tier, and he arrives from a Celtic title he helped rescue from the penal...
Aug 16, 2026
Arsenal turned from Konsa to Quansah, and Leverkusen say he is not for sale either
Leverkusen’s response was that the England defender is not available, and Aston Villa have still not moved on Ezri Konsa. Arsenal open their title def...
Aug 16, 2026
Sevilla win it in the 97th minute with ten men, and La Liga’s first night had two red cards
Sevilla came from behind to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 with a stoppage-time penalty and a man short, while Alaves broke ten-man Getafe late at Mendizorro...
Aug 16, 2026
QPR had not won at Fratton Park since 2000, and they settled it in fifteen minutes
Ilias Chair scored twice as QPR came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Portsmouth, their first win there since May 2000. Four of the eight Saturday Champ...
Aug 15, 2026
Bolton beat Preston on their return to the Championship, seven years after they left it
Sam Dalby and Thierry Gale scored inside half an hour and a sellout Toughsheet crowd saw Bolton win 2-1, the first victory of the new Championship sea...
Aug 15, 2026
Manchester City let the 5pm deadline pass, and Enzo Fernandez stays at Chelsea
Chelsea gave Manchester City until 5pm on Friday to bid £120 million for Enzo Fernandez. No bid came, and Chelsea now expect the Argentina midfielder...
Aug 15, 2026
Spurs paid 12.5 million for Djed Spence, and Inter are paying up to 30 million four years on
Spence flew to Milan on Thursday night for his medical. Tottenham keep a 10 per cent sell-on, and lose a right-back who could not get past Pedro Porro...
Aug 15, 2026
Maresca’s first match in charge is against the champions, and Arsenal have no Saliba
Arsenal and Manchester City open the English season in Cardiff on Sunday, 7.30pm IST. It is Enzo Maresca’s first competitive game since replacing Pep...
Aug 15, 2026
Jimenez rescues Wolves in the 93rd minute, and the Championship starts the way the Premier League ended
Wolves needed a stoppage-time penalty from Raul Jimenez to draw 2-2 with Blackburn Rovers on the opening night of the Championship season at Molineux.