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Oct 22, 2026

Ballon d’Or votes closed on 28 September, and Harry Kane’s 73 goals should beat Lamine Yamal’s World Cup

The ballots are sealed until Monday night at the London Palladium. Spain’s World Cup is Yamal’s best argument, but nobody in Europe had a season like...

Oct 8, 2026

Arteta has signed until 2030, and Declan Rice is close to a new Arsenal deal worth around £350,000 a week

BBC Sport says talks over a new long-term contract are at an advanced stage, and the deal would put Rice level with Bukayo Saka as Arsenal’s top earne...

Oct 5, 2026

Rico Lewis has not played for England since November 2024, and Tuchel has called him up for Czechia at Wembley

Nico O’Reilly is out injured, so the Manchester City full-back moves up from the under-21s for Tuesday’s Nations League game.

Oct 4, 2026

Croatia’s worst defeat had been 6-0, and England beat them 7-0 in Rijeka

England were four up by half-time in Rijeka and handed Luka Modric’s Croatia the heaviest defeat in their history in the Nations League.

Oct 3, 2026

Croatia’s fans are banned from Rijeka, and up to 6,000 schoolchildren will watch them take on England

Croatia and England are both on three points in League A Group 3, and Saturday’s game is being played without home supporters after a UEFA sanction.

Sep 25, 2026

Harry Kane’s 100th Bundesliga goal came too late for the Ballon d’Or, and he should win it anyway

The 2026 vote closed its window on the night of the World Cup final. On what he did before then, Kane’s case is still the strongest.

Sep 24, 2026

Sri Lanka chased 322 at Headingley in 2006, and today they need a win there to keep the series alive

England lead the three-match one-day series 1-0 after Will Jacks took 5 for 22 at Chester-le-Street. The second ODI starts at 5pm IST in Leeds.

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 22, 2026

Tuchel has lost five from his England squad in four days, and Spain arrive at Wembley on Saturday

Cole Palmer, Declan Rice, Marcus Rashford, Kobbie Mainoo and Tino Livramento have all pulled out of England’s four-game international window. Morgan G...

Aug 25, 2026

The Hand of God ball sold for a third of its estimate, and the shirt got nearly three times as much

Heritage Auctions wanted close to $10m for the ball Maradona punched past Peter Shilton in 1986. It went for $3.35m, and the reasons are more interest...

Jul 19, 2026

Saka hat-trick fires England to World Cup bronze in a 6-4 thriller with France

England raced four goals clear, survived a France fightback led by Kylian Mbappe, and won the World Cup third-place play-off 6-4 in Miami. Bukayo Saka...

Jul 18, 2026

England national football team players: Tuchel’s 25, the 7-0 in Rijeka and Kane level with Shilton

Spain won at Wembley, then England won three in a row without conceding. Every player Tuchel had in the camp, with caps and goals after the Czechia ga...

Jul 18, 2026

England’s 60-year wait goes on after another semi-final collapse

England led their World Cup semi-final and lost it late to a Messi-inspired Argentina, and sixty years on from 1966 the wait drags on. Thomas Tuchel w...

Jul 16, 2026

Deschamps takes his France farewell against a wounded England in the third-place play-off

France and England, both beaten in the semi-finals, meet in Saturday’s World Cup third-place play-off in Miami, the last match of Didier Deschamps’ Fr...

Jul 15, 2026

Enzo and Lautaro strike late as Argentina beat England to reach the World Cup final

Two goals in the final five minutes, both made by Lionel Messi, turned a losing semi-final into a place in the final for the holders.

Jul 15, 2026

England face Messi’s Argentina in Atlanta with a final against Spain up for grabs

The World Cup’s last semifinal pits England against the holders Argentina in Atlanta, with the winner meeting Spain in Sunday’s final.

Jul 12, 2026

Messi faces England at last as an old World Cup rivalry returns in the semis

Wednesday’s semi-final in Atlanta pits Thomas Tuchel’s England against Lionel Messi’s Argentina, reviving a fixture last played in 2005 and one Messi...

Jul 12, 2026

Alvarez stunner sends Argentina past Switzerland and into an England semi-final

The holders needed extra time and a Julian Alvarez wonder-strike to see off a stubborn ten-man Switzerland in Kansas City. Argentina’s reward is a las...

Jul 12, 2026

Four teams, two ties, and a France-Spain semi-final that feels like the final

The World Cup is down to four, with France v Spain and England v Argentina to come. Two heavyweight semi-finals, one wide-open trophy race, and a pick...

Jul 12, 2026

Bellingham’s extra-time brace sends England past Norway and into the World Cup semi-finals

Jude Bellingham scored twice, including an extra-time winner, as England edged Norway 2-1 in Miami to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Jul 10, 2026

Brentford sign Callum Wilson on a free transfer

The 34-year-old striker joins Brentford on a one-year deal after leaving West Ham, giving Keith Andrews a proven Premier League finisher at no cost.

Jul 10, 2026

Haaland and Norway chase history against England in the World Cup quarter-finals

Erling Haaland has seven goals and a nation on his shoulders as Norway reach a first World Cup quarter-final. England, unbeaten and favourites, must f...

Jul 9, 2026

Elliot Anderson is now the most expensive British footballer ever

A £116m move to Manchester City turns a player Newcastle sold two years ago into the costliest British footballer in history.

Jul 7, 2026

Fitness races over Saibari and Reece James as the World Cup quarter-finals near

Ismael Saibari, Aurelien Tchouameni and Reece James are all in a race to be fit as the World Cup 2026 quarter-finals approach, with team news shaping...