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Sep 6, 2026

Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick last time out, and Manchester United still sit two places below Everton

Everton have not lost a match yet and Manchester United have already been beaten by a promoted side. They meet at the Hill Dickinson Stadium at 6.30pm...

Sep 6, 2026

Napoli were two up after 53 minutes, and Inter had never come back from that against them before

Inter trailed 2-0 at San Siro with 40 minutes left and won 3-2, Lautaro Martinez scoring twice including a winner in stoppage time. Opta says the fixt...

Sep 5, 2026

Parrott had never scored for Betis, and his first goal beat Real Madrid

Jose Mourinho’s first defeat of the season came at the one ground Real Madrid have not won at since 2021, and it turned on a save from the penalty spo...

Sep 5, 2026

PSG are 12th after three games, and Monaco have now beaten them three times in a row

The reigning champions have two points from three matches. Monaco, who scored twice on the counter at the Parc des Princes, have won all three of thei...

Sep 3, 2026

Messi played 207 times for Argentina, and now every match there stops at ten minutes

The AFA has ordered every match it runs, men’s and women’s, to pause at the ten-minute mark for a minute of applause. Messi announced his internationa...

Sep 2, 2026

Balogun walked away after midnight, and Chelsea lost their Enzo replacement because of it

Everton had the fee agreed, the deal sheet in and the striker in the building. He left as a Monaco player, and Chelsea’s £47m move for Lamine Camara d...

Sep 2, 2026

Mukasa scored twice at the club that made him, and West Ham have their first Championship win

West Ham beat Wolves 4-2 at the London Stadium on Tuesday for their first win since relegation, with two goals from a teenager on loan from Manchester...

Aug 31, 2026

Leao has gone to Galatasaray for 45 million euros, and Aston Villa would not raise their offer

AC Milan confirmed Rafael Leao’s permanent transfer on Sunday, ending seven seasons. Aston Villa had him talked round to the Premier League and then s...

Aug 27, 2026

Mbappe scored three in 40 minutes, and Mourinho’s first Bernabeu night back finished 4-1

Kylian Mbappe scored his first goals of the season in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad, the first home league match of Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Rea...

Aug 23, 2026

Palace had their best xG in a Premier League game without scoring since 2018, and lost 2-0 at Everton

Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on the opening Saturday of the season, with goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Bar...

Aug 23, 2026

Stach’s free-kick beat Sels at his near post, and Glasner’s first Forest match ended with nothing

Anton Stach’s free-kick two minutes from the end beat Matz Sels at the near post and gave Leeds United a 1-0 win at the City Ground on the opening Sat...

Aug 21, 2026

Kaith saves two, and Kolkata gets its first Durand Cup derby final since 2023

Vishal Kaith kept out Robin Yadav and Parthib Gogoi as Mohun Bagan beat holders NorthEast United 4-3 on penalties in Shillong. They play East Bengal a...

Aug 21, 2026

Hull are back in the Premier League after nine years, and they have never beaten Saturday’s opponents in it

Hull City host Manchester United at 5pm IST on Saturday in their first Premier League game since May 2017. They have played United ten times in the co...

Aug 19, 2026

Aston Villa sign a goalkeeper and a left-back in one day, and Emi Martinez’s future is still open

Zion Suzuki becomes the first Japanese goalkeeper in Premier League history, and Matteo Ruggeri replaces Lucas Digne. Villa spent 55 million euros on...

Aug 19, 2026

Monaco tear up Pogba’s contract four days before their first match of the season

Six appearances, one start, and a deal that had another year to run. Monaco and the 2018 World Cup winner have agreed to part before a ball is kicked...

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 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 13, 2026

Atletico agree £34.2m for Romero, and Spurs got more for a teenager who never played

Tottenham have agreed to sell their captain to Atletico Madrid, and the fee is lower than the one they banked in July for a defender who never played...

Aug 12, 2026

La Liga starts on Saturday without Barcelona or Real Madrid

The 2026-27 season opens at Alaves on Saturday with three promoted clubs back in the top flight. The champions and Real Madrid do not play their openi...

Aug 11, 2026

Jai Agarwal has bought into Guarda FC, and the plan runs through India

Guarda FC, seven years old and in Portugal’s fourth tier, have taken on an Indian shareholder. The announcement made in Portugal and the one that reac...

Aug 11, 2026

Paciência scores twice in two minutes, and Nacional still leave the Azores with a point

Santa Clara were 2-0 up after 21 minutes of the new Portuguese season and level by half-time. The islanders’ derby that closed round one finished 2-2.

Aug 7, 2026

Vinicius signs to 2032, and Arsenal’s pursuit ends without a bid ever being made

Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday that Vinicius Junior has extended to June 2032. Arsenal spent a fortnight waiting for the talks to collapse, and nev...