Football

262 articles tagged with "Football"

Sep 5, 2026

Netherlands national football team: the full squad and key players Xavi has inherited

Xavi Hernandez took over the Netherlands in August and names his first squad this month. Here is the group he inherits, with caps, goals and current c...

Sep 5, 2026

Japan national football team: the full squad and key players after nine summer moves

Japan took 26 players to the 2026 World Cup and nine of them have changed clubs since. Here is the current squad with caps, goals and corrected clubs,...

Sep 5, 2026

Mandragora scored against the club that sold him, and Fiorentina are bottom of Serie A with one goal in three

Rolando Mandragora equalised in the 74th minute and Che Adams won it in the 82nd, leaving Fiorentina without a point and with a single goal after thre...

Sep 5, 2026

Bournemouth led 2-0 at St James’ Park, and Jacob Ramsey levelled it in the 88th minute

Jacob Ramsey came off the bench to equalise with two minutes of normal time left, and Newcastle recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Bournem...

Aug 23, 2026

Espi had been on for ten minutes, and his 90th-minute goal won Mourinho’s first league game back

Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 at the RCDE Stadium on Saturday, with Carlos Espi scoring in the final minute on his debut. Jose Mourinho then used the...

Aug 23, 2026

Tottenham’s £237 million summer opened with no first-half shot on target and a 3-0 at Brentford

Brentford beat Tottenham 3-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday, their first Premier League home win in the fixture. Four of Tottenham’s six s...

Aug 23, 2026

Isak returns to St James’ Park a year after forcing his exit, and both teams have a new manager

Alexander Isak plays at Newcastle for the first time since his British record move to Liverpool, in a Premier League opener that is also the first lea...

Aug 20, 2026

Coventry sign a 19-year-old from Fenerbahce, two days before their first Premier League game in 25 years

Sidiki Cherif arrives for a reported 24.5 million euros as the seventh signing of a summer that has already cost Coventry more than 83 million pounds...

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 13, 2026

Madjo scores at 17 years and 212 days, and PSG still retain the Super Cup

Paris Saint-Germain beat Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg to keep the UEFA Super Cup, but the night belonged to a 17-year-old who a court cleared to play o...

Aug 10, 2026

Bezos is in, and the consortium buying a third of Liverpool is led by Lakshmi Mittal’s son-in-law

A consortium fronted by British Indian investor Amit Bhatia is closing in on roughly a third of Liverpool, with Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Edu...

Aug 10, 2026

Mourinho signed for Manchester United in 2013, phoned Ferguson in tears, and went to Chelsea instead

A new Netflix documentary has Mourinho and Ferguson both confirming what almost happened in 2013: a signed agreement to succeed Ferguson at Old Traffo...

Aug 10, 2026

Viseu are back in the top flight after 37 years, and they took a point off Benfica in an empty Luz

Benfica led twice and drew 2-2 with promoted Academico de Viseu in Marco Silva’s first league match, played behind closed doors. Porto are the only on...

Jul 31, 2026

Abline joins Monaco for 25 million euros as relegated Nantes set a Ligue 2 record

Monaco have signed Matthis Abline from Nantes for 25 million euros plus five million in add-ons. The 23-year-old forward has signed until 2031, and Na...

Jul 29, 2026

Croatia national football team: full squad and key players

Slaven Bilic has taken charge, Luka Modric is expected to bow out in October, and a 19-year-old defender has just moved for 50 million pounds. Here is...

Jul 29, 2026

Openda returns to Ligue 1 on loan at Lyon after two goals in a year at Juventus

Juventus have sent Lois Openda to Lyon for the 2026-27 season on a straight loan with no option to buy, a year after paying more than 40 million euros...

Jul 20, 2026

Germany national football team: full squad and key players

Germany head into a new era under Jurgen Klopp after a chastening 2026 World Cup. Here is the full squad he inherits, from Manuel Neuer and Joshua Kim...

Jul 20, 2026

Rodri and Spain dominate the 2026 World Cup awards, Mbappe takes the Golden Boot

Rodri won the Golden Ball, Unai Simon the Golden Glove and Pau Cubarsi the Young Player award as Spain swept the individual honours. Kylian Mbappe was...

Jul 19, 2026

Spain are world champions as Ferran Torres’ extra-time goal downs ten-man Argentina

Ferran Torres’ extra-time strike settled a tense final at MetLife Stadium, denying ten-man Argentina and handing Spain their first World Cup title sin...

Jul 19, 2026

Messi and Yamal: two Barcelona generations meet in the World Cup final

Messi is 39 and probably saying goodbye. Yamal is 19 and just getting started. The World Cup final puts two players from the same club lineage on oppo...

Jul 19, 2026

Spain vs Argentina: what to watch in the World Cup 2026 final

Spain and Argentina meet at MetLife Stadium with the World Cup on the line. Here is how the two unbeaten finalists shape up before the 00:30 IST kicko...

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: full squad and key players at the 2026 World Cup

Thomas Tuchel took England to the World Cup semi-finals before Argentina ended the run in Atlanta. Here is the 26-man squad that carried the Three Lio...

Jul 18, 2026

Whatever happens against Spain, this feels like Messi’s long goodbye

At 39, and openly admitting he is exhausted, Lionel Messi has dragged Argentina to a third World Cup final. Sunday against Spain may well be the last...