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  • Jack Grealish celebrates Manchester City’s treble in 2023 on the club’s open-top bus parade

    All aboard
    Grealish, Wilshere and Van Gaal’s ‘kiss’: Newcastle’s parade has a lot to live up to

    Eddie Howe’s team will celebrate their Carabao Cup win on Saturday but there can be pitfalls along the way
    • BBC commentator Thomas Woodrooffe, the FA Cup and Ian Wright in the FA Cup final 1990

      Football Daily
      Wrighty, Ceefax and trilbies: an FA Cup journey back in time

    • Exclusive
      Newcastle’s new stadium video hints at proposed move

    • Crystal Palace
      Mateta to return in protective helmet

    • Team news
      Predicted lineups for the FA Cup quarter-finals

    • Dani Alves
      Former player has rape conviction quashed

    • Fulham
      Silva has club dreaming of Europe and a major trophy

    • WCL
      Bompastor lauds Chelsea mentality on ‘perfect night'

    • Harry Redknapp
      Appears to make Nazi salute; calls Tuchel 'spy’

News and features

  • Millie Bright at Cobham FC

    Big interview
    Millie Bright: ‘I’m proud of Lucy Bronze for sharing her story’

    England defender on the pitch named after her and a new reality for fan interactions
  • Jean-Philippe Mateta, Taiwo Awoniyi, Kaine Kesler-Hayden

    FA Cup
    What to look out for this weekend in the quarter-finals

  • Evanilson at Bournemouth’s new training ground

    Interview
    Evanilson: ‘I left 40C in Rio to go to -5 … I couldn’t finish the training session’

  • Chelsea
    Club must submit Earl’s Court bid or risk missing out

  • Canada Soccer
    Bayern consider legal action over Davies injury

  • Leyton Orient
    US-based consortium close to ambitious £18m takeover

  • Women's Champions League
    Barcelona crush Wolfsburg to make semis

  • Champions League
    Real Madrid celebrations at Atlético to be investigated

  • Premier League
    Extra transfer window to open before Club World Cup

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In depth

  • Lauren James runs with the ball during Chelsea's 3-0 victory over Manchester City.

    Chelsea restore natural order but must defy it against Barça

    Jonathan Liew
    Lauren James and Mayra Ramírez shone in a convincing display but bigger tests lie ahead
  • Arsenal captain Charles Buchan watches goalkeeper Dai Lewis kick the ball during training in preparation for the FA Cup final v Cardiff City. April 1927.

    Arsenal
    The forgotten story of … the Gunners' wooden training shed

    The secret device was designed to improve players’ technique in the late 1920s and was later used by other top-flight clubs trying to gain an edge
    • Milan’s mascot Milanello in Puma King boots

      Puma’s classic boots beckon me back from Umbro betrayal

      Max Rushden
    • Pele is lifted up by his Santos teammates after what was claimed to be his 1,000th goal.

      Brazil
      Mystery and mathematics of Pelé’s disputed 1,000th goal

    • Children play football on a dried up water bed of a lake in Kabul in July 2021

      Afghanistan
      Ex-captain’s anger at state of football in homeland

    • United States President Donald J Trump (R) holds an Executive Order he signed setting up a task force on the World Cup with FIFA President Gianni Infantino (L) in the Oval Office of the White House

      World Cup 2026
      Event heralded as a uniter is facing divisive road blocks

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Moving the Goalposts

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World football

  • David Squires on Jackson Irvine. Thursday 27th March, 2025.

    David Squires on …
    A tribute to Socceroo Jackson Irvine as told by his tattoos

    Our cartoonist looks at the midfielder’s creative inspirations
  • Afghan female football players compete wearing hijabs and red and purple kits during a women’s football final in Kabul in 2013

    Afghanistan Women
    Fifa close to recognising side but players say it is too late

  • Raul Jimenez #9 of Mexico celebrates his goal during the CONCACAF Nations League Cup Final game against Panama on Sunday March 23, 2025

    Mexico
    Jiménez used his Fulham form to revitalise country in Nations League

  • World Cup qualifiers
    Taremi key on and off field to Iran’s knockout dream

  • Twenty years of Dortmund
    CEO Watzke on near-bankruptcy and Klopp

  • Interview
    Jonathan David: ‘I'm proud if I'm the best in Concacaf'

  • Nations League
    Trincão fires Portugal through on night of epics

  • Juventus
    Club sack manager Motta and bring in Tudor

  • Liga F
    Madrid earn first victory in women’s clásico

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Video

  • Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed his concern that 'callous, manipulative and toxic influencers' are taking the place of traditional father figures in society and contributing to mental health issues among young men
    1:21

    Social media
    Southgate rails at rise of ‘callous toxic' role models for young men

  • Newcastle United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley

    Carabao Cup
    Newcastle United win Carabao Cup to end 70-year trophy drought

  • While Liverpool boss Arne Slot called the team's exit from the Champions League a shock, he took solace in losing to an excellent Paris Saint‑Germain team in a wildly entertaining two-legged tie that needed a penalty shootout to settle it
    1:30

    Champions League
    Slot takes pride in Liverpool's display after exit to PSG

  • Sam Merson, son of the former footballer Paul Merson, scored an 'outrageous' goal for Hanworth Villa against Farnham Town
    0:32

    Non-league football
    'What a moment': Merson’s son scores 'outrageous' goal

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Opinion

  • Reece James, Dan Burn, Jude Bellingham, Thomas Tuchel

    England
    Time not on Tuchel’s side to raise tempo before World Cup

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold

    Trent will be missed as Liverpool near tipping point

    Barney Ronay
    Rebuild job was always waiting for Slot and expected exit of homegrown star marks its start
  • Jude Bellingham and Jordan Henderson of England look on as they warm up prior to the 2026 World Cup qualifier between England and Albania

    Why the double standards on Black players and ‘leadership’?

    Jonathan Liew
    Jordan Henderson is a great English leader but has been applauded for the very same acts for which minority ethnic players are castigated

    Regulars

    • Uzbekistan v Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela v Brazil, Edin Dzeko of Bosnia Herzegovina

      The Knowledge
      The international fixture worth the highest score in Scrabble

    • Kerolin Nicoli poses in the Manchester City top after signing for the club

      Moving the Goalposts
      Kerolin: ‘I have this dream of being the best in the world’

      • Football Weekly Extra
        Wales leave it late, farewell to Alexander-Arnold

      • David Squires on …
        Tuchel adapting to life in the impossible job with England

      • Football Daily
        Brazil and a plan that seems like self-sabotage

      • WSL review
        Arsenal hit heights, Cuthbert boosts Chelsea aggression

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Chelsea and City trade blows and a new era of seven-a-side

      • Quiz time!
        Which teammate was first to join these goal celebrations?

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    Catch up

    • Gary Lineker waves to supporters after scoring all three goals in England’s 3-0 win over Poland at the World Cup in 1986

      Book extract
      The game that set Lineker on the path to global superstardom

    • Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Mariona Caldentey.

      Interview
      Mariona Caldentey: ‘One day we’ll realise what we achieved’

    • Xabi Alonso, Steve McManaman and Michael Owen during their playing days at Real Madrid.

      Anfield to Bernabéu
      Real Madrid open up old Liverpool wounds with Alexander-Arnold move

    • Joe Wildsmith of WBA, Rene Higuita and Declan Rice

      Are we entering the era of the quarterback goalkeeper?

      Jonathan Wilson

    The big picture

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    The top 100

    • Vinicius Júnior, Rodri and Erling Haaland

      Men's edition
      Revealed: the best male players in the world for 2024

    • Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League - Etihad Stadium<br>Manchester City's Rodri with his Ballon d'Or trophy ahead of the Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Picture date: Saturday November 23, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Man City. Photo credit should read: Carl Recine/POOL/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.

      Rodri at No 1
      Midfielder on top of the world after year of glory and pain

    • trail day 4 women's top 100 footballers 2024

      Women's edition
      Revealed: the best female players in the world for 2024

    • Aitana Bonmatí

      Bonmatí at No 1
      Spaniard on top of the world again but England close gap

    Next generation

    • Franco Mastantuono (River Plate), Estêvão (Palmeiras) and Konstantinos Karetsas (Genk)

      2024 edition
      Revealed: 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City), Shumaira Mheuka (Chelsea) and Jack Porter (Arsenal)

      2024 edition
      Twenty of the best talents at Premier League clubs

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      Class of 2023
      Big years for Zaïre-Emery and Endrick. But how about the rest?

    • Gianluca Busio and Gio Reyna

      Class of 2019
      Busio, Reyna and co: how have they got on since?

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