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  • The new Rangers vice-chair, Paraag Marathe

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    EFL owners clear to buy Scottish and Irish teams after multi-club rules change

In depth

  • David Squires on … making Transylvania great again

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    David Squires on … making Transylvania great again

  • Croix Bethune in action for Washington Spirit against Utah Royals

    Moving the Goalposts
    The USWNT’s domestic-heavy roster can benefit their World Cup yearning

Transfer interactives

  • Jonathan Tah, Liam Delap, Jeremie Frimpong.

    Men's summer transfers
    Track all the latest moves in the Premier League and Europe

  • Marta Cardona, Jule Brand, Eugénie Le Sommer

    Women's summer transfers
    All the deals from WSL, NWSL and Europe's big leagues

More football news

  • Keith Andrews

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    Bees agree deal for set-piece coach Andrews to step up as manager

    Brentford have agreed a deal for the former Republic of Ireland midfielder Keith Andrews to replace Thomas Frank as their manager
  • Rob Edwards poses for a photograph at Middlesbrough: ‘It felt instantly that this was right for me and it got me excited.’

    Championship
    Middlesbrough appoint Edwards as head coach on three-year deal

  • Iran players pose for a team photo before a World Cup qualifier in Tehran

    World Cup 2026
    Fifa considers options for Iran due to conflict with co-hosts US

  • Atletico Madrid's Koke looks dejected

    Club World Cup
    Atlético eliminated as Palmeiras snatch top spot in Group A

  • Ibrahima Konaté celebrates Liverpool’s title win

    Liverpool
    Konaté disappointed with contract offer as talks stall

More features

  • Chelsea FC v Los Angeles Football Club: Group D - FIFA Club World Cup 2025<br>ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 16: Liam Delap of Chelsea comes on as a substitute replacing Nicolas Jackson during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group D Liam Delap comes on for Nicolas Jackson against LAFC.

    Delap is Chelsea’s new toy but uncut gem Jackson offers point of difference

    Jonathan Liew
    While battle lines are drawn between the two strikers with very different journeys to the top, there is a way both can thrive
  • Brazil’s legendary 1982 side celebrate Socrates’ equaliser in their classic match against Italy.

    Nessun Dorma
    A 1980s and 1990s football odyssey

  • A rendering showing an aerial view of what the completed Arthur M. Blank US Soccer National Training Center in Georgia will look like.

    USA
    ‘Gold standard’: training centre could be gamechanger for football

  • Real Oviedo’s Santi Cazorla kisses his wife Ursula Santirso as they celebrate the team’s return to La Liga

    Spain
    Cazorla and Oviedo pull off the most romantic of returns to La Liga

  • Wallace Yan celebrates after scoring Flamengo’s third goal in their win against Chelsea

    Club World Cup
    Brazilian clubs are upending the global order in the US

  • Charalampos Kostoulas (right) during the Uefa Youth League final against Milan in April 2024

    Brighton
    Seagulls' transfer push backed by ‘physicality’ and cutting-edge data

World football

  1. The United States Men's National Team gets ready for the second half during the USMNT Men's National Team game against Trinidad &amp; Tobago on June 15, 2025 at PayPal Park in San Jose, CA.

    USA
    How the USMNT values diversity, even in the Trump era

  2. Marco Curto of Sampdoria scores against Salernitana at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in the first leg

    Serie B
    Salernitana’s survival hopes hit by serious bout of food poisoning

  3. Rose Lavelle (16 Gotham FC) makes her return during the National Women's Soccer League match between Gotham FC and Kansas City Current at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, NJ

    USWNT
    Lavelle returns as Hayes names domestic-heavy roster for friendlies

  4. Kevin De Bruyne shakes hands with Napoli’s president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, during his official unveiling

    Serie A
    Underdogs to top dogs: De Bruyne’s arrival signals new era for Napoli

Opinion

  • An illustration of a conveyor belt of footballers tumbling in front of a TV while a viewer looks on

    Club World Cup didn’t start football's overload – but we should try to fight it

    Max Rushden
  • President Trump hosts Juventus players at the White House.

    America is showing us football in its final dictator form – we can’t afford to look away

    Barney Ronay
  • Thomas Müller tells a joke after a beer shower on the pitch last month, after Bayern’s final home game of their title-winning season.

    Auf wiedersehen, Müller, Germany’s dreammaker who found goals in space

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Brentford manager Thomas Frank applauds the travelling fans at the final whistle of the Premier League visit to Newcastle in April

    Frank gave Brentford fans so much for so long – we will truly miss him

    Natalie Sawyer

David Squires

  • David Squires on … Infantino’s Club World Cup dream becoming a reality

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    David Squires on … gimmicks and surprise guests as Club World Cup kicks off

    Our cartoonist looks back at the opening games and empty seats as Gianni Infantino’s vanity project finally got under way

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    Media
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Newsletters

  1. Jude Bellingham equals his younger brother’s Club World Cup goal tally.

    Football Daily
    Bellinghams do battle and subs stay indoors as Club World Cup warms up

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  2. Jill Roord back in Enschede

    Moving the Goalposts
    Jill Roord: ‘I lost my happiness in football a little bit. I needed to move home’

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  3. Fans carry a Soft Hooligans banner before the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match between Sweden and Republic of Ireland in Stockholm.

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  4. Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, USA’s Diego Luna, Mexico's Edson Alvarez.

    US soccer
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    The Rumour Mill
    Is Villa's Martínez eager to join Manchester United?

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    The Knowledge
    Has a striker scored more goals for their country than in club football?

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  • A montage of Southampton despair, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Bournemouth's Dean Huijsen

    Premier League 2024-25 review
    Our writers’ best and worst of the season

  • Arne Slot celebrates winning the league, David Moyes waves and Nuno Espírito Santo gives instructions

    Managers of the season
    Slot's dream debut and Pereira's rescue mission

  • The Manchester United squad head straight for Kuala Lumpur and the first stage of their post-season tour

    Flops of the season
    Manchester United, Foden and promoted teams

  • Chelsea's Cole Palmer on the ball, Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze controls a ball, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah takes a selfie

    Players of the season
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