England squad for Belgium as Kane, Walker and Maguire return to clubs March 24, 2024 Harry Kane, Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire have left the England squad and returned to their clubs ahead of the Three Lions’ match against Belgium. England lost 1-0 to Brazil on Saturday. Bayern Munich’s Kane did not play in the match at Wembley and was ruled out of Tuesday’s clash with Belgium ahead of Sunday’s [...]
WSL table and run-in after Chelsea go top following West Ham win March 24, 2024 Chelsea returned to the top of the WSL table with a 2-0 victory over West Ham on Women’s Football Weekend. The women’s football initiative takes advantage of the international break in the men’s game to put the WSL and Championship front and centre. Chelsea’s title rivals Manchester City went three points clear on Saturday with [...]
David Bernstein interview: Former FA chief on saving Manchester City, Premier League charges, why football needs a regulator and beef with Roy Keane March 14, 2024 Bernstein discusses his new book about his time at Manchester City.
Premier League: Liverpool and Man City draw to leave Arsenal top of table in final direct domestic clash between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp March 10, 2024 Outgoing Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ended his direct Premier League rivalry with Pep Guardiola with a fiercely contested 1-1 draw at Anfield. The German and Spaniard embraced after the full time whistle in Liverpool after an early John Stones goal for Manchester City was cancelled out by an Alexis Mac Allister penalty. The result leaves [...]
Phil Foden double wins Manchester derby and keeps City in touch at top March 3, 2024 City remain one point off the top after their comeback win in the derby.
Jorginho explains why Arsenal are happy to be written off in Premier League title race February 25, 2024 Arsenal made it six top-flight wins in a row by beating Newcastle on Saturday.
Mike Lynch: Extradited businessman hires Boris Johnson and Man City’s lawyer Lord Pannick for SFO data fight February 21, 2024 Pannick was reportedly on £10,000 an hour during Boris's Partygate hearing, when treble-winners Manchester City hired him to fight financial fair play breach claims.
Trevor Steven: Why I can’t see past Manchester City in three-horse title race February 20, 2024 It's the title race we've been waiting for, writes our football columnist.
Manchester United record most expensive squad EVER at £1.2bn, Uefa report February 14, 2024 The Manchester United squad that concluded the 2022-23 season was the most expensively-assembled team on record, a new report revealed this morning. An official Uefa document, titled European Club Finance and Investment Landscape Report, says the Old Trafford club’s 2023 financial year-end squad cost a collective €1.42bn (£1.21bn), which topples the previous record of €1.33bn [...]
Guardiola: Back to business for Man City against starving Copenhagen February 12, 2024 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has insisted that it’s “back to business” for the defending champions as they take on a “starving and hungry” Copenhagen, who have not played a competitive match in two months, in the Champions League Round of 16 tomorrow. City face their Danish opposition knowing Copenhagen pose dangers that aided in [...]