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  • General view of the stadium during the 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinal match between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Los Angeles Football Club at BC Place on November 22, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    MLS
    Are the Whitecaps about to die? Vancouver sound alarm bells amid difficult sale process

    Pablo Iglesias Maurer
    Scheduling and financial impasses at Vancouver’s World Cup stadium are leading down a road the league hasn’t traveled in over a decade
  • Khyah Harper of Gotham FC celebrates scoring her team's first goal with teammate Mandy Freeman during the FIFA Women's Champions Cup 2026 Third Place Play Off match between ASFAR and Gotham FC at Arsenal Stadium on February 01, 2026 in London, England.

    Gotham FC leave Champions Cup disappointed, but with an ambitious long-term plan

    Suzanne Wrack
    The defending NWSL champions had the deck stacked against them in London, but committed ownership is thinking much farther ahead
  • A general view inside GEODIS Park before the US Open Cup Semifinal between Nashville SC and Philadelphia Union on September 16, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/USSF/Getty Images)

    Olympics
    Los Angeles 2028 soccer tournaments to use MLS venues nationwide

  • Sandro Tonali against Liverpool

    Newcastle United
    Sandro Tonali ‘happy’ at Newcastle but Howe ‘not in control’ of Italian’s future

In depth

  • Gabriel Magalhães and Kepa Arrizabalaga celebrate together

    Quadruple-chasing Arsenal dare to dream a micromanaged dream

    Barney Ronay
  • David Squires cartoon on Ian Holloway

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … Holloway’s epic rant and his rage against the machines

More features

  • Arsenal fans singing at Meadow Park with Ellesse Johnson and Farah Chowdhury holding banner

    Moving the Goalposts
    Brown Girl Sport continues to cut through isolation and provide support

    Newsletter
  • Mio Backhaus of Werder Bremen celebrates a goal.

    Bundesliga
    Topp rescue act not enough to save Steffen at ailing Werder Bremen

  • Santi Cazorla.

    La Liga
    ‘His holiness’ Santi Cazorla leads the way as Oviedo find relief … and belief

  • The group of promising officials go through cardio recovery on bikes, cross trainers and rowers, before strength and conditioning exercises.

    Refereeing
    ‘When a match is going well, smile’: inside the scheme helping ethnic minority officials

  • Como’s players applaud their fans before the match against Atalanta, in which they had 79% possession.

    Serie A
    Frustration for Como but Fàbregas’s side have one of strongest identities in Italy

  • Chelsea’s João Pedro; Arsenal’s Nonu Madueke; and a Liverpool fan shows their support for Arne Slot.

    Weekend review
    Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

    João Pedro stepping up for Rosenior, Arsenal frontmen show their teeth and stretched Liverpool are fighting on
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  • Sandro Tonali against Liverpool

    Newcastle
    Tonali ‘happy’ at club but Howe ‘not in control’ of Italian’s future

    Sandro Tonali was linked to Arsenal on the final day of the transfer window as Eddie Howe said it was an ‘almighty challenge’ to reach the Carabao Cup final
  • Roy Keane and Ian Wright

    Media
    ITV heads to New York for World Cup coverage while BBC stays in Salford

  • A general view inside GEODIS Park before the US Open Cup Semifinal between Nashville SC and Philadelphia Union on September 16, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/USSF/Getty Images)

    Olympic football
    Los Angeles 2028 tournaments to use MLS venues

  • Cristian Romero after scoring for Tottenham against Burnley.

    Tottenham
    Romero hits out at ‘disgraceful’ squad shortage on social media post

  • Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino file photoFile photo dated 05-12-2025 of US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has apologised over remarks he made about British fans and defended the decision to award a peace prize to United States president Donald Trump. Issue date: Monday February 2, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read Sam Corum/PA Wire.

    Fifa
    Infantino apologises to British fans and defends awarding Trump peace prize

World football

  1. Arsenal’s players celebrate with the trophy

    Women’s Champions Cup
    Foord sees off Corinthians in extra time to put Arsenal on top of the world

  2. Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé celebrates after scoring his late penalty with Vinícius Juníor.

    European roundup
    Mbappé wins it late for Real Madrid after Bellingham limps off

  3. Donald Trump’s face is painted on a football before the World Cup 2026 draw.

    World Cup 2026
    Germany rule out boycott despite calls to send Trump message

  4. Total Fatball

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … Sydney FC and football’s version of a stinking fatberg

Opinion

  • Chelsea's Raheem Sterling reacts during the Premier League game against Aston Villa in September 2023

    Sterling’s spell at Chelsea was not fruitful but he still has time to revive career

    Jacob Steinberg
  • Arsenal fans look from the stands at the Emirates during Arsenal’s Premier League match agains Manchester United.

    The Arsenal psychodrama: Big Defeat Headloss hits hard after United setback

    Chris Godfrey
  • Benfica's goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin heads home in stoppage time against Real Madrid

    Content machine: 18 Champions League games was fun but overstuffed

    Max Rushden
  • Donald Trump represented the US on stage at the World Cup draw in December.

    Removing the US as World Cup host would be eminently sad – and entirely justified

    Alexander Abnos

David Squires

  • David Squires on … Manchester United giving Arsenal the wobbles

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … Manchester United giving Arsenal the title wobbles

    Our cartoonist on anxiety at the Emirates as Michael Carrick oversees another thrilling win

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    Women's Super League
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  • Young girls from Dulwich Village football club pose for a team photo with coaches during a tournament hosted by the Celtic FC Foundation at the Ferndale Sports Centre in Brixton

    Celtic
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  • The ball makes contact with Yerson Mosquera’s arm during Manchester City’s 2-0 win against Wolves

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    League One
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Newsletters

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    Football Daily
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    Moving the Goalposts
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