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Jack Grealish edged closer to Manchester City and becoming English football’s first £100million superstar after talks between Pep Guardiola’s side and Aston Villa gained pace on Friday. The England international playmaker was one of City’s two major ...

The line between stability and stasis can often feel tissue paper-thin. Spot the difference between Crystal Palace’s 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons – 14th place in the league, eliminated at the first hurdle in domestic cup competitions, six home wins, e...

The women footballers of Team GB will lock horns with a familiar foe in the home of Kashima Antlers on Friday morning. It is not just that Australia’s rivalry with the old country is as strong in the Olympics, notably in rowing and swimming, as it is...

Let me get one thing straight. I will never be offended by anything Piers Morgan says to me. He called me a “serial bronzer” on Twitter on Monday, adding that he only celebrates Olympic gold medals. This is coming from an Arsenal fan. I am also a Goo...

How do you take the perfect free-kick? The devil is in the process and it is one which few have mastered to the degree of Roberto Carlos. The curving trajectory and the sheer power against a billowing net, the Brazilian legend is not defined by his s...

Full-capacity Premier League crowds should not go ahead and doing so based on flawed research from pilot events “verges on the unethical”, a virologist has said. Deenan Pillay, a virology professor at University College London and Independe...

With just one managerial vacancy going in the top two tiers of English football, John Terry could find himself waiting for an early-season sacking unless Swansea City make an approach for the now former Aston Villa assistant head coach. The 40-year-o...

Football manager Joey Barton has been charged with attacking and injuring a woman. The 38-year-old, who manages Bristol Rovers, is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The charge against the former Premier League and England footb...

Football fans will be able to attend top flight football matches again this autumn, but only if they have been fully-vaccinated, according to reports. Talks are believed to be in an early phase with the Premier League to discuss whether supporters wh...

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Ed Woodward, one of the Premier League’s great spin-men, will soon be gone. Much of his eight-year reign over Manchester United has been defined by chaos, one poor decision inevitably giving way to another and another. And at the top of the tree, the...

Before a ball was kicked at Tokyo 2020, there were serious question marks against Team GB‘s preparations. The departure of Phil Neville as England manager (not that it has worked out particularly well for him since…), uncertainty over fitness and a l...

Former footballer Ryan Giggs has pleaded not guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister in Greater Manchester last year. Mr Giggs, who played for top clubs including Manchester United, appeared at Manchester Crown Court on Friday morning, ...

One of the mistakes (and we’re ignoring protestors urging angrily for something they had already achieved, here) that those on the recent freedom marches in London made was presenting the immediate and complete opening up of society as a choice betwe...

Giving fans a “golden share veto” to protect their clubs against future breakaway leagues will be needed to safeguard the national game, the chair of a Government review into Football says. Former sports minister Tracey Crouch issued a series of prop...

A father and his two grown up sons contracted Covid after attending the Euro 2020 final despite being vaccinated twice. Graham Hiley thinks they caught it after being accosted by ticketless fans storming a disabled entrance when they entered the stad...

A star-studded Team GB women’s football squad containing household names like Lucy Bronze, Kim Little and Ellen White is among the leading contenders to win gold at Tokyo 2020. The 22-strong squad, comprised of 19 England players, two Scots in Little...

The Government has been urged to share Covid infection data from the Euro 2020 final immediately after swathes of England fans who attended tested positive for the virus. Fans who caught the virus at the game have dubbed it the ‘Wembley variant’, wit...