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News and features

  • Rodri under pressure against Inter

    Man City’s bluntness against Inter may give Arteta ideas

    David Hytner
    The Italian side’s low block offered reminders of March’s Premier League stalemate
  • Jurriën Timber in action against Tottenham

    Arsenal
    Timber proving to be answer to Gunners' left-back problem

  • Phallon Tullis-Joyce

    Phallon Tullis-Joyce
    Deep-sea diver and fossil fan: Man Utd's No 1 steps up

  • Exclusive
    EFL plans PSR charge if Leicester are relegated

  • Women’s Super League
    Preview No 11: Tottenham aim to build on progress

  • Champions League
    Brest take first steps into Europe against all the odds

  • Independent regulator
    Starmer’s £35k in free tickets puts plans under scrutiny

  • Ciao Totò, the wide-eyed dreamer who stole Italian hearts

    Richard Hall

  • What’s the story? City and Inter serve advert for new world

    Barney Ronay
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Over there

  • christian mcfarlane nycfc defender

    Christian McFarlane: could England gain a US-raised star?

  • Todd Boehly watches Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge

    Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s self-styled revolutionary, is facing failure

  • Christian Pulisic has 9 goal involvements for Milan in Serie A this season.

    Christian Pulisic has been a bright spot in a frustrating Milan season

  • Antonee Robinson of Fulham FC in action during a November match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.

    Antonee Robinson: the American left back finding career form at Fulham

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In depth

  • Tight salary controls in MLS have led to parity: Columbus Crew are one of five teams to have won the title in six years

    Should the Premier League adopt an MLS-style salary cap?

    Graham Ruthven
    The US league offers a blueprint for improved parity and financial transparency
  • Lucy Bronze in action for Chelsea during a pre-season friendly

    Will anyone unseat relentless Chelsea in WSL race?

    Anita Asante
    Champions are mentality monsters but are in transition and pressure has mounted on rivals
    • The Middlesbrough team bus arrives at the Riverside (without Juninho) a day after their 1997 FA Cup final defeat to Chelsea

      The Knowledge
      Celebrating relegation or defeat with an open-top bus parade

    • Brian Deane (left) with Sheffield United and Benfica and Jude Bellingham during his time with Borussia Dortmund and Birmingham City.

      Road to Europe
      A brief history of English football’s unlikeliest European exports

    • Washington Spirit v Arsenal Women: Pre Season Friendly<br>WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: Rosa Kafaji of Arsenal takes a shot during the Pre Season Friendly match between Washington Spirit and Arsenal Women at Audi Field on August 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

      Arsenal’s Rosa Kafaji
      Ronaldinho has been an inspiration. It's how I try to play

    • The screens showing all the group stage fixtures in the new-format Champions League after the draw in Monaco last month

      A new dawn or the richest winning in more lucrative ways?

      Jonathan Liew
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Business of soccer

  • Corporate renaming can lead to fans finding themselves in a sporting no-place

    Anfield Presents Amazon Dome may be closer than we think – and fans will be livid

    Aaron Timms
  • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

    Has Wenger finally won the culture war over big money in football?

  • three side by side images of two footballers and a coach

    Can San Diego FC pull off their plan to be the Ajax of North America?

  • US Premier League fans are passionate, and thrive partly because of their distance from Europe

    A US Premier League game would be wildly popular – and demean everyone

    Aaron Timms
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Football Weekly

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Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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Video

  • Arsenal
    Ødegaard's ankle injury is 'significant', reveals Arteta

    Mikel Arteta says that Martin Ødegaard's ankle injury will keep the Arsenal captain out of play 'for a while'
  • The former Italy striker Totò Schillaci, who inspired his country to third place at the 1990 World Cup, has died at the age of 59

    1:34

    Totò Schillaci
    Italy’s goalscoring hero – video obituary

  • Rodri has stated that players are close to striking over the increased number of games after the Champions League has been expanded by two games per team in its new format

    2:07

    Manchester City
    Rodri says overworked players are close to striking

  • Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has criticised the expanded format of the Champions League, claiming that players had not been consulted on adding two extra games to the group phase

    2:03

    Liverpool
    'Our opinion does not matter': Alisson wants player input into calendar

  • Gary Shaw was part of a revered Villa side that enjoyed extraordinary and unparalleled success in the early 80s

    1:19

    Gary Shaw
    A look back at the Aston Villa legend's time with the club

  • A depleted Arsenal beat Tottenham 1-0 in the North London derby after a tight and heated game

    1:39

    Spurs 0-1 Arsenal
    Arteta proud after depleted team's 'hungrier' display in derby win

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The top 100

The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

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Opinion

  • The screens showing all the group stage fixtures in the new-format Champions League after the draw in Monaco last month

    Champions League: a new dawn, or the richest winning in more lucrative ways?

    Jonathan Liew
  • Vivianne Miedema, Lucy Bronze, Rosa Kafaji

    Women's Super League
    Transfer window verdict: how every club fared

    From Manchester City’s move for Vivianne Miedema to Brighton’s comings and goings, it has been a busy summer
  • A general view of the Etihad Stadium

    Explainer
    All you need to know about Manchester City’s hearing

    As an independent commission prepares to assess the charges levelled at the club, here’s what it all means

    Regulars

    • Aston Villa

      Football Daily
      Plastic fantastic for Villa, Bayern show no mercy

    • AC Milan's Alvaro Morata, bottom, and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk battle for the ball during the Champions League game between AC Milan and Liverpool at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

      Football Weekly
      The all new Champions League group stage kicks off

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Is the WPLL takeover good for the English game?

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

      • The Knowledge
        Players punished for answering calls of nature

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Morgan leaves US women’s football in better place

      • The Knowledge
        Footballers who have played for both teams in same game

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

    Catch up

    • A fan waves a red card that says 'stop exploiting loyalty' outside Villa Park

      Fans’ lame resistance to ticket greed lets hierarchy off hook

      Barry Glendenning
    • Aitana Bonmatí, of Barcelona and Spain, with her Ballon d’Or trophy at last October’s awards.

      Ballon d’Or shows it doesn’t care about women’s football

      Tom Garry
    • Frank Lampard in 2006, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Bruno Guimarães. Harry Toffolo.

      Scorcher scarcity is not data’s fault: players simply shoot less

      Jonathan Wilson
    • David Pleat

      Interview
      David Pleat: ‘The joy of beating a great team – that was happiness’

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