2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (487+ words) Arsenal are monitoring midfielder’s workloadRice received painkilling injections last seasonDeclan Rice has insisted his body can sustain more than 60 appearances again this season, despite Arsenal’s concerns after he played through pain at the World Cup.Rice racked up 69 appearances last…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (201+ words) Brazilian scores twice in 5-1 victory at the Camp Nou Demirovic scores hat-trick as Stuttgart beat Viking Raphinha let his goals do the talking after being omitted from the Ballon d’Or shortlist, striking twice as Barcelona eased to a 5-1 win over Feyenoord…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (655+ words) We assess the standing of the players on the shortlist for the award before the winner is announced in October 1) Harry Kane (England/Bayern Munich) Even adjusting for the goal-drunken Bundesliga, his 61 goals in 51 matches for Bayern last season undersells…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (483+ words) Kate Scott, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards discuss their oft-viral approach to covering soccer for a US audience It takes something special for a sports broadcast to outshine the action on the field. Yet that is often what…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (300+ words) The 54th Australian to play in the Premier League insists he will continue working hard – and cannot wait to face Erling Haaland On the opening day of the Premier League season, with just over an hour gone in Hull City’s clash…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (280+ words) The Argentinian’s decision to quit international football was met by an outpouring of affection from the country he led to World Cup glory in 2022 Influencers, journalists, artists, cultural commentators and psychologists all expressed their gratefulness for Messi being a great…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (532+ words) With millions of club shirts going to waste every season, a radical recycling rethink is needed When Joanna Czutkowna buried a Manchester United jersey, a cotton T-shirt and a wool-cotton jumper in her Lancashire farm and dug it up a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (358+ words) With 110 matches to feature two coaches appointed this year, tactical history is becoming harder to ignore in a league of rapid turnover New managers are facing an almost one-in-two chance of being fired before the end of the season, a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (372+ words) His goal was like something from It’s A Knockout, but the Arsenal captain showed signs of recovery from an injury-wrecked campaign We’re back, baby. Welcome to the content zone. And yes, we did actually go away for a bit. Seriously. Check…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (217+ words) Sunderland fans hope Régis Le Bris and his talented squad can continue to surprise the pundits and Opta Guardian writers’ predicted position: 14th (NB: this is not necessarily Louise Taylor’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position:…...