1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (691+ words) The league phase has begun. From Olise’s brilliance to Sabah’s pub cleaner turned quiz contestant turned manager, there was plenty to talk aboutThe league phase has been previewed as Barcelona’s first step toward reclaiming a crown last lifted in 2015, with…...

2+ day, 22+ 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, 21+ 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…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1137+ words) Plus: clubs with multiple £100m players on their books and more trophy-laden footballers Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “The Saturday before last, Clyde were winning 3-0 at The Spartans after an hour when Logan Dunachie was sent…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (269+ words) Two assists and the winner for Deportivo A Coruña leave Gabonese striker with one club record and eyeing another The signings of Giménez and Casadó – both on loan, both two-time La Liga winners – are a coup for Deportivo, even after…...

6+ day, 57+ min 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   (790+ words) Paris Saint-Germain have drawn both of their league games so far Monaco pose a tricky task on Friday “It’s like we’re at school,” Luis Enrique quipped as he entered the press conference room, hearing the journalists respond in unison to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (951+ words) At the end of a busy transfer window which spanned the World Cup, here are some of the subplots of the summerThe World Cup is always a good shop window. Yan Diomande was already a rising star at RB Leipzig…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (391+ words) England’s top division buys more teenage players than any top European league, and it’s creating a market all its own De Jong, for what it’s worth, had been a regular in the Ajax first team for two years, before departing…...