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theguardian.com > football > 03/07/2026 > championship-roundup-millwall-hull-coventry-ipswich-leicester

Championship roundup: Millwall close gap on top two with fine win at Hull

4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (396+ words) Lions close to within a point of Boro with 3-1 away win Portsmouth and Blackburn draw after dramatic late goals Millwall moved five points clear of Hull in the Championship playoffs and closed the gap on second-placed Middlesbrough for 24 hours at…...

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theguardian.com > football > live > 03/07/2026 > fa-cup-fifth-round-england-iceland-matchday-live

FA Cup fifth round, Lionesses take on Iceland and more – matchday live

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (275+ words) " News, buildup and discussion before day's action " Live scores | Read Football Daily | And mail us here Speaking after his team's 3-1 win at Wolves, Liverpool head coach Arne Slot said: "Every three days I have a different feeling. Three days ago…...

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theguardian.com > football > 03/07/2026 > tonda-eckert-southampton-championship-fulham-fa-cup-fifth-round

Southampton’s Tonda Eckert: ‘There is more to football than just tactics’

5+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1241+ words) Youthful manager on his unlikely career path with Germany and Sunday's FA Cup fifth round trip to FulhamAs a 19-year-old studying at a sports university in Cologne, Tonda Eckert jumped at the chance to work for Germany as an analyst…...

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theguardian.com > football > 03/07/2026 > men-dominate-football-how-come-kylian-mbappes-career-is-largely-run-by-women

Men dominate football – how come Kylian Mbappé’s career is largely run by women?

5+ hour, 57+ min ago  (150+ words) In an extract from his book, Philippe Auclair reveals the influence of mother, Fayza, and prominent women on the Mbapp" image and brand Fayza, whose influence had grown as Wilfrid's had waned, was a trickier proposition. She was known to…...

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theguardian.com > football > 03/05/2026 > igor-tudor-tottenham-crystal-palace-premier-league-relegation

Igor Tudor enacts ghostly role in the most stupid of hires with Tottenham too bad to stay up | Barney Ronay

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (535+ words) The problem here is not the interim manager, it's the ad hoc interim ownership and the short-term sense of identity at this ghost town club Tudor is to do. To do is to dur. Something like that anyway. With the…...

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theguardian.com > football > 03/05/2026 > igor-tudor-quotes-tottenham-crystal-palace-defeat

‘I believe more’: Tudor insists Spurs going in right direction despite third loss

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (384+ words) Tottenham beaten 3-1 by Palace as Van de Ven sent off Interim manager admits the situation is "very difficult" Igor Tudor insisted that the "boat is going in the direction I want to go" despite a shambolic 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace,…...

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theguardian.com > football > 03/05/2026 > itv-weighing-up-whether-to-show-adverts-during-2026-world-cup-drinks-breaks

ITV weighing up whether to show adverts during 2026 World Cup drinks breaks

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (194+ words) All World Cup matches to break after 22 minutes of each half Global broadcasters have been briefed on Fifa's stipulations for the three-minute hydration breaks, which will take place after 22 minutes of each half irrespective of the temperature. A two-minutes-and-10-second…...

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theguardian.com > football > blog > 03/05/2026 > matildas-into-quarter-finals-but-may-come-to-rue-lack-of-second-half-goals

Matildas into quarter-finals but may come to rue lack of second half goals

2+ day, 55+ min ago  (626+ words) Australia were frustrated as Iran kept it at 4-0 and now face South Korea in a decider to top Asian Cup group The goals flowed quickly, easily, and then " when the hosts needed just one more " not at all. Their 4-0 victory…...

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theguardian.com > football > live > 03/05/2026 > iran-v-australia-womens-asian-cup-2026-live-football

Iran v Australia: Women’s Asian Cup 2026 – live

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (709+ words) Updates from the Matildas Group A game on the Gold Coast Kick-off time at Robina Stadium is 7pm local/8pm AEDT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email There's a very fine mist coming down at Gold Coast Stadium right now,…...

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theguardian.com > football > 03/05/2026 > arsenal-arne-slot-liverpool-var-set-pieces-referees-long-throws-fans-complaints

Football’s converging moral panics hold up a mirror to our fractured world | Jonathan Liew

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1109+ words) From grappling at corners to VAR, the endless list of complaints reflects a wider sense of dislocation from "the product'A terrible boredom stalks the land. Across the nation's television studios and podcast armchairs, wearied men grizzle accursedly with forked tongues…...