Manchester United secured a much-needed 2-1 win over Chelsea in an action-packed encounter at Old Trafford on Saturday in the Premier League. The visitors saw goalkeeper Robert Sanchez sent off after just five minutes for a high tackle as last man on Bryan Mbeumo. United made the advantage count, finding the breakthrough in the 14th…
LONDON (AP) — Thomas Partey returned to north London with Villarreal on Tuesday when the Spanish team faces Tottenham in their opening match in the Champions League. The 32-year-old former Arsenal midfielder started on the bench just hours before he is due to appear at the Old Bailey in London on Wednesday. In July, he…
Arsenal winger Max Dowman could become the youngest player in Champions League history if he features at Athletic Bilbao when the new-look format returns on Tuesday. Dowman, who became the second youngest Premier League player last month, is 15 years, 259 days. Advertisement This is the second season of the league phase format with 36…
This is an updated version of this article, originally published in August. Less than four months after Paris Saint-Germain lifted their inaugural Champions League title by thrashing Inter, the 2025-26 edition is upon us. The 36-team league phase of Europe’s premier club competition kicks off on Tuesday, with Arsenal facing Bilbao’s Athletic Club in one…
Arsenal welcomed former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou back to Premier League football with a 3-0 drubbing of his new team Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Martin Zubimendi notched a brace while Viktor Gyokeres was also on the scoresheet for the Gunners. In the late kick-off, Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw at Brentford as Fabio…
A long-running debate over La Liga’s salary rules was reignited during the summer transfer window. Barcelona were the most high-profile of the many clubs to struggle with the constraints, which are widely seen as the tightest in any top European league. Essentially, they limit how much teams can spend on wages, with each club’s limit…
After three weeks on the road to start the La Liga season champions Barcelona play their first home match on Sunday, although it won’t be the glorious return to the rebuilt Spotify Camp Nou they had hoped for. The Catalan giants will host Valencia at their 6,000-capacity Johan Cruyff training ground stadium as they bid…
MADRID (AP) — Barcelona approaches its first home game in La Liga missing a few injured players — and a proper stadium. Among a few off-field problems for unbeaten Barcelona, the biggest is its inability to get the newly renovated Camp Nou stadium reopened. Advertisement The permits to return to the Camp Nou have not…
The Premier League have opened up public voting to help pick the next two legends to be inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2025. You can vote here from the shortlist of 15 contenders until 15 September (12am BST / 7am SGT). The results of the poll will be handed to current Premier League…
The head of Spanish football’s La Liga has said Hong Kong would be the “perfect” stage for one of his competition’s matches. Barcelona and Villarreal are set to play a pioneering regular-season fixture in Miami in December, although that is dependent on Uefa, Fifa and US Soccer all giving their seals of approval. Fan groups…