A super Sunday in the Scottish Premiership delivered thrills and spills and leaves the top three covered by just three points.
After a difficult start as Real Madrid manager, Alvaro Arbeloa will know the importance of progressing past Jose Mourinho's Benfica in the Champions League play-off round.
Interim manager Martin O'Neill says the current side's fighting spirit reminds him of his previous Celtic glory years after their comeback win in Kilmarnock.
BBC Sport takes a look at why there is a second hiatus in the Women's Super League so soon after the winter break.
BBC Sport looks at a feature of Serie A coverage which is delighting fans once more, three decades after the height of its popularity.
Wrexham will host Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
talkSPORT has you covered with all the latest football news, and it’s been another week of huge change.
The FA Cup fifth round draw has been made with Wrexham to face Chelsea and Mansfield to host Arsenal, while there’s also a mouth-watering all-Premier League tie.
Macclesfield were unable to repeat their third round heroics as they crashed out of the FA Cup at Brentford’s expense.
Coventry have gone back to the top of the Championship following their 3-1 win over Middlesbrough.
Jurgen Klopp rejected advances from Manchester United and Chelsea in the summer of 2024.
Former Juventus boss Igor Tudor has officially been named Tottenham’s interim...
José Mourinho called Real Madrid a "wounded king" after the shock loss to Benfica and doesn't think it will take a miracle to stun the Spanish giants again in the Champions League.
Hansi Flick protested there was a clear foul in the build up to Girona's winning goal, but said he didn't want to use it as an excuse after Barcelona fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at Montilivi on Monday.
Arsenal have reached the FA Cup fifth round for the first time since 2020 – the last time they lifted the trophy.
The Gunners swept aside Wigan in a comfortable 4-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
And there were multiple other records broken on an afternoon that saw Mikel Arteta‘s men run riot.
Since landing a record-extending 14th...
Mark Ogden, Gab Marcotti and Bill Connelly offer their ideas for how to solve the Champions League's woes.
Real Madrid know enough about ex-coach José Mourinho to expect a sting in the tail when they meet Benfica.
A second FA Cup shock always seemed unrealistic for tiny Macclesfield, but Monday's home defeat to Brentford does little to shake their legacy in this storied competition.
The Champions League has been a walk in the park for Premier League teams. Why is that? Let's explain it with five reasons.
Macclesfield were unable to recreate the magic of last month's FA Cup win over Crystal Palace, with a Sam Heathcote own goal sending Brentford through to the fifth round after a spirited contest at Moss Rose.
Manchester United are considering a shock move for Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. Transfer Talk has the latest.
With the draw complete, here's how it impacts the round of 16, format and rest of the bracket.
Chelsea and Tottenham are reportedly looking to sign Kim Min-jae from Bayern Munich. Transfer Talk has the latest.
Ivan Toney is dreaming of winning the World Cup with England as he attempts to force his way into Thomas Tuchel's squad.
Barcelona were unable to return to the top of the LaLiga table after Fran Beltran's late winner sealed a 2-1 victory for Girona.
Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella has been ruled out for the next four weeks with a hamstring injury.
Manchester United are prepared to go head-to-head with Arsenal to purchase Inter Milan defender Federico Dimarco during the summer transfer window.
Chelsea are eyeing a shock move for Brentford striker Igor Thiago when the transfer window reopens in the summer.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has named his starting line-up for the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Wigan Athletic at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard could be out of action with a fresh injury sustained against Brentford in the Premier League.
Chelsea made a shock approach to sign Tottenham midfielderandnbsp;Lucas Bergvall during the winter transfer window, according to journalist David Ornstein.
Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman has returned to full training ahead of the FA Cup fourth round tie against Wigan Athletic at the Emirates Stadium tomorrow.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has named his starting line-up for the FA Cup fourth round tie against Brighton and Hove Albion tonight.
Arsenal are reportedly keen on landing the signature of Inter Milan striker Pio Esposito when the transfer window reopens this summer.
Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana could be on his way to Inter Milan during the summer transfer window, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
Liverpool rue costly mistakes, Viktor Gyökeres builds up a head of steam and Rayan gets the hype train chugging
Arne Slot was close to landing a coup against Pep Guardiola, the coach he admires most. Then came more of the individual errors that have ruined Liverpool’s title defence. Aching weaknesses within Slot’s squad were exposed again. Dominik Szoboszlai playing Bernardo Silva onside for Manchester City’s equaliser was an error midfielders playing full-back will make. Szoboszlai’s late red card was, though, foolish. Alisson’s foul on Matheus Nunes for Erling Haaland’s decisive penalty was another rush of blood. Liverpool’s huge summer spend was motivated by their executives’ belief in buying the best individuals to unlock the Premier League’s tactical cages. City...
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“Ian Muir played 95% of his games for Tranmere,” writes Robert Abushal. “One-club players aside, who’s the closest to 100% without being 100%?”
One-club men and women are among football’s more celebrated groups, the players who dedicated their entire career to one particular cause. Athletic Club give out the One Club Man and One Club Woman awards each year; the list of recipients include Paolo Maldini, Matthew Le Tissier and Malin Moström.
We haven’t included non-league teams, which rules out Paul Scholes (three games for Royton) and Le Tissier (Eastleigh) among others. We’ve also excluded Hamburg legend Uwe Seeler...
Ousmane Dembélé becomes our seventh winner as he beats Lamine Yamal into second and Vitinha into third on our list of the best players on the planet
The Frenchman, who has been named the best male footballer in the world by the Guardian, has benefitted from PSG’s focus on the team rather than individuals
What makes a good player great, and a great player the best? This question has been occupying me since 2014, when the Guardian first asked me to contribute to its inaugural Next Generation feature. My job was to look for a France-based talent born in 1997 who could go on to have a stellar career.
After a great deal of research, I narrowed it down from my shortlist of five by asking questions not about the players’ football ability, but about other attributes: resilience, adaptability, decision-making, creativity, work ethic, response to feedback and willingness to learn. Qualities we cannot see, and are harder to measure.
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The margin may have got smaller but the brilliant Spanish midfielder makes it a hat-trick of No 1 finishes
They say the best things come in threes, and Aitana Bonmatí has written herself into the Guardian’s top 100 history as the first player to finish at the top of the tree for a third consecutive year.
Last year the majestic midfielder emulated her Barcelona and Spain teammate Alexia Putellas by winning for a second year running, but the 27-year-old has now gone one better, establishing herself once again at the top of the women’s game.
Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane’s impact is clear but where the Spanish giants go post-Xabi Alonso only Florentino Pérez knows
All eyes are on Real Madrid again but in a different way than to which the 15-time Champions League winners are accustomed. Every fan expects Real to be among the best eight in Europe but they are in the playoffs for a second season in a row after a 4-2 defeat at Benfica in the final league fixture.
Looking back, Carlo Ancelotti’s impact at Real is even clearer, as is the case with Zinedine Zidane, who won three successive Champions League titles with the club. Why were they suited to this club? Because they themselves once stood on the pitch alongside outstanding footballers. Ancelotti also played under Arrigo Sacchi at Milan while Zidane scored key goals in Champions League and World Cup finals. People with...
In an extract from his book, Richard Fitzpatrick reveals in the early 1960s the grand Italian club was equipped for doping like ‘a small hospital’
The quantity of drugs floating around the campus at Inter in the early 1960s meant the club was equipped like “a small hospital”, to borrow an expression used about the doping culture at Juventus in the 1990s. Inter’s coach Helenio Herrera – or “HH”, as he was known in the world of football – used the players on the youth team as “guinea pigs” for his drug experiments, according to Ferruccio Mazzola, who was on the books at Inter’s academy at the time (and a younger brother of Sandro Mazzola, one of the team’s star players).
“I can describe the effects of those white tablets,” he wrote in a confessional memoir. He said he couldn’t sleep after taking HH’s pills. The hallucinations left him like a fish thrown up on the bank of a river. “I was shaking all over. I looked like an epileptic. I was scared. Also, the effect...
Mansfield Town’s reward for their victory over Burnley is a home tie against Premier League leaders Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The League One side came from behind to win 2-1 at Turf Moor on Saturday, with Louis Reed’s stunning 80th-minute free-kick sending Mansfield through. Indeed, Mansfield’s Nigel Clough will now […]
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Joao Neves explained the atmosphere within Paris Saint-Germain’s squad remains positive despite Ousmane Dembele’s criticism of the team’s displays. Dembele hit out at PSG’s performances in the wake of their 3-1 loss to Rennes last Friday, which enabled Lens to retake the advantage in a tight Ligue 1 title tussle. The Ballon d’Or winner said […]
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Niko Kovac confirmed that Borussia Dortmund will be without Nico Schlotterbeck and Niklas Sule for the first leg of their Champions League play-off with Atalanta on Tuesday. BVB welcome the Serie A side to Westfalenstadion on Tuesday, but will be without two key members of the defensive unit that has helped them up to second […]
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Benfica boss Jose Mourinho insisted that Real Madrid would be “wounded and dangerous” heading into the first leg of their Champions League play-off. Mourinho’s men welcome Madrid to Estadio da Luz on Tuesday, the same venue that played host to one of the most extraordinary finishes to a match just 16 days ago. Andreas Schjelderup […]
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Manchester City’s James Trafford did not expect himself to be playing second fiddle to Gianluigi Donnarumma this season. Trafford rejoined Man City from Burnley last summer, and seemed set to take the number one spot off Ederson. However, with Ederson eventually joining Fenerbahce, City took the chance to sign Donnarumma on a cut-price deal from […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr lack the economic power to compete with Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Hilal, so says Jorge Jesus. A four-game winless run saw Al-Nassr lose ground on their title rivals, but Jorge Jesus’ team have since got back on track. They have won their last six league games to close the gap on leaders […]
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Gian Piero Gasperini hailed Donyell Malen as the ideal striker for his Roma team as the forward continued his superb start in Serie A. Malen scored twice as Roma drew 2-2 with Napoli on Sunday. The Dutchman, who joined Roma from Aston Villa in January, has already scored five league goals for his new team. […]
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Chelsea expectedly eased past Hull City in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with Estevao adding a goal of his own to Pedro Neto’s hat-trick. Speaking after the match, manager Liam Rosenior was full of praise for Neto, labeling the Portuguese winger as “world class”. 🚨🔝 Liam Rosenior on Pedro Neto: “He’s a world […]
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Leeds United needed penalties to get through their FA Cup fourth-round clash with Birmingham City, after Patrick Roberts cancelled out Lukas Nmecha’s opener. Still, the goal the former Wolfsburg forward scored was worth seeing. A lovely finish. A magnificent solo effort from Lukas Nmecha to bag the first #EmiratesFACup goal of his career 💥 pic.twitter.com/mYNDyZYuF7 […]
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Ivan Toney has his sights set on a place in England’s squad for the upcoming World Cup. Toney is the leading scorer in the Saudi Pro League this season, having netted 20 goals for Al-Ahli. That is two more than the tally Cristiano Ronaldo has managed for Al-Nassr, while Toney’s 33.9% conversion rate is the […]
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There’s plenty of football to get stuck into on Tuesday, including action from Europe as the UEFA Champions League makes a return with the knockout stages.
With games also taking place in the English Championship, here are our selections for another busy night of football from across the continent.
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Tuesday football tips
Bet of the day
Borussia Dortmund to beat Atalanta @ 19/20
Borussia Dortmund will take confidence from...
The FA Cup fifth round draw will take place tonight as the world’s greatest club knockout competition moves towards its climax.
We have already seen some major shocks, and the remaining clubs are all looking to try and progress.
With the fourth round wrapping up this evening, the draw for the next stage is a crucial part of the weekend as the teams are whittled down again.
One side who will be desperate to make it into the fifth round will be Macclesfield.
The National League North team saw off...
Michael Carrick is the current odds on favourite to be Manchester United manager for their opening game of the 2026-27 Premier League season.
talkSPORT BET have priced the current interim boss at 4/6 to be in the Old Trafford dugout for the opening game of next season, ahead of the likes of Oliver Glasner and Gareth Southgate. The full odds list can be found here.
The 2025/26 FA Cup final is already on the horizon and the remaining teams will be setting their sights on a trip to Wembley.
Last year’s final saw Crystal Palace win their first ever trophy with a 1-0 victory over Manchester City at Wembley.
However, the Eagles will not be able to...
The FA Cup fourth-round action begins on Friday night with the first two ties of the weekend and Chelsea will be looking to avoid a giant-killing when they visit Championship side Hull.
There are also fixtures in the top leagues across Europe to consider for your Friday night football bets.
Here are our Bet of the Day, Bet Builder and Acca suggestions for Friday’s matches.
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Friday football tips
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The FA Cup fourth-round ties are the highlight of Saturday’s football coupon and there is also plenty of domestic action to consider.
We have a trio of bets which make up our best bets of the day.
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Saturday football tips
Bet of the Day – Newcastle to beat Aston Villa @ 19/10
Just as you think Aston Villa’s good fortune was coming to an end, up pops Jack Hinshelwood’s 86th-minute own goal, to give Villa a 1-0...
Former Borussia Dortmund manager Marco Rose is the new favourite to be named the new Tottenham manager following Thomas Frank’s sacking on Wednesday morning.
talkSPORT BET have priced the German at 11/10, ahead of the likes of Igor Tudor and Roberto de Zerbi, both at 3/1, with the club now on the hunt for a new manager. The full odds list can be found here.
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Aston Villa take on Newcastle United in the FA Cup 4th Round on Saturday evening at Villa Park.
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Macclesfield will be hoping to pull off another almighty FA Cup shock when they host Premier League Brentford in the fourth round on Monday night.
There is also action to take in from the Championship, Serie A, La Liga, the Portuguese Primeira Liga and Turkish Super Lig on a busy night.
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Monday football tips
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Coventry to beat Middlesbrough @ 6/5
Coventry’s lead at the top of the Championship has evaporated...