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  • Ilias Chair scores an early goal for QPR against promotion-hopefuls Leeds United.

    Live
    QPR v Leeds United – Championship updates

    Minute-by-minute report: Join Taha Hashim for updates from a big clash with ramifications at both ends of the table
  • Millie Bright (centre) acknowledges the fans alongside Chelsea manager Emma Hayes after the team's victory against Barcelona.

    ‘Best in the world’
    Hayes mindful of Barcelona threat after away success

  • Paul Mullin poses in front of a Wrexham badge.

    Wrexham’s Paul Mullin
    As soon as we leave the pitch, Ryan’s first to text

    The star striker talks achieving another promotion, potentially making scoring history and finding acceptance in his son’s autism
    • Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard and Tottenham’s Pierre-Emile Højbjerg tangle during last season’s fixture at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

      Spurs could not stop Invincibles – what about Arteta’s Arsenal?

      David Hytner

    • ‘Enough is enough’
      Rashford hits out after receiving months of abuse

    • Premier League
      Predicted lineups for the weekend action

    • Newcastle
      Howe reveals Guimarães release clause ends in June

    • Manchester City
      Guardiola says Foden’s ‘third kid’ can help him

    • ‘Getting to tipping point’
      Masters criticises expanded Club World Cup

    • Tottenham
      Son backs Spurs to respond in derby after rout

    • ‘Not a time for style’
      Dyche defends his Everton tactics

News and features

  • Gareth Southgate and Harry Maguire illustration

    Southgate to United is a good idea. So what’s the chance?

    Barney Ronay
    Manager’s honesty and systems expertise are just what is needed at Old Trafford
  • Arne Slot

    Arne Slot profile
    The overachiever and ‘good guy’ who can spark a revolution

  • Eddie Howe, Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Malo Gusto

    Premier League
    Ten things to look out for this weekend

  • Football Daily
    Championship > Premier League and Sweden v VAR

  • ‘A core ingredient’
    Manchester United mark 250th academy graduate

  • Graham Potter
    Ajax show interest in former Chelsea manager

  • Saif Alrubie
    Agent calls Granovskaia ‘a liar’ in court

  • Brighton 0-4 Manchester City
    Visitors fire title warning with Foden on song

  • Chelsea
    Fernández’s season over owing to groin surgery

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In depth

  • Jürgen Klopp apologised for his side’s defeat to Everton.

    Injuries deflated Liverpool – not Klopp’s wave goodbye

    Andy Hunter
    Departure news is not to blame for his side losing their grasp on three trophies
  • Oliver Arblaster of Sheffield United hides his face after his side's defeat by Manchester United on 24 April

    Letters
    The ugliness at the summit of the beautiful game

    Jonathan Liew’s article about the unfairness in the Premier League strikes a chord
    • Pep Guardiola congratulates his players on the pitch.

      City’s well-oiled machine shows no sign of exhaustion

      Jacob Steinberg
    • Xavi is embraced by Barcelona’s president, Joan Laporta

      Barcelona
      Xavi U-turn shows breaking up is hard to do

    • Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus rises for a header during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Tottenham last September

      Spurs v Arsenal mentality may be more key than form

      Karen Carney
    • Fleetwood United players and staff celebrate on 6 April 2024 after winning the United Arab Emirates second division

      Football’s unlikeliest brand
      How Fleetwood made it big in the UAE

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Moving the Goalposts

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Video

  • Manchester United
    Ten Hag praises Rashford after forward hits out at abuse

    Erik ten Hag expressed his sympathy for Rashford and said everyone should back him to return to the heights of last season.
  • The Feyenoord coach Arne Slot is confident the clubs will agree a deal that will see him take over at Anfield

    1:12

    'He's a good guy'
    Klopp hails potential Liverpool successor Slot

  • Xavi has reversed his decision to leave Barcelona at the end of the season after talks with board members

    0:52

    'Circumstances have changed'
    Xavi to stay on as Barcelona head coach

  • Mauricio Pochettino refused to blame his players after Chelsea suffered their heaviest loss in a London derby for nearly 40 years.

    1:36

    'When we're bad we're really bad'
    Pochettino laments inconsistency

  • Ten Hag hit out at claims that his own response to the victory was embarrassing

    1:18

    'A disgrace'
    Ten Hag criticises media after FA Cup win over Coventry

  • The two Milan clubs began this season tied on 19 league titles each but now Inter will be the first to add a second gold star to their club badge for a 20th Scudetto

    1:08

    Serie A
    Inter fans celebrate after team seal historic 20th Scudetto

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World football

  • three side by side images of two footballers and a coach

    San Diego FC
    Can they pull off plan to be the Ajax of MLS?

    The new franchise is owned by the Right to Dream academy
  • Celebrations by Inter fans in Milan’s Piazza Duomo after their title win on Monday night.

    Serie A
    Inter could not have imagined a more satisfying title

  • Odisha FC celebrate the victory over Kerala Blasters which sent them to the Indian Super League playoff semi-finals

    ‘Great things can happen’
    Soaring Odisha FC seek new heights in India

  • ‘Phantom goal’
    Barça threaten legal action over clásico defeat

  • Asian Champions League
    Kewell’s redemption arc nears completion

  • Thank you, Metz
    ‘King Georges’ grateful for second chance in Ligue 1

  • A-League Men
    Bayern-bound Irankunda puts noise to one side

  • A-League
    Mariners' Torres charged with sexual assault

  • Serie A
    Inter seal 20th A title after feisty derby win over Milan

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Football Weekly

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The top 100

  • trail football 100 mens 2023 day 4

    Men's edition
    Our picks for the best male players in the world 2023

  • Sam Kerr, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo

    Women's edition
    The 100 best female players in the world 2023

  • Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham.

    Haaland voted the world’s best – and he’s just getting started

    Niall McVeigh
  • Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Aitana Bonmati and Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

    Spain and Barcelona lead way after year of success

    Rich Laverty

Opinion

  • Iker Muniain of Athletic Bilbao lifts the Copa del Rey, Bayer Leverkusen's Josip Stanisic celebrates scoring agains Borussia Dortmund, Leverkusen fans celebrate clinching the Bundesliga title.

    Leverkusen’s success is a reminder of game's community power

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Coventry City fans react as their side are beaten by Manchester United in Sunday’s epic FA Cup semi-final

    Coventry fans endure rollercoaster Wembley ride

    Jonny Weeks
    I’ve seen plenty of setbacks down the years – enough to become desensitised, or so I thought
  • Sir Alex Ferguson on the phone

    How Ferguson became managerial fairy godfather

    Simon Burnton
    The 82-year-old’s impact on football goes far beyond his own success at Aberdeen and Manchester United

    Regulars

    • The freedom of Goodison Park, earlier.

      Football Daily
      Did Liverpool 'lose the league at Goodison Park'?

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      Football Weekly Extra
      Have Everton dashed Liverpool’s title dreams?

      • Football Weekly
        Were Gunners brilliant or Blues just terrible?

      • David Squires on …
        FA Cup meddling, clubs reading the room and Luton elites

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Fifpro exclusive interview and Chelsea stifle Barça

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Harsh reality of ACL injuries outside elite

      • WCL and WSL review
        Our writers review all of the weekend's action

      • David Squires on …
        Manchester City looking down on their rivals again

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    Catch up

    • Sheffield United players applaud the fans following the 4-1 home defeat by Burnley on Saturday

      Top flight is a unique brew of misery for Sheffield United

      Jonathan Liew
    • Celebrations by Inter fans in Milan’s Piazza Duomo after their title win on Monday night.

      Serie A
      Inter could not have imagined a more satisfying title

    • Uefa logo

      Football finances
      Criminals and oligarchs in EU's sights with new bill on fraud

    • Erin Cuthbert on the ball with Aitana Bonmatí in pursuit

      Cuthbert energised by ability to frustrate Barcelona

      Suzanne Wrack

    The big picture

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    Next generation

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      2023 edition
      Picking 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Next Generation 2023: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs image

      Premier League
      20 of the top talents at English top-flight clubs in 2023

    • Brommapojkarna’s Kevin Ackermann, Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

      Class of 2018
      From Saka to Ackermann: what happened next

    • Joel Ndala of Manchester City, Ben Doak of Liverpool, Ishé Samuels-Smith of Everton, David Obou of Crystal Palace and Jimmy Jay Morgan of Southampton

      'Relative age effect’
      Why scouts select players based on this element of talent ID

    The top 100

    The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

    See who made the lists

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