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  • Kylian Mbappé walks off disconsolately while the Lille players celebrate their shock victory over Real Madrid.

    Champions League
    Madrid rocked by Lille, 10-man Juventus roar back to beat Leipzig

  • Erik ten Hag at a press conference in Portugal before Manchester United’s game against Porto.

    Manchester United
    Players are ‘mad and motivated’ before Porto tie, insists Ten Hag

    • Championship
      Preston's Osmajic doubles up despite biting charge

    • Barcelona
      Szczesny signs for Barça to end brief retirement

    • Atlético Madrid
      Club hit with fine for derby crowd trouble

    • Arsenal
      Merino praises Arteta's training methods

    • USMNT
      Steffen recalled in Pochettino’s first USA squad

    • The Knowledge
      Which players have got tattoos of other players?

News and features

  • Aston Villa's Pau Torres celebrates before his strike is ruled out.

    Aston Villa craft fresh memories for a new generation

    Jonathan Liew
    On a night when club celebrated its past, beating Bayern has turned clock forward
  • Maya Hijikata (centre) in action for Tokyo Verdy Beleza. She impressed at this year’s under-20 World Cup.

    Moving The Goalposts
    Tokyo Verdy Beleza: a talent factory flying under the radar

  • Celtic players acknowledge their fans after the humilating 7-1 defeat in Dortmund

    Celtic’s humiliation exposes state of Scottish football

    Ewan Murray

  • Arsenal
    ‘This is the year’: Saka talks up Gunners' title hopes

  • Football Weekly Extra
    Arsenal, Brest and reviewing Tuesday's Champions League

  • Golden Goal
    Aston Villa’s Peter Withe v Bayern Munich (May 1982)

  • Havertz leads clinical Arsenal to just the kind of win they need

    Barney Ronay

  • Serie A
    Nostalgic five-a-side teams: a line-up for … Hellas Verona

  • Wales
    Bellamy persuades Allen to come out of retirement

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In depth

  • David Squires on UCL Today

    David Squires on …
    CBS blasting viral Champions League clips

    Our resident cartoonist on the studio hijinks of UCL Today
  • Left to right: Manchester City’s Jill Roord with Lauren Hemp; Liverpool’s Olivia Smith; Grace Clinton of Manchester United.

    Women's Super League
    WSL review: Clinton's happy return and a close call for Arsenal

    Clinton looks real deal at United and Jill Roord makes bright return
    • Alexandar Pavlovic celebrates after scoring for Bayern Muncih in the 1-1 draw with Bundesliga champions Leverkusen.

      Bundesliga
      Kompany changes Bayern mood music as Alonso sings his praises

    • Erik ten Hag

      Analysis
      How secure is Ten Hag at Manchester United?

    • Robbie Savage, Macclesfield FC first team head coach and shareholder, talking to supporters.

      Behind the scenes
      Robbie Savage: ‘I must to earn right to manage in Football League'

    • Lassana Diarra at a meeting of the French professional footballers’ union in May 2023

      Special report
      Will Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it?

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Moving the Goalposts

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Video

  • Champions League
    Rodgers says Celtic's drubbing by Dortmund was 'a tough watch'

    Brendan Rodgers said he had never before 'been involved in a game where every single mistake got punished'
  • Arteta praised Arsenal’s growing maturity as they outclassed Paris Saint-Germain with a 2-0 win in the Champions League.

    1:25

    Champions League
    Arteta praises Arsenal for 'totally deserved' win over PSG

  • The Fernabache manager protested against a VAR decision to disallow a goal by placing a laptop in front of a TV camera to show that the decision was incorrect

    1:52

    Fenerbahce
    'I just put the laptop there': Mourinho defends bizarre VAR protest in match

  • Diego Simeone said 'we don’t need people like that in our stands' after Atlético fans delayed the Madrid derby by 15 minutes but he also claimed Thibaut Courtois was partly to blame for provoking them

    La Liga
    Simeone criticises Atlético ultras and Courtois for Madrid derby disturbance

  • Erik Ten Hag said players made 'very bad decisions' in Manchester United's match against Tottenham

    0:54

    Manchester United
    Ten Hag rues players' 'bad decisions' in loss against Spurs

  • The Chelsea manager said: 'He's a simple guy, he's a humble guy and for me this is the most important thing.'

    1:00

    Chelsea
    Maresca praises Palmer after four goals against Brighton

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Football Weekly

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World football

  • Osasuna's Ante Budimir reacts after scoring the first of his two goals in their 4-2 win against Barcelona.

    European roundup
    Barça’s perfect start ended emphatically by Osasuna

    Ante Budomir scored twice as Osasuna recorded a 4-2 victory
  • Monaco captain Denis Zakaria celebrates after Lamine Camara (No 15, in background) scores their second goal.

    Ligue 1
    Monaco mark centenary as talents point to bright future

  • Harry Kane calls for help after going down injured during Bayern Munich’s draw with Bayer Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena.

    Bayern Munich
    Kane a doubt for Villa after injury in Leverkusen draw

  • Women's Champions League
    City get Barça, Arsenal face Bayern and Juve

  • Milan
    In-form Pulisic scores in fifth straight game for first time in career

  • Serie A
    Nostalgic five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Juventus

  • Europa League
    Athletic Bilbao condemn fans’ behaviour at Roma

  • La Liga
    Baraja’s Valencia finally find footing to liberate Mestalla

  • Europa League
    Porto lose to Bodø/Glimt as Lazio beat Dynamo Kyiv

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Opinion

  • Cole Palmer with a match ball

    Palmer is an off-the-cuff, priceless maverick for Chelsea

    Barney Ronay
  • North Korea’s women’s team celebrate winning the under-20 World Cup

    Hidden from the world, North Korea have a golden generation

    Barney Ronay
    Absent from competition for years, the Chollima’s under-20 team now have a hyper-talented squad
  • Fans outside Everton's ground for a pre-season match against Roma this year

    Let’s hope Everton takeover deal is more than a distraction

    Jamie Fahey
    Change is needed, but with hope comes expectation, and that’s a perilous thing

    Regulars

    • Bruno Fernandes

      Football Daily
      Manchester United offer up fiasco for elite to chew over

    • Leicester City v Arsenal - Barclays Women's Super League<br>LEICESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Jonas Eidevall, Manager of Arsenal, interacts with his players after the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Old Trafford on September 29, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

      Women’s Football Weekly
      One-nil to the Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

      • The Knowledge
        Which teams have won tournaments they did not qualify for?

      • Moving the Goalposts
        What happened to Bordeaux’s women’s team?

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    Catch up

    • Peter Odemwingie holding a golf club

      Interview
      ‘The challenge attracted me’: Odemwingie’s move into golf

    • Arsenal's David Raya holds on to the ball while lying on the ground

      Fans will always put up with dark arts if their team wins

      Max Rushden
    • Jamal Musiala at Bayern Munich’s training ground

      Interview
      Jamal Musiala: ‘How English do I feel? How German? 50-50’

    • Manchester City lift the Premier League title.

      A Goldilocks result is no good. City should be vindicated or damned

      Sean Ingle

    The big picture

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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

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

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      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

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