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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Out there in the extended WhatsApp metaverse, an exclusive group of footballers send each other memes, jokes and probably much else besides. What goes encrypted stays encrypted but it was only last week that Christian Fuchs, reliable left-back turned Newport County manager, revealed his appointment to the Welsh club had set the notifications buz…

‘We want to bring him into more threatening situations’ Conor Bradley available for Saturday’s trip to Leeds Arne Slot has conceded Liverpool are not bringing the best out of Alexander Isak and must maximise their record signing’s strengths in the manner Manchester City do with Erling Haaland. The £125m striker scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool in last Sunday’s win at West Ham bu…

Mainoo has not started in Premier League this season Amorim: ‘I try to put the best players on the pitch’ Ruben Amorim has denied not trusting Manchester United’s academy by pointing to his selection of Kobbie Mainoo in the matchday squad. Mainoo was an unused substitute in Thursday’s 1-1 draw at home to West Ham . The 20-year-old midfielder, who has been at the club since he was six, has made 10…

As Australia’s batting linchpin helps hosts pull away, England’s premier paceman is yet to get him out in a Test Jofra Archer versus Steve Smith in 2019 is already Ashes folklore. The atmosphere at Lord’s that afternoon was charged in all senses, a huge slab of cloud bringing darkness to the day. Fresh off a match-winning World Cup final , Archer marked his Test debut with what was then the faste…

A foundational figure in the business of soccer and sports in the US is adamant that fans will find a way to attend big events, regardless of political issues Whenever the modern era of American soccer began (the 1994 World Cup? Or the 1990 appearance by the US men? Or the 1991 World Cup win by the US women?), Alan Rothenberg was a key player. Rothenberg came up as a lawyer under Jack Kent Cooke,…

Our cartoonist on what inspired him to draw some of his finest cartoons this year Buy a special print from his collection here David’s new book, Chaos in the Box: buy it now “Denis Law is one of the few footballers I’m too young to have seen play live, but like all followers of the game, I’m aware of his impact and talent. What I hadn’t fully appreciated was what a kind and generous person he was…

⚽ Draw begins in Washington DC at 5pm GMT / 12pm local ⚽ Draw explainer | Qualifiers | Follow on Bluesky | Mail John Lunchtime listening: Jonathan Liew on the political hue of next summer. The technicalities are here, as picked through by Tom Lutz. Continue reading...

So good in the first innings in Perth, England’s bowlers were dismal in the opening session on day two to let Australia off the hook Jofra Archer’s first ball of the Test zinged towards Jake Weatherald and screamed just past the bat. His second arrowed into his pads, knocked him off his feet and the umpire raised his finger. Precisely 45 overs later Australia were all out for not many . But that …

Second Test, day two: England 334, Australia 378-6 Late wickets offer tourists hope amid string of spills The ball may be pink and the meal breaks off-kilter, but for so much of the second day in this pivotal day-night Test match, the atmosphere inside the Gabba was an all-too-familiar one for England’s supporters. Gone was the triumphalism that met Joe Root’s first Test century on these shores 2…

Player-manager on his long road to recovery after Brendan Rodgers caught him betting, and leading the lowest-ranked team left in the FA Cup “It’s tough, it’s stressful, it’s completely draining … but I absolutely love what I do,” says Scott Davies, sitting in an empty dressing room waiting for his players to arrive for training. Since 2022, Davies has been the player-manager of Slough Town who, i…

Ever since the club’s very beginning, David Beckham and Jorge Mas have had moments like this Saturday in mind Back on 27 February 2020, days before Inter Miami’s first-ever fixture in MLS, I stood next to the club’s managing owner, Jorge Mas, and co-owner David Beckham as part of an MLS press junket in New York City. I was there for Sports Illustrated and my show Planet Fútbol TV, which I co-host…

⚽ All the latest updates heading into the weekend’s action ⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Email David As in every World Cup, there’ll be a clamour to coin a ‘Group of Death’. In theory, we could have one for 2026 comprising Argentina, Morocco, Italy and Norway. But, remember kids, never rule out the least chilling member of the quartet. How about 2014 when Costa Rica won a Group D …

The Uzbek shone at London Classic and a 3,000+ tournament performance reaffirmed his place among world’s best This week’s XTX London Classic at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium took place in an elegant arena with a full view of the football pitch. The English players suffered for most of the event, but hit back in style on Thursday when all four won their eighth-round games. Scores after eight of the n…

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The Portuguese credits his loyalty to his trusty Casio watch for helping the head coach lift the Lisbon club after Ruben Amorim’s messy exit If there is a stoppage in what is sure to be a supercharged Dérbi de Lisboa on Friday, the Sporting head coach, Rui Borges, will likely look down to check the watch he considers a lucky charm. The black Casio – bought for €20 while still playing for his home…