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Liverpool are exploring a move for Crystal Palace‘s Ismaila Sarr after Brighton rejected their two bids for Yankuba Minteh. The Anfield club had offers of £50m and £60m for Minteh, 22, turned down by Brighton and have now switched their attention to Sarr, who scored 21 goals last season for …

Liverpool, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Arsenal are among the 36 teams that will feature in Thursday’s league phase draw for the 2026-27 Champions League. The quartet of clubs, who are all multi-time Champions League finalists, will all feature in pot one of the draw. It effectively means they are …

Available for over a year Aaron Paul and Jobi McAnuff are joined by Tranmere boss Darrell Clarke to discuss the big stories in the EFL. Darrell explains how his defender Bobby Faulkner ended up in goal and the panel discuss Bobby Kamwa’s Adebayor-esque celebration against his former club Newport. Millwall, …

Chelsea are considering a move for Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after making contact with the Argentina international’s representatives. The 33-year-old is considered available for a potential transfer from Villa after the club signed Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki from Parma for about £30m earlier this month. The move could provide …

Uefa is set to drop its threat of boycotting Fifa competitions, having received assurances there will be no repeat of Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors, BBC Sport has been told. The matter will be discussed at a meeting of Uefa’s executive …

Available for over a year The build-up to the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations was chaotic, with short-notice changes to qualification and even the dates of the tournament itself. But once the action got under way, it was packed with shocks and surprises. Cameroon scored upset wins over Nigeria …

Cristiano Ronaldo was taken off at half-time with his 10-man Al-Nassr side 2-0 down – before they fought back to seal a dramatic win over Al-Ettifaq. Defending Saudi Pro League champions Al-Nassr got off to a dreadful start on Tuesday when goalkeeper Bento was sent off after just 12 minutes …

PAOK have emerged as contenders to sign Slovan Liberec midfielder Ermin Mahmic, who has been linked with Celtic. (Record), external Celtic winger Hyun-jun Yang is set to miss both derby matches against Rangers next month after being selected by South Korea for the Asian Games. (Sky Sports), external Falkirk are …

Forfar Athletic say Adam Livingstone has not suffered any major damage after Tuesday’s Challenge Cup match against Formartine United was abandoned because of a neck injury suffered by the defender. Forfar led 1-0 when Livingstone was hurt in an aerial clash early in the second half. He received treatment on …

Raheem Sterling will appear in court next month to face charges of dangerous driving and possessing nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation after crashing his car into motorway barriers in May. The former England winger, who most recently played for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, crashed his Lamborghini into barriers on …

Although Newcastle‘s young side came within seconds of defeating Liverpool on the opening weekend, there was always going to be work to do before the window shut on 1 September. Newcastle have made six signings so far this summer in goalkeepers Lukas Hornicek and Ewen Jaouen, defender Amar Dedic, midfielders …

Available for 29 days Four up and out: Celtic’s Champions League meltdown plus Hearts’ last shot in Vienna Celtic fail to qualify for the Champions League for the second year running – what impact will it have on the rest of their season? Will their recruitment strategy in the final …

It was McGregor who opened the scoring on the night, a deflected shot and a 4-0 lead on aggregate. LASK had started well but that goal looked to all the world like a kick to their solar plexus. They had chances in Glasgow and they had chances in the opening …

A little over four minutes had passed at St James’ Park on Sunday and Liverpool had started encouragingly, keeping the ball well and with urgency in their play. Ryan Gravenberch created space with a brilliant touch to get past Lewis Miley but instead of shooting from the edge of the …

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Arsenal’s Olivia Smith wants to “keep setting standards high” as she receives her second consecutive PFA young player of the year award. Source link

Often, extra time is a damp squib these days, particularly in big games. Neither side wants to lose, and both will be happy to take a chance on penalties. LASK were not in this mood. With 11 minutes still to play, Luke McCowan won the ball back for his side, …

Manchester City and England full-back Nico O’Reilly says “it feels amazing” after receiving the 2026 PFA young player of the year award. Source link

Writing on social media, Celtic said: “LASK has contacted Celtic to advise that they wish to observe a period of silence prior to tonight’s match in tribute to our supporter who fell ill and tragically passed away following last week’s first leg at Celtic Park. “We send our thanks and …

Boreham Wood forward Abdul Abdulmalik said he is “capable of reaching the top” after the National League side rejected a £1.5m offer from Swedish club Djurgarden. The 23-year-old has been the subject of serious interest from the Swedish top-flight side, who had an offer of £1m rejected earlier this month. …