77 m. ago Buildup to Premier League, EFL, La Liga action and more – matchday live

Latest news before weekend action begins Get in touch! Share your thoughts with BarryMeanwhile in the EFL: Hillsborough stages its first match of the season when Sheffield Wednesday welcome Stoke City this afternoon and more fan protests are expected from the locals as they implore their owner Dejphon Chansiri to sell his beleaguered club for a reasonable asking price before it goes out of business.Ipswich Town will host Southampton at Portman Road, with Kieran McKenna’s side hoping to get their first win of the season on the board after securing an extremely fortuitous draw agasinst Birmingham City on the opening day of the season, before losing to lowly Bromley on penalties in the League Cup. Southampton, by contrast, are looking for their third consecutive win under Will Still, having already beaten Wrexham in the Championship and seeing off Northampton in the League Cup.Aston Villa v Newcastle United (12.30pm BST)Brighton v Fulham (3pm)Sunderland v West Ham (3pm)Tottenham Hotspu...

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4 h. ago Daizen Maeda leaving Celtic is the silliest transfer talk yet and I wouldn't sell him for £75million – Chris Sutton

Sutty sees the Japanese star as irreplaceable right now as he hopes for less stressful Champions League trip to Kazakhstan

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4 h. ago Celtic and Rangers handed contrasting Champions League verdicts by Jury who fancy one but not the other

Glasgow's big two plus Aberdeen and Hibs are looking to qualify for the 3 big European club competitions

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12 h. ago Brendan Rodgers creates his own Celtic headaches for Champions League after Falkirk domination – 5 talking points

The Hoops ran out 4-1 winners in under the Celtic Park lights in the Premier Sports Cup

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12 h. ago Liverpool v Bournemouth live: Semenyo hits back after Gakpo and Ekitike score for Premier League champions

Will Liverpool get their Premier League title defence off to a winning start or can Bournemouth cause an upset at Anfield?

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15 h. ago Liverpool v Bournemouth live: Premier League season kicks off with seven debuts as Ekitike starts for champions

Will Liverpool get their Premier League title defence off to a winning start or can Bournemouth cause an upset at Anfield?

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17 h. ago Rangers squad for Champions League playoff revealed as transfer clue emerges from two changes

The boss has named his final list with Jefte left out as he closes in on a £6m move away

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17 h. ago Your Guardian sport weekend: Premier League, Rugby Championship and more

Here’s how to follow the Premier League and more with our coverage – the finest writing and live reports Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Celtic Champions League squad revealed as summer signing left out by Brendan Rodgers

The Hoops have registered their initial 25-man squad for the playoff decider with Kazakhs Kairat Almaty

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22 h. ago Alejandro Garnacho 'rejected by three Champions League clubs' as Man Utd search for buyer

Alejandro Garnacho has been told he can leave Manchester United this summer and three Champions League clubs all explored the possibility of signing the winger

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22 h. ago Jamie Vardy is only a Celtic sticking plaster as Hotline warns Rangers they need Merlin not the wizard's apprentice

Alan Galindo manned the phones as there were props for Hibs and hard lines for Dundee Utd after slim Euro margins

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23 h. ago ‘Don’t lose those stupid points’: Youri Tielemans on Aston Villa lessons, Emery and aiming high

The team’s outstanding player last season is determined to help break the club’s near 30-year trophy droughtThe smile on Youri Tielemans’s face widens as he discusses the summer Unai Emery visited him in Quorn, the Leicestershire village he has called home since arriving in England six years ago. “The initial conversation was about my ideas as a player, where I wanted to play and how I saw myself and I think he quite liked me because he came back a second time,” Tielemans says, laughing. “It was really about understanding each other. And I think we clicked the first time we met.”Fast-forward two years and Tielemans, who joined Aston Villa as a free agent after leaving Leicester, has established himself as an indispensable cog in Emery’s machine. Tielemans has been considered a classy midfielder since making his Champions League debut for Anderlecht aged 16 and has proved a dependable force for Villa, an intelligent operator whether sniffing danger or shifting possession. T...

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23 h. ago Bruges mayor expects Rangers invasion for Champions League showdown as Scots cops asked to help amid bus crisis

Dirk De Fauw has also warned that there's a law against travelling to the Jan Breydel Stadium without a ticket

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24 h. ago Man City to send £12.5m signing to Championship after transfer battle

Manchester City midfielder Sverre Nypan is heading to the Championship as the Blues look to prepare him for the Premier League

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24 h. ago Football transfer rumours: Rasmus Højlund or Richarlison to Fulham?

This page is going off the ballIf the big Premier League kick-off, champions Liverpool welcoming Bournemouth, is happening then that’s still no reason to get off the transfer rollercoaster. How stupid an idea would that be?Manchester United’s hunt for Carlos Baleba of Brighton is becoming one of the summer’s sagas. A twist? United, perhaps to smoke out Tony Bloom’s boys, have decided they might not fancy him anyway and would like to sign Morten Hjulmand, the anchor midfielder who previously worked at Sporting Club with Ruben Amorim. He’d cost £50m, half what Brighton are charging for Baleba. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Scottish football in coefficient recovery mode as playoff schedules packed with top ten threats and opportunities

There's work to do but a chance to climb back towards the top ten with Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Hibs all in the mix

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25 h. ago Rangers bid 'rejected', Celtic urged to sign striker, Scotland cap ‘poised for exit’

Scottish transfer news from Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen, and the Scotland national team this Friday morning.

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26 h. ago Three Champions League clubs rejected chance to sign Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United

Alejandro Garnacho is still at Man United as clubs approach the final two weeks of the summer transfer window.

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26 h. ago What goes up must come down: can Burnley, Leeds and Sunderland buck trend?

We assess the chances of Premier League’s new teams avoiding the fate of promoted clubs for past two seasonsReasons to be cheerful There are numerous reasons behind the growing trend of promoted teams going straight back down with a decreasing number of points. One – having to adjust from dominating possession in the Championship to seeing much less of the ball in the Premier League – may not trouble Burnley quite as much as their predecessors. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Premier League 25/26 predictions: Pundits pick champions, top four and relegated teams

The 2025/26 Premier League season kicks off on Friday evening as champions Liverpool host Bournemouth and pundits have already been hard at work predicted exactly how the campaign will play out

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