15 h. ago FA Cup buildup, Romero hit with extra ban, transfer news and fixture latest – football live

⚽ All the latest ahead of FA Cup third round weekend⚽ Ten things to look out for | Football Daily | Email JohnThe third round of the FA Cup threw up plenty of intriguing ties. Check out some of the storylines ahead of the action which gets underway with four matches tonight.Today’s Rumour Mill has been released into the wild. How many bloody defenders do Arsenal need?! Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Football Daily | British managers abroad: will Gary O’Neil sink or swim at Strasbourg?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Some British managers who have chanced their arm on the continent have won trophies and the adoration of supporters. Others have at least provided the Daily with plenty of content. For every Bobby Robson, there’s a Tony Adams, or to meet somewhere in the middle, Steve McClaren – who can deliver you a league title while still making an arsche of himself in TV interviews. What fate awaits Gary O’Neil, quietly ushered into the vacant hot seat at Ligue 1 Strasbourg after Todd Boehly called up Liam Rosenior for the real job? Like Rosenior, he starts his tenure with a tricky away day in the cup; hours before Chelsea play Charlton, O’Neil will take the reins for a Coupe de France tie at fourth-tier Avranches.Back on a cold December day in 2001, I sat at Hillsborough and watched in despair as Sheffield Wednesday got absolutely shellacked by Norwich City, losing 5-0 at home. A couple of days after the game I sat down and wrote a letter (ask ...

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22 h. ago FA Cup buildup, Martinelli ‘deeply sorry’, transfer news and fixture latest – football live

⚽ All the latest ahead of FA Cup third round weekend⚽ Ten things to look out for | Football Daily | Email DavidStorm Goretti – a winter weather threat that sounds like a medal contender at a hip, new sporting event being introduced at the 2028 LA Olympics – is having an effect on the football calender. All good so far in the FA Cup but a couple of games in League Two have gone. We’ll keep you updated throughout the day.League TwoOldham Athletic and Notts County - OFF Chesterfield vs Colchester - OFF Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Football Daily | Celebrating the Premier League’s unbridled wildness and joyous puerility

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!There’s been much talk in recent years about moving Premier League games to various parts of the world that do not boast Premier League teams – Sheffield, Miami and so on – with the stated aim of spreading the gospel, had the gospel been stolen from Jesus and the Four Evangelists, to be bastardised and defiled, to be converted into folding green and then into geopolitical power and influence. By way of total non-sequitur, this year’s Geopolitics World Cup will be held in Donald Trump’s America. There was, of course, much anger at this ludicrous plan for many righteous reasons, then we all got back to enjoying the football as the ignoramiti knew we would, the game too chaotically, joyously puerile and affirming for its own and our own good. How can we possibly excise it from our souls when it bestows upon us the unbridled wildness of Wednesday’s behaviour, as it also did during the last round of midweek fixtures? The campaign for a f...

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62 h. ago Fulham v Chelsea, Bournemouth v Tottenham, and more: Premier League – live

⚽ Premier League updates with games from 7.30pm GMT⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email NiallToday’s Football Daily takes a peek into the West Ham doom vortex Kick-offs 7.30pm GMT unless stated Continue reading...

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68 h. ago MOTD pundit returns to management after filming one episode of BBC show to replace new Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior

FORMER Wolves boss Gary O'Neil has replaced Liam Rosenior as Strasbourg boss after his fellow Brit took the Chelsea job. Rosenior, 41, spent two years with the Ligue 1 club and led them to a seventh-placed finish last season, their highest ever finish. His team were in the same position this season before answering the...

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3 d. ago New Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior hailed for ‘breaking down barriers’ as first black British boss of Big Six club

LIAM ROSENIOR's appointment as Chelsea boss has made history. The 41-year-old has become the first black, British manager to take charge of a 'big-six' Premier League club. Today, he became the club's second black coach after Ruud Gullit, who took charge from 1996-1998, 30 years ago. Rosenior is now the second black boss in charge...

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3 d. ago Football Daily | Rosenior to Chelsea: ‘collaboration’ turns the Strasbourg air blue

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!While Football Daily spent most of New Year’s Day shivering, sweating and staring at hallucinatory rodents while questioning the wisdom of embarking on our first Dry January since 1989, it didn’t escape our blurred vision that Chelsea chose to ring in 2026 by firing Enzo Maresca. While he may have grown up the son of a humble Italian fisherman, the head coach had gotten a little too big for his waders, eventually being tossed into an ocean of opaque criticism he had levelled at unspecified members of the club hierarchy. Like a frail old man bobbing around the Tyrrhenian Sea while trying to reel in a 500lb bluefin tuna with a spool of dental floss, Maresca had picked a battle he was always going to lose – and on Tuesday Chelsea unveiled the Italian’s replacement.So Chelsea are so confident that Liam Rosenior is the answer that they have given him a contract until 2032. Odds on him still being there in six years’ time? There’s more ch...

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5 d. ago Premier League buildup, EFL, Afcon last 16 and Paris derby – as it happened

News and buildup to the day’s action ahead of six Premier League games and more last-16 ties at AfconHave you played On the Ball – our new football game exclusive to the Guardian app? The daily puzzle involves guessing the identity of Premier League footballers, past and present.My score I fluked it a bit this time due to the answer being a player I was a big fan of. My score of 65 puts me in the top 10% of players today apparently. Better than yesterday’s abysmal effort with Emile Heskey. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Premier League buildup, EFL postponements, Afcon last 16 and Paris derby – matchday live

⚽ News, discussion and previews before Sunday’s action⚽ Get in touch by emailing us here or comment BTLHave you played On the Ball – our new football game exclusive to the Guardian app? The daily puzzle involves guessing the identity of Premier League footballers, past and present.My score I fluked it a bit this time due to the answer being a player I was a big fan of. My score of 65 puts me in the top 10% of players today apparently. Better than yesterday’s abysmal effort with Emile Heskey. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 3 Rangers stars warned to make Motherwell clash count or transfer axe is coming

It's sink or swim time for the Rangers strikers as Rohl wants one of them, and only one, to become his starter

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3 w. ago Revealed: Why Liverpool are in pole position for Antoine Semenyo in January transfer window, why the Mohamed Salah saga is NOT over, latest on Marc Guehi move and Harvey Elliott update

Watch our Q&A with Liverpool correspondent Lewis Steele and Football Editor Ian Ladyman, where they reveal everything you need to know about the Reds transfer business - nothing is off limits.

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3 w. ago Liverpool live Q&A on NOW: Watch Lewis Steele and Ian Ladyman reveal all on the Reds' January transfer plans, and what's really going on with Antoine Semenyo, Mohamed Salah, Marc Guehi and more

Sign up here to join our live Q&A on Wednesday at 7pm, for DailyMail+ members. Liverpool correspondent Lewis Steele and Football Editor Ian Ladyman will answer your questions!

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3 w. ago Gary Lineker to earn millions from World Cup Netflix deal after BBC exit

Gary Lineker's podcast - The Rest Is Football - has reportedly secured a £14m deal with Netflix for daily World Cup coverage next summer.

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3 w. ago Sunderland v Newcastle buildup, WSL and Premier League news, and more – matchday live

⚽ All the latest news before Sunday’s live action⚽ Fixtures | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail usThere was just one fixture in the WSL yesterday as Arsenal travelled to Goodison Park to take on Everton. Tom Garry was at one Smith erases any doubts for Arsenal to seal victory at Everton Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Premier League news, reaction to Arsenal drama and Salah’s return, WSL buildup and more – matchday live

⚽ Latest news pre-match buildup ⚽ Fixtures | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail usFootball Association to pass on fan anger over World Cup ticket pricesThe Football Association will pass on England supporters’ concerns about high 2026 World Cup ticket prices to Fifa. However, despite the growing outrage, it is understood none of the international federations expect world football’s governing body to change its policy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Salah back in Liverpool fray after Slot talks, Premier League buildup and more – matchday live

⚽ All the latest pre-match news, previews and updates⚽ Fixtures | Tables | Read Football Daily | And mail usLiverpool v Brighton: The reaction from Salah’s comments in the UK and in his home country could not be on two further ends of the spectrum.The true measure of Salah’s cultural weight became clear in the breadth of national conversation, as talk around his interview spilled beyond the confines of football punditry. One of Egypt’s most known news presenters, Amr Adib, whose loud, brash political and economic opinions often go viral for all the wrong reasons, staunchly came to Salah’s defence. Political commentators dissected Salah’s words through the lens of negotiation tactics. Even YouTube film critics and foodie TikTokers felt compelled to offer their analysis. “It feels as if every public voice has an opinion to air,” says the president of one of Liverpool’s oldest fanclubs in Egypt, Ahmed Fahmy. “The dramatics of it all proves that a crisis involving Salah is a crisis fo...

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4 w. ago Football Daily | Shrill whistles and sycophancy, but still extreme heat on Xabi Alonso

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Going into Wednesday night’s match against Manchester City, Xabi Alonso’s future as head coach of Real Madrid seemed as up in the air as a Spanish omelette being flipped by celebrity chef Keith Floyd in his pomp. Just 14 games into his reign, the only unsightly blot on the 44-year-old’s copybook had been an unacceptable 5-2 hammering at the hands of Atlético. But, since the start of November, Madrid have only won three in nine, with arguably their most unpalatable results coming in the form of draws with supposed La Liga cannon fodder, including Elche and Girona, culminating in Sunday’s embarrassing home defeat at the hands of Celta Vigo. In Bigger Cup, they still look set fair to secure an all-important top eight spot despite their reverse at the hands of City, a defeat which was greeted by shrill whistles of disapproval from hard-to-please fans who had actually just seen their knack-ravaged team play reasonably well. Continue read...

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