69 m. 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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91 m. 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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3 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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5 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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5 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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6 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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10 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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11 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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12 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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12 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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13 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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14 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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14 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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15 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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22 h. ago Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the opening weekend

Another new era at Tottenham, De Cuyper can shine for Brighton and Aston Villa remind us this is a businessA visit to an expectant Anfield, where Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitiké will be out to impress on their Premier League debuts, represents a daunting start for a Bournemouth team that have lost three-quarters of last season’s backline to the pulling power of Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool this summer. Defensive issues are not exclusive to Andoni Iraola before the Premier League opener, however. Arne Slot voiced concern over the champions’ pre-season vulnerability before and after the Community Shield against Crystal Palace, when the absence of Ryan Gravenberch for family reasons was keenly felt. “Three times we lost the ball very simple in our midfield and three times they could counterattack us,” reflected the Liverpool head coach. Gravenberch will be missing again on Friday due to suspension but Slot expects the team with the second-best defensive record in the P...

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24 h. ago Arne Slot insists Florian Wirtz must reach Salah’s level to meet Liverpool expectations

German has to stay fit like Salah, says SlotGiovanni Leoni moves summer spend past £300mArne Slot has said Florian Wirtz must reach the standards set by Mohamed Salah to realise Liverpool’s ­expectations of their new record signing.Wirtz will make his Premier League debut when the champions open the season at home to Bournemouth on Friday. Slot said the Germany international’s “adjustment went better than expected, and we already expected a lot”, but admitted a more accurate gauge would take time. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Chelsea fans rip into Jamie Carragher as Sky Sports pundit reveals 'hot take' for new season

Jamie Carragher has made a prediction that does not sit well with Chelsea's fans ahead of the new season as the Blues prepare for Champions League action after a spell out of the competition

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31 h. ago Celtic transfer state of play as Rodgers speaks out on 'notorious' record and Maeda future update lands

Celtic will submit their squad for their Champions League qualifier tomorrow night but can add new signings right up until the night before

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37 h. ago Kairat dealt triple Celtic blow as visa issues cause chaos for Champions League bid

The visitors could be without three key men at Parkhead on Wednesday

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38 h. ago Sergio Aguero picks Premier League top four and names five Player of Year candidates

Sergio Aguero has backed Manchester City to become Premier League champions ahead of Liverpool and is eyeing one of their leading lights to pick up individual accolades

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