4 h. ago NFL averaged 22.3 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record

The NFL averaged 22.3 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record for the second straight year

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6 h. ago Man United scramble as boots vanish before Women’s Champions League game

Man United are playing SK Brann in their Women’s Champions League qualifier

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42 h. ago Which teams have worn parts of three different kits in the same match? | The Knowledge

Plus: more First Division players from unusual places, and the first team with a star on their shirtMail us with your questions and answers“In their Conference League game away to Legia Warsaw, Hibernian wore parts of all three of this season’s kits – third shirt, away shorts and home socks,” noted Euan Williamson last week. “Has any other team done this before?”As mixed kits go, the ensemble worn by Hibs in Poland – black shirt, green shorts and green socks – looked good. Hibs, who had lost the first 2-1 at Easter Road, came within seconds of a famous triumph before eventually losing in extra-time.Any more examples? Email us here Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Manchester United opponents rocked by positive doping test as UEFA release statement

Athletic Club player Yeray Alvarez has been banned for failing a doping test following a Europa League game against Man Utd last season.

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5 d. ago Mikel Arteta should have heeded a lesson from Fabian Hürzeler and seized the moment | Jonathan Wilson

It’s hard to avoid the feeling that, after Brighton boldly took their chance, Mikel Arteta let one slip against LiverpoolLast Sunday, Fabian Hürzeler made a quadruple substitution an hour into Brighton’s Premier League game against Manchester City. Brighton had been scratchy, had struggled to create and were a goal down, but the changes transformed the game and they won 2-1. Hürzeler explained he had been guided by “a feeling that comes from inside In some moments my body says something to me. Not just in football but generally in life you need to have the courage to take the decisions you want to.”Hürzeler had spent most of his press conference trying to deflect or at least share out the praise. He talked of his players and how important their energy and belief had been, and he stressed that the substitutions had been a collective decision made with his coaching staff. Management these days is a world of data and analysis, of careful programming and meticulous plans. But ultimately...

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6 d. ago Hamano strikes as Chelsea open WSL season with win over Manchester City

A new season, a new opposing manager, new signings, but the same old story: a Chelsea win. Only just, but a win is a win, especially in a tricky opening-night fixture, as Sonia Bompastor’s side embark on a quest for the club’s seventh consecutive Women’s Super League title.It saw Andrée Jeglertz lose his first game in charge of Manchester City; Bompastor, by contrast, is still yet to lose a league fixture in English football and Chelsea remain unbeaten in the WSL since May 2024, a run of 26 league games. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man Utd news: Ruben Amorim dealt new injury blow as Benjamin Sesko shows true colours

Manchester United have a lengthy break before their next Premier League game, but there is still plenty going on at Old Trafford as Benjamin Sesko speaks out on his slow start at the club

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8 d. ago Rangers Europa League squad confirmed as major Nicolas Raskin call made

Russell Martin's squad has been confirmed for the eight-game league phase campaign

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8 d. ago Why Federico Chiesa was left out of Liverpool’s Champions League squad

The 27-year-old Italy international missed the cut despite featuring in every league game this season

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8 d. ago Tennessee appeals ruling against 2 gun laws, saying it caused 'unnecessary confusion and risk'

Tennessee officials say a court’s ruling against two gun laws seemingly legalizes children carrying semiautomatic rifles to a recreational league basketball game and drunk adults toting shotguns as they stagger through popular, sometimes crowded areas

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8 d. ago EA FC 26 licenses – every league coming to the new game as 35+ leagues confirmed

More leagues will be playable in EA FC 26 than in EA FC 25, with the latest EA Sports FC instalment boasting unrivalled authenticity once again

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8 d. ago Arne Slot faces crucial Liverpool decision on Alexis Mac Allister post

Liverpool have a two-week break before their next Premier League game and Arne Slot will be hoping for a few changes

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9 d. ago National League match abandoned as paramedics storm pitch and game ends in chaos

A national league match was forced to be adandoned tonight deep into stoppage time as paramedics were forced to rush onto the pitch after two players smashed heads

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9 d. ago Arsenal phone call saw star refuse to play while on team bus – he tried to force transfer

Former Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has recalled a story about one of his star players receiving a phone call to join Arsenal on the team bus ahead of a Premier League game

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1 week ago Rangers player ratings against Celtic as one man gives Ibrox crowd heart palpitations

It was a derby that was low on quality as the Light Blues drew their fourth league game in a row

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1 week ago Liverpool vs Arsenal officials changed at last minute after admitting VAR error

Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday in a game which could have huge ramifications for the Premier League title race and there's been a late change to the officiating team

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1 week ago Inside how Nicolas Jackson's Bayern move collapsed: KIERAN GILL reveals details of mid

A single hamstring injury in the 14th minute of a Premier League game and poof, there goes the £69.2million package you agreed with Bayern Munich for Nicolas Jackson.

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1 week ago Premier League sent furious VAR verdict after Man Utd controversy: ‘Killing the game’

Manchester United just about found a route past Burnley on Saturday thanks to a controversial late penalty and fans have made their feelings very clear on VAR after the game

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1 week ago 'Teenager with gun' swarmed by cops outside Premier League ground after game

The Met Police confirmed a 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm and was confronted by officers outside a London tube station on Saturday afternoon

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1 week ago Boy, 16, jumped on by cops as he brandished costume gun near Premier League game

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm after alarmed witnesses spotted him in Fulham Broadway this afternoon near a Premier League football match

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