36 h. ago Champions League review: PSG’s young guns, Valverde’s discontent and Qarabag shine

There was a compelling clash of heavyweights in Catalonia, some unhappy rumblings at Real and a legend of Azerbaijani football roared• The viewers. Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain was the final many wanted last season. Wednesday’s group-stage meeting showed why. The fixture did not disappoint, even if, with red tape delaying the opening of the renovated Camp Nou, it was played in the less atmospheric Lluís Companys Stadium. Luis Enrique’s young Parisians staged a comeback in Catalonia, thanks to their coach’s expert use of his squad. Senny Mayulu, 19, upstaged Lamine Yamal by scoring the equaliser – Wednesday was the first match this season Yamal had failed to either score or contribute to a goal. Instead, the resurgent Marcus Rashford set up Ferran Torres’s opener for Barça. PSG were shorn of Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the forward line that claimed last season’s crown. No matter: 23-year-old Bradley Barcola stepped up as the senior forward and ravaged H...

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38 h. ago Marcus Rashford branded 'bang average' despite Man United reminder and Barcelona performance

Marcus Rashford provided an assist for Barcelona in their Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, but the Manchester United loanee was still criticised by Tim Sherwood

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39 h. ago Marcus Rashford lands 'bang average' jibe after sending Manchester United reminder

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford provided yet another goal contribution for Barcelona on Wednesday, though it wasn't enough to prevent his side from losing 2-1 against Paris Saint-Germain

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8 d. ago John McGinn kickstarts Aston Villa’s season with victory against Bologna

At last, a first win of the season for Aston Villa. They made harder work of it than they might have done against limited opponents, and there were rather more nervous moments than there probably should have been, but a win’s a win, and after the start to the season Villa have had, that’s the most important thing.It is only just over five months since Villa Park last hosted European football, but it feels a lifetime ago. That was the Champions League quarter-final as Villa mounted a rousing fightback against Paris Saint-Germain that, although it fell short, rattled the eventual champions. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Odsonne Edouard 'mentioned' for Celtic return before key veto as transfer intel finally leaks

Brendan Rodgers previously brought Edouard to Parkhead from Paris Saint-Germain

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembélé’s Ballon d’Or is a human victory amid the toxic theatre of football | Barney Ronay

The ceremony in Paris was reliably nauseating but the PSG star’s award was born out of hard work and tactical intelligenceEven after a few hours of sober reflection it was still hard to identify exactly which bit of the reliably nauseating 69th Ballon d’Or ceremony was the single most nauseating bit of the reliably nauseating 69th Ballon d’Or ceremony. One thing is certain. We have a powerful shortlist here. The competition is generational. But this is also the elite, the god tier. And as ever there must be a winner.Was it the first nauseating thing at the Théâtre du Châtelet; the crowd of otherwise normal Parisians transformed into fame-zombies, thronged against the barriers four hours before the ceremony, whooping and gawping as bored-looking blokes moved broadcast boxes around, baying at passing female TV presenters, spectating the buildup to an awards do in a state of celebrity delirium? Or was the most nauseating thing the pre-ceremony outrage in the French media, who railed at...

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1 week ago PSG clean up at the Ballon d’Or while losing to Marseille in Ligue 1

Luis Enrique, Ousmane Dembélé and PSG won awards in Paris but the real action was taking place at the Vélodrome By Get French Football NewsOn a night when Paris Saint-Germain were named the best team in the world, their centre-forward the best player in the world, and their man in the dugout the best manager in the world, they were second best at the Vélodrome, losing a league game in Marseille for the first time in 14 years.The 21st night of September will live long in the memory of the Marseillais. It was the night that an apocalyptic deluge engulfed the city and the wider Var region, bringing the city to a standstill and forcing the postponement of the heavily anticipated classique. The sheer strength of the storm dispelled any notion of a wider anti-PSG conspiracy from the local authorities, who made the decision just hours before kick-off and after Luis Enrique’s side had already arrived in the city. PSG retraced their steps, returning to Paris and then making the trip back dow...

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana ­Bonmatí land Ballon d’Or awards as England duo honoured

Bonmatí scoops top honour for third successive yearSarina Wiegman and Hannah Hampton win awardsOn a breathlessly glitzy night in Paris Ousmane Dembélé won the men’s Ballon d’Or, a moment of triumph that brought a fevered Théâtre du Châtelet to its feet and led to scenes of pyrotechnic celebration among the Paris Saint-Germain fans massed outside on the banks of the Seine.Victory in the top men’s award was a reflection both of PSG’s Champions League triumph and Dembélé’s own stellar form since Christmas. The vote also represents a startling turnaround in Dembélé’s own footballing arc, almost exactly 12 months on from being left out of the PSG squad to play Arsenal after a heated argument with his manager during a game at Rennes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati win top Ballon d’Or awards

Bonmati made Ballon d’Or history by becoming the first woman to win the award three times in a row.

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1 week ago Ballon d'Or 2025 rankings in full as Ousmane Dembele wins but Harry Kane outside top ten

Dembele picks up the award for first time after leading Paris Saint-Germain to Champions League success

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembele in tears after winning Ballon d'Or as Lamine Yamal misses out

Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele has won the 2025 Ballon d'Or award in Paris ahead of Lamine Yamal off the back of his best ever season for the French champions

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1 week ago When is Ballon d’Or 2025? Ceremony start time, how to watch, shortlist in full as Ousmane Dembele favourite

Ousmane Dembele is favourite for the men’s award after a stunning year with Paris Saint-Germain

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembele: Why Ballon d'Or favourite may be forced to miss 2025 awards ceremony

Eight current Paris Saint-Germain stars have been shortlisted, but none could be present as the world’s best footballer is crowned

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembele: Why Ballon d'Or favourite may not attend awards ceremony

Eight current Paris Saint-Germain stars have been shortlisted, but none will be present as the world’s best footballer is crowned

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembele: Why Ballon d'Or favourite will not attend awards ceremony

Eight current Paris Saint-Germain stars have been shortlisted, but none will be present as the world’s best footballer is crowned

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1 week ago Marseille v PSG: a rivalry that is more about old records than recent results

Even when PSG were racking up league titles, Marseille fans could always say they were France’s only European champions. Not any moreBy Get French Football News“You put Paris on the roof of Europe,” Emmanuel Macron told Paris Saint-Germain’s squad after they won the Champions League this year. They must have been bittersweet words for the French president, an ardent Marseille fan. For 32 years, Marseille teased their fiercest rivals. “À jamais les premiers,” for ever the first, they would say, a reference to their controversial Champions League triumph in 1993. Marseille will always be the first, but they are no longer the only French side to have stood “on the roof of Europe”.The two triumphs share little resemblance, despite both finals taking place in Munich, and both featuring opponents from Milan. Marseille’s victory, marred by the subsequent revelation of domestic match-fixing was, rather ironically, seen as the product of a drive to heighten competition in the French league. ...

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2 w. ago Champions League review: PSG stroll, Belgian rise and Rashford reborn

PSG brushed aside Atalanta despite mounting injuries, Belgium’s clubs stole a march on Dutch rivals and Marcus Rashford reminded Barcelona of his worthThe defending champions, Paris Saint-Germain, got off to a stylish start in beating Atalanta 4-0, though their injury problems continued. Joining a lengthy casualty list is João Neves, who limped off with a thigh problem. Luis Enrique’s team are suffering the wear and tear of last season’s triumph being followed by summer endeavors at the Club World Cup. Désiré Doué, Lucas Beraldo and Ousmane Dembélé, the latter the Parisian lobby’s chosen candidate for Monday’s Ballon D’Or award, were missing. Without them, PSG still showed the same form as last season, with 19-year-old Senny Mayulu in attack. Atalanta looked much reduced without the coaching of Gian Piero Gasperini, now at Roma, after a summer of sales and discontent, with Ademola Lookman exiled after being denied a move. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Chelsea face Barcelona rematch as Women’s Champions League draw revealed

European champions Arsenal face Lyon while Manchester United will welcome back Mary Earps when they play Paris Saint-Germain

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2 w. ago Women’s Champions League draw: mouthwatering games await in new phase

Chelsea to face Barça, holders Arsenal tackle BayernManchester United play OL Lyonnes in 18-team leagueManchester United were handed a tricky-looking set of opponents on their debut in the main draw of the Women’s Champions League, while Chelsea will host Barcelona in one of the most eye-catching games of the new 18-team league phase.United, who were in the lowest-seeded pot, have been pitted against OL Lyonnes, the renamed record eight-time champions, the former winners Wolfsburg and Juventus among their six opponents. They also face a reunion with their ormer goalkeeper Mary Earps when they host Paris Saint-Germain, arguably the toughest-available opponent in the second pot. Arsenal, the holders, will also host OL Lyonnes, as well as travelling to Bayern Munich. Chelsea also take on Wolfsburg. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rare talent Rashford emphatically announces himself at Barcelona’s summit | Andy Brassell

The first two goals of his loan spell suggest that England forward’s stay at Barcelona could become more than a marriage of convenienceIt was the day that Uefa confirmed, as kick-off approached in Barcelona’s Champions League season, that La Liga’s champions would begin their home campaign in the competition against Paris Saint-Germain next month where they ended the last one, at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. With their supporters getting ready to renew their journey up the slopes of Montjuic that few of them care for, their climb to potential glory mirrors the hopes of one of their new arrivals.And how he has arrived. Flags do not get planted at the summit much more emphatically than this, and Marcus Rashford could not have picked his moment better to announce himself with Barcelona. His first two goals for the club, setting them on the road towards a trophy this team is determined to make theirs on a night back in his homeland, with the vacuum of the transcendent but injured ...

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