32 h. ago Wayne Rooney banned from watching son Kai play football after impossible decision

Wayne Rooney's son Kai is a highly-rated talent in Manchester United's academy but the former England captain is unable to watch him in action for a heartbreaking reason

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35 h. ago Why Man United legend Wayne Rooney is unable to watch his son Kai play football

There's one reason why Wayne Rooney has been told he's not allowed to watch his son play for Manchester United

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66 h. ago Thomas Frank pays tribute to Guglielmo Vicario after Tottenham draw at Monaco

Heroics by Guglielmo Vicario helped Tottenham move onto five points from three Champions League games.

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3 d. ago I scored for England but I had to come out retirement to help my former teammate

David Nugent has come out of retirement and made his debut for Leicestershire non-league side Anstey Nomads, who play in the eighth tier of the English football system

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3 d. ago I scored for England but I had to come out retirement to help my former team

David Nugent has come out of retirement and made his debut for Leicestershire non-league side Anstey Nomads, who play in the eighth tier of the English football system

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3 d. ago Former England legend comes out of retirement to play for non

David Nugent has come out of retirement and made his debut for Leicestershire non-league side Anstey Nomads, who play in the eighth tier of the English football system

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5 d. ago Derbyshire cafe defiantly declares 'the flag will be staying' as it refuses to take down Union Jack

"Have a brew, take a breath, and maybe just back off a bit"

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7 d. ago 'Will not play' Pep Guardiola fires warning to Man City stars after injury boost

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about how his returning players have act if they are to earn a spot in the team

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7 d. ago ‘Let the story play out’: Postecoglou defends record as Nottingham Forest pressure grows

Head coach argues for more time after winless start‘Some will look at the weeds, I look at what’s growing’Ange Postecoglou has urged the Nottingham Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, to maintain faith in him, doubling down on his belief he will win silverware at the club by saying: “If you let the story play out, I’ll tell you how it finishes.”Postecoglou is under intense pressure before Forest host Chelsea on Saturday after seven games without a win since he took the reins on 9 September. Marinakis is expected to be in attendance and it is thought the Greek billionaire could sack Postecoglou if Forest fail to show signs of progress. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Success isn’t just tactics, it’s players’: Fans debate Pep Guardiola’s fading dominance

Readers were divided over Miguel Delaney’s report, with some seeing football’s shift from Guardiola-style possession to physical, direct play as a necessary evolution, while others viewed it as a backward step that highlights both the limits and lasting influence of Pep’s philosophy

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8 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should Israeli football fans be banned from watching their team play in Birmingham?

A decision to ban fans of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending the team's Europa League game against Aston Villa next month has caused huge controversy.

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8 d. ago Revealed: Council that dubbed Brits who fly St George's and Union Jack flags 'far

EXCLUSIVE: The council previously prided itself on its displays of Palestine banners but used metal poles to rip down England flags during the peak of the 'Operation Raise the Colours' movement.

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9 d. ago ‘Maybe it’s the most difficult recovery in history’: Gerard Deulofeu’s battle to play football again

Almost three years after his last game the former Barcelona and Everton player is in Udinese’s gym each weekday morning, refusing to give up The morning light is still sharpening, training its beam through the windows at the far end of the gym. Around the walls, painted black up to halfway, are motivational slogans that have become common currency in training environments. “Go hard or go home,” one of them urges. “Hard work beats talent, when talent chooses not to work hard,” cautions another.Beneath the second of those messages Gerard Deulofeu stands in conversation with Angel Aceña, Udinese’s rehab fitness coach. They are a team now, working towards a goal that never quite stands still. It is 8.30am and, as always, Deulofeu has been here for half an hour. There has been a session on one set of weights and shortly he will cross the room for another, checking a monitor for the latest notes of optimism. There is not another footballer in sight. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Long games, less action: how much is the ball in play in the Premier League?

The average Premier League game lasts 100 minutes and 36 seconds, but the ball is only in play for 54.7% of thatBy Opta AnalystThe start of every football match brings a little flutter in the stomach. Will the stars perform? Will the referee have a good game by giving your players every decision? And will the football gods shine down on your team? A more pertinent question to ask this season, though, is how much football will we actually see?We wrote about ball-in-play time a few seasons ago, revealing that fans were not seeing as much football as in previous years. We’re not saying our data nosiness led to referees adding more stoppage time, but there was a notable rise in ball-in-play time over the next two campaigns. It went up from 54 minutes and 49 seconds in 2022-23 to 58 minutes and 11 seconds in 2023-24. It’s still early in the 2025-26 season, but the pendulum may be swinging back the other way. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Independent Football Regulator enforces new rule that all clubs must do by 2027

All clubs in the top five tiers of English football will need a licence to play

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1 week ago Thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money is spent driving civil servants to 'drink Pimm's in field' on sports day

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs officials were paid to play football, volleyball and petanque during working hours.

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1 week ago England legend left bankrupt and penniless did not have same privilege as Wayne Rooney

A former England rugby star has jumped to the defence of Liverpool legend John Barnes, who didn't play in an era when football was awash with money, and has been declared bankrupt

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1 week ago Richard Bacon sparks fury by claiming if you fly a Union Jack flag 'you'd prefer Britain to be more white'

Bacon, who was previously a Blue Peter presenter and later a BBC Radio 5 Live host, spoke out following comments on flags by football pundit Gary Neville.

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2 w. ago Angus Gunn tackles repeated Nottingham Forest snubs head on as Scotland 'faith' remains

The 29-year-old has yet to play a minute of football for his new club after leaving Norwich City last summer

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2 w. ago ‘We’re not here as tourists’: Bellamy insists Wales will go on attack against England

Wales manager downplays rivalry with England‘If you defend deep, you’ll die a slow death’Craig Bellamy said Wales would not be “tourists” when they take on England in Thursday night’s Wembley friendly and that he believed his team would succumb to a “slow death” if they set up to defend. The Wales manager vowed to attack Thomas Tuchel’s side in search of a first win over England since 1984, in the first meeting between the teams since a 3-0 defeat in Qatar at the 2022 World Cup.Bellamy suggested a boxing promoter would not pit Wales against England owing to the gulf between the squads but he wants his players to play on the front foot. “We’re here to come and play, and to play our brand of football the way we play, at an incredible place like Wembley, which it is,” Bellamy said. “So to us it is exciting. We’re not here as tourists, to enjoy the occasion, we’re here to be the best version of ourselves and that allows you to be excited and also to have fun as well.” Continue reading...

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