16 h. ago Erik ten Hag sacked by Bayer Leverkusen after just three matches

Leverkusen took one point from first two league gamesChief executive: ‘A parting of ways at this stage is painful’Erik ten Hag has been sacked by Bayer Leverkusen after just three matches in charge. He was appointed as Xabi Alonso’s successor in May after the Bundesliga-winning coach left for Real Madrid.The former Manchester United manager was dismissed on Monday morning following Leverkusen’s 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen on Saturday. Leverkusen surrendered two late goals, including a 94th-minute equaliser, despite Niklas Stark’s second-half red card for Bremen. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Revealed: The staggering amount Jose Mourinho has earned in his career just from being SACKED after his dismissal by Fenerbahce

Defeat by Benfica in midweek, which ended Fenerbahce's hopes of reaching the Champions League group stage, proved the final straw for the 61-year-old.

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4 d. ago Chelsea 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed after tough draw

The Blues have won two trophies on the continental and world stage since last appearing in the Champions League

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4 d. ago Champions League draw IN FULL as Liverpool and Arsenal learn EIGHT group opponents

Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Newcastle and Manchester City make up the six Premier League sides who have discovered their group-stage opponents in the Champions League

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4 d. ago Ten players who could be on the move before the transfer window closes

Premier League clubs have already spent more than £2.6bn this summer but they aren’t done yetBy WhoScoredAs deadline day looms, fans of Premier League clubs should brace themselves for their annual dose of mayhem, where last-minute deals, car window interviews, fax machine fiascos and car park sagas take centre-stage on one of football’s wildest days. Premier League clubs have already spent more than £2.6bn this summer – surpassing the record set two years ago – but, with managers chasing urgent reinforcements, that figure could rise substantially.Newcastle are in a hurry to sign a striker given that Alexander Isak is pushing for a move to Liverpool; Manchester United are chasing a goalkeeper as André Onana’s form falters; West Ham are scrambling for midfielders as they look to stop the rot; and Tottenham are pursuing a No 10 after missing out on Eberechi Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Latest Champions League 2025/26 odds ahead of group stage draw

The Champions League group stage draw is just moments away as Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle and Tottenham all find out who they will face this season

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4 d. ago Who could Chelsea face in the Champions League? Possible opponents ahead of league phase draw

The Blues have won two trophies on the continental and world stage since last appearing in the Champions League

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4 d. ago Who Man City can face in Champions League as UEFA confirm draw pots

The draw for the league stage of the Champions League takes place this evening

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5 d. ago The 8 Rangers fixtures to be moved as Ibrox side parachute into Europa League group stage

It's another season in UEFA's second tier competition for the Light Blues after going out of the Champions League in Belgium

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5 d. ago Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea's Champions League draw pots, opponents and round dates

Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Newcastle United will learn their fate in the Champions League tomorrow as the group stage draw takes place - here's all you need to know

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6 d. ago The 8 Celtic fixtures to be moved as Hoops drop into Europa League group stage

Brendan Rodgers' men dropped into UEFA's second tier competition after a painful penalty shoot-out defeat to Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan

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6 d. ago Celtic miss out on Champions League after penalty shootout defeat by Kairat Almaty

Beyond midnight, many miles beyond the borders of Europe, Temirlan Anarbekov was writing his name into Celtic infamy. The 21‑year‑old rookie goalkeeper had made the penalty shootout saves that guided Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty into the Champions League group stage.Adam Idah, Luke McCowan and Daizen Maeda each saw attempts saved by a keeper turned to in emergency. Kasper Schmeichel, his opposite number, could only offer congratulations as Celtic incurred the heavy cost of a poor performance over 210 goalless minutes before their lack of composure from the spot. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Rio Ngumoha’s decision to leave Chelsea bears early fruit at Liverpool

The 16-year-old’s belief that opportunities at Anfield would be greater than Stamford Bridge seems to have been correctThere was vindication as well as a place in the Liverpool history books for Rio Ngumoha with the ice-cool finish he swept past Nick Pope at St James’ Park on Monday. The 16-year-old has announced himself on the Premier League stage, as every one of his coaches predicted he would, though it is debatable his name would have registered so quickly without a bold decision taken 12 months ago.Ngumoha was considered one of the brightest English prospects in the Premier League academy system when he stunned Chelsea last summer by leaving for Liverpool. If it was a wrench to leave the club he had joined aged eight, and for a Newham-born boy to leave London days after his 16th birthday, then the clearer route to first-team football that Ngumoha envisaged at Liverpool was compensation. Monday’s dramatic 100th-minute winner at Newcastle, when the teenager replaced Ben Woodburn ...

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6 d. ago Jimmy Thelin issues FCSB rallying cry as Aberdeen not thinking about Europa League safety net

The Dons face a tough night in Bucharest to reach the revamped Europa League group stage

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2 w. ago Christian Pulisic, his father and Tim Weah rail against ‘evil’ US soccer critics

Trio made comments in new docuseries episodePulisic: Critics ‘disrespected me in a lot of ways’Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic, and Mark Pulisic (Christian’s father) all delivered searing takes on ex-US men’s national team players who criticized the team during their recent run of bad form, with Weah deeming the pundits to be “evil.”The trio made the comments in the latest epsiode of the Pulsic docuseries on Paramount+, the final episodes of which were released this week. The new episodes cover the national team from the 2024 Copa América, in which the US underperformed by exiting at the group stage, up through the 2025 Nations League final, where the US lost against Panama and Canada en route to a disappointing fourth-place finish in a competition they had won in each of the previous three editions. Following that tournament, Pulisic kicked off a media firestorm when he announced that he would skip the 2025 Gold Cup, the team’s last competitive tournament before next year’s World Cup o...

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2 w. ago Man Utd discover their first Carabao Cup second round opponents for 11 years

Manchester United last played in the second round of the Carabao Cup in 2014, but they are back at the earliest possible stage of the competition that Premier League sides can play in

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3 w. ago Barcelona and Villarreal close to staging controversial LaLiga match in United States

LaLiga could become the first of Europe's 'Big Five' leagues to stage one of its matches outside its own territory

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