Rayo Vallecano’s fascinating forward on his unique club, his musical passions and the goalscoring form that puts him among Europe’e elite

From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husban...

From ‘the new Toni Kroos’ to the US’ next big hope, Cavan Sullivan, we select some of the most talented players born in 2009

Our cartoonist on the 25th anniversary of the England midfielder’s one-man rescue act

We pick the best youngsters at each club born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010

Former Brighton and Birmingham stopper has his family getting their hands dirty rebooting Leeds-based club

Welshman Elfyn Evans is the first British winner of the title since Richard Burns in 2001, emerging victorious after Oliver Solberg careered down a bank

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Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for pr...

A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...

On the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisition

The double Olympic champion insists a knighthood wouldn’t change his life, still trains on Christmas day and explains why he got a video game and Seb Coe didn’t

Andy Burnham’s intervention in the Manchester City debate has revived tensions between the Premier League and the prime minister

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Ali Maxwell as the Manchester City story rumbles with Pep Guardiola speaking for the first time

Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’

Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period

Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s tells Donald McRae about the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean

Manchester City face substantial sanctions from the Premier League after an independent panel found they had broken rules over financial fair play

Fifa council members will demand that Gianni Infantino include the failed World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun affair in his proposed external review of Fifa’s governance

The fast bowler won the Ashes and two World Cups but those successes were punctuated by long spells out with injury

Prime minister says measure is discriminatory when fans of other sports are not similarly restricted

Plus: the longest waits for 0-0 draws, more early replica kits and champions with the smallest ground

It is a symbol of the connection between the fanbase and club, but there is a growing fear executives would prefer stadiums full of one-off tourists

Our cartoonist on Manchester United’s billionaire joint-owner showing a startling lack of self-awareness

Cryotherapy chambers and other practices in the elite game have little evidence behind them, says Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, a top performance director

Family is determined to ensure her ‘legacy lives on’ three years after the Sheffield United player’s death Olivia Cusack says her sister, the late Maddy Cusack, is on her mind every single day and she is determined to ensure her “legacy lives on” three years after the former England youth international midfielder’s death. Olivia, together with family and friends of Maddy, walked 29 miles from Bramall Lane, Sheffield United’s home, to their family’s home in Horsley, near Derby, on Saturday to raise funds and awareness. Maddy’s loved ones are still enduring a “frustrating and confusing” wait for answers about the circumstances surrounding her death on 20 September 2023. Continue reading...

Brydon Carse will not face any charges after Derbyshire police dropped an investigation into an alleged assault by the England player last month

Oxford United have been forced to abandon a new range of American sports-influenced merchandise given its jarring association with one of the aircrafts hijacked on 11 September

Discussions are already under way to change the layout of Formula One’s newest circuit after driver condemnation of the Madring during its inaugural Grand Prix

The manager is excited by new US deal but might be at Spurs if the stars had aligned and does not rule out taking England job one day

Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea should be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title for financial rule breaches and the honour retrospectively awarded to Tottenham

Anti-immigration protesters gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel were forced to cancel their demonstration after discovering the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team rather than a group of asylum seekers wer...

A Surrey club match in 1776 near the Thames was the scene for the first time cricket employed its holy trinity

The retired second-row tells Donald McRae about his recovery from addiction, depression and incarceration to find a new life as a meditation teacher

Striker talks to Emanuele Giulianelli about life in the UAE, problems with the Azzurri and the ‘special feeling’ of playing for Manchester City

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the first half to give Celtic a 4-0 aggregate lead but LASK fought back to win 5-4 on aggregate after extra time

Our cartoonist looks back at the big storylines and fresh looks as the English top flight swung back into action

A social media video showed the England and Durham bowler being apprehended by police outside a Derby nightclub, but he was released without charge

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Supporters held banners in support of women as others expressed conflicted feelings at SCG double-header

Fifa’s general secretary, Mattias Grafström, has been approached by senior figures in African federations about standing against Gianni Infantino

Uefa and Concacaf are considering a combined tournament featuring all 96 European and North and Central American and Caribbean countries

Our cartoonist on the nine fresh faces in club dugouts and their potential impact as they begin work