Nine years of wrongdoing - as laid out in the independent commission's damning judgment - disfigured English football

In an age when fans wants limitless spending on shiny new signings, we ask whether less change can sometimes be more beneficial.

With four wins from four in Serie A, Roma are leading the way in the early stages of the season. Can they really challenge for the Scudetto?

Brighton's pressing has impressed in the Premier League this season. Will they continue to earn plaudits this weekend, or will Arsenal knock them down a peg or two?

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...

Elversberg were playing regional football in the fourth tier in 2022 but have now won their first two Bundesliga matches; Adam Bate goes to see them and speaks to technical director Josef Welzmuller t...

Getting into Europe is the aim for most teams at the beginning of the season, but recent evidence suggests some may thrive having failed to qualify last time around.

The role of bad guy used to be Germany’s. It’s up for grabs now

Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, we analyse how Mikel Oyarzabal has fixed Spain’s attack alongside rising stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams.

In his research, Michael Lang examined nearly half a million tweets about the greatest Mayo team never to win an All-Ireland

After a difficult start to life at Paris Saint-Germain, Vitinha has become one of Luis Enrique's most reliable lieutenants. He has well and truly silenced his early doubters.

Pep Guardiola is set to leave Manchester City this summer after 10 hugely successful - and even more significant - years in English football.

Interceptions, pressing and on track to break passing record matched only by Cesc Fàbregas — Bournemouth defender is a rock at the back and even better going forward

The tiny Italian club are flying high with the help of the former Arsenal player, ambitious owners and a scouting guru inspired by Football Manager

Opta Analyst sat down exclusively with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes to analyse the statistics around his sensational season.

Opta Analyst was named Specialist Publisher of the Year at Monday night's 2025 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards.

The State takes in €126bn a year and cannot create a civil protection agency, a gas storage facility or a train to Donegal

After nearly a decade away from baseball, DePodesta took a Colorado job where there is literally nowhere to go but up.

The $95 bus trip to Foxborough highlights a tournament unique in modern times – one that ultimately makes no secret of its disdain for the paying public

Lincoln City have quietly built something that most clubs only talk about: their own in-house software development team.

Union Berlin appoint the former Germany youth player, 34, for last five games of the season after sacking Steffen Baumgart as they fight to stay in the Bundesliga

There is no cost control. And no one seems to care about what we are getting for all this spending

Large language models elevate expert consensus and moderate views, in sharp contrast to social platforms

Roberto Baggio proposed an overhaul of talent pathway in 2011 but it was never acted on and the national team’s approach now is just not working

The cultural resistance to Fabregas and the project of his club, Como, is intensifying with every win

To paraphrase the anti-VAR mantra: data itself isn’t the problem, it’s often the people using it

After ignoring Abramovich’s dubious wealth for years, the Premier League’s meagre fine for cheating shows it’s one rule for the elite and another for the rest

Jordan Campbell spent the week with Jens Berthel Askou and his upwardly mobile team as they prepared to visit Celtic

Wales may be heading for the Wooden Spoon in this year's Six Nations, but their defensive discipline away against Ireland showed a team growing in confidence.

The Bergamo side — Serie A’s only remaining team in the Champions League — point the way back to respectability for country’s traditional powerhouse clubs

João Pedro is in the form of his life under Liam Rosenior. We look at how the new Chelsea coach has helped him become one of the leading strikers in Europe this year.

Once a Man United jewel, the 5ft 6in Wolves technician’s fate underlines why English football doesn’t produce the sort of player who knits together tournament-winning teams

Senne Lammens played a starring role in Manchester United's 1-0 win at Everton, putting his debut season under the spotlight.

New Vacancy - Data Engineer I am excited to share we are recruiting for a Data Engineer to join our Research team at Liverpool Football Club - this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to be a par...

Boro's Swedish coach talks rollercoaster football, overcoming a fear of public speaking and how Hellball could restore the club to the elite

Haralabos Voulgaris has taken data-led approach that kept him a step ahead of bookmakers into football club ownership with second division Castellon

Real Sociedad hired Pellegrino Matarazzo in December as the first American manager in La Liga history. It's proven an inspired decision.

Sport Uniao Sintrense have never featured in their nation's top-flight before, but four men are aiming to change that

Fresh investment and computer algorithms that have redefined player recruitment fuel Hearts’ transformation

The Catalan club's celebrated youth academy turns out scores of players for their first team, so why don't centre-forwards break through?

Brentford were among the favourites for relegation at the start of the season, but Keith Andrews has them dreaming of Europe.