• Group of 77 included Afghanistan women’s football team• Players suffered beatings and had to pass Taliban checkpointsA group of 77 Afghani athletes and family members, including members of the Afghanistan women’s national football team, youth team an…
Football transfer rumours: Arsenal to sell Aubameyang? Richarlison to PSG?
Today’s gossip is back in the grooveYou know the sound a star makes when it explodes deep in space? Well that’s the same sound that was made here on Earth when Arsenal let it be known they would listen to offers for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. That’s ri…
Barrow hope to blow Aston Villa off course in Carabao Cup | Ben Fisher
Mark Cooper’s side host Premier League opposition for the first time in their history in Tuesday’s second-round tie“We’ve been described as the last outpost of the British Empire. It is a 40-mile cul-de-sac,” the Barrow chairman, Paul Hornby, says of t…
West Ham 4-1 Leicester City: Premier League – live reaction!
Minute-by-minute report from the 8pm BST kick-offPremier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s actionSend Rob your thoughts and questions 9.55pm BST Peep peep! West Ham go top of the embryonic Premier League table after thumping ten-man Leiceste…
Football transfer rumours: Cristiano Ronaldo or Adama Traoré to Spurs?
This page has not played Test match cricket for AustraliaCristiano Ronaldo is unsettled. We know this because he asked to sit on the Juventus bench against Udinese on Sunday night, and thus must want a transfer. Related: Xherdan Shaqiri on way to Lyon …
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Arsenal remain too soft a touch, Tino Livarmento shines for Southampton and Jürgen Klopp rages despite Liverpool’s winRomelu Lukaku was always going to assume centre stage. In scoring his first ever goal for the club, the £97.5m returnee did just that….
Celtic condemn ‘sickening’ racist abuse of Kyogo Furuhashi by Rangers fans
Footage seen on social media labelled ‘pathetic’ by clubRangers launch an investigation into the incidentCeltic have described racist social media footage – featuring travelling Rangers fans mocking the Japanese forward Kyogo Furuhashi – as “sickening …
Marseille players refuse to return to pitch after clashing with Nice fans
Home supporters threw missiles at corner takersMatch was set to restart but O’M did not come back outMarseille players did not return for the restart of their Ligue 1 match with Nice after ugly clashes with home fans, forcing the referee to abandon the…
Lukaku gives Chelsea a new dimension, says Tuchel after win at Arsenal
Club record signing scored opener in 2-0 victory Mikel Arteta: ‘We were missing nine big players’Thomas Tuchel suggested Romelu Lukaku gives Chelsea “another dimension” after the club’s £97.5m striker scored on his first appearance after re-signing in …
Nuno Espírito Santo praises Harry Kane for helping Tottenham to win at Wolves
Striker applauded by away fans after appearing as a substitute‘He is one of the best players in the world,’ says Spurs coachNuno Espírito Santo praised Harry Kane for helping Tottenham Hotspur to victory at Wolves in the striker’s first appearance of t…