Category: Football

Jude Bellingham explains ‘wolf’ celebration against Serbia Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England kicked off their Euro 2024 tournament with a 1-0 victory over Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday evening. Jude Bellingham started then finished a...

By chief football news reporter Simon Stone Matches around European games This will be even more keenly assessed than usual given the four clubs in the Champions League and two in the Europa League will have eight first-phase games rather than six. Long trips before or after European games do not go down well with...

Another Champions League classic on the cards?published at 15:16 10 April 15:16 10 April Paris St-Germain v Barcelona (20:00 BST) Image source, Getty Images Paris St-Germain and Barcelona meet in the quarter-finals of the Champions League tonight and the pair have some history in this competition. Arguably one of the greatest comeback stories unfolded when...

England midfielder Adam Wharton says being included in England’s 26-man squad for Euro 2024 is “surreal” and “a dream come true”. The 20-year-old only made his professional debut in August 2022 and was still playing in the Championship in January of this year. He made an £18m move to Crystal Palace from boyhood club Blackburn...

7 days ago By Harry Low, BBC News • Julian Paszkiewicz, You and Yours The FA The latest England kit was released in March Football fans facing rising prices for replica England shirts have been buying fake kits online instead. The England men’s home shirt, launched in March, costs £85 for adults and £65 for children in the Football Association’s...

A consortium of international investors, which involves a member of the Saudi royal family, has made a £400m offer to buy Premier League club Everton. Farhad Moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake to 777 Partners in September, but the investment firm could not complete the deal, opening the way for others to make a...

Former Liverpool and Scotland centre-back Alan Hansen, 68, is “seriously ill”. The Anfield club announced on Sunday their “legendary” former captain is in hospital. “The thoughts and support of everyone at Liverpool FC are with our legendary former captain Alan Hansen, who is currently seriously ill in hospital,” a statement read. Hansen won promotion to...

Neuer and Kroos in provisional Germany Euros squadpublished at 16:56 17 May 16:56 17 May Speaking of the Germany squad… Manuel Neuer and Toni Kroos could each attend their fourth European Championships after being named in the host nation’s provisional Euro 2024 selection. Midfielder Kroos, 34, announced his international retirement in July 2021 but reversed...

‘We want to improve, we want to win games’published at 16:08 26 April 16:08 26 April Fulham v Crystal Palace (Sat, 15:00 BST) Crystal Palace Image source, Getty Images Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner on his side’s recent performances, which have include back-to-back wins against Liverpool, West Ham and Newcastle: “Of course we hoped that...

Premier League clubs have voted by 19-1 in favour of keeping video assistant referees (VAR) next season. Wolves triggered a vote on the use of VAR in the 2024-25 season after formally submitting a resolution to the Premier League in May. In order for VAR to be scrapped, 14 of the 20 Premier League clubs...

The legal challenge to the Premier League’s commercial rules cannot be overestimated in terms of importance. Quite apart from the fact it has put member clubs on different sides, by definition, if City win, the concept of the Premier League being able to analyse commercial deals for ‘Fair Market Value’ would be undermined. That would...

Kelly among Bournemouth departeespublished at 13:06 5 June 13:06 5 June Bournemouth Image source, Getty Images Bournemouth have confirmed that Lloyd Kelly is among five members of the first-team squad that will leave the club in the summer. The 25-year-old defender is joined by Emiliano Marcondes, Darren Randolph, Jamal Lowe and Ryan Fredericks in departing...