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  • Harvey Barnes

    Harvey Barnes interview
    Howe is always there for players but he didn't furnish my house

    Winger tells Louise Taylor about getting parenting advice from his coach and his challenging first year at St James’ Park
    • Niclas Füllkrug playing for Germany

      Transfer latest
      ‘I have a very good feeling’: Füllkrug joins West Ham for £27m

    • Exclusive
      FA board gives approval for foreign England manager

    • League Two preview
      The contenders, hopefuls and strugglers for 24-25

    • Manchester United
      Shirt sponsor Snapdragon eyes stadium naming rights

    • Women's Super League
      Manchester United close to signing Canada star Awujo

    • Football Daily
      Lessons from Premier League clubs' USA tours

    • Men’s transfer interactive
      Track the latest moves in Europe’s top five leagues

    • Women’s transfer interactive
      All the deals from around Europe’s leading leagues

News and features

  • Savinho’s transfer to Man City is emblematic of the problems with the multi-club model.

    Uefa fail to speak for game’s values and leave clubs on brink

    Jonathan Wilson
    Jonathan Wilson answers questions on the multi-club model, Kylian Mbappé and VAR
  • Sarina Wiegman, England Women's football head coach.

    Increasing diversity in leaders is more than moral priority

    Jason Stockwood
  • Savinho and Vivianne Miedema were unveiled to fans at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday

    Manchester City
    Savinho and Miedema excited by fresh challenges

  • Scottish Premiership
    Celtic start defence with win over Kilmarnock

  • Manchester United
    Pre-season issues worsen in defeat to Liverpool

  • Friendlies
    Haaland hits hat-trick as Man City sink Chelsea

  • Transfer roundup
    West Ham close on Füllkrug and sign Summerville

  • Olympics
    ‘Not being pampered’: FA boss dismisses Matildas talk

  • Olympics
    Rodman fires USA into semis as France crash out

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In depth

  • Thierry Henry points a finger at full-time.

    Henry harnesses Olympic flame to stake claim for France

    Philippe Auclair
    The former Arsenal striker has repaired his reputation as a coach at Paris 2024
  • FBL-FRIENDLY-ARSENAL-LIVERPOOL<br>Arsenal's players pose for pictures ahead of the pre-season club friendly football match between Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

    Premier League previews 2024-25
    Will Arsenal go one better and win the title?

    With the addition of Riccardo Calafiori to last season’s stingiest defence, the foundations are in place for Mikel Arteta's side
    • Scott Parker

      Parker suffers yo-yo curse of British manager at Burnley

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Anna Sandberg in action for Häcken against Chelsea last season.

      Sandberg offers firm foundations for Manchester United

      Harleen Uppal
    • Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson gestures during the defeat to the USA in Marseille.

      Australia
      Gustavsson and Matildas split in best interests of all parties

    • Aston Villa young players under Unai Emery

      Aston Villa
      Emery brought success. Now he’s making team younger

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Moving the Goalposts

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Video

  • England
    What is Southgate's legacy after stepping down as manager?

    Gareth Southgate is arguably one of the most successful managers the team has had and yet he faced serious scrutiny from fans
  • Nearly 80,000 fans welcomed 25-year-old France star Kylian Mbappé during his official presentation as a Real Madrid player

    Real Madrid
    Mbappé fulfils dream as he is presented in front of 80,000 fans

  • Spain's players received a warm welcome home to Madrid after beating England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final

    0:59

    Euro 2024
    Spain receive heroes' welcome in Madrid following victory

  • The Stirling Albion goalkeeper paused the game to fix a hole in the pitch with a conveniently placed shovel and pile of dirt

    1:00

    Stirling Albion
    Goalkeeper fixes hole in pitch mid-match with shovel and dirt

  • Fans in Buenos Aires and Miami celebrated wildly after Argentina secured a record 16th Copa América title by beating Colombia

    1:27

    Copa América
    Argentina fans celebrate victory as Colombia supporters are left heartbroken

  • Footage shows fans climbing into air vents and over fences to access to the stadium ahead of the game

    0:30

    Copa América
    Fans enter vents and climb fences to get into stadium

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Football Weekly

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Euro 2024

  • Spain’s Lamine Yamal holds the trophy of 'best young player of the tournament', Toni Kroos looks dejected after Germany’s quarter-final defeat, Georgia’s keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili impressed, Rodri of Spain poses with the Henri Delaunay Trophy.

    Euro 2024 awards
    The Guardian team in Germany give their final verdicts

  • England players celebrate after Ollie Watkins’s winner against the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 semi-final.

    The Knowledge
    Comeback kings and queens at major tournaments

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-EURO-2024-MATCH39-ESP-GEO-FANS<br>TOPSHOT - A Georgia's supporter wearing a make up in the color of the Georgian flag reacts ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Spain and Georgia at the Cologne Stadium in Cologne on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Fans' verdicts
    How entertaining was the tournament? Our readers' views

  • David Squires composite

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … England and the sound of silence

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World football

  • Steve McClaren and Erik ten Hag.

    Jamaica
    McClaren leaves Manchester United for Caribbean gig

    The former England coach arrives as Jamaica head coach on a two-year deal
  • Djordje Mihailovic celebrates scoring the USMNT’s first goal against Guinea.

    Olympics
    Mihailović’s stunner seals USMNT’s spot in quarter-finals

  • The Parc des Princes Stadium, home of PSG

    Ligue 1
    Clubs and beIN Sports dispute Qatar badge claim

  • Major League Soccer
    Sullivan, 14, breaks Adu’s youngest MLS player mark

  • South Korea
    Son's father promises change after bullying accusations

  • Argentina
    Lloris says Fernández video is ‘attack on French people’

  • Real Madrid
    Mbappé fulfils destiny in front of 80,000 at Bernabéu

  • Copa América
    After the chaos, will World Cup 2026 be different?

  • Zambia
    Coach banned from private contact with players in Paris

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Opinion

  • Ruud Van Nistelrooy at PSV in 1998, with Sir Alex Ferguson in 2005, coaching at PSV in 2018.

    I loved the way Sir Alex asked us to play at United

    Ruud van Nistelrooy
  • Summer Football illo v2 (1)

    Thrill of stumbling across a match while away on holiday

    Mike Whalley
    Whether in Oslo, Reykjavik or an Anglesey caravan park, it is always a happy accident
  • Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson celebrate together.

    Arsenal start to shed academy graduates as stakes are raised

    Huzaifah Khan
    Emile Smith Rowe close to Fulham move while Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson also near exit

    Regulars

    • Celtic FC v Kilmarnock FC - cinch Premiership<br>GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 4: Manager Brendan Rodgers of Celtic during the cinch Premiership match between Celtic FC and Kilmarnock FC at Celtic Park on August 4, 2024 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      Transfer tittle tattle and Scottish season kicks off

    • Ben Brereton Díaz

      Football Daily
      Assessing the shrewdest transfer moves of summer

      • Moving the Goalposts
        ‘We were all crying’: how US deaf women’s team made history

      • The Knowledge
        The squad with most future Premier League managers

      • David Squires on ...
        Everton and the game of chance with owners

      • Football Weekly
        Predictions for 2024-25 and who replaces Southgate?

    The top 100

    • trail football 100 mens 2023 day 4

      Men's edition
      Our picks for the best male players in the world 2023

    • Sam Kerr, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo

      Women's edition
      The 100 best female players in the world 2023

    • Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham.

      Haaland voted the world’s best – and he’s just getting started

      Niall McVeigh
    • Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Aitana Bonmati and Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

      Spain and Barcelona lead way after year of success

      Rich Laverty
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    Catch up

    • Erik ten Hag

      Erik ten Hag
      I don’t need a longer contract. I don’t need that security

    • David de Gea, Adrien Rabiot, Matts Hummels

      From Hummels to De Gea
      Ten big-name free agents eyeing new club this summer

    • The gold medal winning Uruguay team, including José Andrade (back row third right), celebrate in the grounds of the team's Argenteuil base after beating Switzerland 3-0 to win the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

      When Andrade and Uruguay made Paris Olympics a first

      Jonathan Wilson
    • graphic illustration of male footballers and a man holding a medal

      Men’s Olympic football remains stuck in game's second tier

      Jonathan Wilson

    The big picture

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    Next generation

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      2023 edition
      Picking 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Next Generation 2023: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs image

      Premier League
      20 of the top talents at English top-flight clubs in 2023

    • Brommapojkarna’s Kevin Ackermann, Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

      Class of 2018
      From Saka to Ackermann: what happened next

    • Joel Ndala of Manchester City, Ben Doak of Liverpool, Ishé Samuels-Smith of Everton, David Obou of Crystal Palace and Jimmy Jay Morgan of Southampton

      'Relative age effect’
      Why scouts select players based on this element of talent ID

    The top 100

    The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

    See who made the lists

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