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  • From left: Barbra Banda, Racheal Kundananji and Mallory Swanson

    NWSL preview
    Record signings, a historic stadium – and a new winner?

    The season starts this weekend with two expansion teams and a number of high-profile signings. It promises to be quite a ride
  • Pepe could not prevent Arsenal from progressing to the last eight

    Champions League team of the week
    Is Pepe in danger of becoming loved?

  • Quincy Promes

    Quincy Promes
    Player arrested in Dubai at Dutch request for cocaine trafficking

  • A view inside Old Trafford

    Manchester United
    Fans angry as youth players cited in reasons for seats move

    • Reading
      Owner sanctions cut-price sale of training ground to rivals Wycombe

    • Josh Cavallo
      Trailblazing player gets engaged after on-pitch proposal

    • Bournemouth 4-3 Luton
      Semenyo caps epic comeback

    • Dortmund 2-0 PSV
      Sancho and Reus book quarter-finals spot

    • ‘He’s not dumb’
      Klopp insists Edwards did not try to make him stay at Liverpool

    • Austria
      Rangnick drops trio for homophobic chanting

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News and features

  • From left: Barbra Banda, Racheal Kundananji and Mallory Swanson

    NWSL preview
    Record signings, a historic stadium – and a new winner?

    The season kicks off this weekend and it promises to be quite a ride
  • Bryan Robson scores a sensational goal against Liverpool at Maine Road in the FA Cup in 1985

    'Makings of a classic'
    When Manchester United beat Liverpool to FA Cup glory

  • Yasser Al-Shahrani, centre, celebrates scoring Al-Hilal’s first goal against Al-Ittihad on Tuesday night.

    Saudi Pro League
    Al-Hilal’s streak raises fears over league’s predictability

  • Josh Cavallo
    Trailblazing player gets engaged on the pitch

  • 'He's not dumb'
    Klopp insists Edwards did not try to make him stay

  • Exclusive
    Club v country row reignites for Lionesses

  • Austria
    Rangnick drops trio for homophobic chanting

  • Salford City
    Giggs back in game with director of football role

  • Arsenal
    Ødegaard tells Gunners to build on victory over Porto

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Over there

  • Todd Boehly watches Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge

    Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s self-styled revolutionary, is facing failure

  • Christian Pulisic has 9 goal involvements for Milan in Serie A this season.

    Christian Pulisic has been a bright spot in a frustrating Milan season

  • Antonee Robinson of Fulham FC in action during a November match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.

    Antonee Robinson: the American left back finding career form at Fulham

  • Burnley have four points from 12 League games.

    Is the Premier League really the Holy Grail for supporters?

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In depth

  • Mark Viduka leads a Celtic attack in the first half of the match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

    The Knowledge
    Players refusing to come out for the second half

    Plus: gaps between teams who have not met and identical big scorelines in both legs
  • Martin Ødegaard receives acclaim from Arsenal fans.

    Arsenal pass brutal rite of passage to overcome Porto

    Barney Ronay
    Cathartic penalty shootout victory makes trying to win the league feel lighter
    • Fans walk past a graphic at Anfield displaying players from Liverpool's men's and women's teams.

      Edwards offers stability before testing Anfield summer

      Andy Hunter
    • Victoire Cogevina Reynal with her co-CEO of Mercury/13, Mario Malavé (left), and Como’s president, Stefano Verga.

      Moving the Goalposts
      Mercury/13 aim to ‘rethink ownership’

    • David Squires on … future Guardiola and Klopp

      David Squires on …
      A future meeting between Klopp and Guardiola

    • Red Star fans light fireworks during the match.

      Belgrade’s derby
      A multi-layered snapshot of local and global tensions

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Business of soccer

  • The new season of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ will premiere on 18 April.

    Should other clubs chase Wrexham’s American success story?

  • Rafael Devers, John Henry, Jurgen Klopp

    Does Jürgen Klopp’s exit signal the end of the golden age of FSG?

  • SSC Napoli v FC Internazionale - Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final<br>RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 22: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale receives the trophy during the Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final match between SSC Napoli and FC Internazionale at Al-Awwal Stadium on January 22, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli / DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

    The Saudi takeover of European football is about power, not sportswashing

    Aaron Timms
  • Kevin de Bruyne re-injured his hamstring in Man City’s opening match of the Premier League season.

    Football injuries are on the rise. Will AI solve the problem?

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Football Weekly

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Video

  • 'He's not dumb'
    Klopp insists Edwards did not ask him stay at Liverpool

    'It would mean I realise only now how great this club is – I have known about it all the time,' Jürgen Klopp said
  • 'During the game, he turned to the bench and in Spanish...it must be a Spanish coach thing because the same thing with [Pep] Guardiola - he insulted my family.'

    0:36

    'Arteta insulted my family'
    Porto boss accuses Arsenal manager after Champions League defeat

  • Arsenal hauled themselves into the last eight with a 4-2 win on penalties over Porto at the Emirates

    1:48

    'We want more'
    Arteta hails team as Arsenal secure first quarter-finals spot in 14 years

  • Two left-footed Feyenoord players played rock-paper-scissors to trick the goalkeeper into thinking one of them would shoot.

    0:43

    Rock, paper, scissors
    Feyenoord trick goalie with deceptive game

  • Becky Spencer proud of her team who made 'history' by earning a place in the semi-final for the first time

    0:37

    Women's FA Cup
    Tottenham into first semi after shootout win over Man City

  • Klopp puzzled by VAR decision during game against title rivals Manchester City

    0:35

    Jürgen Klopp
    'What must you have for lunch to think it wasn't a penalty?'

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The top 100

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

See who made the lists

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Opinion

  • Jarrod Bowen, Leon Bailey and Bernardo Silva

    Goal exceeded
    Selecting a Premier League xG overperformance XI

  • Arsenal celebrate taking the lead against Tottenham in front of 60,050 fans in a WSL match at the Emirates Stadium.

    Time for action, not talk, in women’s game

    Marie-Christine Bouchier
    A lot of encouraging noises have been made but now we need details
  • Illustration featuring a dove and a football

    Mbappé with your canapés? The absurd influence of Khelaifi

    Barney Ronay
    From tennis also-ran to brokering world peace, PSG bigwig has been on a journey

    Regulars

    • The Round of Arsenal no more.

      Football Daily
      Arsenal advance amid an edifying dispute

    • David Squires on … future Guardiola and Klopp

      David Squires on …
      A future meeting between Klopp and Guardiola

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Shootout joy for Spurs against Man City

      • Football Weekly Extra
        City kick on and Madrid edge Leipzig

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

      • Champions League
        Mbappé puts on a show in team of the week

      • WSL review
        Our writers pick over the latest round of games

    Catch up

    • Henrik Larsson outside his childhood home in Helsinborg, Sweden.

      Henrik Larsson
      I have 106 caps for Sweden but I see myself as foreign

    • Aitana Bonmatí

      Aitana Bonmatí
      No one has given me anything to be where I am

    • The new season of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ will premiere on 18 April.

      Hollywood dreams
      Should other clubs chase Wrexham’s success story?

    • Phil Foden scored twice in Manchester City’s derby day.

      Guardiola revives Barça spirit to boost City’s title bid

      Jonathan Wilson

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