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  • Man Utd's Process cartoon

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … the never-ending United process cycle

    As trouble continues, our cartoonist looks at what the process behind the scenes might be
  • Levi Colwill waves to the camera while on the pitch with Chelsea at a pre-season friendly against Borussia Dortmund in Chicago, USA

    Colwill finds on-field benefits of leaving Chelsea’s Cobham bubble

    David Hytner
  • The Etihad Stadium

    Explainer
    Manchester City’s tribunal verdict: key questions answered

  • Neeskens deserves his place in Total Football pantheon

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Football politics
    Regulation bill set to be put before parliament

  • Premier League
    Boardman urges clubs to step up climate crisis work

  • Nations League
    Kane passed fit but England trio ruled out of matches

  • Wolves
    Como’s Curto banned for racially abusing Hwang

  • Manchester United
    Van Nistelrooy on standby with Ten Hag’s future in air

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  • A graphic of three men's black-and-white portraits embellished with green horizontal lines

    Chaos more familiar at Old Trafford than you may think

    Jonathan Wilson
    Erik ten Hag is far from alone in finding United degenerating into a swirl of confusion
  • Manchester City celebrate their Premier League title win in May

    City’s claim of win aimed at wider Premier League battle

    Barney Ronay
    It isn’t immediately clear why the club thinks it has won such an obvious victory over associated party transactions
    • Annabel Blanchard is congratualted by her teammates after scoring Crystal Palace’s second goal at Leicester.

      Crystal Palace show WSL pedigree with historic victory

      Tom Garry
    • Mackenzie Arnold with Sam Kerr during the friendly match between the Matildas and France at Marvel Stadium

      Mackenzie Arnold
      ‘I just got started’: Australia's World Cup hero seeks return to dizzying heights

    • Paulo Gazzaniga saves from Ander Herrera to complete his hat-trick of saves.

      La Liga
      Gazzaniga’s historic hat-trick leaves Athletic to pay the penalty

    • Scott McTominay

      Serie A
      Napoli and Conte fall for the ‘Jolly’ charms of McTominay

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Video

  • Spain
    Emotional Iniesta announces retirement through 'tears of emotion and pride'

    Former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andrés Iniesta announced his retirement after a trophy-laden career spanning 24 years
  • The club were raising awareness of their campaign which helps abandoned dogs to find new homes

    0:42

    La Liga
    Espanyol players line up before game with rescue dogs instead of mascots

  • The Chelsea manager said: 'I like the team the way they are fighting'

    Premier League
    Maresca praises Chelsea's 'spirit' after Forest brawl

  • Lee Carsley has named his England squad for the next round of Nations League Games, against Greece and Finland

    2:18

    England
    'We've got so many talented players': Lee Carsley speaks on squad

  • 'I have to watch it back and over the left side, definitely we didn’t defend well tonight' he says after substituting Marcus Rashford at half time

    2:03

    Manchester United
    'We switched off': Ten Hag criticises defending in Porto draw

  • Jhon Durán’s scored the winner for Aston Villa over Bayern Munich by lobbing an out of position Manuel Neuer from range in the Champions League

    1:42

    Champions League
    Emery: Aston Villa analysed 'position of Neuer' before Bayern win

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Football Weekly

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World football

  • Paulo Gazzaniga saves from Ander Herrera to complete his hat-trick of saves.

    La Liga
    Gazzaniga’s hat-trick leaves Athletic to pay penalty

    Girona’s goalkeeper, once of Gillingham, saved three penalties against Athletic in a game that defied belief
  • PSG and Nice players

    Ligue 1
    Lack of forward thinking threatens to scupper PSG

  • Heidenheim v Leipzig

    Bundesliga
    Heidenheim and Leipzig go above and beyond

  • European roundup
    Carvajal suffers serious knee injury in Real Madrid victory

  • Barcelona
    Szczesny signs for Barça to end brief retirement

  • MLS power rankings
    Orlando City impress as Inter Miami dominate

  • European roundup
    McTominay strikes after 25 seconds as Napoli ease clear

  • Atlético Madrid
    Club hit with fine for derby crowd trouble

  • USMNT
    Steffen recalled in Pochettino’s first USA squad

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Opinion

  • Antoine Griezmann plants a kiss on the World Cup trophy after France beat Croatia in the 2018 final in Russia.

    Only now will France discover Griezmann was irreplaceable

    Philippe Auclair
  • Euston station illustration

    Euston, you have a problem: despair of football train travel

    Barney Ronay
    A journey to a game can lead you into the dark underbelly of rail travel
  • Judges of the court of justice of the European Union watched by interested partties

    Diarra verdict could alter balance of football power

    Paul MacInnes
    The ruling by the court of justice of the EU over transfers makes change more likely

    Regulars

    • TOPSHOT-FBL-ESP-LIGA-ALAVES-BARCELONA<br>TOPSHOT - Barcelona's Polish forward #09 Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Spanish league football match between Deportivo Alaves and FC Barcelona at the Mendizorroza stadium in Vitoria on October 6, 2024. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP) (Photo by CESAR MANSO/AFP via Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      Bayern’s bumpy week, Barça bouncing and more

    • Arsenal v Everton - Barclays Women's Super League, London, United Kingdom - 06 Oct 2024<br>RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications Mandatory Credit: Photo by MI News/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (14765355g) Frida Maanum of Arsenal goes down after pulling her groin during the Barclays FA Women's Super League match between Arsenal and Everton at the Emirates Stadium in London, England, on October 6, 2024. Arsenal v Everton - Barclays Women's Super League, London, United Kingdom - 06 Oct 2024

      Women's Football Weekly
      Arsenal stutter again while City go top

      • Football Daily
        Brentford catch Wolves cold with latest maverick start

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

      • Women's Super League
        WSL review: picking over the latest top-flight games

      • The Knowledge
        Which players have got tattoos of other players?

      • David Squires on …
        CBS blasting viral Champions League clips

      • Women’s Football Weekly
        One-nil to the Arsenal, City and United

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    Catch up

    • All of the goals Manchester United have conceded this season

      Manchester United
      Where it has gone wrong for Ten Hag this season, goal by goal

    • Paul Davis and Glenn Cockerill vie for possession just moments before the Arsenal player broke the jaw of the Southampton midfielder with a left hook

      Arsenal
      ‘I made a mistake’: punch that changed Davis’s career

    • Robbie Savage, Macclesfield FC first team head coach and shareholder, talking to supporters.

      Behind the scenes
      Robbie Savage: ‘I must earn right to manage in Football League'

    • North Korea’s women’s team celebrate winning the under-20 World Cup

      Hidden from the world, North Korea have a golden generation

      Barney Ronay

    The big picture

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    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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    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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