South African football news

Luna and Zavier Gozo’s World Cup dreams ended with a Friday email from US Soccer Real Salt Lake coach Pablo Mastroeni was in disbelief. The US roster for the World Cup would include neither his team’s star playmaker Diego Luna nor their head-turning youngster, Zavier Gozo. While the uncapped Gozo was a late long sho…

• MCI

Maddison and Gallagher pay tribute to coach’s impact Spurs expected to sign Senesi and Robertson on frees Tottenham would probably have ­suffered the disaster of relegation from the Premier League if it were not for the decision to bring in Roberto De Zerbi for Igor Tudor, ­according to James Maddison and Conor Gall…

• TOT

St Mirren defender Alex Gogic and Partick Thistle counterpart Cammy Logan explain how much it means to them to win the second leg of Monday's Scottish Premiership Play-off final.

• MUN

In today’s newsletter, how quick starts, keeping the ball and banking on the bench will help the finalists beat the high temperatures and humidity Graeme Souness is one of the toughest footballers of all time, a midfield titan for Liverpool and Scotland in the 1970s and 1980s. He was occasionally outwitted by subtle…

• LIV
• SCO

The league has been awash with youthful talent, led by a Manchester City converted midfielder who is already filling his medal cabinet There have never been as many good young players in the world as there are now, so we have limited this list to those aged 21 and under at the time of writing. And, though both are e…

• MCI

Who were the surprise package in the Women's Super League this season? And who failed to meet expectations?

• MUN

From Wissa’s solitary goal for Newcastle to Postecoglou’s brief reign at Forest, it’s been a campaign to forget for some Newcastle’s year-long chase to sign Yoane Wissa from Brentford felt like it would never end until they paid £55m for his services in September. The Democratic Republic of the Congo forward arrived…

• BRE
• NEW
• NOT

Strikes by Dominik Szoboszlai and Alex Iwobi redefined what is possible, but Leandro Trossard’s mattered most With most free-kicks, we’ve a decent idea where the taker can put them, which is why Dominik Szoboszlai’s effort against Arsenal , though it was a brilliant late winner, hasn’t been picked here: the executio…

• ARS

BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty reviews every team's Premier League - and looks back at his pre-season predictions.

• MUN

From the experience of Emery to European-bound Le Bris there are a handful of managers whose work stood out Promoted through the playoffs, Sunderland began the season as white-hot favourites to go straight back down but never once flirted with relegation and a win over Chelsea on the final day secured Europa League…

• SUN
• CHE

Two deadly strikers, two creative forces and an all-but unbeatable goalkeeper make up our picks for the season The adulation offers a fine indication of how good the Manchester United captain has been this season. At the start, he was dragging Ruben Amorim’s interpretation of a team through matches and spent the pas…

• MUN

The club’s largest shareholder has ignored warning signs since 2022 and need only look at the fate of Leicester to see what may be in store West Ham jumped on the relegation train in 2022. Bereft of vision at the top of the club, they failed to realise where they were heading. One internal figure was worried but his…

• LEI
• WES

Chelsea will be "a real threat" in the Premier League next season after failing to qualify for Europe, says former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

• MUN
• CHE

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney praise Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins on his "unbelievable" hot streak since he was left out of the England squad in March.

• AST
• ENG

Highlights of Sunday’s Premier League games, including Liverpool's trip to Bournemouth.

• TOT
• WES

Second division side Torreense stun holders Sporting to win the Portuguese Cup with a penalty in extra time sealing a 2-1 victory.

• BOU
• SUN
• LIV
• BRI

Manchester United target West Ham's Mateus Fernandes and Atalanta's Ederson, Tottenham chase Paulo Dybala and Nottingham Forest seek Middlesbrough's Hayden Hackney, plus more.

• MUN
• NOT
• MID
• TOT

It's been a long wait but after 22 years, Arsenal finally have their hands on the Premier League trophy once more.

• ARS

Reaction to the final day of the season with West Ham relegated as Spurs secure safety.

• TOT
• WES

Pep Guardiola was playing it cool in his final game in charge of Manchester City - until the magnitude of the day gripped him on the hour mark.

• MCI

When Trai Hume signed for Sunderland for just £200,000 when they were in League One, he would not have in his wildest dreams thought he would be scoring to send the club into Europe.

• SUN