South African football news

Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage reacts to their 4-1 defeat by Manchester City.

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Tottenham Hotspur reject a loan offer from Sunderland for defender Kevin Danso.

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How Crystal Palace and Manchester City's players rated following their Premier League match.

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All who attend the Rayan Cherki show know the ticket comes with a guarantee of entertainment. Enzo Maresca, a manager famed for his obsessive positional control, does not need to put limits on the Manchester City wizard. Cherki has to feel free and he was at his creative best against Crystal Palace, who were in this…

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Arsenal monitor Marcus Rashford, Chelsea eye Monaco's Lamine Camara and Valencia push for Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott, plus more.

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Read the best storylines before this weekend's full card of Scottish Premiership fixtures.

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Martin Ho, Vic Pelova, Kirsty Hanson, Signe Gaupset and Tinka Tandberg join Ben Haines.

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Updates from 8pm kickoff (BST) at Selhurst Park Get in touch: email Michael about the game We’re off at Selhurst Park, a stadium that Erling Haaland has never failed to score at. The Norwegian gives a nod to compatriot Strand Larsen as Palace get us underway. The teams are out! Palace in their red and blue, while Ci…

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Much like Central Cee, the Chelsea attacker is a distinct presence and right now is perhaps the only truly creative English player out there This week Central Cee launched his new Premier League song, called The Team. It owes its existence to a youth-centred, fist-bumping corporate tie-in with Coca-Cola, the press r…

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Club Brugge defender Joel Ordonez's move to Crystal Palace runs into complications after his medical, with the Eagles set to decide whether to proceed with the deal.

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Explosive court documents reveal the growing bitterness of Uefa's feud with Fifa president Gianni Infantino, Dan Roan reports.

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Spurs head coach pushing for ‘one specific position’ Tottenham could offload players at end of hectic window Roberto De Zerbi is keen to add one more signing to his Tottenham squad and has said outgoing deals are also possible before Tuesday night’s transfer deadline. De Zerbi had dinner on Thursday night with Spurs…

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Southampton Women's head coach Simon Parker reveals that the summer has been "challenging" for the women's set-up at the club.

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Ollie Watkins is leaving Aston Villa as their record Premier League goalscorer.

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Jim Goodwin will be missing from Dundee United's dugout against Kilmarnock on Saturday after taking ill and being admitted to hospital on Thursday, the Scottish Premiership club confirm.

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Jackson joins from Chelsea, PSG’s Mbaye poised to join Saudi-bound Watkins says sorry for refusing to play Unai Emery said Aston Villa were embarking on a “new chapter” as he welcomed the signing of Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson, with Paris Saint-Germain’s Ibrahim Mbaye poised to complete a near-£100m remake of his atta…

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Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Sweden winger Monica Jusu Bah from BK Hacken for just under £400,000.

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The FA Cup first qualifying round between Knowle and Worcester City will be shown live on the BBC next month.

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Our Ask Me Anything team explain how to follow all the transfer deadline day action across the BBC.

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Brighton have confirmed the appointment of Arturo Ruiz as their new women's head coach following the shock departure of Dario Vidosic.

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Winning the Europa League and finishing fourth did not inoculate Villa and Spurs were not hampered by a season of woe In theory Aston Villa supporters should have been rubbing their hands together at the prospect of a Champions League season. Equally, Tottenham fans could have been despondent after a relegation batt…

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