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Aberdeen Football Club have been granted a permanent alcohol licence by city council for matches at Pittodrie.

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Football clubs are urged to contribute more to the cost of match policing to ease the burden on taxpayers, as incident figures for the 2025-26 season are published.

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Italy have failed to qualify for last three World Cups Guardiola is out of work while Ancelotti is still with Brazil The Italian football federation (FIGC) has talked to Pep Guardiola , the former Manchester City coach, and Carlo Ancelotti, the Brazil manager, about taking over the crisis-hit national team. It hopes…

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Aston Villa sign Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho in a loan deal that will become permanent "if certain criteria are met".

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Hmmm, should I order in a pizza tonight ? How does this basic question translate to the monstrously rich, to those operating in the hundreds of billions? Maybe it’s as simple as this: hmmm, should I join a consortium looking to buy a stake in Liverpool Football Clu…

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Birmingham City have signed goalkeeper Katie Startup following her exit from Manchester City when her contract expired.

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Manchester United teenager JJ Gabriel, 15, could make senior debut on Friday after receiving call-up for Rosenborg friendly.

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Laia Codina won trophies and found a "new family" during her three-year spell at Arsenal - but she was ready for a change with West Ham.

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Arsenal sign "extremely versatile attacking player" Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge for £34m.

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Tzolis joins Hincapié and Meslier among arrivals ‘⁠It’s absolutely amazing to sign for such a big ​club’ Arsenal have completed the £34m signing of Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge. The Greece international, 24, has signed a five-year contract with the Premier League champions and arrives as a replacement for Leandr…

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New Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola says he was in talks with other clubs before the Reds swooped - then "things moved quite fast" to take him to Anfield.

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Aston Villa are back in the Champions League but must now cope with the loss of key players Morgan Rogers and Youri Tielemans.

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Karim Adeyemi moves from Dortmund in £19m deal Newcastle close on £34m Aladji Bamba from Monaco Barcelona have signed German winger Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund ⁠on a deal until 2031 while Newcastle are set to make Aladji Bamba their fourth summer signing. The La Liga club will pay around €22m (£19m) plus ad…

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Leeds United are in discussions with Manchester City to sign goalkeeper James Trafford.

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Real Madrid and Fulham players on club’s radar United have already signed two midfielders this summer Manchester United have identified Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga and Fulham’s Sander Berge as midfield signings to further strengthen Michael Carrick’s squad. United have already signed two midfielders this window:…

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Liverpool’s new head coach is settling into the pre-season tour in Chicago as he begins to reshape the Reds’ identity Over coffee in Liverpool’s plush hotel in Chicago, Andoni Iraola presents his theory for the phenomenal success of Basque and Spanish coaches. It is a theory that will shape his entire approach to li…

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Newcastle United have signed Monaco midfielder Aladji Bamba for a fee which could rise to £34m.

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Spain’s World Cup-winning captain may require surgery Leeds in advanced talks with City to sign James Trafford Rodri could face an extended period of time out with a back injury, which may require surgery. The 30-year-old Manchester City midfielder returned to his finest form at the World Cup following two injury-pl…

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Ukrainian club were in fourth tier in 2021 but, despite war with Russia, will contest European qualifiers for first time It is time for set-piece training at LNZ Cherkasy’s smart, shiny training facility. “Arsenal!” one player says with a laugh as the grappling at a corner begins, the joke spreading among others clu…

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From the wrong headset in an F2 garage to Fifa overturning a red card, we are in a landscape where fairness is the enemy A funny and very small thing happened at the Formula Two race at Spa on Sunday. Noel León, of Campos Racing, carved his way through the field to finish seventh, earning himself six points in the d…

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