South African football news

Former Arsenal and Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey is appointed Oxford United head coach.

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Ipswich appoint former Wolves and Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil as their manager on a three-year deal after Kieran McKenna's departure.

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BBC Sport traces the origin story of Manchester City and Ghana star Antoine Semenyo, and hears from former coach David Hockaday about the trial which saved his career.

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Champions expected to make an approach for forward Fee could be around £100m for Villa’s England player Arsenal are expected to make an approach to sign Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa after identifying the England forward as their primary transfer target this summer. The Premier League champions want to strengthen M…

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Morgan Rogers keen on a move to Arsenal, Marcus Rashford prepared to take pay cut to join Tottenham and Spurs also confident of signing Newcastle's Sandro Tonali, plus more.

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Manchester City are closing in on the appointment of Enzo Maresca to succeed Pep Guardiola as manager.

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Carlos Queiroz’s squad hope to repeat the form that almost made Ghana the first African team to reach the semi-finals Antoine Semenyo was only 10 years old when Ghana came within a Luis Suárez handball of becoming the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. The Manchester City forward can…

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Noni Madueke has gone from fans protesting against him signing for Arsenal to England World Cup starter. BBC Sport look at his rollercoaster season.

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Jeff Rueter and Mark Langdon as Cape Verde claim yet another historic point and Spain finally look like a team worthy of the favourites tag. Continue reading...

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Sweden's Lucas Bergvall is facing an uncertain future at Tottenham with the midfielder keen for a new challenge.

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Marcus Rashford might still join Barcelona, Paris St-Germain join the race for Crysencio Summerville, Manchester United have no interest in selling Benjamin Sesko, plus more.

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Liverpool reject a verbal offer of 25m euros (£21.7m) from Inter Milan for midfielder Curtis Jones.

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Chelsea defender has mad scramble for boots and cuts short holiday after belatedly receiving the message of a lifetime from Thomas Tuchel Trevoh Chalobah has always thought he would be part of an England World Cup squad. In July 2018, the Chelsea centre-half even put it on the record. “One day … believe,” he posted…

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Hughes family heartbroken at unexpected loss Father of two joined Mariners as recruitment lead in 2025 Grimsby have paid tribute to Alex Hughes after his death at the age of 38. Hughes, the son of the former Manchester United and Wales striker Mark Hughes, was player recruitment lead at the League Two club. The Hugh…

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Chelsea are well stocked in defence and Wesley Fofana is yet to consistently show his talents for the Premier League side.

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Ghana midfielder has denied all accusations as he prepares to begin his World Cup campaign in Boston on Tuesday The Football Association has remained coy over what will happen when England line up for their next World Cup match against Ghana on Tuesday and come up against a familiar opponent in Thomas Partey. The fo…

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⚽ All the latest news from day 10 of the tournament ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail us World Cup team of the tournament so far: John Brewin, Marcus Christenson and I have compiled some of the best performers of the opening 10 days … with one rule – no superstars. Move over Messi, Mbappé and Haalan…

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The 2026 World Cup becomes the fastest edition of the tournament to hit 100 goals since 1958 - with the landmark reached in the 33rd game. But what is behind the scoring spree?

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Newcastle United reject a bid from Tottenham Hotspur for midfielder Sandro Tonali of about £80m.

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Chelsea considering Florian Wirtz move, Felix Nmecha open to England return and Aston Villa among Nick Woltemade suitors, plus more.

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Manchester City are still awaiting the arrival of their new manager but forgotten defender Vitor Reis will be back in the building following his season-long loan spell in La Liga.

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