South African football news

Brighton's Dutch defender Jan Paul van Hecke joins Premier League rivals Tottenham for £52m.

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Aston Villa have lost three of their opening four Premier League games to leave boss Unai Emery struggling for answers.

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Club triggered £34.5m release clause for Osasuna forward Liverpool beat Newcastle for fast, versatile 22-year-old Víctor Muñoz has become Liverpool’s first signing of Andoni Iraola’s reign at the club after triggering a £34.5m release clause in his contract with Osasuna. Muñoz has signed a “long-term contract” with…

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England international Aggie Beever-Jones is expected to stay at Chelsea this summer with a new deal extending her stay.

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Former Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart apologises after saying that Japan players "all look alike" during their 2-2 draw with the Netherlands.

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Many Tottenham fans will have got a first glimpse of Luka Vuskovic last night - so what can they expect from the highly sought-after defender?

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Real Madrid agree a deal to sign Ibrahima Konate on a four-year contract when the France centre-back leaves Liverpool at the end of June.

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Liverpool sign Spain winger Victor Munoz - and tell RB Leipzig that they will pay a package worth about 100m euros (£86m) for Yan Diomande.

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Tottenham Hotspur have joined the list of clubs who are interested in Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali.

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Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé are vying to become not just 2026 World Cup winners but also the greatest goalscorers in the history of the tournament. Here’s how they compare with others on the all-time list Golden Boot: World Cup 2026 top goalscorers Lionel Messi started his 2026 World Cup campaign with a hat-trick…

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Manchester United and Tottenham move for Crysencio Summerville, Chelsea monitor goalkeeper Diogo Costa and target Andrea Cambiaso.

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Brest manager Eric Roy has died at the age of 58 after a three-and-a-half year fight with pancreatic cancer.

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The fixtures for the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season are released on Thursday at 12:00 BST - and you can see them on the BBC Sport website and app as soon as they are announced.

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Fulham have two leading candidates in mind to take over from former manager Marco Silva, says the club's vice-chairman and director of football operations Tony Khan.

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This week’s newsletter spends a day with the Italy midfielder as she continues to battle her way back to a peak physical condition “It was accepting that I couldn’t play football because it was my life. It was everything that I knew.” For Everton’s Aurora Galli, the past 20 months have been anything but straightforw…

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Bernado Silva, who left Manchester City at the end of the season, links up with new Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho.

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Tottenham have signed Scotland international Kirsty Hanson from Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee.

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Austin MacPhee helped steer Aston Villa to European glory and now is integral to Portugal's hopes of winning the World Cup.

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Surely nobody expected anything different. Erling Haaland arrival on the biggest football stage of all involved a match-defining performance. Kylian Mbappé had laid down a marker with two goals in France’s win over Senegal . Haaland responded in kind, courtesy of a first-half double of his own. The Manchester City s…

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Tottenham encouraged to bid for Sandro Tonali, Real Madrid plot Ruben Dias move and Manchester United make Marcus Rashford valuation.

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Netherlands World Cup defender Jan Paul van Hecke is set to leave Brighton for Tottenham Hotspur after the two clubs agree a £52m deal.

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