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With a touch over a week to go before Australia coach Tony Popovic names his 26 players, whose ticket is punched and who will be left disappointed? They are brimming with promise, but with faces not wholly familiar. These are your 2026 Socceroos, who will take to the field against Turkey next month with a lineup dom…

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BBC Sport Ask Me Anything explains how to follow the final day of the Premier League season on the BBC this weekend.

Notts County goalkeeper and lifelong fan James Belshaw says the club's chequered history makes Monday's League Two play-off final something to savour.

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! In a ceremony carrying all the suspense of the official ribbon-cutting of a supermarket that has been open to shoppers for three months, journalists dutifully convened at Wembley on Friday to confirm that the England Geopolitics World Cup squad leaked into the publ…

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Tottenham Hotspur agree to sign Germany forward Shekiera Martinez from West Ham.

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The ‘Turkish Simon Cowell’ says sealing promotion to the Premier League via Saturday’s playoff final would ‘finish the miracle’ “I love the city – for me, it’s therapy,” the Hull owner, Acun Ilicali, says of his second home. Running a football club is not particularly therapeutic but after almost four-and-a-half-yea…

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Elgin City dismiss manager Allan Hale following "a finding of gross misconduct".

Pep Guardiola says the club needs a new manager and new energy after he announced his decision to leave Manchester City at the end of the season.

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How Pep Guardiola's memorable battles against Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta shaped his Manchester City reign.

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Pep Guardiola took over from Manuel Pellegrini in 2016. Here we chart the trophy-laden decade that followed … It was confirmed on 1 February that Pep Guardiola would be heading to east Manchester to try his hand at English football. Behind the scenes, plenty went on to create a squad suited to him but, in truth, it…

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Thomas Tuchel has named his England squad - now it's time for you to pick your Three Lions starting XI!

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Real Madrid head coach Alvaro Arbeloa confirms that he will leave the club at the end of the season.

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Forward has had a difficult final season at Anfield but his outbursts are born of the same hunger that has fired a generational talent and all-time great Mohamed Salah loves to hear stories about Steven Gerrard and Sir Kenny Dalglish from Liverpool fans who work at the training ground. He can recite his predecessors…

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Ivan Toney has barely featured under England boss Thomas Tuchel - but this is why the German coach wants him in his World Cup squad.

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England boss Thomas Tuchel said his job "isn't necessarily to select the 26 most talented players" as he explained his World Cup squad selections.

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BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on singer-songwriter Sam Tompkins, plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for Sunday's final round of Premier League fixtures.

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BBC pundit Micah Richards explains why English football is going to miss Pep Guardiola after his exit from Manchester City.

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Manchester City confirm Pep Guardiola will leave at the end of the season after a decade of unparalleled success.

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BBC Sport takes a look at 11 players who had their careers shaped by Pep Guardiola during his 10 season as at Manchester City.

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Thomas Tuchel proves he is the "anti-Southgate" in making tough calls for England's World Cup 2026 squad.

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