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Chelsea’s Lexi Potter gets first call-up to face Greece Leah Williamson back after injury for World Cup playoff Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly have been dropped from England’s squad because of their performance levels by Sarina Wiegman, who has given a first call-up to the 20-year-old Chelsea midfielder Lexi Potter. Too…

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Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone misses out on selection for England's Women's World Cup qualifying matches this month.

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Follow updates as Socceroos face Seleção in Brisbane Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email The lights of Lang Park have gone down, the flamethrowers are roaring, and the music is pumping as the stadium announcer reads the two line-ups. Irankunda, unsurprisingly, gets the biggest roar from the almost sell-out crow…

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Wayne Rooney says Man Utd do not "deserve" to be awarded Premier League titles if rivals Man City are stripped of them.

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Villa have two points from first four league matches Arroyo took charge of women’s side in January 2025 Aston Villa have sacked Natalia Arroyo as their women’s manager, with the side winless and second-bottom of the Women’s Super League. Arroyo was let go on Monday night, after Villa endured a 4-0 defeat at Tottenha…

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Uefa's suggestions that Fifa president Gianni Infantino "violated any law or ethical principle are categorically without merit" says world football's governing body.

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Uefa accused of trying to influence presidential election Fifa court filing denies claim of FFE undervaluation Fifa accused Uefa of waging a “misinformation campaign” and trying to influence the race for its presidency as world football’s governing body urged a US ⁠court to reject a discovery ⁠request linked to a ​c…

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Aston Villa's summer signing Johan Manzambi has been nominated for the best young player at the Ballon d'Or ceremony. BBC Sport looks at his rise.

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Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s explains the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean “I was just a kid and no one was there for me,” Billy Kenny says as he wipes away the tears of hurt and regret on a September afternoon in Liverpool.…

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Billy Meredith helped win City their first major honours more than a hundred years ago, was banned by the FA – then went and repeated the trick on the red side of Manchester When the Manchester City decision finally dropped, the Guardian’s verdict was damning. “FOOTBALL SENSATION – MANCHESTER CITY’S GRAVE OFFENCES –…

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New Scotland manager says midfielder ‘has to take risks’ Players warned they need consistent game time for clubs Sébastien Pocognoli hopes a “smiling” Billy Gilmour will be central to Scotland’s hopes of improvement following a bruising World Cup. Gilmour excelled in the second half on Saturday, as Pocognoli’s debut…

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Fifa president says: ‘The ambition is welcome’ Infantino mounts fresh defence of failed FFE scheme The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, is poised to bow to demands from Uefa and Concacaf to distribute more money from its $6bn cash reserves to member associations. In a letter sent on Monday to all six confederation…

Belgium 0-1 France, Turkey 1-4 Italy, Sweden 3-1 Poland Northern Ireland left frustrated by Hungary stalemate Michael Olise’s magnificent late strike gave France a 1-0 Nations League victory over Belgium in Brussels, as Zinedine Zidane made it two wins out of two since being named as the new head coach. Olise came o…

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Ferran Soriano tells European clubs City will fight verdict Premier League clubs complain of ‘void’ over timeline A number of Premier League clubs are pushing for the Manchester City verdict to be published as soon as possible, with the club digging in for a long battle to clear their name. City’s chief executive, F…

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‘We defended well [v Spain] but had individual mistakes’ Nico O’Reilly and Ezri Konsa are injury doubts for match Thomas Tuchel will resist making drastic changes to his defence despite England going six games without a clean sheet before facing Czechia in the Nations League on Tuesday. Although Tuchel acknowledged…

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Manchester City have come out fighting against the guilty verdict but the Premier League faces questions of its own Nothing is over, nothing is done. Or at least not judging by the bravura, balls-out confidence of Manchester City’s chair, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, who remains convinced the past three days of whiplash are…

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Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano issues a defiant message to the executives of other teams about the club being found guilty of a majority of Premier League charges, BBC Sport has been told.

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42-year-old suffers ‘serious head injury’ at training base Cuéllar recovering in hospital after alarming accident The Real Mallorca goalkeeper Iván “Pichu” Cuéllar suffered a serious head injury when “a large structure” at the club’s ⁠training ground canteen collapsed on him. The club said Cuéllar was taken to hospi…

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Michael Olise earned France victory in Brussels and Italy bounced back with a big win over Turkey The teams are out! We’ll have the anthems now. There really is nothing that holds a candle to Il Canto degli Italiani , in my book. There is some sort of delay in Brussels, where neither Belgium or France are yet to eme…

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Chopping and changing the back four has been a big feature for England this year and the Real Madrid man could be a solution England ended 2025 protected by a shield of deceptive strength. They went through qualifying for the World Cup without conceding a goal and secured a shutout during a routine friendly win agai…

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Football Daily wasn’t alone in spending the weekend wondering if we might have a legal case against Manchester City, while pondering what fiscal value we’d put on the mild disappointment of seeing our team lose the 2014 Fizzy (nee Credit Card) Cup final to a team s…

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