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Team from town of 13,000 shock 2024 champions Juventus 2-0 Parma; Sevilla 1-3 Atlético Madrid The Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg began their first top-flight campaign in style, stunning Bayer Leverkusen with an impressive 3-2 home victory on Saturday. Lukas Petkov and Cole Campbell scored within 60 seconds of each…

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Napoli show interest in Newcastle forward Nick Woltemade, Manchester City winger Jack Grealish is wanted by Sunderland and Arsenal explore a move for Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo.

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Manchester City open talks with Liverpool about signing Netherlands winger Cody Gakpo.

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Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle says their 2-0 away win is "well deserved" and praises his side's decision making to secure three points against Tottenham in the Premier League.

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What is going wrong at Kilmarnock amid losing start to Scottish Premiership season?

Martin O'Neill says Celtic "might as well not get any" tickets after Rangers offered 300 for the sides' League Cup quarter-final at Ibrox next month.

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Second-half goals from Anthony Elanga and Yoanne Wissa give manager Matthias Jaissle his first Premier League victory, as Newcastle United win 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur.

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Important wins for Celtic and Hearts as Dundee Utd pick up first league victory.

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If ever you wanted to understand the distinction between “winning the transfer market” and winning an actual football match, then this was the game for you. Tottenham’s first home fixture of the Premier League season began with adulatory focus on all their new players. It ended in decisive defeat to Newcastle as rec…

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How Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United's players rated following Saturday's 2-0 win for the visitors in their Premier League match.

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Hull striker Oli McBurnie has a playful dig at his team's critics after beating Coventry to win their opening two Premier League games.

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Bournemouth manager Marco Rose describes the injury-time goal his side conceded as "slapstick" as his side settle for a point in their 1-1 draw against Everton at the Vitality Stadium.

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Coventry manager Frank Lampard believes his side controlled possession but were "too slow" with the ball as their first top-flight home game in 25 years ends in a 1-0 defeat by Hull City.

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Hull City manager Sergej Jakirovic reminds his side to "stay humble" after beating Coventry City for their second win in two Premier League games on their return to the top division.

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Charlton beat Preston to become last side with 100% record Millwall take lead at St Mary’s but Southampton win 5-1 Charlton moved to the top of the Championship table with a 1-0 victory over struggling Preston . Karlan Grant’s first goal for the Addicks since rejoining on a free transfer from West Brom ensured that…

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Everton manager David Moyes praises his side's second-half resilience after James Tarkowski's injury-time equaliser rescues a point for The Toffees away to Bournemouth. Moyes admitted that it looked like his team "were never going to score" before the 91st minute breakthrough cancels out Alex Scott's first-half opener.

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Updates from 5.30pm (BST) kickoff Email Barry and follow us on Bluesky Fun fact: Tottenham and Newcastle have met 61 times in the Premier League era without ever playing out a scoreless draw. Today could be the day for a dreary stalemate but it seems unlikely – fingers crossed for a glut of goals. Premier League: Hu…

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When a team is an established part of English football’s upper echelons, plays its home games inside a 68,000-seater stadium and breaks the Championship transfer record immediately after relegation, there are expectations that naturally follow. By all accounts, West Ham are supposed to breeze through what is meant t…

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Through wind and rain came the end of summer and a new era at the Vitality. Milan will visit Dorset this autumn, and travel to San Sebastián, Galicia, and Czechia awaits. The stadium itself is under renovation, exoskeletons to be filled in, new security cordons to negotiate. An unbeaten home record that stretches ba…

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Perhaps last week’s triumph was not a one-off. Hull backed up a shock victory against Manchester United by maintaining their 100% start to the Premier League by condemning Coventry to successive defeats. “We’re gonna win the league,” was the glorious chant raining down from the Hull support after Liam Millar’s 82nd-…

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Alexander Isak scored his first goal of the season in the 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest - but how do Liverpool get the best out of him?

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