South African football news

Harry Kane discusses potential Ballon d'Or hopes after becoming the first Englishman to win Germany's footballer of the year award for the 2025-26 season.

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Jo Potter’s side charged to promotion and have brought in striker Bethany England as they bid to stay up Guardian writers’ predicted position: 13th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downey’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 2nd (WSL2) Continue reading...

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After crashing out of the Conference League, questions are mounting for Derek McInnes at Rangers, writes Tom English.

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Miguel Ángel Gil Marín accuses Barça of ‘dishonesty’ Arsenal have also been linked with Argentina forward Atlético Madrid’s chief executive appeared to slam the door on Barcelona’s pursuit of Júlian Alvarez on Thursday. Miguel Ángel Gil Marín accused the Catalan club of dishonesty and insisted the Argentina forward…

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McInnes ‘mortified’ by early European exit Brighton rout Tromsø 4-0 to reach league phase Rangers were left reeling as they crashed out of the Uefa Conference League playoffs with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out defeat to Jablonec. Leading 1-0 from the first leg at Ibrox last week, Derek McInnes’s side turned in a turgid pe…

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Arsenal continue pursuit to sign Julian Alvarez, Manchester City target Everton's Iliman Ndiaye and Aston Villa make direct contact to sign Rafael Leao.

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Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios becomes the first World Cup winner to sign for Ipswich Town after joining from Bayer Leverkusen.

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Manager Derek McInnes says he take "full responsibility" for Rangers' "embarrassing" Conference League exit at the hands of Jablonec.

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Uefa has begun a legal process against the embattled Fifa president in a dramatic new development Anyone who interpreted Uefa’s decision to withdraw a proposed boycott of Fifa competitions, revealed by the Guardian on Wednesday, as a backward step in the attempt to remove Gianni Infantino as Fifa’s president has bee…

Chelsea agree a £7.5m fee to sign Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

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Goalkeeper’s arrival may lead to Robert Sánchez’s exit Chelsea expect Manchester City bid for Enzo Fernández Chelsea have agreed a £7.5m deal to sign the Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez and are expecting Manchester City to make an offer for Enzo Fernández in the next 48 hours. Xabi Alonso identified the sig…

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Our Ask Me Anything team explains who will enter Friday's league phase draw for the 2026-27 Europa League draw

Manchester United will host Bayern Munich Aston Villa welcome PSG; Liverpool go to Inter Arsenal face mouthwatering assignments against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich as they bid to go one better than last season’s agonising near miss and win a first Champions League title. Mikel Arteta’s side were pipped on penaltie…

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European champions Paris St-Germain will face Premier League duo Manchester City and Aston Villa in the league phase of this season's Champions League.

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Ruiz led Real Sociedad to Champions League qualifying Vidosic frontrunner to take over NWSL side Angel City Brighton have confirmed the appointement of Arturo Ruiz from Real Sociedad as a replacement head coach for Dario Vidosic. The Women’s Super League club have acted quickly to replace Vidosic, whose departure wa…

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Dundee United should be "embarrassed" by the bids they have made for midfielder Brad Spencer, says Falkirk manager John McGlynn.

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BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher, plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Hull City sign French forward Mohamed-Ali Cho from Ligue 1 side Nice on a five-year contract.

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Aston Villa complete the signing of former Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka on a free transfer.

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Uefa draw starts at 5pm BST (6pm CET) Get in touch: email John and follow us on BlueSky Takes us back to the Champions League final in 2011, David. “2011 was an amazing year for me and the club!” That’s more like it! Ceferin awkwardly exits the stage after a slightly stilted chat with Henry. The former Arsenal man i…

Swansea City sign Sunderland defender Jensen Seelt on loan for the remainder of the season.

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