South African football news

Olivia Smith's career has been in the limelight since she was 15 - but she had been preparing herself for it even before she was a professional footballer.

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Celtic throw away a four-goal aggregate lead as they suffer a 5-4 defeat by Austrian side LASK to miss out on the Champions League for the second year in a row.

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Arsenal's Olivia Smith wants to "keep setting standards high" as she receives her second consecutive PFA young player of the year award.

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Karen Hills’s side are a blend of knowhow and young talent and are ready to compete 20 years after their disbandment Guardian writers’ predicted position: 14th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downey’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 3rd (WSL2) Continue reading...

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Manchester City forward Khadija Shaw reacts to winning her second PFA player of the year award in three seasons.

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Celtic threw away a four-goal lead in Austria as they missed out on the Champions League for the second year running. The Scottish champions looked to be cruising into the league stage when Callum McGregor put them 4-0 up on aggregate against Lask with a 21st-minute deflected strike. However, they went on to endure…

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After an unacceptable performance against Brentford, head coach still believes they can avoid sinking feeling this season What’s in a name? Quite a bit, judging by the discussion at Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham press conference on Tuesday, shortly after the club had completed the £75m signing of Savinho from Manches…

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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes reacts to winning the men's 2026 PFA player of the year award.

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Manchester City and England full-back Nico O'Reilly says "it feels amazing" after receiving the 2026 PFA young player of the year award.

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A midweek trip to Devon always had the makings of an awkward trip for a Coventry side focused on Premier League survival. Such feelings evaporated when Frank Lampard’s side raced into a two-goal lead inside five minutes, Taiwo Awoniyi opening his account for his new club before Jack Rudoni added Coventry’s second. B…

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Barcelona legend wants to emulate Johan Cruyff’s total football philosophy after taking over as the Netherlands head coach “My feeling today is that I’m going to the university of football.” Those were Xavi Hernández’s opening words at his presentation as the Netherlands coach on Tuesday. “I learned a lot from this…

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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City forward Khadija Shaw win the Professional Footballers' Associations men's and women's player of the year awards.

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Nottingham Forest have agreed a fee worth around £50m to sign Chelsea striker Liam Delap.

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After spending £155m on three midfielders, now Manchester United must decide whether to try to buy a left-back

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Cameroon international joins from Brighton He says United are the ‘club of my dreams’ Manchester United have completed the signing of the Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba in a deal worth up to £70m. The Cameroon international is the third midfielder to join this summer, after Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. Bale…

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Manchester United sign Cameroon midfielder Carlos Baleba from Brighton in a £70m deal.

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! We see Manchester City have managed to flip Savinho for quite the profit . Football Daily had previously assumed this sort of wheeler-dealing was restricted to the Dion-Dublin-adjacent property market, or the Harry-Redknapp-infused used car scene, but it seems we w…

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jacob Steinberg and George Elek as Chelsea’s season starts with a win at Fulham Continue reading...

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Four WSL academy teams will play in WNL from 2027-28 FA says move will raise standards and help young players Four Women’s Super League academy sides will play in tier three of the pyramid from the 2027-28 season after the controversial proposal was approved by the Football Association’s board. The change forms part…

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Our cartoonist looks back at the big storylines and fresh looks as the English top flight swung back into action Buy this cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

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Spurs could pay £85m including add-ons for winger De Zerbi says Sávio will bring ‘imagination and quality’ Savinho has completed his £75m move to Tottenham from Manchester City and marked the beginning of a new chapter in his career by indicating that he wants to be known as Sávio from now on. The Brazil winger, who…

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