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With exciting new signings and growing belief, Leeds United will hope a winning start to the Premier League means they can aim to thrive rather than just survive this time around.

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How Brentford and Tottenham's players rated following their Premier League match.

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Gianni Infantino used opportunity to lobby for support Fifa president was asked to stay away from CFU meeting Gianni Infantino has risked alienating numerous Concacaf nations, whose support he is seeking in his re-election campaign, by hijacking a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to announce Fifa-funded…

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Jean-Philippe Mateta is challenging the validity of the final 10 months on his Crystal Palace contract.

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⚽ New-look Spurs outclassed in derby disaster ⚽ Today’s scores | Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Scott The teams are out! Brentford wear their red and white stripes, while Spurs are in their blue, pink, purple and many more colours away kit. According to the marketing blurb, which presumably took upwards of 30 sec…

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It would be fascinating to know which algorithms or eagle-eyed staff in Ipswich’s recruitment department spotted the potential in Emersonn to score the goals to keep them in the Premier League. Thirteen games, no goals and a serious knee injury at the Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense; two league goals in 17 games…

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For Anton Stach, another sweet direct free-kick to add to the back catalogue, this one souring Oliver Glasner’s first match in charge of Nottingham Forest. Only Dominik Szoboszlai eclipsed Stach’s record of three direct free-kick goals in the Premier League last season, one of those coming against Glasner’s Crystal…

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Andy Burnham was in the posh seats to see how his beloved Everton would fare without the key additions that even the prime minister has voiced an opinion on. No right-back, no new centre-forward, no problem: Everton contained enough quality to overcome a wasteful Crystal Palace. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Iliman Ndia…

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Manchester United boss Michael Carrick is refusing to panic despite shock loss at newly promoted Hull City.

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Bruno Fernandes: ‘We gave too much of the ball to them’ Sergej Jakirovic happy Hull proved critics wrong Michael Carrick says he will not overreact, but has called for improvement after Manchester United started the season with a 2-0 defeat at Hull. United lost their opening game for the fourth time in the past seve…

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Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick says his side 'didn't click' as they suffered a 2-0 defeat at newly promoted Hull City in their first game of the 2026-27 Premier League season.

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Hull City head coach Sergej Jakirovic praises his side for their approach and sticking to the tactical plan to gain a 2-0 win against Manchester United on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

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⚽ Updates on the best of the Saturday afternoon action ⚽ Live scores | Football Daily | Email Barry Championship: Millwall have doubled their lead against Norwich, with Tairyk Arconte scoring his second goal of the game from a Jake Cooper knockdown at a set-piece. It’s 2-0 at the Den and hapless Norwich are staring…

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Ever since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement 13 years ago, Manchester United have been stuck in football’s equivalent of purgatory and a chastening experience in Hull suggests they could be there a while longer. Michael Carrick’s permanent appointment was supposed to hail a new era at Old Trafford but very little has c…

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How Hull City and Manchester United's players rated following their Premier League match.

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PM tells regional mayors he is keen for tournament to be played in British Isles for first time since 1966 Andy Burnham has said he wants to bring the men’s World Cup to the UK in 2042, returning the tournament to Britain for the first time in almost eight decades. At a meeting in No 10 North in Manchester on Friday…

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Ian Wright says Gabriel Martinelli deserves "more respect" from Arsenal and questions the way the club have handled the winger's potential exit.

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⚽ Live updates on the 12.30pm (BST) kick-off at the MKM Stadium ⚽ Live scores | Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Tim Hull, naturally, are in orange too, with black stripes. United are in ivory as Bruno Fernandes gathers them for a pep talk. The teams come out, and so do the fireworks. The MKM Stadium is a happy swi…

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Incident happened when Inter Miami met Philadelphia Union Argentinian lashed out at Quinn Sullivan in 2-2 draw Lionel Messi has been fined for slapping an opponent during a Major League Soccer game. The 39-year-old Inter Miami forward lashed out at Quinn Sullivan of Philadelphia Union during their match on Wednesday…

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Fifa president tells Sky man: ‘You have a nice haircut’ Concacaf president asks Infantino ⁠to stay away ​from youth event Gianni Infantino told a reporter “I’ll see you at the hairdressers” after he was asked whether he had betrayed football over his aborted World Cup sell-off plan. The Fifa president was stopped ou…

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Lionel Messi is fined by Major League Soccer after slapping Philadelphia Union's Quinn during Inter Miami's draw on Wednesday.

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