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Live updates from the 4pm kick-off at Turf Moor Seven Championship players to watch | Mail Tim The colour scheme. Burnley are in claret and blue, naturally. West Ham are in their third strip, which is pale, swirly and makes each player look like a box of washing powder. The players are out there and a lot of fists a…

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Cristiano Ronaldo says this season will probably be his last as a player after a glittering football career.

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How Arsenal and Man City's players rated following the Premier League champions' comfortable 3-0 victory over the FA Cup winners in the Community Shield.

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For Enzo Maresca, a miserable first meaningful game in charge of Manchester City that began with Arsenal seizing the lead after 24 seconds ended with Mikel Arteta’s side ­lifting the Community Shield. Arsenal eviscerated City, Riccardo Calafiori’s smart early opener after Myles Lewis-­Skelly’s brilliant pass ­seemin…

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Southampton will have to get used to being barracked as they travel the Championship this autumn, the “Spygate” team set to be everyone’s favourite boo boys in the second tier. Certainly that was the case in Hertfordshire, with Watford fans and players alike beside themselves after a hard-fought victory, decided by…

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Aston Villa close in on the signing of Parma goalkeeper Zion Suzuki, with Emi Martinez's future in increasing doubt.

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Leeds agree an £8.5m deal to sign defender Nico Elvedi, who is set to have a medical on Monday.

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Riccardo Calafiori scored after 24 seconds before Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard completed a thumping win The small print No extra-time; a drawn match goes straight to penalties Six substitutions per team in three substitution windows Three falls and a submission Continue reading...

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Coventry City agree a deal worth about £17m for Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi.

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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire says he hopes Marcus Rashford will stay at the club because he can improve Michael Carrick's team.

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⚽ News and buildup to the first Sunday of the EFL season ⚽ Jonathan Wilson’s Community Shield preview | Mail us Championship results Wolves 2-2 Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Preston North End Bristol City 0-2 Millwall Charlton 2-1 Derby County Middlesbrough 2-1 Lincoln City Norwich City 1-2 West Brom Portsmo…

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The Guardian’s fans’ network looks ahead to the new season: fresh talent, weak links, and who will be sacked first Having finally got the title monkey off our back, and with much of the competition in a state of flux, there’s plenty of optimism. Obviously the target is for Arteta to sustain the same appetite and int…

Uncertainty about the club’s future was matched by some on the pitch in 1-1 draw with Notts County If Leicester thought this season was going to be the footballing equivalent of a gap year, visiting new places and learning some life lessons before returning home, then they were mistaken. Being outfought and outperfo…

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After glory days of Park Ji-sung and Son Heung-min, the new season could be Korean-free for first time since 2005 It has been a cruel summer for South Korea. The national team crashed and burned at the World Cup, the police are investigating the football association, reports have emerged about bribes paid to foreign…

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Premier League champions Arsenal take on FA Cup winners Manchester City in Sunday's Community Shield - but would winning suggest a successful season ahead?

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Arsenal begin this season as Premier League champions but just how difficult is it to defend the league title, and how well equipped as they for the challenge?

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West Ham United pay a £22m fee, a new EFL record, to sign Celtic's Belgium international midfielder Arne Engels.

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Manchester United finish their pre-season campaign with a 4-2 defeat by Ruben Amorim's AC Milan in Poland, as Marcus Rashford returns to Red Devils action.

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Espanyol sporting director Monchi explains why he believes England's Championship is an undervalued source of talent, and outlines his ambitions to restore Espanyol to the top end of Spanish football.

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Curtain-raiser can offer clues but it is no reliable pointer to a season – its winners have not landed the title since 2018 The doubt for anyone when a long-strived-for goal has been achieved is hunger. Arsenal waited 22 years for their 14th league title and, compounding the yearning, finished second three times in…

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