The Guardian Sam Kerr to move on from Australia but can W-League move on from her?The Guardian - Samantha LewisLast week, FFA’s Greg O’Rourke confirmed the news that Australian football fans had long suspected, and long feared: Matildas taliswoman and captain Sam Kerr will not be returning to the W-League for 2019-20
The Guardian The FiverThe Guardian - Nick AmesIt doesn’t take a long stretch into The Fiver’s Tin-addled memory to foggily recall a time when taking too much of a liking to non-mainstream foreign teams left you labelled as a “football hipster”. That’s
The Guardian2022 FIFA World Cup We can gauge popularity of women’s football. Time to up the prize moneyThe Guardian - Suzanne WrackSomewhere it has been decided that the Women’s World Cup is worth 7.5% of the men’s The announcement that viewing figures for the Women’s World Cup hit 1.12 billion is hugely impressive and raises vital
The Guardian Liverpool's Salah passed fit but Matip and Alexander-Arnold to miss Genk tripThe Guardian - Alex HessMohamed Salah has been passed fit by Liverpool’s medical staff for the team’s Champions League trip to Genk on Wednesday, but Joël Matip and Trent Alexander-Arnold will sit out the game with injuries.
The GuardianLucy Bronze Seven Liverpool players on Ballon d'Or shortlist, Bronze and White nominatedThe Guardian - PA MediaLiverpool’s Champions League winners dominate the nominations for the Ballon d’Or after seven of Jürgen Klopp’s men were included on the 30-man shortlist while England World Cup stars Lucy Bronze and White
The GuardianBelgian Football Genk’s constant rebuilding work faces tough inspection by LiverpoolThe Guardian - Tumaini CarayolSoon after Racing Club Genk had clinched their fourth Belgian Pro League title and the season was done, crowds filled the city streets, supporters harmonised into the night and players partied until the
The GuardianLiverpool FC Ian Rush: 'It’s funny that I’m teaching kids now, as I used to hate coaches'The Guardian - Ian RushPeople say I was born with a knack for scoring goals, but the truth is there’s a secret to it: never be scared to miss. There’s so much pressure on kids these days that, if they miss one chance, you see
The GuardianGranit Xhaka Xhaka rails against Evra’s criticism that Arsenal lack mentality for away gamesThe Guardian - Press AssociationGranit Xhaka has hit back at Arsenal’s critics by insisting their belief that the Gunners’ are mentally weak away from home is “bullshit”. Unai Emery’s side missed the chance to go third in the Premier
The GuardianCopa Libertadores Conspiracy theories cast shadow over River Plate v Boca Juniors reunionThe Guardian - Jonathan Wilson in Buenos AiresThe history of River Plate v Boca Juniors games in the Copa Libertadores is long and on Tuesday evening Buenos Aires time they go again in the second leg of this season’s semi-final. Last year’s twice-postponed
The GuardianIsco Football transfer rumours: Isco to Spurs, Giroud to Crystal Palace?The Guardian - Alex HessJuventus, storied heavyweights of the European game and a club who knows a decent defender when they see one, are scanning Europe for their next recruit and have zoned in, a tad improbably, on The Hawthorns.
The GuardianYeovil Haringey is the perfect place for football to take a stand against racismThe Guardian - Helen PartonPractically the only free row of seats I could find in the stand at Haringey Borough’s match with Yeovil on Saturday was among the away supporters but that didn’t bother me. This was my local, friendly
The GuardianChris Wilder Lys Mousset capitalises on Arsenal failings to boost Sheffield UnitedThe Guardian - Paul Doyle at Bramall LaneLys Mousset marked his first league start for Sheffield United by scoring the goal that sent the home side into the top half of the table and intensified doubts about Arsenal’s direction of travel. Unai
The GuardianSam Kerr Matildas captain Sam Kerr again in hunt for women's Ballon d'OrThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressSam Kerr is the only Australian footballer, male or female, to make the shortlist for the Ballon d’Or. The Matildas captain is one of 20 nominees in the running to claim the prestigious individual award.
The GuardianDementia Landmark study reveals link between football and dementiaThe Guardian - Sean IngleFormer professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia and other serious neurological diseases, a landmark study has found, confirming a long-suspected link between
The GuardianGary Rowett Gary Rowett back in football as Millwall’s new managerThe Guardian - Guardian sportMillwall have confirmed the appointment of Gary Rowett as their new manager. Rowett joins the Championship club alongside his new assistant Callum Davidson and the technical coach Joe Carnall, while Adam
The GuardianAtalanta B.C. City told to sharpen up as they take on Atalanta in the Champions LeagueThe Guardian - Jamie JacksonPep Guardiola has pointed to Manchester City’s Champions League quarter-final defeat to Tottenham last season as evidence that they must be more clinical if they are to become European champions for the
The GuardianManchester United Fan ejected for alleged racist abuse at Manchester United v LiverpoolThe Guardian - Jamie JacksonGreater Manchester police have been informed after Manchester United stewards ejected a supporter during the 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday because of alleged racial abuse. United have
The Guardian EFL checks on prospective owners to be reviewed after Bury expulsionThe Guardian - David ConnThe English Football League is to examine how it can protect clubs from inadequate owners before they are allowed to take over, following the expulsion of Bury after 125 years of membership. The EFL’s
The Guardian Mauricio Pochettino fights on but accepts his Tottenham job is in dangerThe Guardian - David HytnerFor Mauricio Pochettino it has long been a default response, a way to sidestep awkward questions. “Rumours,” the Tottenham manager says and, with it, he brings down the curtain on various subjects. The
The GuardianAtlético Madrid Pace, precision, power, joy: Real Sociedad storming in La LigaThe Guardian - Sid LoweThere was one loud explosion and then six more followed. Across the city they knew that could mean only one thing: Real Sociedad had won again. A tradition from la Real’s old Atotxa ground, momentarily
The Guardian Solskjaer turns back clock while Pereira highlights value of a modern No 10The Guardian - Richard WilliamsManchester United were unrecognisable on Sunday. Which is to say that for most of the time they played like Manchester United rather than the dispirited rabble written off by many commentators in the lead-up
The GuardianYeovil 'We're not that sort of club': Yeovil in shock over racism claimsThe Guardian - Steven MorrisLen Harrison, resplendent in a green and yellow Yeovil Town fleece and woolly hat, summed up his impression of the mood in the Somerset town: horrible. “We’re not that sort of football club,” said Harrison,
The GuardianSheffield United The FiverThe Guardian - Barry GlendenningThe last time Arsenal and Sheffield United met in a football match, Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon was top of the UK charts. Luckily for the laboured introduction to today’s Fiver, Carlos Vela and Lord were
The GuardianRace & Ethnicity Bristol City investigate alleged racist chants by their fans at Luton supportersThe Guardian - Ben FisherBristol City are investigating reports that a small group of their supporters engaged in alleged racist chanting towards Luton fans during the Championship match at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. “We naturally
The GuardianLyon Ligue 1 clubs turn to experienced French managers to right wrongsThe Guardian - Adam White and Eric DevinFour Ligue 1 clubs have changed managers since the start of August and all four of their appointments speak volumes about the emphasis being placed on veteran managers in France. Christian Gourcuff arrived
The GuardianAtalanta B.C. Atalanta not ready to dash from their Cinderella story in EuropeThe Guardian - Nicky BandiniIf you exclusively watched Atalanta in the Champions League this season, you might have concluded this Cinderella story had reached midnight. Thrashed 4-0 by Dinamo Zagreb, and then beaten at home by Donetsk,
The GuardianManchester United A result for Manchester United to build on or a reminder of how far they must climb?The Guardian - Jonathan WilsonSo close. So, so close. Manchester United came within five minutes of pulling off their best result since Paris in March. Had they done so, Ole Gunnar Solskjær would have been hailed for his tactical for
The GuardianPep Guardiola Manchester City ‘still not ready’ to win Champions League, says GuardiolaThe Guardian - Ed Aarons at Selhurst ParkPep Guardiola has claimed Manchester City are “still not ready” to win the Champions League because they are not clinical enough in front of goal. The champions scored twice in 90 first-half seconds to
The GuardianEintracht Frankfurt Prodigal son Gonçalo Paciência leads Eintracht revenge missionThe Guardian - Andy BrassellJust deal with the first half. That may, and arguably should, have been Eintracht Frankfurt’s plan going into Friday night. The last time they’d played Leverkusen, they had begun with hope and ended humiliated.
