Fifa president will face opponent if he seeks re-election Ceferin: ‘We stopped another try to steal the sport’ The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, has described Gianni Infantino’s doomed attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup as “even worse than the Super League plan” and warned his embattled Fifa counterpart...
Chelsea change course with Alonso primed to banish the chaos of youth
The 44-year-old is focused on maintaining ‘emotional control’ and a slew of sensible signings offer genuine hope It is a necessary reset. Although it would be pushing it to say that Chelsea have switched from development centre to retirement home, even after the signings of Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck,...
Newcastle and Liverpool crank up the entertainment for emotional send-off | Sam Dalling
While the teams produced more promise than polish, this thrilling encounter gave an emotional send-off to a legend of both clubs It’s 4.35pm on Tyneside. William Osula sets Anthony Elanga away, slightly right of centre and just short of 50,000 draw collective breaths. Pace is no issue; Elanga has no...
Premier League: 10 talking points from opening weekend of the season
Manchester United’s under-powered attack, Brentford’s £39m bargain and Dewsbury-Hall delivers for Everton Arsenal’s treatment of Gabriel Martinelli has been questioned by Ian Wright after the Brazil forward was left out of their squad for Friday’s opening game against Coventry. Martinelli turned down a move to Galatasaray last week after Arsenal...
Why England’s summer of cricket chaos could yet have a silver lining | Ali Martin
For all the upheaval and neurosis, it may yet be that the darkest hour came just before dawn for this England team To say England’s summer of Test cricket has not gone entirely to plan would be a bit of an understatement. At times it has been like watching Gromit...
Meet the new Spurs, same as the old Spurs despite big summer spending | Billy Munday
Canny Brentford show it will take more than a few new players to restore any sense of stability to Tottenham This was supposed to be New Spurs. Daniel Levy, such a magnet for fan apathy, has been sidelined. Roberto De Zerbi’s recruitment drive has won the transfer market. The stadium...
Mitchell Starc rips through Bangladesh – again – as Australia dominate ‘fast-forward’ second Test
Australia 210; Bangladesh 64 & 95 Starc stars with 10 wickets in Mackay Mitchell Starc has rocked the Bangladesh batting order for the second time in as many days in Mackay to secure Australia victory by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test. For the third time in...
Jordan double stuns South Africa as New Zealand clinch statement victory
First Test: South Africa 16-33 New Zealand All Blacks score five tries against world champions As first courses go, this was a delicious appetiser to a series that looks set to live up to its billing. First blood goes to New Zealand, who withstood a barrage of South Africa scrum...
Isak returns to Newcastle with Liverpool, Premier League buildup, and more – matchday live
⚽ Three Premier League matches and much more ahead⚽ Today’s games | Sign up for Football Daily | Get in touch And last but not least, Leeds snatched a one-nil win away to Forest. Another match with late drama to kick-off opening weekend. This time the excellently named Anton Stach...
Infantino angers Concacaf nations by hijacking meeting in Caribbean
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 development projects...