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⚽ Updates from the Group A3 qualifier; kick-off 7pm BST⚽ Moving the Goalposts | Follow on Bluesky | Mail Simon1 min: And we’re off! Spain get the game started.Right then, nothing between us and football but a few seconds and a whistle. Continue reading...

⚽ Champions League latest, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg 0-2)⚽ Atlético Madrid v Barcelona – updates | Live scoreboardWhen Warren Zaïre-Emery ran the show as a 17-year-old in a 3-0 win against Milan, Thierry Henry said “the sky is the limit” for the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder. His stratospheric rise led him too close to the sun, though, and the crash back down to Earth was a rude one. But he has since dusted himself off.Liverpool Van Dijk, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones.Paris Saint-Germain Nuno Mendes, Kvaratskhelia. Continue reading...

⚽ Champions League latest, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg 2-0)⚽ Liverpool v PSG – live | Live scoreboard | And email WillI always feel sorry for the young mascots on Champions League nights. They are living the dream but having to dress like a credit card.The teams are primed in the ‘tunnel’ which is more spacious than my house. Continue reading...

EFL in race against time to hear chargesClub alleged to have breached P&S rulesWest Brom could be given a points deduction that relegates them from the Championship after the season has finished as the club contest charges of breaching the English Football League’s profit and sustainability (P&S) rules.With the Championship league season concluding on 2 May the EFL is running out of time to hear the charges against West Brom, which relate to an alleged breach of the £39m loss limit in the three-year period culminating in the 2024-25 season. EFL sanctioning guidelines state that any punishment for a P&S breach must be applied in the campaign after it took place, which in West Brom’s case means this season, but the rulebook does not give a definitive cutoff point so it is unclear when the season ends. Continue reading...

Uzbek grandmaster wins Candidates with round to spareSindarov, 20, to face India’s Gukesh for world title in fallJavokhir Sindarov will challenge for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world chess championship this fall after clinching the Candidates tournament with a game to spare on Tuesday afternoon in Cyprus.The 20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster closed out an emphatic victory in the 14-game double round-robin with a tame 58-move draw playing with the black pieces against Dutch star Anish Giri, moving to 9½ points and leaving the world No 9 two adrift with one round remaining. Continue reading...

Mascherano coached one full season with Messi in MiamiInter Miami have been off to a slow start in 2026Javier Mascherano has stunningly stepped down as Inter Miami’s manager, just months after leading the team to their first MLS title.In the club’s announcement of the move, Mascherano said he was leaving for “personal reasons,” though later on the announcement specifies that his coaching staff will also depart the club. Continue reading...

Crocker hired Emma Hayes and Mauricio PochettinoSporting director duties to be split in the meantimeUS Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker is leaving his post with less than two months to go until the 2026 World Cup, US Soccer announced on Tuesday. The Guardian can also confirm Fox Sports’ earlier reporting that Crocker is taking up a similar role with the Saudi Arabia football federation.US Soccer said Crocker’s duties will be shared by chief operating officer Dan Helfrich, assistant sporting director Oguchi Onyewu, women’s youth national team head of development Tracey Kevins, and “the broader sporting leadership team.” Continue reading...

Rice faces late fitness test for clash with SportingArteta has ‘zero fear’ could end season without silverwareMikel Arteta has insisted he has “zero fear” that Arsenal could end the season without silverware but admitted that there are major doubts over when Bukayo Saka will return from an achilles injury.Arsenal head into the second leg of their Champions League tie against Sporting on Wednesday having lost three of their last four matches in all competitions, culminating with Saturday’s damaging home defeat to Bournemouth in the Premier League that left the door open to title rivals Manchester City. Continue reading...

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Seeing as the Ifab laws of football decree that hair-pulling is an act of violent conduct that is punishable by a straight red card, Football Daily is somewhat perplexed by the controversy surrounding the dismissal of Lisandro Martínez at Old Trafford on Monday night. Approaching the hour mark of his side’s 2-1 defeat by Leeds, the Argentinian quite clearly yanked Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair, sending the Leeds striker’s man-bunned up tresses cascading over his shoulders by pulling off the scrunchy that was holding them in place without so much as a formal invitation.Should Spurs be relegated (no question mark, this isn’t The Moral Maze), it will be not only funny, not only a salutary Ozymandias moment – the €uropean $uper £eague, anyone? – but also a perfect opportunity for a club with an undoubtedly great heritage to take stock, give its long-suffering supporters a season of winning, and come back up in better shape than they have been since Mauricio Pochettino left” – Mark Dawson. Continue reading...

Manager’s future has been talking point for monthsPlayers told of exit after training on Tuesday afternoonAndoni Iraola has informed Bournemouth he will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season. He is expected to consider his options this summer with ­several Premier League jobs potentially arising.The 43-year-old’s departure could also open the door for the Basque to join his boyhood club Athletic Bilbao, but the former Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic is thought to be the frontrunner to succeed Ernesto Valverde. Continue reading...