Former Chelsea and Leeds United owner Ken Bates has died at the age of 94. Chelsea announced the death of Bates on Saturday, saying he “passed away peacefully in Monaco this morning surrounded by his wife and family”. Bates bought Chelsea for £1 in 1982 when they were in the old Second Division, taking on […]

Klopp has been working as a pundit for German television at the World Cup. He has repeatedly been linked with a return to club management, most notably with Real Madrid in March, which he said was “all nonsense”. Klopp led Liverpool to seven major honours, including the 2019-20 Premier League title and the Champions League […]

South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams has died at the age of 25, just weeks after featuring for his country at the World Cup. Adams featured in all three of South Africa’s group games at the tournament, where they reached the knockout stages before losing to co-hosts Canada in the round of 32. […]

England fans can stay in the pub – either celebrating or commiserating with each other – until 30 minutes after the final whistle is blown in the World Cup quarter-final against Norway, the government has said. Extended licensing hours will allow supporters in England and Wales to watch the entire game, even if the start […]

Xhaka is now one of the most influential players in the Premier League but just seven years ago it looked like his career in the English top flight was over. Then at Arsenal, supporters had grown frustrated with some of his poor performances and he sometimes found himself the target of boos. Those jeers eventually […]

Messi has taken penalties in World Cup finals, Copa America finals and Champions League knockout ties. He has taken Argentina’s opening penalty in nine shootouts, converting seven, with his only misses coming against Chile in the 2016 Copa America final and Ecuador in the 2024 Copa América quarter-final. Perhaps that explains why Lionel Scaloni has […]

Midfielder Cammy Devlin says it is “an absolute honour and privilege” to join Rangers under freedom of contract after leaving Hearts. The Australia international, 28, spent five years at Tynecastle, making 171 appearances and scoring eight times. He has been capped five times by his country and was part of their 2026 World Cup squad. […]

Manchester United’s senior players have returned to Carrington for the start of pre-season training. The squad that assembled in front of newly installed head coach Michael Carrick and his coaching team on Thursday only partially resembles the group he will work with before the opening Premier League game of the 2026-27 campaign at Hull City […]

But from the World Cup warm-up matches against New Zealand and Costa Rice, things started to look different – with Bellingham impressing. In the first World Cup game against Croatia, Bellingham scored a fantastic solo goal to put England 3-2 ahead. And against Panama, when England were struggling for a breakthrough in the final group […]

When the World Cup ends, regardless of who wins, we’ll still have loads of great content every day as we build up to the new football season. As well as all the fall-out and reaction to the tournament, we’ll quickly shift back in the club football with pre-season coverage and all the latest transfer gossip […]