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City close to two points — Arsenal warned

The title race had a pulse again before the weekend. Now it has a heartbeat. Manchester City dismantled Crystal Palace 3-0 at the Etihad on Tuesday evening, cutting Arsenal's lead at the top of the Pr

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Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this? — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this?

Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan

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Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan

Barrenetxea: the name on United's summer list — photo: sports.yahoo.com
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Barrenetxea: the name on United's summer list

Mourinho wants Rodri if he returns to Madrid — photo: sports.yahoo.com
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Mourinho wants Rodri if he returns to Madrid

Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this? — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this?

City close to two points — Arsenal warned — photo: Sky Sports — Football
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City close to two points — Arsenal warned

One game from the Championship — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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One game from the Championship

Alisson's future: the Juventus rumour unpacked — photo: sports.yahoo.com
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Alisson's future: the Juventus rumour unpacked

Chelsea's leaked 1996 retro jacket
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  1. PREM
    Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan

  2. TRANSFERS
    Barrenetxea: the name on United's summer list

  3. TRANSFERS
    Mourinho wants Rodri if he returns to Madrid

  4. PREM
    Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this?

  5. PREM
    City close to two points — Arsenal warned

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    One game from the Championship

  7. TRANSFERS
    Alisson's future: the Juventus rumour unpacked

  8. KIT WATCH
    Chelsea's leaked 1996 retro jacket

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Alisson's future: the Juventus rumour unpacked

Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this? — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this?

Pérez drops the Mourinho hint Madrid needed — photo: ESPN FC
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Pérez drops the Mourinho hint Madrid needed

Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan

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Transfer Drama

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Barrenetxea: the name on United's summer list

Mourinho wants Rodri if he returns to Madrid — photo: sports.yahoo.comTRANSFERS

Mourinho wants Rodri if he returns to Madrid

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Alisson's future: the Juventus rumour unpacked

Viral Football

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Viral Football — Foden's City deal, every United kit.VIRAL

Foden's City deal, every United kit.

Viral Football — Arteta, the grass, two minutes.VIRAL

Arteta, the grass, two minutes.

Viral Football — Mainoo's knee-slide broke the internetVIRAL

Mainoo's knee-slide broke the internet

Wonderkids

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Barcelona to Wembley: Barry's nine-loan journey — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Barcelona to Wembley: Barry's nine-loan journey

The Man United kid Scotland is noticing — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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The Man United kid Scotland is noticing

Wonderkids — Mainoo at 21: heart of the matterWONDERKIDS

Mainoo at 21: heart of the matter

Kits & Boots

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Chelsea's leaked 1996 retro jacketKIT WATCH

Chelsea's leaked 1996 retro jacket

Fulham's next home kit: Thames-inspiredKIT WATCH

Fulham's next home kit: Thames-inspired

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Matchday Chaos

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Matchday Chaos — Fourteen days. Ten storylines. One reckoning.CHAOS

Fourteen days. Ten storylines. One reckoning.

Matchday Chaos — Bayern–PSG: 6-5 and history madeCHAOS

Bayern–PSG: 6-5 and history made

Matchday Chaos — Doku. 90+7. Goodison. Arsenal waits.CHAOS

Doku. 90+7. Goodison. Arsenal waits.

Fan Reactions

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Fan Reactions — Spurs: 17th, two games, four hoursFANS

Spurs: 17th, two games, four hours

Fan Reactions — Surplus to everything: Dembélé's 18 monthsFANS

Surplus to everything: Dembélé's 18 months

Fan Reactions — Two Grounds, One Title ArrivingFANS

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SERIE A·

Serie A's weekend scheduling headache

Italian football and Italian tennis have found themselves in the same weekend, and apparently that's a problem. According to Football Italia, Serie A is weighing up a proposal to shift matches to Sund

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FIFA's 2.7 billion-person broadcast problem

One month from the opening kick-off of the biggest World Cup in history, FIFA has not finalised broadcast deals in China or India — the two most populous countries on the planet. According to The Guar

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Kinsky bails Spurs out against Leeds

There are saves that tidy up loose ends, and then there are saves that change the story of a match entirely. Kinsky's intervention against Leeds United was the second kind — the moment that turned wha

WSL·

Brighton Women: a first cup final

Brighton & Hove Albion Women are in a Women's FA Cup final for the first time ever — and for a club that has spent the better part of a decade building something real on the south coast, this is the m

UCL·

Three weeks to Budapest.

Three weeks. That's all that stands between Arsenal, PSG, and the most expensive night out in Hungarian history.

CHAOS·

Bayern–PSG: 6-5 and history made

Six goals to five. Three lead changes. One record that had been sitting untouched since Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt did something similar in 1960. The Bayern–PSG Champions League semi-final was, b

LALIGA·

One win away. Barcelona know it.

Barcelona are one win from the La Liga title. Real Madrid are aware.

WONDERKIDS·

Saka, Saliba, Budapest. Now Lewis-Skelly.

Myles Lewis-Skelly goes off in the 78th minute and suddenly 25 days feels very short.

Premier League

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Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Emery's brutal verdict on Elliott's Villa loan

Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this? — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Levy's shock, Spurs' fall: who answers for this?

City close to two points — Arsenal warned — photo: Sky Sports — FootballPREM

City close to two points — Arsenal warned

LaLiga

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Betis are back in the Champions League — photo: Football EspañaLALIGA

Betis are back in the Champions League

Betis are back in the Champions League — photo: ESPN FC
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Betis are back in the Champions League

Monchi's hardest job yet — photo: ESPN FC
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Monchi's hardest job yet

Serie A

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Serie A's weekend scheduling headache — ROME, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 21: Angelino of AS Roma shoots while put under pressure by Adam Marusic of Lazio during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on September 21, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)SERIE A

Serie A's weekend scheduling headache

Como want Cambiaso — and it makes sense — photo: Football ItaliaSERIE A

Como want Cambiaso — and it makes sense

Lamptey's Fiorentina stint: two games, then gone — photo: Football ItaliaSERIE A

Lamptey's Fiorentina stint: two games, then gone

Champions League

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Gerrard's greatest night — then he wanted out — photo: BBC Sport — Football
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Gerrard's greatest night — then he wanted out

Arteta's final headache: a key man in doubt — photo: voetbal24.beUCL

Arteta's final headache: a key man in doubt

Hearts are back in Champions League qualifying — photo: BBC Sport — Football
UCL

Hearts are back in Champions League qualifying

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