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  • Kieran McKenna celebrates Ipswich’s promotion

    Kieran McKenna
    Suitors ready to fight for humble but world-class coach

    Northern Irishman works in a nourishing environment at Ipswich but could Brighton or Chelsea lure him away?
    • Clockwise from top left: Thomas Tuchel, Roberto De Zerbi, Kieran McKenna, David Moyes, Vincent Kompany.

      Managers on the move?
      Eight men who could be in new jobs soon

    • West Brom
      Club suspend employee after racism allegations

    • 2034 World Cup
      Fifa told to deny Saudi Arabia without reforms

    • Euro 2024
      Rooney joins BBC team as ITV signs up Postecoglou

    • Scotland
      Liverpool's Doak makes Euros squad with Forrest

    • Inter
      US firm seizes control after owners miss payment

    • Women's football
      Survey shows big demand for dedicated UK TV slot

    • Chelsea
      Club contact Ipswich about McKenna

News and features

  • Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos

    ‘Irreplaceable’
    Kroos walks away early at the top, a mic-drop moment

    Midfielder goes for another Champions League title before Germany swansong
  • Dapo Afolayan celebrates victory and promotion to the Bundesliga with St Pauli staff

    ‘Life is not straightforward’
    Afolayan’s winding journey to Bundesliga

  • Bay FC have had mixed results in their first NWSL season

    NWSL
    Bay FC have the stars and hype. Now they just need results

  • 'Speechless'
    Fowler among athletes honoured with Barbie doll

  • Ange Postecoglou
    Newcastle rain on Spurs' parade with win at MCG

  • Amine Adli
    We can’t remember what’s it’s like to lose at Leverkusen

  • Chelsea
    Players left shocked by Pochettino’s departure from club

  • Relegated players who will be targets for others this summer

    Ben McAleer

  • Euro 2024
    Southgate: lack of cover for Rice and Shaw is risk

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Premier League 2023-24 review

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In depth

  • A fan reads a programme at Tottenham during a match in 1985

    Photo essay
    The Third Element: fans, fathers and football

    Steve Pyke recalls the role football played in his relationship with his father
  • Brian Kaltak of Central Coast Mariners celebrates with fans after the second leg of the A-League Men semi-final against Sydney FC at Industree Group Stadium

    ‘A nice buzz’
    Central Coast shines under the spotlight of A-League grand final

    A-League Men’s smallest club prepare to host the grand final for the first time
    • Gareth Southgate says picking so much emerging talent in his provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2024 ‘will create an evolution of the team’.

      Southgate shows faith in England’s new generation

      Jacob Steinberg
    • Mauricio Pochettino stands in front of a Chelsea badge.

      Pochettino paid price of rocking Boehly’s boat at Chelsea

      Jacob Steinberg
    • Jordan Henderson stands beside Gareth Southgate.

      Ruthless Southgate times moment right to shed layers of loyalty

      Barney Ronay
    • Adam Wharton applauds supporters.

      Wharton’s England call-up is a credit to Palace's progression

      Ed Aarons
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Moving the Goalposts

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Video

  • Mauricio Pochettino
    Why did Chelsea and manager go their separate ways?

    Jacob Steinberg explains the division between manager and club with Pochettino unconvinced 'about the project and the players'
  • Manchester City have won their fourth Premier League title in a row – how did they achieve it and what comes next, asks Jamie Jackson

    2:50

    Premier League
    How Man City won four in a row and what comes next

  • Emma Hayes has left her role as Chelsea Women’s manager after 12 years as she gets set to become the head coach of the USWNT.

    2:55

    End of an era
    Hayes leaves Chelsea after 12 transformative years

  • Chelsea women have won their fifth Women’s Super League title in a row on goal difference with a 6-0 victory at Manchester United

    1:06

    'I can't believe it'
    Chelsea women win fifth consecutive WSL title

  • Jürgen Klopp said: 'Nothing is perfect nowadays, but the majority of people in [Liverpool] are as close as possible.'

    3:28

    'I couldn't have done more'
    Klopp pays tribute to Liverpool in final press conference

  • Jürgen Klopp has given the media plenty to work with during his nine years at Liverpool, including poking fun at them

    1:55

    'The normal one'
    Memorable Klopp press conference moments at Liverpool

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World football

  • Jesse Marsch

    Canada's Jesse Marsch
    Will MLS owners dictate selection? Come on man!

    The American is in charge of his country’s northern rivals. He says it won’t affect him
  • Ange Postecoglou

    Ange Postecoglou
    There have always been challenges for game in Australia

  • Alexandre Lacazette punches the air in celebration

    Ligue 1
    Lyon, Brest and Lorient light up final day full of drama

  • Roberto Baggio
    Sundays never the same, 20 years after farewell

  • A-League Men
    Melbourne Victory defeat Wellington Phoenix in thriller

  • Women's World Cup
    Brazil see off European bid to land 2027 finals

  • Coppa Italia
    Allegri delivers glory for Juve but exit still beckons

  • MLS power rankings
    Benteke has Zlatan-ified DC United

  • MLS
    Messi’s salary exceeds pay of all but four teams

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Football Weekly

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The top 100

  • trail football 100 mens 2023 day 4

    Men's edition
    Our picks for the best male players in the world 2023

  • Sam Kerr, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo

    Women's edition
    The 100 best female players in the world 2023

  • Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham.

    Haaland voted the world’s best – and he’s just getting started

    Niall McVeigh
  • Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Aitana Bonmati and Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

    Spain and Barcelona lead way after year of success

    Rich Laverty

Opinion

  • Avram Glazer and Sir Jim Ratcliffe at the FA Cup semi-final in April

    The dead hand of immovable Glazers is still strangling United

    Jonathan Liew
  • Illustration of a person in suit and tie with a football for a head.

    Billionaire-ification leaves scripts stuck on repeat

    Barney Ronay
    Unusual storylines are growing ever rarer due to the influence of super-rich and nation states
  • A Liverpool supporter poses in front of a mural near Anfield marking the end of Jürgen Klopp’s time at the club.

    For good and bad, Klopp gave fans the time of their lives

    Sachin Nakrani
    Jürgen Klopp’s tenure has been littered with lows but fans will cherish the highs

    Regulars

    • Chelsea fans welcome Clearlake Capital in 2022.

      Football Daily
      Pochettino says goodbye to Chelsea circus

    • Wolfsburg Women win the 2018 German Cup

      The Knowledge
      Which team have won the most domestic cups in a row?

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Chelsea's fifth straight title

      • Football Weekly
        Will Leeds or Saints prevail in playoff final?

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Why did Arsenal let Miedema leave?

      • The Knowledge
        Has Xhaka set a record by going 47 games unbeaten?

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Sevecke on the condition that ended her career

      • David Squires on …
        Spurs’ new fans and other end-of-season surprises

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    Catch up

    • Jürgen Klopp receives a guard of honour after Liverpool’s victory against Wolves at Anfield

      Klopp dispelled years of faded grandeur at Liverpool

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Arsenal fans check their phones in the stands at the Emirates

      Arsenal’s sad end intersects with need to feel City’s title is real

      Barney Ronay
    • Phil Foden and Pep Guardiola embrace during the title winning celebrations. Manchester City v West Ham at Etihad Stadium. Premier League. 19 May 2024. By Tom Jenkins for The Guardian.

      The Guardiola supremacy
      How City became too good for own good

    • Premier League 2023/24 end of season composite

      Photo essay
      The best photos from the Premier League season

    The big picture

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    Next generation

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      2023 edition
      Picking 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Next Generation 2023: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs image

      Premier League
      20 of the top talents at English top-flight clubs in 2023

    • Brommapojkarna’s Kevin Ackermann, Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

      Class of 2018
      From Saka to Ackermann: what happened next

    • Joel Ndala of Manchester City, Ben Doak of Liverpool, Ishé Samuels-Smith of Everton, David Obou of Crystal Palace and Jimmy Jay Morgan of Southampton

      'Relative age effect’
      Why scouts select players based on this element of talent ID

    The top 100

    The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

    See who made the lists

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