Premier League

Liverpool host Bournemouth in a Friday night kick-off in first match of 2025-26 season as they begin title defence – find out the full schedule for every team

Pep Guardiola abandons usual practice of letting players decide who leads the team and says Erling Haaland will take up role ‘sooner or later’

Tottenham chairman speaks for first time since sacking Australian, saying club must be competitive on all fronts. Meanwhile, Spurs could sell Son Heung-min

Fenway Sports Group looking to expand football operations beyond Merseyside, and could view La Liga club as feeder or long-term development project

Liverpool left back’s long-term future is far from guaranteed at 31 and with impending arrival of Milos Kerkez, but bowing out a champion may be easier said than done

Former Premier League referee faces fine or ban for comments about ex-Liverpool manager’s nationality but FA will take no action for alleged gambling misconduct over yellow card

Cunha is in at Manchester United and Ait-Nouri at Manchester City, while Kevin De Bruyne and Trent Alexander-Arnold depart, as the Club World Cup accelerates business at top-flight clubs

Club apologise after confirming some accounts on X were blocked by their social media team over responses to post featuring Israel winger — and say those accounts have now been unblocked

Club monitoring Eintracht Frankfurt striker after missing out on No1 target Liam Delap, while Viktor Gyokeres would prefer a move to Arsenal

Former Wales player aims to join fellow sports stars Tom Brady and Luka Modric with stakes in EFL clubs as he eyes place on board of newly relegated Devon team