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  • Marseille’s Moroccan French midfielder Amine Harit (centre) and teammates celebrate after the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Benfica at Stade Vélodrome

    'On a volcano'
    Marseille aim to revive former glories and awaken dormant giant

    Getting to grips with club is like ‘sitting on a volcano’ but big plans are afoot as Thursday’s Europa League semi-final awaits
    • Left to right: Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and the Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae.

      Do Son and Salah show damage mid-season tournaments can bring?

      John Duerden

    • Champions League
      Dortmund end Premier League hope of extra spot

    • Heroes and Villans
      How Emery has relit the flame of European desire

    • Chelsea
      Pochettino backs young players to come good

    • Brighton
      Club will target Ipswich's McKenna if De Zerbi quits

    • Wales
      Police investigate alleged assault on teenage official

    • Concussions
      Players and Kinnear family part of brain injury action

    • 'For the whole town'
      Wrexham owners eye 55,000 capacity

News and features

  • Liverpool v Chelsea - Barclays Women's Super League - Prenton Park<br>Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert (right) is consoled by team-mate Millie Bright during the Barclays Women's Super League match at Prenton Park, Birkenhead. Picture date: Wednesday May 1, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Liverpool Women. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

    Liverpool 4-3 Chelsea
    Hayes says 'title race is done' after Blues lose thriller

    Liverpool’s Gemma Bonner scored stoppage-time winner to seal dramatic win
  • Xabi Alonso with Jonathan Tah, once an exciting propect who has re-emerged under the tutelage of the Leverkusen head coach.

    Alonso moulded by greats and Leverkusen reflect this

    Philipp Lahm
  • Harry Kane celebrates after scoring Bayern’s second goal in their Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.

    Champions League
    Can Bayern win crown with revolution afoot?

  • Europa League
    Previews and predictions for the semi-finals

  • NWSL
    How it became the world’s most innovative league

  • Manchester United
    Interim CEO and chief financial officer to leave

  • Premier League
    FSA vows to fight any move for playing games abroad

  • Nottingham Forest
    Webb admits VAR error over penalty claim

  • Atlético Madrid
    Club hit by stand closure over Williams racist abuse

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In depth

  • Toni Kroos of Real Madrid plays a pass during the first leg at Bayern Munich

    Kroos proves pass master again to point way for Madrid

    Sid Lowe
    Irreplaceable German midfielder's control kept Madrid in the tie
  • Robert Pires

    'Time goes very quickly'
    Pires on finding life after football

    Former Arsenal midfielder has sought help to navigate world outside dressing room
    • Chloe Kelly shoots at goal as Bristol City muster a desperate rearguard during their 4-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday

      Moving the Goalposts
      Bristol City sink as WSL's financial realities bite

    • An aerial view of Everton's new stadium being constructed at Bramley Moore Dock.

      Explainer
      The Everton crisis: how did it get to this point?

    • Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

      Liverpool out of steam but Klopp’s legacy is cemented

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Rodrigo de Paul

      La Liga
      Atlético's ‘great season’ sticks in throat with lack of storylines

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Video

  • Championship
    Leicester celebrate title win on and off the pitch

    Leicester celebrated on and off the pitch as they secured the Championship title
  • With a style not too dissimilar to Jürgen Klopp's, the Feyenoord manager could help Liverpool continue to challenge for titles

    1:45

    Arne Slot
    Who is the manager set to replace Klopp?

  • Thiago Silva, Chelsea’s veteran defender, has announced that this season will be his last at Stamford Bridge

    1:04

    Chelsea
    Thiago Silva gives tearful goodbye but hopes for return 'in another role'

  • Thousands of jubilant Internazionale fans took to the streets around San Siro Stadium to celebrate the club's historic 20th Serie A title

    0:51

    'Most beautiful Scudetto'
    Inter fans line Milan streets for parade

  • Emma Hayes called the decision to send off Chelsea defender Kadeisha Buchanan as the 'worst in Women's Champions League history' as her side crashed out to Barcelona at the semi-final stage

    1:05

    'Worst decision in WCL history'
    Emma Hayes fumes at Chelsea sending off

  • Ten Hag expressed his sympathy for Rashford and said everyone should back him to return to the heights of last season.

    0:40

    Manchester United
    Ten Hag praises Rashford after forward hits out at abuse

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World football

  • Zambia celebrate after beating Morocco this month to qualify for the Olympics.

    Paris Olympics 2024
    Zambia’s women may be barred after Fifa steps in

    Fifa threatened the country’s football association with suspension
  • The US women’s team celebrate after winning the SheBelieves Cup this month.

    Women's World Cup
    US and Mexico withdraw joint bid to host 2027 event

  • Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

    Wrexham
    Club owners buy stake in Liga MX club Necaxa

  • MLS
    Lionel Messi makes league history in front of 65,000

  • La Liga
    Xavi's Barcelona U-turn shows breaking up is hard to do

  • Serie A
    Inter could not have imagined a more satisfying title

  • San Diego FC
    Can they pull off plan to be the Ajax of MLS?

  • ‘Great things can happen’
    Soaring Odisha FC seek new heights in India

  • ‘Phantom goal’
    Barça threaten legal action over clásico defeat

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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

  • Jürgen Klopp and Mohamed Salah on the sidelines at the London Stadium

    Liverpool can help Slot by selling petulant Salah in summer

    Jacob Steinberg
  • A Nottingham Forest fans' banner in the game against Manchester City says: 'Premier League: for the few, not the many'

    Forest see conspiracies while City hit them with reality check

    Jonathan Wilson
    In the loss to Pep Guardiola’s men, they failed to get the basics right
  • Emma Hayes acknowledges the crowd after the final whistle.

    Hayes sees Champions League dreams washed away

    Sophie Downey
    The Chelsea manager’s last tilt at the biggest prize to elude her ended in valiant defeat by Barcelona in the semi-final

    Regulars

    • Ipswich fans

      Football Daily
      Ipswich and a punt that has almost got them back

    • Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, left, runs with Bayern's Harry Kane during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)

      Football Weekly
      All square in Munich and Ipswich almost there

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Chelsea’s Champions League dreams dashed

      • David Squires on …
        A handy Premier League referee grudge tracker

      • Soccer with Jonathan Wilson
        Liverpool out of steam but Klopp’s legacy is cemented

        Jonathan Wilson

      • The Knowledge
        Can anyone top Coman’s run of league titles?

      • David Squires on …
        FA Cup meddling and clubs reading the room

      • Premier League
        Ten things to look out for this weekend

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    Catch up

    • Gareth Southgate and Harry Maguire illustration

      Southgate to United is a good idea. So what’s the chance?

      Barney Ronay
    • Sheffield United players applaud the fans following the 4-1 home defeat by Burnley on Saturday

      Top flight is a unique brew of misery for Sheffield United

      Jonathan Liew
    • Paul Mullin poses in front of a Wrexham badge.

      Paul Mullin
      As soon as we leave the pitch, Ryan’s first to text

    • Fleetwood United players and staff celebrate on 6 April 2024 after winning the United Arab Emirates second division

      Football’s unlikeliest brand
      How Fleetwood made it big in the UAE

    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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