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  • Argentina’s players look as objects are thrown onto the pith by angry spectators during their match with Morocco in Saint-Etienne, forcing the Group A encounter to be suspended

    Paris 2024
    Argentina v Morocco mired in chaos following pitch invasion

    Argentina’s game against Morocco at the Olympics was plunged into chaos after a pitch invasion forced it to be suspended for more than an hour
  • General view of a Premier League match ball

    Betting
    Premier League, FA, EFL and WSL agree code of conduct over gambling deals

  • Canada coach Bev Priestman was not involved in the drone scandal but will not be on the sidelines against New Zealand

    Paris 2024
    Canada ‘shocked’ after spying scandal hits Olympic champions

  • Enzo Maresca

    Chelsea
    Maresca sure Fernández will re-integrate into squad amid furore

    • TV rights
      Chaos in France acts as warning to Premier League

    • Moving The Goalposts
      Women’s Olympic football guide: Spain primed

    • Arsenal
      Arteta primes squad after ‘tough moment’ for Saka and Rice

    • Manchester United
      Club target Bayern Munich right-back Mazraoui

    • Manchester City
      Guardiola admits Ederson could leave this summer

    • The Knowledge
      Football’s most expensive uncapped players

News and features

  • Yuriy Vernydub, a football coach who is now fighting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine

    Interview
    Manager Vernydub: 'I am still a soldier. When something happens, I go to my squadron'

    Ukrainian combines managing Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih with helping in the war against Russia
  • Matvey Safonov, Luis Guilherme and Rodrigo Gomes.

    Men’s transfer interactive
    Track the latest moves in Europe’s top five leagues

  • Barcelona's Ewa Pajor (left) and Ellie Roebuck (right), Wolfsburg's Lineth Beerensteyn.

    Women’s transfer interactive
    All the deals from around Europe’s leading leagues

  • Discrimination
    Record number of reports of abuse last season

  • Premier League
    Clubs accused of greed as total with gambling sponsors hits 11

  • Newcastle
    Joelinton sees bright future – with Howe and Guimarães

  • Chelsea
    Chalobah fears he is being forced out after omission

  • Women's Super League
    WSL fixtures: swift Arsenal return for Miedema

  • Khiara Keating
    City keeper appears in court on nitrous oxide charge

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Euro 2024

  • Spain’s Lamine Yamal holds the trophy of 'best young player of the tournament', Toni Kroos looks dejected after Germany’s quarter-final defeat, Georgia’s keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili impressed, Rodri of Spain poses with the Henri Delaunay Trophy.

    Euro 2024 awards
    The Guardian team in Germany give their final verdicts

  • England players celebrate after Ollie Watkins’s winner against the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 semi-final.

    The Knowledge
    Comeback kings and queens at major tournaments

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-EURO-2024-MATCH39-ESP-GEO-FANS<br>TOPSHOT - A Georgia's supporter wearing a make up in the color of the Georgian flag reacts ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Spain and Georgia at the Cologne Stadium in Cologne on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Fans' verdicts
    How entertaining was the tournament? Our readers' views

  • David Squires composite

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … England and the sound of silence

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In depth

  • Tanner Tessmann could be the answer to the USMNT’s midfield imbalance.

    USMNT
    Six players who can boost World Cup prospects at Olympics

    From Tanner Tessmann to Benjamin Cremaschi, we look at the players who could use this summer’s tournament as a springboard for 2026
  • Everton FC badge at Goodison Park

    What now for Everton after more takeover drama?

    Andy Hunter
    U-turn does not mean instant turmoil, but existing loans mean club is haemorrhaging cash
    • Croatia v Italy: Group B - UEFA EURO 2024<br>LEIPZIG, GERMANY - JUNE 24: Riccardo Calafiori of Italy during the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Croatia and Italy at Football Stadium Leipzig on June 24, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany.(Photo by James Baylis - AMA/Getty Images)

      Arsenal
      Italy defender Calafiori would fix left-back problem

    • Jack Grealish warms up for Manchester City.

      Analysis
      Man City's US tour: teenage stars and a chance for Grealish

    • An advertisement shown during Euro 2024 promoting the August launch of the new Sky Sports+ channel

      Fans deserve better than ad industry’s cynical stereotypes

      John Brewin
    • Wendie Renard

      Interview
      France’s Wendie Renard: ‘The Olympic rings speak to us all’

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Moving the Goalposts

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Video

  • England
    What is Southgate's legacy after stepping down as manager?

    Gareth Southgate is arguably one of the most successful managers the team has had and yet he faced serious scrutiny from fans
  • Nearly 80,000 fans welcomed 25-year-old France star Kylian Mbappé during his official presentation as a Real Madrid player

    Real Madrid
    Mbappé fulfils dream as he is presented in front of 80,000 fans

  • Spain's players received a warm welcome home to Madrid after beating England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final

    0:59

    Euro 2024
    Spain receive heroes' welcome in Madrid following victory

  • The Stirling Albion goalkeeper paused the game to fix a hole in the pitch with a conveniently placed shovel and pile of dirt

    1:00

    Stirling Albion
    Goalkeeper fixes hole in pitch mid-match with shovel and dirt

  • Fans in Buenos Aires and Miami celebrated wildly after Argentina secured a record 16th Copa América title by beating Colombia

    1:27

    Copa América
    Argentina fans celebrate victory as Colombia supporters are left heartbroken

  • Footage shows fans climbing into air vents and over fences to access to the stadium ahead of the game

    0:30

    Copa América
    Fans enter vents and climb fences to get into stadium

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Football Weekly

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World football

  • Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan (6) signs autographs after Wednesday’s match against the New England Revolution at Subaru Park.

    Major League Soccer
    Sullivan, 14, breaks Adu’s youngest MLS player mark

    Cavan Sullivan has became the youngest ever MLS player
  • South Korean teenagers on the pitch with Son Woong-jung (third left), at his Son Football Academy in Chuncheon.

    South Korea
    Son's father promises change after bullying accusations

  • Hugo Lloris.

    Argentina
    Lloris says Fernández video is ‘attack on French people’

  • Real Madrid
    Mbappé fulfils destiny in front of 80,000 at Bernabéu

  • Copa América
    After the chaos, will World Cup 2026 be different?

  • Zambia
    Coach banned from private contact with players in Paris

  • Ligue 1
    TV deal struggle leaves clubs fearing bankruptcy

  • Copa América
    Martínez's strike secures 16th title for Argentina

  • NWSL
    Angel City to become world’s most valuable women’s team

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Opinion

  • Emma Hayes

    Book extract
    Sexism is exhausting. But I refuse to let it hold me back

    Emma Hayes
  • Illustration of a lion, lioness and a lion cub with a football

    Southgate’s replacement will benefit from his vision

    Kelly Simmons
    Ex-England manager appreciates the struggles young players face to get game time
  • Lauren James (left), Mary Earps and Ella Toone will all be in Sarina Wiegman’s mind when the manager decides her first-choice England starting XI for the Euro 2025

    James, Mead or Kelly – and other big calls for Wiegman

    Tom Garry
    England manager faces selection dilemmas in four positions as team prepare to defend their title

    Regulars

    • Nice stadium

      Football Daily
      Álvarez, Marta and midweek matches: joy of Olympics

    • David Squires on … Gareth Southgate's resignation

      David Squires on …
      Southgate reaching the end of the line with England

      • Moving the Goalposts
        'Ridiculous' Wafcon delay leaves African game in a mess

      • David Squires on …
        England’s performance art on run to Euro 2024 semis

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Nagasato backs Japan’s Olympic hopes

      • The Knowledge
        Most boring and exciting goalless draws at the Euros?

      • Football Weekly
        Spain into final and Lamine Yamal takes breath away

    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
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    Catch up

    • Gareth Southgate at the 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024.

      England
      Southgate’s next step: club management, TV or rest?

    • Pep Guardiola at Wimbledon

      Manchester City
      If this is Guardiola’s final season the impact could be huge

    • Gareth Southgate after losing the 2018 World Cup semi-final to Croatia.

      In pictures
      Farewell to Southgate: the England manager’s reign

    • Best pictures from Euro 2024.

      Euro 2024
      Picking out the tournament’s best pictures

    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

    100

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