Joey Barton is worried that Rebecca Welch – who will become the first woman to referee in the Premier League on Saturday – will "slow the game down to her speed"
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Joey Barton is worried that Rebecca Welch – who will become the first woman to referee in the Premier League on Saturday – will "slow the game down to her speed"
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La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri met CEO Giorgio Furlani on Friday to discuss the club’s future plans. Allegri’s Milan future: meeting with Furlani on Friday Milan CEO Furlani reportedly met Allegri at lunch on Friday, after a morning training session at Milanello. Advertisement The meeting came after weeks of speculation

“You can see your career, it’s going downwards, and you’re about to get relegated. Being in those feelings and emotions as a group and as a club, it’s really tough.” Mads Hermansen is reflecting on the pain of Premier League relegation last season with Leicester City. It’s not an experience he wants to repeat with
Real Madrid are set to finish the season without silverware. Over the last two campaigns, the only trophies lifted have been the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. A paltry return for a club that boasts more Spanish, European and world titles than any other. Changes are coming this summer at Valdebebas, as Los
April 18, 2026, 4:47 a.m. ET They’re not going down, right? They’re too big to go down. With only six matches left in the Premier League season, Tottenham Hotspur sit 18th in the table, two points away from 17th-place West Ham, who hold the last survival spot to avoid dropping down to the EFL Championship.

Antonio Conte will look to Kevin De Bruyne, Scott McTominay and Rasmus Hojlund for Napoli’s home Serie A clash against Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio. It kicks off at 18:00 CET (17:00 BST) at the Stadio Maradona in Naples. Advertisement The home side is without the injured David Neres, Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Antonio Vergara, while Romelu

OK, so it was all building to this, then. The slow‑burn plotlines. The room‑temperature action sequences. The winter afternoons on the sofa watching men wrestle unhappily, staring out of the window as the frigid wind tousles the clouds, wondering about the death of all things, and also why referees not only have to speak now
April 18, 2026, 2:30 a.m. ET The Premier League’s Saturday slate kicks off with Brentford hosting Fulham at Gtech Community Stadium in a West London derby. The Bees are in seventh place in the table and have drawn their last four league matches, most recently a 2-2 result against Everton last weekend. Keith Andrews’ side

Tottenham host Brighton in a crucial Premier League clash on Saturday April 18, live on Sky Sports. Tottenham enter the weekend in the relegation zone of the Premier League table, after last weekend’s loss at Sunderland. Roberto De Zerbi takes charge of his first home game at Spurs against his former club, with his new

There are picks from matches involving Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. Our predictions for Premier League Matchday 33 Selection Odds Brentford to beat Fulham +110 Chelsea and Manchester United to tie +260 Aston Villa to beat Sunderland -150 Manchester City and Arsenal to tie +260 Crystal Palace to beat West Ham +125 All

Bayern Munich are very nearly German champions. Either this weekend or next, depending on results, they will lift the league trophy for the 13th time in 14 years. In 2026, that trophy, the Meisterschale, will be different. Heavier and wider, it has been taken apart and reassembled to make room for the next generation of

Being the first American to coach in La Liga has brought some inevitable headlines for Pellegrino Matarazzo. Before he brought his Real Sociedad side to Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium last month, Spanish paper AS called him the ‘Ted Lasso of Zubieta’, nodding to the Emmy-winning TV show. “I’ve never seen Ted Lasso,” Matarazzo smilingly tells

On Sunday, the Premier League’s two outstanding teams in 2025-26, Arsenal and Manchester City, will go head-to-head at the Etihad Stadium in a game that could prove decisive in the title race. But in this modern world of seemingly non-stop superhero crossovers, why not dream of what a team made up of the best and

American international Haji Wright and Coventry City clinched a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2001 after drawing at Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Friday. Frank Lampard’s men were second best for much of the game but one point was enough to secure a historic return to the top

MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 17: Cristian Chivu, Head Coach of FC Internazionale Milano, looks on prior to the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Cagliari Calcio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on April 17, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) Cristian Chivu is glad Inter ‘enjoy their football’ after sweeping Cagliari

Visiting the Parc des Princes on Sunday night, Olympique Lyonnais is naturally expecting a difficult match. PSG has regained an excellent level of play. And the history of recent encounters does not inspire optimism on the Rhone side. This is not the right time to cross paths with Paris Saint-Germain. After its elimination in the
Just six gameweeks remain in the Premier League this season, but few appear more consequential than the upcoming round of fixtures. There are narratives aplenty up and down the Premier League standings, the majority of attention paid to the battle between title hopefuls Manchester City and Arsenal on Sunday afternoon. However, there are also crucial

Barcelona have a decision to make on Roony Bardghji’s future at Camp Nou as clubs start to express interest in the youngster ahead of the summer transfer window. Roony admitted recently on international duty that he’s not “100% happy at the club” and feels he deserves more game time at Barcelona. Advertisement Several clubs have

The top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday’s newspapers… PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal are showing strong interest in Leicester City teenager Jeremy Monga and hope to fend off competition from rivals in the race for his signature – The Telegraph Liverpool are the latest club showing interest in Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton – talkSPORT Marcus
Apr 17, 2026, 06:35 PM ET Michael Carrick has refused to rule out a Manchester United return for Marcus Rashford amid uncertainty over the England international’s future at Barcelona. The 28-year-old has not played for his boyhood club since December 2024 and ended last season on loan at Aston Villa before joining the LaLiga champions

An emotional Frank Lampard says earning promotion to the Premier League as Coventry boss is “right up there” among the best achievements of his glittering career. Coventry secured promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years after Bobby Thomas’ late equaliser snatched a 1-1 draw at Blackburn. Lampard earned the first