Bayern Munich and 13 other Women’s Bundesliga clubs have announced a split from the German Football Federation Women’s Bundesliga clubs have announced their decision to split from the German Football Federation (DFB) and form a new joint organisation. The 14 clubs had originally reached an agreement with the DFB to form the new association. However,

Thierno Barry had been waiting a long time for this moment. Across nearly four months and 737 minutes of action, in fact. At times, there was almost a cruelty about his goal drought since joining Everton from Villarreal over the summer. A miss from a matter of yards out against Sunderland, with the goal gaping;

Two English Premier League clubs and a match featuring a women’s A-League All Stars team will headline a four-match football festival in Sydney next year. The games are part of the 2026 Sydney Super Cup that will see London clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur play men’s A-League sides Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney, and then

It’s important to distinguish this is a completely different Premier League era to Derby’s, so the comparisons may feel unfair. It is not a problem purely based on this season either. Since successive seventh placed finishes in 2018-19 and 2019-20 Wolves have slowly slipped down the table. In the past five seasons they have finished

Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the weekend when Mohamed Salah plunged his Liverpool future into huge doubt by airing his frustrations with manager Arne Slot, Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes were hit when they

BARCELONA: Ferran Torres scored a first-half hat-trick as Hansi Flick’s Barce­lona won 5-3 at Real Betis in LaLiga on Saturday, bouncing back after conceding an early goal to provisionally extend their lead over Real Madrid at the summit to four points. Lamine Yamal and Roony Bardghji scored the other goals as the champions racked up

NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Kenan Yildiz of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) Kenan Yildiz started the match against Napoli as a number nine

According to an AFP report, Alonso’s position is under increasing scrutiny after Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo, even as he publicly insists the City clash is about points, not job security. The toughest test with pressure already peaking The Celta loss was ugly in every sense. Madrid’s perfect home league record vanished, Williot

1 La Liga giants Real Madrid have on Sunday been dealt a double blow on the personnel front. This comes owing to developments in the club’s meeting with Celta Vigo. Xabi Alonso’s troops are of course currently locked in action on the domestic front, in a league meeting with the aforementioned Celta. Los Blancos headed

NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) Napoli defeated Juventus 2-1 in Naples this evening as Antonio

Glasner joined Palace in February 2024 following successful stints at Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. The 51-year-old has since guided Palace to back-to-back record points totals in the Premier League and led them to a first major trophy when they triumphed over Manchester City in the FA Cup last season. That led to a first ever

MADRID – Real Madrid had two players sent off in its 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo on Sunday and lost more ground to Spanish league leader Barcelona. Madrid conceded early in the second half and then saw red cards for Fran García and Álvaro Carreras in its first defeat of the season at the

NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) After going eight games without a goal, Rasmus Hojlund scored

1 Following the conclusion of the Round-of-16 this week, the draw for the DFB-Pokal quarterfinals has been officially completed. Eight teams remain alive in the competition. Two top flight clubs who met in a lopsided match on the Bundesliga’s opening night are back on a collision course. The total bombshell of the night saw Bayern

It is nine years since Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City and brought with him a style of play that was to be followed – and copied – by coaches up and down the country, from the highest professional level to the amateur and youth game. As I talked about in a previous column about