Real Madrid dominates player U25 rankings, Arsenal’s Ramsdale and Sako head categories
September 13 – New data ranking the top 10 players under 25 into 15 different positional categories has been released.
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Wales put Giggs behind them and keep faith in Page with 4-year deal
September 13 – After a long wait and following the formal resignation of manager Ryan Giggs, Wales have committed fully to Robert Page to lead the country, giving him a four-year contract.
Brugge put Belgium’s best foot forward in UCL opener
By Samindra Kunti in Brugge
September 8 – The Belgian champions Club Burge opened their Champions League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Bundesliga-strugglers Bayer Leverkusen. In the same group, Atletico Madrid provided injury-time drama against Porto with a 101st-minute winner from Antoine Griezmann.
Chelsea’s owners fire Tuchel before waiting for £255m of new signings to bed in
September 9 – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been sacked after suffering a surprise 1-0 defeat in the club’s Champions League opener at Dinamo Zagreb last night.
MNM potency and Mbappé double spearheads PSG’s opening UCL win over Juve
By Samindra Kunti in Paris
September 6 – Kylian Mbappé and PSG pushed past Juventus with a 2-1 win to open their Champions League campaigns, but concerns remain about the Parisians’ defensive set-up if they are to go all the way and win their first European Champions League title.
VAR proves to be a Premier League game-changer again, but not in a good way
September 5 – The Premier League continued its love-hate relationship with VAR over the weekend with two controversial and game-changing decisions following VAR intervention.
Parker’s honesty after 9-0 thumping costs him Bournemouth job
August 31 – What price gaining promotion? Scott Parker has been sacked by Bournemouth just four games into the 2022/23 season – the earliest in the Premier League for a generation.
Forget Haaland. Foden and Vinicius are hotter prospects, finds new player ranking tool
August 30 – Erling Haaland may be grabbing all the Premier League headlines, but club mate Phil Foden is one of six players born in the same year (2000) who are ranked as hotter prospects. Vinícius Júnior tops the 2000 year group.
England’s record goal scorer Ellen White to hang up her boots
August 25 – England’s all-time women’s record goal scorer Ellen White has announced her retirement at the age of 33, saying all her football “dreams came true” in winning Euro 2022.
No change at the top: Man City, Bayern, PSG and Real Madrid to retain titles
August 23 – Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG and Real Madrid will all retain their domestic league titles this season, according to forecasts by the CIES Football Observatory.
Benfica’s two goal lead dampens Dynamo Kiev’s Champions League dreams
August 18 – Benfica defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 to take a major step towards Champions League qualification and dash the dreams of the Ukrainian club.
Man Utd misery continues as Brentford ‘annihilation’ leaves then rock bottom
August 15 – Manchester United came in for heavy criticism from pundits and former players after they crashed to a 4-0 defeat at unheralded Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday, their second loss in as many league games under new boss Erik ten Hag.
Halilhodzic’s ignominious hat-trick leaves Morocco hunting for new coach before Qatar 2022
August 12 – Morocco have sacked national team coach Vahid Halilhodzic three months before the World Cup in Qatar – the third time the Bosnian has just missed out on football’s showpiece event.
Real Madrid give Eintracht Frankfurt a lesson in Champions League quality
By Samindra Kunti in Helsinki
August 11 – In imperious form, Real Madrid kick-started the European club season with a routine 2-0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt to clinch a fifth continental Super Cup and make a statement ahead of the Champions League.
Real Madrid and Ancelotti promise more to come ahead of Super Cup
By Samindra Kunti in Helsinki
August 10 – For the first time since 1960 and the European Cup Final that the Spanish club won in a 7-3 spectacular at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt meet again in a competitive match with the Super Cup at stake in the curtain-raiser for the European season.