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Premier League season preview: Hull City to Spurs | Football Weekly video
This is a podcast video, not a written news report: the Guardian’s Football Weekly team previews the upcoming Premier League season, covering clubs from Hull City to Tottenham Hotspur. It forms the second instalment of the outlet’s season preview series, offering listeners early analysis and predictions ahead of the campaign. Host Max Rushden is joined…
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Damaged pitch forces PSG to switch season opener
Paris St-Germain’s opening Ligue 1 game will now be played in Rennes after hot weather “severely damaged” the Parc des Princes pitch.
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Why are there so few African players in the WSL?
BBC Sport explores why there are so few African players in the Women’s Super League.
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Football transfer rumours: Newcastle to sign Manchester City’s Nico González?
Speculation is mounting over a busy end to the summer transfer window, with Manchester City poised for a significant clearout that could see midfielder Nico González move to Newcastle United, who need a replacement for departed pair Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimarães. Elsewhere, Manchester United are reportedly set to sell young players to Premier League…
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Facial recognition at football grounds, Trump-Cohen sit-down, and Root steadies England’s post-Stokes era
Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary, Craig Naylor, has urged ministers and policing leaders to consider live facial recognition and drones as tools against football-related disorder. His intervention followed incidents including disorder around Celtic and Rangers fixtures, but Police Scotland does not currently use live facial recognition. The proposal would place Scotland within a wider UK…
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Edmonton Marathon route was 674m too long
Organisers of the Edmonton Marathon have admitted that the 2026 course was 674.7 metres too long, meaning finishing times did not accurately reflect runners’ performances. The error is significant because the race, held in Alberta, Canada, is widely used as a qualifier for the prestigious Boston Marathon, so the extra distance may have caused some…
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Verstappen extends Red Bull deal to 2030
Max Verstappen has signed a new contract with Red Bull that keeps him at the team until the end of 2030, ending months of speculation about a possible move to Mercedes or McLaren. The four-time world champion had held clauses in his previous deal, which ran to 2028, allowing him to leave at the end…
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Minority investment or takeover – what does Bezos’ Liverpool deal mean?
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has taken a significant stake in Liverpool FC through his 1892 Holdings consortium, in a deal that has sparked confusion over its exact scale after Fenway Sports Group (FSG) gave shifting figures for the size of the investment. Initially described as a “minority investment” of around 30% to a third, it…
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Women’s Super League finances: club-by-club breakdown and verdict
Detailed financial accounts for 2024-25, the most recent season available, reveal a widening gap between the Women’s Super League’s wealthiest clubs and the rest of the division. Arsenal and Chelsea are the only clubs with wage bills exceeding £10m, and their combined revenue now surpasses that of the rest of the league put together, underlining…