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• 'George is improving week on week' - how well has the winger started?

  14-09-2026 14:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC][Getty Images]Everton fan Sarah Halpin believes Tyrique George is "improving week on week" after another solid display against Tottenham on Saturday.The former Chelsea winger has impressed this season, starting every game in the Toffees' unbeaten Premier League run and scoring his first goal of the campaign against Manchester United earlier this month."George just looks like a player who is improving week on week," Halpin said. "The way he has started the season, he just looks like a real,
  
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• Sutton's predictions v legendary guitarist Johnny Marr

  17-09-2026 17:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]The pressure is growing on Manchester United boss Michael Carrick, but can his side sign off for the three-week international break by beating Fulham on Sunday?"For teams who have had a bad start to the season, United being one of them, it could be a horrible few weeks," said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton. "Any negativity is going to just fester, really. There will be speculation about his future, along with all the talk about whether this is a good time to replace your manager."Un
  
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• Barcelona have high hopes for 30-year-old defender after injury-riddled last season

  17-09-2026 17:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona have high hopes for 30-year-old defender after injury-riddled last seasonBarcelona took a huge leap of faith back in the summer transfer window by handing Andreas Christensen a new deal at the club.Considering the injury-ridden seasons Christensen had endured, many clubs would have been hesitant to hand the Dane a new deal.Barça not only gave him a two-year deal but also parted ways with Ronald Araujo and Alvaro Cortes, trusting that Christensen would be one of their first-choic
  
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• Buffon: ‘Gattuso was the right man for Italy at that moment, I won’t change my mind’

  17-09-2026 17:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Buffon: ‘Gattuso was the right man for Italy at that moment, I won’t change my mind’Gianluigi Buffon remains adamant that Gennaro Gattuso was the ‘right’ man to take charge of the Italy national team despite his failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, and insists that a missed penalty in the play-off final defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina will not change his mind.Buffon reflects on Italy departure and Gattuso appointment: ‘One missed penalty won’
  
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• ‘We are looking to do things better’ – Arsenal seeking improvement against Manchester United says Slegers

  17-09-2026 17:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ‘We are looking to do things better’ – Arsenal seeking improvement against Manchester United says SlegersArsenal head coach Renée Slegers says that her side will be keen to do better when they face Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium this weekend.The Gunners have taken four points from their opening two games but were held to a surprise goalless draw with Crystal Palace last time out. Manchester United travel to North London after suffering back-to-back defeats.Whe
  
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• Wigan announce sudden death of goalkeeping coach Kevin Miller aged 57

  17-09-2026 17:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Wigan Athletic are grieving following the sudden death of goalkeeping coach Kevin Miller at the age of 57.The League One club announced the news on Thursday afternoon, having cancelled a scheduled pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s fixture against Wycombe.Miller joined Wigan during the summer to team up with close friend and manager Gary Caldwell, having previously worked alongside him at Exeter City, where he spent three and a half years as goalkeeping coach.In a statement, th
  
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• Cavan Sullivan in, Christian Pulisic out: takeaways from the latest USMNT roster

  17-09-2026 17:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Philadelphia’s 16-year-old phenom Cavan Sullivan has earned his first call up to the US senior team.Photograph: Icon Sportswire/Getty ImagesIt was reasonable to expect that Mauricio Pochettino’s first United States squad of the cycle would turn the page from this summer’s World Cup. Instead, given the youthfulness of his picks, even a fast-forward reference feels like too dated a reference.Cavan Sullivan is poised to make his United States senior debut, with the 16-year-old sel
  
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• Bain best suited for Scotland, says McGlynn

  17-09-2026 17:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Scott Bain could win his fifth Scotland cap [SNS]Falkirk manager John McGlynn believes goalkeeper Scott Bain is the best suited to become first choice for the national team.Four-times capped Bain, 34, has returned to the Scotland squad and is one of four keepers named by new head coach Sebastien Pocognoli for his opening games in the Nations League."If the manager's going to go and play a style of play that's going to be building from the back, then there's no better goalkeeper in Scotland, or w
  
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• What are the main problems Manchester United need to fix?

  17-09-2026 17:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Manchester United have won just one of their first four league games and were dumped out of the League Cup in embarrassing fashion at home to Brighton on Wednesday. Alarm bells are already ringing loudly at Old Trafford given a sluggish, error-strewn start to the campaign. It's only mid-September, and he's only in his first few months as United's manager on a permanent basis, but Michael Carrick is already under serious pressure ahead of their trip to Fulham on Sunday. What are the main problems
  
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• Cavan Sullivan, 16, headlines Mauricio Pochettino's first USMNT roster since World Cup; no Christian Pulisic

  17-09-2026 17:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mauricio Pochettino will conduct his first U.S. camp since the World Cup with 13 players who've never appeared in a senior national team match. He summoned eight teenagers, including 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan, and 13 figures from the summer campaign that captured American hearts before a calamitous exit.And he sets forth on his second act — at least for this 16-day assembly — without his most famous player, Christian Pulisic, who has played sparingly for AC Milan since recovering fr
  
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• James Pearce reveals why Liverpool star wanted to leave in the summer

  17-09-2026 16:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  James Pearce reveals why Liverpool star wanted to leave in the summerCody Gakpo, Man City Interest and Why Liverpool Escaped a Major Transfer MistakeCody Gakpo’s sharp start to the season has quickly altered the conversation around his Liverpool future, and in truth, it has also cast fresh light on one of the more surprising stories of the summer. Credit to James Pearce on The Athletic FC podcast, whose reporting has added important context to a situation that could have left Liverpool in
  
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• Alonso on ownership, Joao Pedro and Brentford

  17-09-2026 16:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso has been speaking to the media before Friday's Premier League game against Brentford at Gtech Community Stadium (kick-off 20:00 BST).Here are the key lines from his news conference:On the ownership news announced on Wednesday, Alonso said: "I think it is an important day for the club. Thanks to the former owners for what they have done. I was not here but I know that they played an important role. I have a very good relationship with Behdad [Eghbali]; he was the one who
  
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• ☀️ From deckchair to the stadium: Bundesliga fans' best away day ever

  17-09-2026 16:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ☀️ From deckchair to the stadium: Bundesliga fans' best away day everAfter a one-year absence, TSG Hoffenheim return to the European stage today. The team from Kraichgau begin the Europa League league phase with an away match.Fortune was kind to TSG in this case. Christian Ilzer’s side are taking on OFI Crete — on the globally popular Greek holiday island, no less. There could hardly have been a better destination for a late-summer trip. Hoffenheim’s fans seem
  
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• Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos emerges as shock Premier League transfer target

  17-09-2026 16:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos emerges as shock Premier League transfer targetIt has been over nine months since Sergio Ramos last played a professional football match, and yet, he is still not officially retired. Rather, he could be about to make a return to action, with clubs sniffing about the 40-year-old defender.Since leaving Real Madrid in 2021, Ramos’ career has taken him to Paris Saint-Germain, Sevilla and Monterrey. He last played in Mexico in December, and while he’s been
  
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• Man City Starting XI vs Norwich City: Confirmed Team News and Predicted Lineup

  17-09-2026 16:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Man City Starting XI vs Norwich City: Confirmed Team News and Predicted LineupMan City Predicted XI vs Norwich as Enzo Maresca Weighs Carabao Cup RotationManchester City are expected to make changes for Thursday night’s Carabao Cup tie against Norwich at the Etihad Stadium. That is the sensible call. The fixture list is already busy, City are flying in the Premier League, and the Champions League has already started. Nobody at the club will be confusing this competition with the main event
  
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• Pick of the stats: Norwich City v Bolton Wanderers

  17-09-2026 16:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]Norwich City go into this game with only Burnley (16) having conceded more than their 13 goals in the Championship so far this season, while only four sides have scored more than the Canaries total of 13.Bolton visit Carrow Road on Sunday (13:30 BST) as one of seven sides yet to win away in the Championship.Norwich City have won six of their past eight league games against Bolton Wanderers (D1 L1), with this their first since doing the double over the Trotters in 2018-19.Bolton have lost fo
  
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• Gray can walk away proud - now focus must shift to Mackay

  17-09-2026 16:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]It felt inevitable that David Gray's time was up long before the full-time whistle on Tuesday night.The atmosphere at Easter Road was as hostile as I can remember. It was clear that, for the Hibs support, this was one poor performance too many.Hibs will lose to teams worse than Kilmarnock, but the manner of the defeat, coming after bafflingly poor displays in Perth and the Edinburgh derby (at least for the first 45 minutes), left Gray with no way back.I'm gutted about it. Gray will always b
  
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• Pick of the stats: Lincoln City v Swansea City

  17-09-2026 16:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]After starting their return to the Championship with two successive defeats, Lincoln City take a five-game unbeaten run into their home meeting with Swansea City on Saturday (15:00 BST).The Imps have also kept four clean sheets in those five matches but Swansea did put three past struggling Burnley last weekend.This will be the first league meeting between Lincoln City and Swansea City since April 2005, when the Imps won 1-0 in League Two.Swansea have lost 10 of their past 12 away league ga
  
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• Pick of the stats: Burnley v Derby County

  17-09-2026 16:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]Burnley continue their search for a first league win since beating Crystal Palace on 11 February while their last league victory at home was against Leeds United on 18 October 2025.Derby County are also struggling but their last win did come on the road at Portsmouth.Burnley remain unbeaten in 14 league meetings with Derby County (W9 D5) since a 1-0 defeat in January 2007.Derby County are winless in nine league visits to Burnley (D4 L5) since a 2-0 victory in October 2004 under George Burle
  
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• Como’s Butez included in preliminary France squad for Zidane’s first camp in charge

  17-09-2026 16:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Como’s Butez included in preliminary France squad for Zidane’s first camp in chargeReports in France and Italy indicate that Como goalkeeper Jean Butez has been included on France’s preliminary squad list ahead of the extra-long September-October international break, which will see Zinedine Zidane take charge of Les Bleues for the first time.Zidane expected to call several Serie A players to his first France squad, potentially including ButezZidane, called in to replace Didier
  
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• Clark calls for more discipline from Hartlepool

  17-09-2026 16:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lee Clark took over at Hartlepool in the summer after a short spell in charge of Rotherham [Getty Images]Head coach Lee Clark is urging his Hartlepool United team to curb the indiscipline at the heart of their National League struggles.Pools have now lost five of their past six league games and sit 16th but they have had players sent off in three of those defeats, the latest of which was a red card for captain Jack Hunter at Altrincham.The game was finely balanced at 1-1 when Hunter picked up a
  
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• Xabi Alonso reacts to ‘important change’ in Chelsea ownership after Todd Boehly sale

  17-09-2026 16:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Xabi Alonso has reflected on an “important day” for Chelsea after shareholders including Todd Boehlysold their stakes in the club to put Clearlake in complete control.Chelsea announced that Clearlake will buy the minority stakes of Boehly and Mark Walter, ending the former’s time as chairman in the post-Roman Abramovich era, during which he played a hands-on role for a number the club’s big-money signings.Clearlake, which was co-founded by Behdad Eghbali and Jose E. Felic
  
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• Parkinson's 'wriggle room' as Wrexham seek response

  17-09-2026 16:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Phil Parkinson took charge of Wrexham in the summer of 2021 [Getty Images]Wrexham end their opening block of 2026-27 Championship fixtures with a tough test against Southampton at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday (15:00 BST).The Red Dragons' encouraging run of form was emphatically ended as they were thrashed 6-0 by West Ham United last time out.Prior to that drubbing, Phil Parkinson's men had collected five of the nine points on offer from their matches against Millwall, Swansea City and Burnl
  
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• (Video): Under pressure PSG player puts in magnificent showing at the perfect moment

  17-09-2026 16:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  (Video): Under pressure PSG player puts in magnificent showing at the perfect momentMatvey Safonov had a great game against Brest – and it came just at the right time as the doubts increased about his status.If you enjoy PSG Talk coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.Matvey Safonov had a tough start to this season.There have always been doubts about him, and some bad performances (as part of some bad r
  
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• 'All coaches thrown in' - Valakari plays down Hibs link

  17-09-2026 16:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Simo Valakari at Easter Road in March, 2025 [SNS]St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari batted away reports linking him with the vacant Hibernian job, saying: "Every time there is some vacancy somewhere, all the coaches will be thrown in."David Gray left Hibs on Thursday, becoming the Scottish Premiership's first managerial casualty of the season in the wake of a 1-0 home defeat by Kilmarnock that leaves them ninth in the table on six points after six games.Finn Valakari, who joined Saints in 2024 a
  
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• Wales U21s calls for record-breaker Anyadike and Munro

  17-09-2026 16:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Noah Anyadike and Reece Munro could play in Wales' first under-21 game in Caernarfon [Getty Images]Record-breaking Cardiff City defender Noah Anyadike and Manchester United's Reece Munro have been called up by Wales Under-21s for the first time.The pair have been named in Matty Jones' 23-player squad for the 2027 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Belgium and Austria.Bluebirds prospect Anyadike, 15, became the youngest player in EFL Cup history when he played in the second-round d
  
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• FA chair demands Infantino release World Cup sell-off documents

  17-09-2026 16:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Gianni Infantino was first elected as Fifa president in 2016 [Getty Images]Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been told to release all documents relating to his controversial plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup in a letter sent by Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt.Hewitt, a Fifa vice-president, said that the Fifa Council should also receive a written explanation for the cancelled suspension of United States forward Folarin Balogun at the World Cup.Infantino should make all document
  
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• Pick of the stats: Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion

  17-09-2026 16:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]The Black Country derby is back as Wolves and West Bromwich Albion face each other at Molineux on Sunday (12:00 BST).Both find themselves in the play-off spots as it stands, though the hosts could be out of them by close of play on Saturday, and whoever wins will not only get bragging rights but will get to go in front of the other on the table.Wolves have only won one of their last eight league games against West Brom (D3 L4), a 3-1 Premier League win in May 2011.West Brom have won both of
  
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• Vrancken says Gray 'will bounce back and find good job'

  17-09-2026 16:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  David Gray "will bounce back and find a good job", derby rival Wouter Vrancken has predicted after the Scottish head coach's dismissal by Hibernian on Wednesday.The Hearts boss played his part in heaping pressure on the former Hibs captain with a 3-1 win at Easter Road in this month's Edinburgh derby.But the Belgian expressed sympathy for Gray, who had steered his side to a Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Hearts but whose near two and a half years in charge ended with his side currently ni
  
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• Premier League confirm Brighton-Arsenal ref

  17-09-2026 16:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Premier League confirm Brighton-Arsenal refThe Premier League have confirmed their refereeing appointments for the upcoming round of fixtures, including Arsenal’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion.Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesThe Premier League have published their list of match officials for Matchweek 5 of the new season, which includes Arsenal’s game away to Brighton & Hove Albion at 3pm on Saturday, September 19th.Darren England will referee the match, assisted by
  
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