Football Leagues
Football Leagues
The club season across the Premier League, the Champions League and the rest of Europe's top divisions: title races, promotions, relegation fights and the sackings behind them. Every entry is checked against two sources before it goes up, the same standard as the rest of the desk. New wraps are tracked day by day through the season, not just on match days.
Sunday · 23 August 2026 · 2 min readHull City beat Manchester United 2-0 on the opening day of the 2026-27 Premier League seasonTwo Regan Slater set pieces did it, finished by Semi Ajayi on 17 minutes and Nobel Mendy on 38. Manchester United had 71.6 per cent of the ball and 21 shots and scored none of them.- Saturday · 22 August 2026 · 3 min readCoventry City waited 25 years for a Premier League match and were two down inside 23 minutes.Arsenal beat Coventry City 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Friday 21 August to open the 2026-27 season. Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard scored. Five more matches follow on Saturday, Hull City against Manchester United first at 12:30 BST.
- Friday · 21 August 2026 · 4 min readThe Premier League starts tonight, and Hull City have never beaten Manchester United in it.Matchweek one of the 2026-27 Premier League runs from Friday 21 to Monday 24 August 2026. Arsenal host Coventry City tonight at 20:00 BST. Manchester United open at Hull City on Saturday at 12:30 BST, against a club that has played them ten times in this competition and won none of them.
- Saturday · 15 August 2026 · 3 min readRuben Amorim faces Manchester United again, with nothing at stake.Manchester United play AC Milan at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw on Saturday 15 August 2026, kick-off 15:45 BST. Amorim, dismissed by Manchester United in January, is now AC Milan's head coach. It is the final pre-season fixture for both clubs.
- Friday · 14 August 2026 · 2 min readThe Premier League returns one week from today.The 2026-27 Premier League season opens on Friday 21 August with Arsenal against newly promoted Coventry City at the Emirates, the first of 380 matches that end on 30 May 2027.
- Thursday · 13 August 2026 · 1 min readManchester United 1-1 Leeds United: Bruno Fernandes misses, Noussair Mazraoui settles the shootout at Croke ParkManchester United drew 1-1 with Leeds United at a sold-out Croke Park on Wednesday 12 August 2026 and won the pre-season penalty shootout 5-4, with Joshua Zirkzee scoring and Bruno Fernandes missing from the spot.
- Wednesday · 12 August 2026 · 2 min readCroke Park hosts its first club football match tonight.Manchester United play Leeds United at Croke Park in Dublin on Wednesday 12 August 2026, the first club football fixture in the stadium's history. Kick-off is 19:30 local time.
- Saturday · 1 August 2026 · 1 min readNewcastle United are rebuilding, not reshuffling.Newcastle United have lost Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali, and Eddie Howe has left. Bruno Guimaraes is reported to have agreed a move to Arsenal.
- Friday · 31 July 2026 · 2 min readEddie Howe has left Newcastle United, five years after ending a 70-year waitEddie Howe stepped down as Newcastle United head coach on 30 July 2026 after almost five years, having won the 2025 League Cup. Al Ahli head coach Matthias Jaissle is set to replace him.
- Thursday · 30 July 2026 · 2 min readManchester United start the 2026-27 Premier League season at Hull CityThe 2026-27 Premier League season opens on Friday 21 August with Arsenal against Coventry City. Manchester United travel to Hull City for the first Saturday lunchtime game.
- Wednesday · 29 July 2026 · 2 min readArsenal say they have made three offers for Bruno Guimaraes. Newcastle United say none arrived.Arsenal sources tell talkSPORT that three verbal offers have gone in for Bruno Guimaraes, with a verbal agreement north of 75m pounds. Newcastle United deny any formal contact. Both camps may be telling the truth.
Tuesday · 28 July 2026 · 1 min readLionel Messi is on the MLS All-Star roster and will not play.Lionel Messi was named in the 29-man MLS All-Star squad for Wednesday's game against Liga MX in Charlotte. He is inside a mandatory post-World Cup rest period, so this time there is no punishment.- Sunday · 26 July 2026 · 2 min readThe Community Shield goes to Cardiff because Wembley is booked.Arsenal play Manchester City at the Principality Stadium on 16 August. The Premier League starts five days later with Arsenal against Coventry City.
- Tuesday · 21 July 2026 · 1 min readChelsea break the British record for Morgan Rogers.117 million pounds, a medical done, six years signed.
- Monday · 20 July 2026 · 1 min readChelsea break the British transfer record for Morgan Rogers.Aston Villa accepted 117 million pounds. Arsenal wanted him and never bid.
- Thursday · 9 July 2026 · 1 min readBarcelona reclaim the Women's Champions League, beating Lyon 4-0 in Oslo.Pajor and Paralluelo scored two goals each, and Barcelona never let Lyon back in.
- Saturday · 4 July 2026 · 1 min readThe way-too-early 2026-27 Premier League projection.Built on last season. Blind to the window.
- Friday · 3 July 2026 · 1 min readCoventry, Ipswich and Hull come up.A runaway champion, a bounce-back, a 95th-minute winner.
- Thursday · 2 July 2026 · 1 min readThe Champions League map for 2026-27.New dugouts, a returning giant, a debutant.