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‘To see professional footballers here is incredible’: Wolves Women hit the big time

The Guardian spent the day with Wolves Women at the start of their first season as a fully professional side, determined to show they’re no pushovers

Tom Garry11m ago

Football’s most damaging red cards: a brief history of collapses and turnarounds

Plus: clubs with multiple £100m players on their books and more trophy-laden footballers

Guardian sport4h ago

Dani Olmo: ‘Winning the World Cup changes you, it changes your life’

One of Barcelona’s eight World Cup winners reflects on how Spain’s triumph is inspiring them in the Champions League

Sid Lowe4h ago

Porto 0-2 Manchester City: Champions League – as it happened

Erling Haaland struck twice in the second half as Manchester City won a spiky, scrappy encounter despite lacking their usual fluency

Niall McVeigh13h ago

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Real Madrid 2-1 Inter, Millwall 0-1 Newcastle: Champions League and Carabao Cup – as it happened

Real Madrid edge Inter 2-1, while there are 3-2 wins for Borussia Dortmund over Villarreal and Real Betis at Lille

Daniel Harris13h ago

Real Madrid somehow cling on to beat Inter on José Mourinho’s big night

Two goals in the first 23 minutes secured Real Madrid a 2-1 victory against Inter, who had pulled one back through Carlos Augusto, in the Champions League

Sid Lowe at the Bernabéu13h ago

Haaland double gives Manchester City ideal Champions League start in Porto

Erling Haaland scored at the beginning and end of the second half to give Manchester City a 2-0 win in Porto, despite tempers flaring

Jamie Jackson at Estádio do Dragão14h ago

Newcastle progress as Joe Willock strikes late to see off ravaged Millwall

Joe Willock’s goal gave Newcastle a 1-0 win at Millwall that puts them into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup

Barney Ronay at the Den14h ago

Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa: Champions League – as it happened

Villa’s new centre forward Nicolas Jackson scored the decisive goal as they held firm to win a thriller in Bruges

Rob Smyth16h ago

First-half treble powers Aston Villa to Champions League win at Club Brugge

Goals from John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía and Nicholas Jackson secured Aston Villa a 3-2 victory against Club Brugge in their Champions League opener

Ben Fisher at the Jan Breydel Stadium16h ago

Air traffic chaos delays Arsenal flight to Naples for Champions League

The team arrived late at their hotel in Italy and did not hold a press conference for a game where Jurriën Timber is in the squad for the first time since May

Ed Aarons in Naples16h ago

Newcastle admit they started planning for Eddie Howe’s exit at start of year

Eddie Howe, the former Newcastle manager, made the surprise decision to step down in July, but the club’s sporting director, Ross Wilson, has insisted ‘we’d been preparing for a number of months’

Louise Taylor18h ago

Harry Kane and Alessia Russo among nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or

Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice have been nominated for this year’s men’s Ballon d’Or while Alessia Russo and Alex Greenwood have been nominated for the women’s award

Guardian sport18h ago

Half of Premier League clubs face losing lucrative sponsors if unlicensed gambling firms banned

Firms not licensed in the UK could become illegal next year while the Ladbrokes owner highlighted the prime minister’s position as an Everton fan

Matt Hughes20h ago

Forget the hype machine – it’s the minnows who offer European interest

In today’s Football Daily: Get ready for a Bigger Cup group stage that is baggier than MC Hammer’s trousers

John Brewin20h ago

Alexis Mac Allister ‘very sad’ Liverpool have not offered him a new contract

Alexis Mac Allister has said he feels “very sad” after Liverpool declined to offer him a new contract and admitted he rejected the chance to leave this summer

Andy Hunter21h ago

More than 100,000 people add names to complaint against Gianni Infantino

The letter alleges the Fifa president ‘has, at a minimum, abused his power, violated his duty of political neutrality, and violated his duty of loyalty in his efforts to ingratiate himself’ with Donald Trump

Paul MacInnes1d ago

Liverpool agree £60m-a-year shirt sponsorship deal with Turkish Airlines

Liverpool have announced a new shirt sponsorship deal with Turkish Airlines worth more than £60m a year to the club

Andy Hunter1d ago

Man City-bound 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan is MLS’s chaotic revelation

The Philadelphia Union midfielder has gotten his longest run of game time since turning pro, and the data is tantalizing

John Muller1d ago

Champions League is fertile ground for new managers – but knowhow could be key later on

Luis Enrique, Vincent Kompany and Mikel Arteta are among the favourites to lead their sides to victory, but more recent appointments should not be counted out

Andrew Beasley1d ago

No major World Cup regrets, says Tony Popovic, despite shootout heartbreak

In his first appearance in front of the media since the last-32 defeat to Egypt the coach, whose tactics elicited some criticism, insists he would not have done anything different

Jack Snape1d ago