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Fermín López scored in first-half stoppage time and again after the break as Barcelona came from behind to win 2-1 at Atlético Madrid on 8 November, restoring a three-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
Sources BBC SportFC BarcelonaESPN
Newcastle defender Dan Burn, who has 11 caps, was added to England's squad on 9 November after Marc Guéhi withdrew through injury, joining Thomas Tuchel's group at Tottenham's training ground.
Sources England FootballEngland Football
Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsí was named the 2026 Golden Boy at a ceremony in Sassuolo on 9 November, taking 475 points from a maximum 500 in the Tuttosport award voted on by journalists from 22 countries.
Sources TuttosportESPNANSA
Manchester United and Aston Villa shared eight goals at Old Trafford on Sunday, a result that leaves United 18th with eight points from ten games, above only Sunderland and Crystal Palace.
Sources BBC SportPremier League
Bayern won 2-1 at Mainz and Dortmund beat Elversberg 2-1 to leave the two clubs level on 21 points after nine matchdays, with Bayern ahead on goal difference at 29:9 against 16:7.
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Bayern and Dortmund are level on 21 points after nine matchdays, Arsenal lead the Premier League on 27 with Brighton and Manchester City within six, and both leagues now pause for a fortnight of international fixtures. The pattern at the top is narrow wins rather than statements: Arsenal 1-0 against Hull, Bayern 2-1 at Mainz, Dortmund 2-1 over Elversberg, Freiburg 2-0 against Union. With the break removing recovery time and squads already carrying injuries, the clubs that rotate without losing shape over the next three weeks are the ones most likely to still be there in spring.
Enzo Le Fee's 36th-minute penalty gave Sunderland a 1-0 win over Chelsea at the Stadium of Light, ending a seven-match winless run and taking them to eight points, still 19th in the table.
Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3-1 at the City Ground for their first home win and first home goals of the season, Jair Cunha pouncing on a sixth-minute error and Liam Delap scoring either side of Rayan Cherki's second-half volley.
Sources Sky SportsESPN
Martin Odegaard scored with about 20 minutes left, turning in the rebound after Noni Madueke's shot was parried, to give Arsenal a 1-0 win over Hull City at the Emirates and a fifth consecutive league victory.
Sources ArsenalPremier League
Real Madrid won 3-0 at Valencia through Federico Valverde, Arda Guler and Kylian Mbappe, an eighth consecutive victory across La Liga and the Champions League that leaves them on 30 points, level with Barcelona, who have a game in hand and visit Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Hamburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 at the Volksparkstadion to open matchday 9, ending their own poor run and leaving Gladbach bottom with a seventh defeat in nine games.
Sources Bundesliga
Real Madrid visit Valencia on Saturday bidding for an eighth consecutive win in all competitions; a victory would draw them level with Barcelona on 30 points before the leaders face Atlético Madrid on Sunday.
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Bayern Munich visit Mainz on Saturday without Luis Díaz, Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Ndiaye and Saibari, with Harry Kane leading the line. Borussia Dortmund confirmed Serhou Guirassy will miss the visit of Elversberg with a muscular problem, joining Emre Can and Konstantelias on the sidelines.
Sources Bundesliga
Lenny Joseph scored twice as Ferencvaros won 2-0 at Milan to stay perfect in the Europa League league phase. Milan's 21-year-old goalkeeper Lorenzo Torriani made five saves from Joseph alone on his full debut before the striker broke through early in the second half and added a second on the break.
Sources BBC SportSky Sports
Celtic beat Besiktas 3-2 at Celtic Park for their first Europa League win of the campaign after Martin O'Neill turned to his bench. Junior Olaitan put the visitors ahead from a rebound after Sam Johnstone saved his penalty, but Callum Osmand equalised with his first touch and set up Camilo Duran to make it 2-1.
Sources Sky Sports
Arsenal lead the Premier League on 24 points after nine matches, three clear of Manchester City, following their 1-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday. Matchday 10 opens on Friday with Everton hosting Coventry City, then Leeds United play Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday's early kick-off, Arsenal meet Hull City and Nottingham Forest host City.
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Como beat Lens 9-1 in northern France, equalling Bayern Munich's nine goals against Dinamo Zagreb in 2024 and recording the largest away win in the competition's history.
Sources DPA (via Yahoo Sports)Reuters
Real Madrid came from behind twice to beat AEK Athens 3-2 and stay unbeaten after four league-phase games. Aboubakary Koita put the hosts ahead after 12 minutes, Jude Bellingham equalised with a back-heel, Stavros Pilios restored the lead on 75 minutes, Kylian Mbappe levelled three minutes later and Federico Valverde won it from distance in stoppage time.
Fenerbahce came from behind twice to beat Liverpool 3-2 in Istanbul, their first win in the Champions League proper since 2008. Trey Nyoni scored his first Liverpool goal, Mason Greenwood equalised with a deflected free-kick, Alexander Isak restored the lead with his first touch on 69 minutes, Archie Brown levelled on 73 and substitute Vedat Muriqi headed the winner on 79.
Sources Sky SportsESPN
Paris Saint-Germain scored four times inside 17 minutes at Villarreal and finished with a 6-0 win that kept its perfect Champions League record. Joao Neves, Desire Doue, Senny Mayulu and Fabian Ruiz scored before the 18th minute, the fastest any side has reached four goals in the competition, according to UEFA, beating Real Madrid's 20-minute start against Dinamo Zagreb in 2011.
Sources BBC SportAssociated Press
Manchester United came from two goals down to beat Roma 3-2 at Old Trafford, ending a run of nine matches without a win. Matias Soule and a Donyell Malen penalty put Roma ahead; Bruno Fernandes converted a retaken penalty, Matheus Cunha equalised in the 83rd minute and scored the winner in the 86th.
Sources Sky SportsThe Analyst
Bayern Munich won 2-0 at Atletico Madrid through Lennart Karl and Konrad Laimer, Barcelona beat Aston Villa 3-0 with two Raphinha goals, and Inter won 3-0 at Feyenoord on a night of away wins.
Nine fixtures run on Tuesday, opening with Galatasaray against Stuttgart and Shakhtar against Sporting at 18:45 CET, then seven more including Barcelona against Aston Villa.
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Udinese dismissed Kosta Runjaic on Monday, ending a tenure of more than two years after a run of eight matches without a win and a 5-2 home defeat by Roma that left the club on five points from ten games, just above the relegation places on goal difference.
Sources Udinese CalcioFootball Italia
Avispa Fukuoka terminated Shinya Tsukahara's contract on Tuesday with the club bottom of J1 on seven points from thirteen matches, two wins and ten defeats, after a 0-3 loss at JEF United Chiba extended the run to four straight league defeats.
Sources Avispa FukuokaSanspo
Kai Havertz scored on 16 minutes from Declan Rice's low cross and Arsenal held on for a 1-0 win at Anfield, their first there in 14 years and their 300th Premier League away victory.
Sources Premier LeagueArsenalBBC Sport
Eintracht Frankfurt beat Hamburger SV 3-1 and Union Berlin drew 1-1 with Köln as Bundesliga matchday eight finished on Sunday. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, who drew 2-2 in Saturday's Klassiker, remain unbeaten and level on points at the top.
Sources BundesligaBBC Sport
The Champions League league phase resumes with matchday four across Tuesday and Wednesday. Atlético Madrid host Bayern Munich, Manchester United meet Roma and Villarreal face Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, while Liverpool travel to Fenerbahçe, Arsenal go to Slavia Praha and Manchester City visit RB Leipzig on Wednesday.
Sources UEFA
Arsenal's 1-0 win at Anfield was decided by one cut-back and defended by two centre-backs, and it left Liverpool nine points adrift in fifth. In Germany, Bayern and Dortmund remain level after a 2-2 Klassiker in which both lost players to injury, while promoted Elversberg sit among the weekend's biggest winners. The Champions League resumes on Tuesday with Atlético-Bayern and United-Roma. With domestic races tight and European fixtures stacking up, squad depth rather than peak performance is becoming the variable that separates the contenders.
Sources Premier LeagueBundesligaUEFA
Konrad Laimer put Bayern ahead in the 38th minute and Dayot Upamecano restored the lead on 66, but Serhou Guirassy had levelled on the hour and substitute Fábio Silva equalised again in the 89th, converting Konstantinos Karetsas's corner after a VAR check.
Sources DFB DatencenterBBC SportESPN
Yasin Ayari scored in the 11th minute after Matheus Nunes misjudged a clearance, and Bart Verbruggen made seven saves as Brighton won 1-0 at Manchester City, their first away victory over them in 18 attempts.
Sources Sky SportsThe Guardian
Morgan Rogers ran through a static United defence to open the scoring five minutes after half-time, and Cole Palmer converted a penalty on 64 after Lisandro Martínez collected a second booking for raising an arm to Wesley Fofana.
Sources Sky SportsESPN
Bayern host Borussia Dortmund at 18:30 CET with Jonas Urbig expected in goal because Manuel Neuer is out with foot pain, while Luis Diaz and Ndiaye are also unavailable and Joshua Kimmich and Jamal Musiala are listed as doubtful.
Elversberg beat Mainz 4-1 at the Ursapharm-Arena, Felix Keidel curling in a seventh-minute free-kick, Francis Onyeka scoring his first Bundesliga goal on 26 minutes and Maurice Krattenmacher adding a third in first-half stoppage time.
Sources Bundesliga.com
Schalke meet RB Leipzig at the Veltins-Arena on Saturday at 15:30 CET, the clubs' first Bundesliga meeting since Leipzig won 4-2 on the final day of 2022-23 before Schalke went down.
Sources Bundesliga.com (match centre)Bundesliga.com (probable teams)
Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund on Saturday with both sides unbeaten on 17 points after seven matchdays. Bayern lead only on goal difference after scoring 25 goals, 18 of them at home, while Dortmund have conceded four and kept five clean sheets, underpinned by Gregor Kobel's 82% save rate.
Milan lost 4-2 at home to Bologna and Juventus went down 2-0 at Genoa as Serie A's ninth round scrambled the table, leaving Inter and Lazio level on 25 points, with Roma third on 21 and Como fourth on 20.
Promoted Elversberg host Mainz on Friday night level on 10 points, both clubs having exited the DFB-Pokal to second-division opponents on Tuesday. Elversberg lost 0-2 to Darmstadt despite a 26-7 shot count and were beaten 4-0 at RB Leipzig in their previous league game.
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Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Anfield, Bournemouth thrashed Aston Villa 3-0, Sunderland scored three times in ten minutes to beat Brentford 3-2 and Crystal Palace won 1-0 at Fulham.
Sources The GuardianYahoo Sports
Bayern Munich beat Magdeburg 6-1 and Bayer Leverkusen survived Nürnberg 5-2 as the DFB-Pokal's second round closed, but Schalke lost 2-0 at Dynamo Dresden and Hoffenheim went out on penalties at Holstein Kiel.
Sources DFBDeutschlandfunk
The Premier League returns with Chelsea v Manchester United at 12:30 on Saturday, then Manchester City v Brighton, Spurs v Crystal Palace and Aston Villa v Fulham later the same day, before Liverpool v Arsenal at 16:30 on Sunday.
Sources Premier LeagueThe Guardian
Fleetwood Town, 84 places below Arsenal in the pyramid and in the bottom half of League Two, knocked the Premier League champions out of the Carabao Cup, winning 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Highbury Stadium.
Manchester United will keep Michael Carrick in charge for Saturday's trip to Chelsea, BBC Sport reported, despite a run of eight matches without a win in all competitions and a 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth that left the club 16th, one point above the relegation zone.
Sources BBC Sport
Eight DFB-Pokal second-round ties were settled on Tuesday. Cologne beat Union Berlin 5-0, Borussia Dortmund edged Werder Bremen 3-2, Mainz won 2-0 at Bochum, Augsburg won 2-4 at Sonnenhof Grossaspach and RB Leipzig came from behind to beat Rot-Weiss Essen 1-2.
Sources Bundesliga.comDFB
Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium, becoming the first English winner since Michael Owen in 2001 and only the fifth Englishman to take the prize.
Sources The IndependentESPN
The second round of the DFB-Pokal is decided across Tuesday and Wednesday, with 16 places in the last 16 at stake and four all-Bundesliga ties in the draw. Borussia Dortmund host Werder Bremen on Tuesday at 20:45, shown by ZDF, while Hamburger SV meet Eintracht Frankfurt and third-tier Rot-Weiss Essen welcome RB Leipzig at 18:00.
Sources DFB
Fleetwood Town host Premier League champions Arsenal on Tuesday in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, the first competitive meeting between the clubs. The League Two side have won all three home ties without conceding, beating Chesterfield, Shrewsbury and Sheffield United at the 5,300-capacity Highbury Stadium.
Sources ArsenalFleetwood Town
Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Real Madrid stunned Barcelona in the latest La Liga Clasico, according to the match report. The result gives Madrid both a high-profile win and an attacking headline, while Barcelona must absorb a costly defeat in one of the season’s defining fixtures.
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Hoffenheim beat Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 in an eventful Bundesliga match, with Andrej Kramaric central to the result. The win gives Hoffenheim a standout weekend result while Leverkusen leave with questions after a heavy defeat.
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Cesc Fabregas and Como are preparing for a historic meeting with Manchester United. The fixture has drawn attention because of the clubs’ contrasting profiles, but the sporting story will be decided by the match rather than the occasion around it.
Sources Yahoo Sports
The weekend’s football results show how quickly elite matches can turn on a handful of moments. Hoffenheim’s 3–0 win over Leverkusen was emphatic, Mbappe’s double settled a Clasico headline, and Como’s preparation for Manchester United has made the upcoming tie a story before kick-off. The common thread is competitive volatility: reputations create the stage, but finishing, structure and execution decide the result.
Nicolas Jackson scored twice as Aston Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 at Villa Park on 24 October, ending the leaders' run of seven straight league wins. Jackson punished Marc Guehi's loose touch inside six minutes, Erling Haaland headed an equaliser from Iliman Ndiaye's cross, and Jackson restored the lead on the hour when Gianluigi Donnarumma let a low shot slip under him.
Sources Sky SportsBBC Sport
Tottenham won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on 24 October, their first Premier League victory there since April 2018. Chelsea's stand-in goalkeeper Mike Penders punched a corner into his own net in the 77th minute under pressure from Jan Paul van Hecke, Cole Palmer collected a second yellow card three minutes later, and Mathys Tel settled it with a solo goal in the 87th.
Sources Sky SportsDaily Mirror
Maximilian Beier curled in an 80th-minute winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 at Signal Iduna Park on 24 October, lifting them back above Bayern Munich overnight.
Sources BundesligaBundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach ended a six-game losing start by winning 3-2 at VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga's matchday seven opener, averting the seventh straight defeat that would have been a league first.
Sources BundesligaAssociated Press
Nottingham Forest's wait for a second win under Oliver Glasner goes on after a 1-1 draw at Ipswich, where Neco Williams' back-post volley from Daniel Muñoz's cross was cancelled out four minutes before the break.
Sources BBC Sport
Torino beat Monza 3-2 for a third consecutive Serie A victory, their first such run since 2019-20, and climbed to eighth. Kian Fitz-Jim opened the scoring before half-time, Gustavo Varela equalised two minutes after the restart following a Pietro Comuzzo error, and Rafik Belghali curled in a superb strike on 61 minutes.
Sources Football ItaliaAssociated Press
Bournemouth beat ten-man AC Milan 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium for a third straight Europa League win. Koni De Winter's handball gave Justin Kluivert an eighth-minute penalty, and Milan captain Mike Maignan was sent off in the 28th minute for pushing Tyler Adams in the face at a corner; Marcus Tavernier converted the second penalty and Amine Adli added a free kick in the 84th.
Sources AC MilanThe Guardian
Benfica top the Europa League after matchday three on goals scored, their 4-1 win at Omonia putting them level on nine points with Bayer Leverkusen, Bournemouth, Ferencvaros and Olympiacos.
Celtic led through Mika Baur's strike a minute into the second half at Celtic Park, but Celta Vigo's Javi Rodriguez headed an equaliser in the 68th minute and drove in the winner three minutes later for a 2-1 away win.
Sources Celtic FCThe Guardian
Declan Rice equalised in the 82nd minute to earn Arsenal a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Eberechi Eze, on after Bukayo Saka went off injured inside 10 minutes, opened the scoring from Martin Odegaard's pass, Alphonso Davies levelled from Harry Kane's through-ball before the break, and Kane converted a 61st-minute penalty after Jurrien Timber handled.
Sources Sky SportsThe GuardianESPN
Real Madrid made it three wins from three in the Champions League by beating RB Leipzig 4-1, with Bernardo Silva opening the scoring from close range late in a tight first half and Arda Guler doubling the lead soon after the interval.
Sources The Guardian
Lask came from behind at the Estadio Jose Alvalade to beat Sporting 3-2 and claim their first Champions League win of the season. Luis Suarez put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot after five minutes, Christoph Lang equalised 10 minutes later, and Sasa Kalajdzic and Krystof Danek struck to send the Austrian champions 3-1 up.
Sources The Guardian
Liverpool beat Villarreal 4-3 to make it three wins from three in the league phase after trailing 2-0 inside half an hour, with Georges Mikautadze and Sergi Cardona punishing slack defending.
Sources ESPN
Phil Foden scored three times as Manchester City beat AEK Athens 5-1 to get their league phase back on track after the defeat in Paris. Elliot Anderson's first City goal and a Rayan Cherki finish completed the scoring, with Stavros Pilios replying for the visitors just after half-time.
Sources The GuardianSky Sports
Scott McTominay scored twice, his first goals since surgery for an irregular heartbeat, as Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3 for their first win of this league phase and Massimiliano Allegri's first in the competition with the club.
Sources SSC NapoliThe Guardian
Paris Saint-Germain host Barcelona on Tuesday in the headline fixture of Champions League matchday three, with Michael Oliver refereeing at the Parc des Princes.
Liverpool host Villarreal at Anfield on Tuesday missing Jeremie Frimpong, Conor Bradley and Dominik Szoboszlai, with the defence the obvious concern. Liverpool have won both European matches this season, including a 6-3 victory at LASK, while Villarreal beat Napoli 3-1 for their first Champions League win in 12 attempts.
Sources Last Word On FootballDiario AS
Bayern Munich host Arsenal on Wednesday with two long sequences in play: Bayern have gone 39 home matches unbeaten across the group and league phases, while Arsenal have won their last 14 league-phase games.
Sources 101 Great GoalsDiario AS
UEFA’s fixtures and results service sets out the next round of European competition. The calendar provides the clearest baseline for following the midweek programme while clubs manage domestic and continental demands.
Sources UEFA.com
The football week is being shaped by the pressure of a dense calendar. UEFA’s fixture list provides the continental frame, domestic standings add a second competitive layer, and recent wins by leading clubs sharpen expectations before the next European meetings. That combination makes form useful but incomplete: rotation, travel and recovery can matter as much as the last scoreline. The most informative coverage will therefore connect results with schedule context instead of treating every match as a standalone verdict on a team’s season.
Sources UEFA.com
FOX Sports reports on Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain wins ahead of their Champions League meeting. The results add a form narrative to the matchup, but the competition itself will provide the stronger test of each side’s current level.
Sources Opta Analyst
ESPN’s current standings page shows the Premier League table as the season moves into another congested stretch. The competitive picture remains fluid, with the value of each weekend result amplified by the limited space between fixtures.
Sources ESPN
UEFA’s Matchday 2 round-up records 78 goals across the league-phase programme, including Real Madrid’s 4–3 comeback at Roma, Paris Saint-Germain’s 4–2 win at Manchester City and Liverpool’s 6–3 result at LASK.
Sources UEFA
The Premier League’s Saturday review highlights Liverpool’s 2–1 comeback at Brentford, Manchester City’s 3–2 win over Ipswich and Aston Villa’s 1–0 victory at Newcastle.
Sources Premier League
Bayern Munich recovered from an early two-goal deficit in Stavanger, with Harry Kane scoring twice and Luis Díaz putting the visitors ahead, but Viking equalised late for a 3–3 Champions League draw.
Sources Bundesliga.com
The Premier League’s official fixture list puts ten matches on Saturday, including Everton–Chelsea, Brentford–Liverpool, Manchester City–Ipswich Town, Newcastle–Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest–Arsenal.
Sources Premier League
Bundesliga Matchday 6 features Bayern Munich against RB Leipzig as the headline fixture, alongside Union Berlin–Borussia Dortmund, Hamburg–Stuttgart and Schalke–Mainz.
Sources Bundesliga
UEFA’s official fixtures page sets out the 2026/27 Champions League schedule, with Arsenal, Dortmund, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid among the clubs listed in the next round of matchups.
Sources UEFA
Inter Milan confirmed that captain Lautaro Martinez underwent clinical and diagnostic tests that revealed a strain in his left hamstring, and Italian media reported the Argentina forward will be sidelined for about a month.
FIFA and the Saudi Esports Federation postponed the FIFAe Finals 2026, which had been scheduled in Jeddah from 16 to 25 October, citing recent attacks on Saudi Arabia, with no new date announced.
Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola said it is still too early to rule Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai out of Saturday's Premier League trip to Brentford after all three missed the defeats by Manchester City and the midweek Champions League win at LASK.
Sources This Is AnfieldYahoo Sports
Paris Saint-Germain won 4-2 at Manchester City in the Champions League league phase, sweeping into a 3-0 half-time lead through Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha.
Sources Manchester CityESPNUEFA
Real Madrid recovered from two goals down to win 4-3 at Roma, scoring three times in the closing stages through Carlos Espi, Endrick and Antonio Rudiger. Donyell Malen's double had put Jose Mourinho's side 3-1 ahead against his former club, after Kylian Mbappe marked his 100th Champions League appearance by cancelling out Marten de Roon's opener.
Champions League matchday two produced 78 goals, a record for a single round of the competition, with 46 of them arriving on Wednesday alone. Six of the nine fixtures featured five goals or more.
Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, piling pressure on United manager Michael Carrick. Pablo Barrios scored inside the opening minute and Ademola Lookman added a second in the 79th, five minutes after United defender Leny Yoro was sent off.
Sources Free Malaysia TodayMalay Mail
Bayern Munich were held to a 3-3 draw at Viking in the Champions League on Tuesday after winger Michael Olise was sent off in the 74th minute, booked and then shown a second yellow for throwing the ball at an opponent.
Sources Free Malaysia Today7M Sport
Club Brugge beat Inter Milan 4-3 at San Siro on Tuesday with a hat-trick from 22-year-old forward Nicolo Tresoldi, leaving the Italian champions without a point after two Champions League matchdays.
Sources Onfield NewsMalay Mail
Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by ten-man Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on 11 October, the Premier League's first weekend back after the international break.
Sources India Today
Chelsea scored twice inside the opening three minutes and beat Bournemouth 5-1 at Stamford Bridge on 11 October. Jordan Henderson opened the scoring in the second minute, helped set up another, and finished the rout with a curling free kick; at 36 he became the oldest player directly involved in three or more Premier League goals since Cristiano Ronaldo in April 2022.
Sources The News Mill
Champions League matchday two opens on Tuesday 13 October with a full slate, including Arsenal against Lille, Atletico Madrid versus Manchester United, Galatasaray meeting Barcelona, RB Leipzig facing PSV Eindhoven and Bayern Munich travelling to Viking.
Sources Sky SportsUEFA
One afternoon reset the shape of two title races. Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield after Ryan Gravenberch's second booking left Liverpool with ten men for the closing half-hour; Haaland, Doku and Cherki scored in a thirteen-minute burst. In Germany, ten-man Freiburg beat Schalke 2-1 through a late Keisuke Goto goal to go top on goal difference, after Bayern's earlier stumble in the matchday. Crystal Palace's 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest was the weekend's other outlier; in Italy, Juventus needed a late Kolo Muani header to draw 1-1 at Cagliari.
Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield after Liverpool were reduced to ten men, with Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki all scoring in the second half. Ryan Gravenberch was sent off for a second booking shortly before Haaland opened the scoring on 65 minutes; Doku doubled the lead three minutes later and Cherki finished a 41-pass move on 78 minutes.
Freiburg beat Schalke 2-1 while a man down to move top of the Bundesliga on goal difference after matchday five. Matthias Ginter's header from a corner was parried and Maximilian Eggestein tapped in from close range inside ten minutes, but Schalke levelled on the half-hour through an effort that deflected in off captain Kenan Karaman.
Crystal Palace came from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at Selhurst Park on Sunday, ending a 14-year wait for a Premier League win over the visitors. Forest led inside three minutes after a misplaced header from Anan Khalaili let Dan Ndoye score, but Daichi Kamada levelled on 41 minutes and Jefferson Lerma struck in first-half stoppage time.
Sources ESPNLA Premier League
Arsenal came from behind to beat Leeds United 2-1 at the Emirates in the Premier League's return after the international break. James Justin put Leeds ahead on 55 minutes from Gudmundsson's low cross, but Riccardo Calafiori levelled seven minutes later after a James Trafford fumble, and substitute Bruno Guimaraes scored the winner on 70 minutes, finishing a move that ran through Martin Odegaard and a Declan Rice backheel.
Sources Arsenal FCSky SportsLeeds United
Augsburg drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich on Bundesliga matchday five after Robin Fellhauer scored the fastest goal in the league's history, robbing Manuel Neuer from the kick-off and finishing inside nine seconds.
Sources BundesligaESPNBBC Sport
Barcelona won 3-0 at Spotify Camp Nou on La Liga matchday eight, extending their perfect start to the season to eight wins. Anthony Gordon opened the scoring in the second minute, Gabriel Jesus made it two on the half hour after pouncing on a loose ball at the edge of the box, and Jules Kounde added the third on 73 minutes.
Sources ESPNFC Barcelona
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur meet at Old Trafford on Saturday evening in Premier League matchday six, both looking to steady poor starts. United sit 12th on five points and Tottenham are bottom of the table on two, without a league win this season after five games without victory.
La Liga leaders Barcelona host Getafe at Camp Nou on Saturday in matchday eight, chasing an eighth straight league win that would equal their best-ever start to a top-flight season.
Sources Goal.comSports IllustratedLALIGA
Rangers welcome Kilmarnock to Ibrox on Saturday in Scottish Premiership matchday eight, with the hosts unbeaten in their last five matches across league and cup, a run that includes a League Cup quarter-final win over Celtic and a 1-0 league victory at Celtic Park.
Sources ESPNSky Sports
Spain preserved a two-and-a-half-year unbeaten run by rallying to beat Croatia 2-1 in Split on October 6, substitute Mikel Merino scoring twice after Ivan Perisic had put Croatia ahead.
Sources Associated Press (via WTOP)Channel News AsiaRTL Today
The Premier League resumes on Saturday 10 October after a 19-day break that merged the September and October international windows, with Matchweek 6 led by champions Arsenal hosting Leeds United.
Sources Premier LeagueESPNPremier League (international breaks)
The 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony will be held at the London Palladium on 26 October, the first time the award has been presented outside Paris, marking its 70th anniversary.
Sources ESPNSky SportsOlympics.com
Lionel Messi played his final match for Argentina on October 6, scoring a penalty and adding two assists in a 3-0 friendly win over Benin at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires.
The United States closed its September-October window with a 1-0 win over Canada in St Paul, Minnesota, on October 6, a first-half goal from 19-year-old striker Justin Ellis deciding it.
Sources U.S. SoccerFox Sports
Chile beat Mexico 2-0 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on October 6, leaving Rafael Marquez without a win in his first four matches in charge. Maximiliano Gutierrez opened the scoring in the 54th minute and Vicente Pizarro doubled the lead eleven minutes later after Chile pressed a loose pass.
Sources ASDaily Bulletin
Harry Kane scored twice on his record-equalling 125th England appearance as Thomas Tuchel's side beat the Czech Republic 3-0 at Wembley for a third straight Nations League win.
Sources 7M SportMetapressOnField News
Cristiano Ronaldo said he is not retiring from international football but should be punished by the Portuguese federation for walking out of the national-team camp, accusing head coach Jorge Jesus of twice breaking his word.
Mikel Merino scored twice as world champions Spain came from behind to beat Croatia 2-1 in Split and stay perfect in Nations League Group A3 with 12 points. Croatia, reduced to ten men, had taken the lead but could not hold it as Spain extended their dominance of the group.
Sources Al JazeeraESPNMatch Countdown
France trailed Belgium until the 77th minute at the Stade de France, then scored four times in 14 minutes through substitutes Desire Doue, Rayan Cherki and a Michael Olise double to win 4-1.
Italy won 3-1 against Turkey in Bologna, giving Roberto Mancini his first home victory since returning as coach. Gianluca Scamacca volleyed the opener in the 26th minute, Aral Simsir levelled just after the hour, and Riccardo Calafiori restored the lead three minutes later from a Nicolo Barella free kick.
Matchday four of the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League closed with Hungary beating Ukraine 2-1 and Northern Ireland drawing 0-0 with Georgia at Windsor Park. Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Poland 1-0 and Sweden won 1-0 in Romania in the other League B fixtures.
Sources MatchCalendar.footballUEFA.com
Four matchdays left the Nations League looking less like a friendly tournament than a form guide. Portugal became the first side to reach the quarter-finals, beating Norway 2-1 without the departed Cristiano Ronaldo. England produced the window's statement result, a 7-0 demolition of Croatia, while Spain extended a perfect run. Germany, under Jurgen Klopp, stalled with a goalless draw in Greece, and Wales slipped to a third defeat in four. With the window closed, the next fortnight's club fixtures will show which patterns were real.
Holders Portugal became the first team to reach the 2026-27 Nations League quarter-finals, beating Norway 2-1 in Porto without the departed Cristiano Ronaldo. Goncalo Ramos scored the winner in the closing stages after Joao Cancelo cancelled out Kristoffer Ajer's superb opener.
Sources Al Jazeera (AFP)The GuardianESPN
The Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 in Eindhoven to move top of Nations League Group A2 on goal difference, closing Xavi Hernandez's first international window in charge unbeaten.
Sources NL TimesThe Guardian
Rasmus Hojlund's 75th-minute penalty gave Denmark a 1-0 win in Cardiff and a second victory over Wales in eight days, leaving Craig Bellamy's side with three defeats in four Nations League games.
Sources Sky SportsThe Herald (Scotland)
England thrashed Croatia 7-0 in Rijeka, their heaviest win over Croatia, with Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka scoring twice each and Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon and substitute Morgan Rogers also on target.
Sources UEFASky SportsESPN
Spain maintained a perfect Nations League start with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic in Oviedo, their tenth successive victory. Lamine Yamal opened the scoring with a curling effort for the third game running and captain Rodri doubled the lead; Jiri Slama pulled one back before Czech captain Ladislav Krejci was sent off and substitute Mikel Merino sealed the win in the 89th minute.
Scotland won 2-0 in North Macedonia for their first victory under head coach Sebastien Pocognoli, with Kieron Bowie scoring his first international goal and John McGinn adding a second-half penalty.
Sources Sky SportsUEFA
Kevin De Bruyne scored twice as Belgium beat Turkiye 3-0 in Liege, moving to six points in UEFA Nations League Group A1 and leaving the visitors bottom of the group without a point after three matches.
Zinedine Zidane's first home match in charge of France ended in a 1-1 Nations League draw with Italy at the Stade de France. Michael Olise put the hosts ahead early in the second half, but Alessandro Bastoni equalised and France finished with ten men after Dayot Upamecano was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Sources Goal.comMalay Mail
Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Poland thumped Romania 6-0 in Warsaw, a win built on a 22nd-minute penalty after Romania's Radu Dragusin was sent off for bringing the striker down.
Manchester City have until Friday, 2 October, to tell the Premier League whether they will appeal the independent commission's finding that the club breached financial rules.
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Jürgen Klopp claimed his first win as Germany coach at the third attempt, a 2-0 Nations League victory over Serbia in Munich built on goals from Tom Bischof and Florian Wirtz.
Sources Report.azSky Sports
Manchester City drew 1-1 with Real Madrid at the Joie Stadium, Khadija Shaw equalising six minutes after half-time after Linda Caicedo had put the visitors ahead, with a late Real Madrid finish ruled out because the referee had stopped play.
Sources Sky SportsParis Saint-Germain
Cristiano Ronaldo left Portugal's Nations League training camp in Copenhagen on Wednesday night, hours after coach Jorge Jesus said the 41-year-old would not start Thursday's Group A4 match against Denmark.
Sources Hindustan TimesYahoo Sports
Portugal travel to Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Thursday evening defending top spot in Nations League Group A4, having beaten Wales 1-0 and won 2-1 in Norway.
Sources Al JazeeraBBC Sport
Germany host Serbia at the Allianz Arena on Thursday still looking for a first win under Jurgen Klopp, who has one point from two Nations League matches after a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in Amsterdam and a 1-0 home defeat by Greece.
Sources BundesligaBBC Sport
Lamine Yamal scored twice and set up another goal as Spain beat Croatia 4-1 in Seville on Nations League matchday two, extending their unbeaten run inside 90 minutes to 40 matches.
England won 2-0 in Prague to get their Nations League campaign back on track after a first-match defeat by Spain. Anthony Gordon headed in Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross two minutes after half-time for his third goal in as many internationals, and Harry Kane made it safe on 69 minutes with his 87th England goal in his 123rd appearance, extending his own record.
Sources Goal.comThe Irish TimesWION
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Maheta Molango said Cole Palmer's withdrawal from England's Nations League squad is evidence that an overloaded calendar is driving elite players past their limits.
Michael Olise came off the bench to score two minutes from time and give France a 1-0 win in Belgium, keeping Zinedine Zidane's record at two wins from two in Nations League Group A1 and leaving Les Bleus three points clear.
Dimitris Kourbelis came off the bench to score the only goal in the 74th minute, a low strike that deflected off captain Joshua Kimmich, giving Greece a 1-0 win in Augsburg and a first victory over Germany in 11 meetings between the sides.
Sources Cyprus Mail (Reuters)7M Sport
Matchday two closes on Tuesday with England away to Czechia and Spain hosting Croatia in League A Group 3, after England lost 2-3 to Spain at Wembley and Czechia went down 1-2 to Croatia in their opener.
The September window cost clubs before it closed. Real Madrid confirmed Mbappe has a hyperextension of the posterior capsule in his left knee with no timetable; Hamburg said Gronbaek tore a muscle in his right thigh after coming on against Norway; and Liverpool confirmed Isak returned early from Sweden duty with a minor injury. Off the pitch Parma and Carlos Cuesta parted by mutual agreement, Liverpool named Julian Ward sporting director for a second stint, and Liverpool's women won a WSL Merseyside derby at Anfield for the first time.
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Real Madrid's medical services said tests carried out on 26 September diagnosed Kylian Mbappe with a hyperextension affecting the posterior capsule of his left knee.
Sources Real Madrid C.F.
Parma said on Sunday 27 September that Carlos Cuesta has left his post as the club's head coach. The Serie A club called it a shared decision, saying it and the coach had concluded that the conditions needed to carry the sporting project forward were no longer there, and that Monday's training session would be taken by its technical staff while it looks for a replacement.
Liverpool confirmed that Julian Ward is its new sporting director, effective immediately, returning to a role he first held during the 2022-23 season. Ward, 45, had been Fenway Sports Group's technical director; he replaces Richard Hughes, who left in September after a little over two years in the post.
Sources Liverpool FCBBC Sport
UEFA’s new European Club Talent and Competition Landscape report highlights record attendances, unprecedented transfer spending and continued developments in women’s football.
Sources UEFA
The Premier League’s official table shows Manchester City top after five matches with 15 points and a plus-eight goal difference. Arsenal sit second on 12 points, while Brighton are third on 10; the table also records early pressure at the bottom for Fulham and Tottenham.
Sources Premier League
UEFA’s 2026/27 Champions League fixture list includes Arsenal against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund against Inter and Liverpool against Porto among the league-phase matchups.
Sources UEFA
The Premier League, Bundesliga, LALIGA and Lega Calcio Serie A issued a joint statement entitled “To Unify the Game, FIFA Must Reform” on 25 September. It says football’s foundations have been threatened by a fundamental governance problem, argues the organisation is not fit for purpose, and criticises the promotion of exploitative commercial ideas tied to the scrapped FIFA Forward Enterprise proposals.
England lost 2-3 at Wembley in the Nations League after taking the lead through goals from Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane. Lamine Yamal opened the scoring for Spain, Mikel Oyarzabal came off the bench to complete the turnaround, and the result took Spain’s unbeaten run to 39 matches.
Sources Sky SportsBBC Sport
Saturday’s 2026/27 Nations League programme is settled across the groups: San Marino 0-7 Finland, North Macedonia 0-3 Switzerland, Czech Republic 1-2 Croatia, Albania 2-0 Belarus, Faroe Islands 1-1 Kazakhstan, Slovakia 2-0 Moldova, Bulgaria 1-2 Luxembourg and Iceland 1-1 Estonia all finished, with Slovenia 0-0 Scotland and England 2-3 Spain deciding the remaining League A fixtures.
Sources BBC Sport
Slovenia and Scotland finished 0-0 in Ljubljana on Saturday, handing Sébastien Pocognoli a point from his first match in charge. Sky Sports reported that Scotland were held to a goalless draw, with the visitors missing the chance to take all three in a physical League A meeting.
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Portugal began the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League with a 1–0 home victory over Wales, João Félix scoring the decisive goal. UEFA’s match report says the holders created the clearer chances but had to withstand a stronger Welsh spell late in the game before protecting the lead.
Sources UEFA
Norway beat Denmark 3–2 in the opening round of the 2026/27 Nations League, with Erling Haaland scoring twice in a match that changed direction repeatedly. The result gives Norway an early advantage in League A Group A4 before Sunday’s meeting with Portugal.
Sources UEFA
The UEFA Nations League’s first matchday continues Friday with Italy hosting Belgium and Türkiye hosting France among the League A fixtures. UEFA’s official schedule also lists Georgia–Northern Ireland, Hungary–Ukraine, Poland–Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden–Romania and Montenegro–Cyprus.
Sources UEFA
Cristiano Ronaldo, the 41-year-old Al Nassr forward and Portugal captain, told the Portuguese Football Summit in Oeiras on Wednesday that his remaining targets in football are to score his 1,000th career goal and to lift the UEFA Nations League.
Sources 7M Sport via goal.com
Barcelona remain six points clear at the top of LaLiga with a perfect 21 points from seven games, scoring 31 and conceding 7. Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid both dropped points last weekend, with Atlético leapfrogging Real into second on 16 points after Sunday's 2-1 derby win and Real falling to third on 15.
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Atlético Madrid moved above Real Madrid into second place in LaLiga on Sunday with a 2-1 derby win at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, where second-half goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David settled a feisty fixture against a Real side reduced to ten men.
Bayern Munich have placed Jamal Musiala in their matchday squad for the first time since a long-term injury, with the German international expected to feature on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League league-phase fixture against Atalanta at the Allianz Arena.
Sources Dhaka Tribune
The 2026/27 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase opened on Tuesday with five fixtures, producing one late English winner, one dramatic fightback and three debutant statements.
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Matchday 1 of the 2026/27 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase continues on Wednesday with four fixtures, headlined by holders Barcelona hosting Paris FC at 20:00 CET and Chelsea welcoming Austria Wien to the Cherry Red Records Stadium at 19:00 BST.
Sources UEFAThe Athletic
Liverpool advanced to the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 3-1 win over Tottenham at Anfield on Tuesday, with Alexis Mac Allister (21'), Cody Gakpo (54') and Dominik Szoboszlai (91') on the scoresheet and Conor Gallagher replying for Spurs in the 69th minute.
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Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford after surrendering a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 at home to Brighton in the Carabao Cup third round, intensifying pressure on manager Michael Carrick after a turbulent week that already included defeat to rivals Manchester City.
Sources TheJournal.ie
Premier League Matchweek 6 opens on Saturday September 27 with Brentford versus Manchester United and closes on Monday September 29 with Everton hosting West Ham United.
Sources Yahoo SportsPremier League
Three of Europe's biggest title races sharpened on a single weekend. In England, Manchester City's 5-3 win over Sunderland, completed by Erling Haaland's late fifth to silence Brian Brobbey's hat-trick for the promoted visitors, took Pep Guardiola's side five wins from five and three points clear of Arsenal after Brighton's 3-0 win at the Amex. In Spain, Raphinha's hat-trick at Sevilla and Atletico Madrid's 2-1 win over 10-man Real Madrid in the capital derby have left Barcelona six points clear of Madrid and five ahead of Atletico with a game in hand. In Italy, AC Milan's 3-0 win over Lecce.
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AC Milan beat Lecce 3-0 at the San Siro and Juventus beat Atalanta 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday to bounce back from short Serie A slides. Christian Pulisic marked his first start of the season with Milan's opening goal in the 14th minute, while Francisco Conceicao and Gleison Bremer scored either side of half-time for Juventus.
Sources AFP via Dawn
Atletico Madrid beat 10-man Real Madrid 2-1 in a heated La Liga derby at the Metropolitano on Sunday, with Alejandro Grimaldo converting a penalty and Jonathan David adding a second after defender Dean Huijsen was sent off early in the second half for pulling back Giuliano Simeone in the box.
Manchester City went top of the Premier League on Sunday with a 5-3 win over Sunderland that saw Erling Haaland score City's fifth to complete a perfect five-from-five start to the season and move clear at the summit after Arsenal's Saturday defeat at Brighton.
Sources Premier LeagueAFP
Jay Dasilva scored the only goal in the 55th minute, assisted by goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, as Coventry City beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at the City Ground on Saturday for a first Premier League victory since the 2000-01 season.
Sources Sky Sports
Aston Villa beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday to claim a first Premier League win of the season, with Buendia laying on goals for Jackson and an 80th-minute long-range strike before late goals from Conor Gallagher and Jean Paul van Hecke set up a nervy finish.
Sources The Guardian
Brighton ended Arsenal's nine-match Premier League winning run with a 3-0 victory at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, with Pascal Gross curling in the opener on 31 minutes before Charalampos Kostoulas added a long-range second seconds before half-time and Chema Andres headed in a Gross corner nine minutes after the break.
Sources Sky Sports
LaLiga matchday six on Saturday features the Madrid derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano at 10:15 ET as the standout fixture, alongside Getafe vs Malaga, Deportivo vs Real Betis, Villarreal vs Levante, Valencia vs Real Sociedad and Espanyol vs Elche.
Tottenham host Aston Villa at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at 12:30 BST on Saturday in a Premier League Matchweek 5 fixture between the only two sides still without a league win this season.
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Brentford beat Chelsea 3-0 at Gtech Community Stadium on Friday night, with Jaidon Anthony heading in from a Damsgaard corner on 61 minutes, Igor Thiago converting a rebound on 80 minutes and substitute Fabio Carvalho completing the scoring in stoppage time.
Sources Brentford FC
Real Madrid travel across the city to face Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano on Sunday in a La Liga matchweek-six derbi that pits the second-placed side against their neighbours after Espi's stoppage-time winner at Elche moved Real level on points with Barcelona.
Sources The Guardian
Brentford welcome Chelsea to the Gtech Community Stadium on Friday night at 20:00 local time (19:00 UTC) in the opening fixture of Premier League Matchweek 5, with both sides unbeaten in their last six and last five league meetings respectively against each other.
Sources Brentford FCBBC Sport
Barcelona extended their perfect La Liga start to six wins from six matches with a 7-2 victory over Racing Santander at the Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday, opening up a three-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the table.
Sources Tempo7M Sport (Goal)
Real Madrid moved level on points with Barcelona at the top of La Liga after Tuesday's stoppage-time 3-2 win at Elche through Carlos Espi, leaving both sides on the same tally after six rounds.
Sources LaLiga
AC Milan fell to a shock 2-0 home defeat against Benfica in their Europa League league-phase opener on Wednesday, with Dodi Lukebakio drilling in the 16th-minute opener after Milan's defence failed to handle a slick Portuguese move.
Sources 7M Sport (Goal feed)CBS Sports
Sunderland marked their return to European football with a 1-0 Europa League win over AZ Alkmaar at the Stadium of Light, Enzo Le Fée converting a 66th-minute penalty after Weslley Patati fouled him inside the box.
Sources 7M Sport (Goal feed)CBS Sports
Carlos Espi scored a 91st-minute winner to give Real Madrid a 3-2 victory at Elche on Tuesday and move the reigning La Liga champions level on points with Barcelona at the top of the table.
Sources ESPNHindustan Times
James Rodriguez, the 35-year-old Colombian playmaker and 2014 World Cup Golden Boot winner, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from international duty after 131 caps and four World Cups.
Sources Reuters (via The Straits Times)Sportstar (The Hindu)
Liverpool advanced to the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 3-1 win over Tottenham at Anfield on Tuesday, with Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo putting the hosts in control before Conor Gallagher pulled one back for Spurs.
Sources Sky SportsThe Guardian
The AFC Champions League Elite league phase began on Monday with mixed results for the UAE clubs. Shabab Al Ahli took all three points with a 1-0 home win over Iran's Tractor, settled by Yuri Cesar's opportunistic 22nd-minute strike at the Rashid Stadium.
Sources The National (UAE)
Inter Milan staged a remarkable comeback from two goals down to beat Udinese 5-3 at the San Siro on Monday, preserving their perfect start to the Serie A season and moving level with Roma on 12 points after four matches.
Sources News Dive
Leeds United demolished Newcastle 4-1 at Elland Road on Monday night to climb to third in the Premier League, inflicting a punishing first defeat on new Magpies boss Matthias Jaissle.
Three Premier League rounds are in and the early title shape is becoming legible: defending champions Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0 on Saturday for a ninth straight league win — a streak last matched by the club in March 2004 — and Guimaraes and Saka's stoppage-time penalty put Mikel Arteta's side three points clear. Manchester City kept the chase alive by winning the Manchester derby 1-0 at Old Trafford through Erling Haaland after Phil Foden's red card. Tottenham drew 0-0 at home to Everton to extend a run of more than six hours without a Premier League goal despite a summer rebuild.
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Stanislav Lobotka scored the only goal as Napoli beat Bologna 1-0 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday to end a three-match losing run and hand Massimiliano Allegri his second Serie A win.
Sources Tribal Football via 7M Sport (Napoli)Goal via 7M Sport (Bayern win)Goal via 7M Sport (Juventus loss)
Defending Premier League champions Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0 at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, with Bruno Guimaraes breaking the resistance in the 58th minute and Bukayo Saka converting a stoppage-time penalty.
Sources The Hindu (Reuters wire)Tribal Football via 7M Sport
Erling Haaland scored on the hour at Old Trafford on Sunday as Manchester City beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Premier League derby, even after Phil Foden was shown a red card.
Sources The GuardianESPNAl Jazeera
Tottenham played out a 0-0 draw with Everton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday — the first time in the club's history they have failed to score in any of their opening four Premier League matches, leaving them 17th with just two points.
Reigning champions Arsenal extended their perfect start to the 2026-27 Premier League season with a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, going three points clear at the top.
Sources Sky Sports
AC Milan came from 2-0 down at the Stadio Olimpico to draw 2-2 with Lazio on Serie A Matchday 4, with summer signing Diego Moreira scoring twice in two minutes off the bench after the break (65', 67').
Olympique Lyon's Nicolás Tagliafico saw his deadline-day transfer to Atlético Madrid collapse after the Spanish club failed to clear La Liga salary cap space, with the French window closing four hours earlier than the Spanish one leaving Lyon unable to register his replacement in time.
Sources Time News
Premier League Matchweek 3 opens Saturday with seven fixtures across the 3 p.m. kick-off slot including Chelsea hosting Hull City at Stamford Bridge and Liverpool facing Fulham at Anfield, before Tottenham Hotspur host Everton at 17:30 on Sky Sports and Sunderland face Arsenal at 20:00 on TNT Sports.
Sources Premier League
The new Champions League league phase opened Tuesday with Kylian Mbappé and Federico Valverde steering Real Madrid to a 2-1 home win over Inter, Erling Haaland scoring twice in Manchester City's 2-0 win at Porto and Serhou Guirassy bagging a brace in Borussia Dortmund's 3-2 victory over Villarreal.
Sources UEFA
The Premier League returns on Saturday with Matchweek 3 headlined by Liverpool v Fulham at Anfield and Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest, before Sunday's Manchester derby at Old Trafford and Manchester United v Manchester City at the same ground.
Sources Premier League
Fenerbahce and Roma played out a 1-1 draw at Ulker Stadyumu on Thursday, with Bryan Cristante's first-half strike for Roma cancelled out three minutes into the second half by Archie Brown after a Mason Greenwood through ball.
Sources Reuters
Bayern Munich opened the new Champions League league phase with a 5-0 home win over Bodo/Glimt after the break, while Manchester United marked their return to the competition with a 4-0 victory over Sabah at Old Trafford and Como debuted with a 4-1 home win over RB Leipzig.
Sources UEFA
Manchester United return to Champions League football for the first time since 2023 on Thursday when Azerbaijani champions Sabah FK visit Old Trafford, with manager Michael Carrick looking for a confidence-restoring opener after conceding twice in each of his three Premier League games.
Sources Goal.comThe National
Bayern Munich open their 2026-27 Champions League campaign at home to Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt on Thursday night, with Vincent Kompany's side targeting a 23rd consecutive opening Champions League win since 2003.
Fenerbahçe end an 18-year Champions League absence on Thursday when Roma visit Ulker Stadyumu in the league-phase opener, with Ismail Kartal's side relying on Vedat Muriqi, Mason Greenwood and an ad-hoc tactical set-up to disrupt Gian Piero Gasperini's pressing system.
Sources Sports MoleAS Roma (official)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the winner at the Estadio de la Cerámica after a goal and two assists against Villarreal, taking his Deportivo La Coruña tally to four goals in four La Liga appearances since joining from Olympique Marseille for €1.6 million.
Sources The Guardian
Champions League Matchday 1's second slate on Wednesday September 9 begins with Barcelona hosting Feyenoord and VfB Stuttgart welcoming Viking FK, before the evening session sends Liverpool to Anfield against Atletico Madrid, PSG to the Parc des Princes against Slovan Bratislava, Sporting CP against Galatasaray, and Napoli against Arsenal in a rematch of last season's run to the final.
Sources Premier LeagueESPN
Kylian Mbappé opened his 2026-27 Champions League account in Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Inter Milan at the Bernabéu on Tuesday, scoring in the 14th minute to pull level with Raúl at 71 Champions League goals.
Sources Premier League
France Football unveiled the full 2026 Ballon d'Or shortlists on Tuesday, September 8, with announcements running between 11:00 and 16:00 CET across the official Ballon d'Or platforms.
Defending champions Bayern Munich were held to a 0-0 draw at promoted Schalke on September 6, ending a 67-matchday run atop the Bundesliga table and marking the first time they had failed to score since February 2025.
Sources Newswav
Defending champions Arsenal came from behind at the Emirates to beat Chelsea 2-1 on September 6 and stretch their Premier League start to three wins from three.
Sources Sky Sports
Three weeks into the Premier League season the table has separated into legible bands. Manchester City lead on nine points, with Hull City and Arsenal on six and Chelsea on six after their first loss. Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea on Sunday, decided by Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard, was the first real stress test of the new-look London rivals and vindicated Mikel Arteta over Chelsea 350 million summer rebuild. Everton drew Manchester United 2-2 with Ainsley Maitland-Niles scoring a 95th-minute equaliser on his debut. Tuesdays Ballon dOr nominee announcement sets up the Champions League run-up.
Sources BBC Sport — Arsenal 2-1 ChelseaSky Sports — Everton 2-2 Man UtdbeIN Sports — Ballon d'Or 2026 nominee announcement date
France Football confirmed that the 30 nominees for the men's and women's Ballon d'Or will be unveiled on Tuesday 8 September, alongside shortlists for the Kopa, Yashin, Müller, coach and club awards.
Sources beIN Sports — Ballon d'Or 2026 nominees announcement dateTribuna — Ballon d'Or 2026 nominees to be announced on September 8
Manchester United twice led at Hill Dickinson Stadium through Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko, whose 88th-minute header looked to have won the game, but Everton substitute Ainsley Maitland-Niles curled a 25-yard shot into the top corner in the 95th minute to make it 2-2.
Sources Sky Sports — Everton 2-2 Man UtdAP News — Man United stunned at Everton
Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard scored as Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates on Sunday, ending their rivals' 100% start to the Premier League season.
Sources BBC Sport — Arsenal 2-1 ChelseaSky Sports — PL 2026 coverage
Premier League matchweek three closes on Sunday with two London and Merseyside fixtures: Everton host Manchester United at the Hill Dickinson Stadium at 14:00 BST and Arsenal face Chelsea at the Emirates at 16:30 BST, the Premier League confirmed in its full 2026/27 fixture list.
Sources Goal.com — Everton vs Manchester United previewBBC Sport — Everton vs Manchester United preview
Juventus welcome AC Milan to the Allianz Stadium on Sunday at 21:15 CET in the 183rd Serie A meeting between the two clubs, the Juventus official preview confirmed.
Sources Juventus.com — match preview
La Liga matchday four closes on Sunday with leaders Barcelona travelling to the Mestalla to face a Valencia side that has collected only one point from its opening three matches, the league schedule confirms.
Saturday 5 September's football slate spans La Liga, MLS, Serie A and Ligue 1, with Inter Miami CF hosting Atlanta United at Nu Stadium in the late MLS window and Athletic Club hosting Atletico Madrid at San Mames at 19:45 local as the La Liga headliner.
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The Bundesliga's second matchday of the 2026-27 season features six Saturday 5 September fixtures, closing with FC Schalke 04 hosting Bayern Munich at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen at 18:30 local time.
Sources Kickoff Report — Bundesliga 2026 scheduleTransfermarkt — Borussia Dortmund fixtures
The Premier League returns on Saturday 5 September with seven fixtures across matchweek 3, opening at 12:30 BST with Newcastle United hosting AFC Bournemouth at St James' Park before Brentford-Sunderland, Brighton-Leeds, Fulham-Crystal Palace, Manchester City-Coventry and Nottingham Forest-Tottenham kick off at 15:00 BST.
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The Premier League's summer window closed on 1 September with Manchester City signing Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernández for a British-record £125 million on deadline day, per Sky Sports and BBC Sport deal trackers, after a window in which Chelsea bought Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa for £117 million and Liverpool paid £123 million for Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain.
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Serie A's third matchday runs 4-7 September with a headline Saturday meeting of Inter and Napoli at San Siro, both teams on maximum points after two rounds, and a Juventus-Milan clash at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday.
Leagues Cup officials confirmed that Toluca and Monterrey will meet in the 2026 final at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston on Sunday, 6 September, the first all-Liga MX final in the tournament's history, after Toluca beat ten-man León 2-0 in one semifinal and Monterrey eliminated América in the other.
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Toluca advanced to its first Leagues Cup final on 2 September 2026 with a 2-0 win over 10-man León at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, with Federico Pereira opening the scoring before the break and a second-half goal sealing the result after Jhohan Romaña was sent off for a second yellow card.
Harry Kane scored twice as holders Bayern Munich came from a goal down to beat second-division VfL Osnabrück 4-1 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on 2 September 2026, with Tom Bischof, Michael Olise and Kane from the penalty spot completing the scoring after Robin Meibner had given the hosts an early lead.
Sources Associated PressbeIN Sports
France Football and UEFA confirmed that the 30-man Ballon d'Or 2026 shortlist will be unveiled on 8 September 2026, with parallel shortlists for the women's awards, the Kopa Trophy, goalkeeper of the year, striker of the year, coach of the year and club of the year categories.
Sources Ballon d'Or (official)
Premier League clubs shattered the £3.1 billion record set in a single transfer window as the 11pm BST deadline passed on 1 September 2026, with total summer spending reaching £3.46 billion.
Sources The SunAl JazeeraPremier League
UEFA confirmed on 2 September 2026 that the 2026/27 Champions League league phase begins with matchday 1 on 8-10 September, running through matchday 8 on 27 January 2027 under the 36-team league format introduced two seasons ago.
Italy's Serie A completed matchday 2 by 31 August 2026, with AC Milan beating Venezia 2-0, Juventus downing Parma 2-0, Inter winning 1-0 away at Cagliari, Roma thrashing Lecce 4-0, Atalanta edging Bologna 1-0 and Napoli surprisingly losing 1-2 at home to Como.
Sources Lega Serie ABBC Sport
English clubs had until 23:00 BST on Tuesday, September 1 to complete their summer 2026 business, with the Premier League's most expensive signing so far being France winger Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain to Liverpool in a package worth about $162 million, followed by Chelsea's British-record $158 million move for Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa.
Sources Al JazeeraBBC Sport
Newcastle United turned down a bid from Tottenham Hotspur worth about £80 million for Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali earlier in the week, with the Magpies believed to be holding out for a fee closer to £100m as Manchester City and Arsenal also monitor the 26-year-old.
Sources BBC Sport
UEFA held the 2026-27 Champions League league phase draw in Monaco on Thursday, August 27, setting the fixtures for the 36-team format that begins with matchday 1 on September 8-10, 2026.
Sources Wikipedia
Premier League clubs have 48 hours to complete signings before Tuesday's 11 p.m. BST deadline, with two-hour deal-sheet grace periods for paperwork filed in time. Aston Villa are in transition after confirming Ollie Watkins's £51 million move to Al-Hilal and signing Nicolas Jackson plus Taylor Harwood-Bellis. Tottenham have been among the busiest, completing a Sandro Tonali deal worth £100 million and adding Mateus Fernandes and Savio, while Manchester City rebuilt midfield with Elliot Anderson and Ayyoub Bouaddi.
Sources ESPNPremier League
Chelsea beat Brighton 4-3 at Stamford Bridge in a frenetic seven-goal game that included a Cole Palmer strike and a stoppage-time Pascal Gross header. The result is Alonso's second consecutive Premier League win since taking charge, but a third straight game conceding three leaves defensive questions lingering ahead of the trip to Arsenal.
Sources Al JazeeraESPN
England striker Ollie Watkins completed a £51 million transfer from Aston Villa to Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal on a three-year contract, ending a six-year spell at Villa Park where he became the club's all-time Premier League top scorer with 91 goals.
Sources BBC SportSky Sports
Serie A's second matchday closes with Atalanta v Bologna at 19:45 local time and Lecce v Roma at 17:30, both teams coming off opening-weekend victories. Roma arrived in Lecce on a six-match league winning streak after a 4-0 start under Gian Piero Gasperini, while Atalanta opened with a 2-1 win to set up an early-season test against Bologna.
Sources Sports MoleFootball Web Pages
Tottenham are pointless from their opening two Premier League games after a 0-2 home loss to Newcastle United on Friday, with Anthony Elanga finishing off debutant Gonzalez's knockdown in the second half and Yoane Wissa adding an improvised second to leave Spurs bottom of the table on goal difference.
Sources ESPN
Bayern Munich began their pursuit of a third straight Bundesliga title under Vincent Kompany with a 5-1 home win over VfB Stuttgart on Friday, capping a domestic double after last term's DFB-Pokal final victory over the same opponent.
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Juventus made it two straight Serie A wins to open the season with a 2-0 home victory over Parma at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday, breaking through a goalless first half with a 62nd-minute rebound strike from substitute Nicolas Gonzalez and Teun Koopmeiners' first appearance off the bench to curl in a late second.
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Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki each scored twice as Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4-1 at Selhurst Park on Friday night, maintaining their winning start to the Premier League season with a second consecutive victory.
Bayern Munich opened the 2026/27 Bundesliga with a 5-1 win over VfB Stuttgart at the Allianz Arena on Friday, with Michael Olise among the scorers and Aleksandar Pavlovic adding a late goal as Vincent Kompany's side signalled their intent to reclaim the title.
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AC Milan began their Serie A campaign with a 2-0 home victory over promoted Venezia at San Siro on Friday, building on last weekend's 2-1 win at Torino with a controlled performance that featured expected-goals dominance of 2.13 to 0.82.
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The 64th Bundesliga season opens on Friday at 18:30 UTC when defending champions Bayern Munich welcome VfB Stuttgart to the Allianz Arena in a repeat of the 2025/26 DFB-Pokal final, which Bayern won 3-0.
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The 36-team league phase draw for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League took place in Monaco on Thursday, setting Manchester City against holders Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, Arsenal against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and returning Manchester United with home ties against Bayern, Roma, RB Leipzig and Sabah.
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Crystal Palace welcome Manchester City to Selhurst Park on Friday at 19:00 UTC in a Premier League matchweek 2 fixture, with the Athletic's preview tabbing City eighth in the table after one match and Palace sixteenth.
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Kylian Mbappé scored three times and Jude Bellingham provided two assists as Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu, picking up a first home La Liga win of the season under coach José Mourinho.
UEFA holds the league phase draw for the 2026-27 Champions League in Monaco from 18:00 CET on Thursday Aug. 27, allocating 36 clubs into eight matchdays across the new single-league format.
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Premier League clubs continued to finalise squad moves through Aug. 26, with Aston Villa announcing Ezri Konsa's move to Arsenal and Aaron Wan-Bissaka's loan to West Ham, alongside Coventry City's additions of Taiwo Awoniyi from Nottingham Forest and Gustavo Hamer from Sheffield United.
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Celtic went out of Champions League qualifying after LASK reversed a four-goal aggregate deficit. The Austrian side’s 5-1 second-leg win turned a seemingly secure tie into one of the round’s most striking reversals.
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Bruno Fernandes and Khadija Shaw won the PFA Player of the Year awards, with Nico O’Reilly and Olivia Smith also recognized. The player-voted honors placed Manchester’s leading performers at the center of the season’s awards night.
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Leeds beat Nottingham Forest for the second time in three days to move on in the Carabao Cup, while Brentford defeated Birmingham 6-1. The round paired a quick rematch with the night’s clearest attacking statement.
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Chelsea beat Fulham 3-2 at Craven Cottage in a match that swung through five goals. Club reports confirm the visitors secured the points after Fulham twice found the net, giving Chelsea their first league win of the new campaign.
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Donyell Malen scored three times as Roma opened their Serie A campaign with a 4-0 win over Fiorentina. Paulo Dybala supplied all three assists for Malen before Niccolo Pisilli added the fourth in a dominant home performance.
Hull City beat Manchester United 2-0 in their first Premier League match for nine years. The promoted side secured the result despite holding 28% of possession, giving Sergej Jakirovic's team a winning start against last season's third-place finishers.
Liverpool opened their Premier League season with a 2-2 draw at Newcastle after Dominik Szoboszlai converted a stoppage-time penalty. Cody Gakpo had cancelled out Harvey Barnes's opener before substitute Joe Willock restored Newcastle's lead.
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