When transfer windows go right, they can set a manager and a team up for a successful season or kick off a new era. When they go wrong, however, they …
Follow live coverage of England vs Iceland in the final Euro 2024 warm-up match today Gareth Southgate has been mocked for his Loro Piana sweater in his recent shoot for …
A love story. Florentino Perez called it a love story. Speaking to reporters on his way out of Wembley Stadium after Saturday’s Champions League final, the Real Madrid president sounded …
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. It was the weekend when …
Premier League clubs this week opted to push on with plans for a hard spending limit — a de facto salary cap tied to the income of the lowest earning …
One of the closest, most enthralling Premier League title races in many years is careering towards a climax. Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City played out crucial games on consecutive nights …
It seems unlikely that north London denizen TS Eliot was an Arsenal fan, but his poetry suggests otherwise. “April is the cruellest month,” begins The Waste Land. “I have wept …
The Premier League remains a European outlier this season. Everywhere you look around the continent, title races have become virtual processions. Paris Saint-Germain are 10 points clear in France’s Ligue …
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the round when Newcastle snatched victory …
The best striker in the Premier League versus the best defender in the Premier League in a one-on-one showdown with millions of people watching across the world? Liverpool vs Manchester …