Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne says Romelu Lukaku should not be compared to Lionel Messi, but that he will be a big success at Manchester United

Today: Swedish security forces, Craig Shakespeare and U2 pitching in

Both clubs are increasingly confident a compromise can be struck over a fee for Calum Chambers, after Palace’s initial offer of around £16m fell well short of Arsenal’s £25m valuation

Who is ‘mad’? Who hit an historic hat-trick? And who wants $20,000?

There was a time when US soccer was a storm of Rowdies and Cosmos, but now United is the name of choice. What’s going on?

Minute-by-minute report: Manchester United defeated Manchester City in a pre-season derby before 67,401 fans at Houston’s NRG Stadium

The winger said a fitter, faster, stronger England have the air of a tournament-winning side

Álvaro Morata is clearly hugely gifted but can he inspire Chelsea as effectively as the raging and ruthless Diego Costa did when motivated?

Paris Saint-Germain are increasingly confident of signing Neymar from Barcelona and Alexis Sánchez from Arsenal in one of the biggest double-signings in football history

Chelsea have announced the signing of the striker Álvaro Morata from Real Madrid on a five-year contract

Germany, the defending European women’s champions, came through a tough test against Italy in Tilburg while Sweden are top of Group B on goal difference after defeating Russia

Virgil van Dijk has been told to train alone at Southampton after informing them he wants to leave and making himself unavailable for matches, Mauricio Pellegrino has said

Viitorul Constanta, the club Gheorghe Hagi formed only eight years ago, have won the Romanian title and are about to enter the Champions League for the first time. He tells Nick Ames how he has done it

Fifa ethics committee was investigating the president, Gianni Infantino, for allegedly under-declaring money he spent on election campaign, before he organised removal of committee’s chairmen and members in May

Mesut Özil staying put? | Nacer Chadli to Swansea? | Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona?

Jürgen Klopp has said Philippe Coutinho is not for sale at any price after Liverpool turned down a £72m bid from Barcelona for the playmaker

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson made a bumbling start to his career as Manchester United eased to a 2-0 friendly victory in Houston

The two-times champions Norway must beat Denmark on Monday to avoid elimination from the Women’s Euro 2017 after a shock 2-0 defeat by Belgium

Manchester City have had a €50m (£44.5m) bid for the left-back Benjamin Mendy rejected, with Monaco demanding a fee closer to the £50m plus add-ons paid to Tottenham Hotspur for the right-back Kyle Walker

Manchester City are one of four clubs Monaco are threatening to report to Fifa for allegedly making an unauthorised approach to Kylian Mbappé