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  • A candlelit vigil outside St George’s Hall in Liverpool, the day after an inquest delivered the verdict of unlawful killing

    Hillsborough, 35 years on
    The pain of injustice remains raw as ever

    Despite vindication, families and survivors lament lack of accountability
  • Liverpool's Curtis Jones reacts after missing a scoring chance during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Manchester City's Erling Haaland (centre), Matheus Nunes (left) and Julian Alvarez celebrate after Luton Town's Daiki Hashioka (not pictured) scores an own goal during the Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Picture date: Saturday April 13, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Man City. Photo credit should read: Martin Rickett/PA Wire. Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal v Aston Villa - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - April 14, 2024 Arsenal's David Raya looks dejected after the match REUTERS/David Klein NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS.

    Soccer with Jonathan Wilson
    This title race is different than when City once stumbled

  • Manchester City players celebrate

    Football Weekly
    Advantage Manchester City in the title race?

  • Premier League
    Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

  • Man Utd 2-1 Chelsea
    Williams sets up Women’s FA Cup final with Spurs

  • ‘Deal with criticism’
    Klopp calls for reaction after Palace defeat

  • A-League Men
    Police investigate fan's apparent Nazi salute

  • Arsenal 5-0 Bristol City
    Mead and Russo double up in WSL thrashing

  • Spurs 2-1 Leicester (aet)
    Thomas earns spot in Women’s FA Cup final

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Over there

  • Todd Boehly watches Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge

    Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s self-styled revolutionary, is facing failure

  • Christian Pulisic has 9 goal involvements for Milan in Serie A this season.

    Christian Pulisic has been a bright spot in a frustrating Milan season

  • Antonee Robinson of Fulham FC in action during a November match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.

    Antonee Robinson: the American left back finding career form at Fulham

  • Burnley have four points from 12 League games.

    Is the Premier League really the Holy Grail for supporters?

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In depth

  • An illustration of Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé

    Haaland, Mbappé and Bellingham flopping was a thrill

    Barney Ronay
    World’s three best players had stinkers, but it did not detract from two breathtaking games
  • Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk reacts during the 1-0 Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.

    Weary Liverpool’s title push close to petering out

    Jonathan Wilson
    Conceding early and failing to take chances have been recurring themes
    • Luton Town’s Rob Edwards

      Rob Edwards
      If Luton stay up, I don’t want it to be because of deductions

    • Peter Pellegrini (left), who won won Slovakia’s presidential election, with the country’s prime minister, Robert Fico.

      Slovakia’s pro-Russia turn brings Euro tie into focus

      Barney Ronay
    • Malmö FF’s Amanda Kander, Sanna Kullberg and Malin Gunnarsson

      Malmö Women’s new dawn with Nordic clubs at crossroads

      Nick Ames
    • Ekansh Gupta, the vice-president of Chennaiyin FC, and Sam Jeffery, the commercial director at Norwich.

      ‘Football’s on the rise here’
      European teams seek global outreach in India

Business of soccer

  • FBL-ENG-PR-MAN CITY-CHELSEA-FANS<br>City fans arrive for the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Premier League’s era of vanity worship may be over but the future won’t be equal

    Aaron Timms
  • The new season of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ will premiere on 18 April.

    Should other clubs chase Wrexham’s American success story?

  • Rafael Devers, John Henry, Jurgen Klopp

    Does Jürgen Klopp’s exit signal the end of the golden age of FSG?

  • SSC Napoli v FC Internazionale - Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final<br>RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 22: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale receives the trophy during the Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final match between SSC Napoli and FC Internazionale at Al-Awwal Stadium on January 22, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli / DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

    The Saudi takeover of European football is about power, not sportswashing

    Aaron Timms
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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

  • Saudi Pro League
    Al-Ittihad's Hamdallah whipped by spectator

    Abderrazak Hamdallah was struck at end of Saudi Super Cup final
  • Bayer Leverkusen fans poured down the steps and on to the pitch to celebrate the historic win

    Bayer Leverkusen
    Fans storm pitch to celebrate first ever Bundesliga victory

  • Jürgen&nbsp;Klopp admitted Liverpool must improve if they are to win the Premier League title after their 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday

    1:17

    'Why should we win the league?'
    Klopp says Liverpool must improve to win title

  • Xabi Alonso was showered in beer by several of his Bayer Leverkusen players during a press conference after Sunday's 5-0 win over Werder Bremen which sealed the club's first Bundesliga title.

    0:41

    Bundesliga
    Bayer Leverkusen players shower Xabi Alonso in beer

  • Emma Hayes quoted poetry and said she would follow advice she gave her son on how to avoid playground confrontations when asked on Friday about her touchline spat with Arsenal’s head coach, Jonas Eidevall

    1:05

    Emma Hayes
    Manager recites poetry after Eidevall calls her ‘irresponsible’

  • Klopp says Liverpool 'lost the plot' in their shock Europa League quarter-final defeat

    'We deserved to lose'
    Klopp reflects on Liverpool's surprise defeat to Atalanta

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The top 100

The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

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Opinion

  • Philipp Lahm lifts the World Cup trophy after defeating Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Three stripes and out … but good can come from Germany leaving Adidas

    Philipp Lahm
  • Everton fans protesting against the Premier League.

    Premier League has created impression of a rigged game

    Paul MacInnes
    PSR have not tackled the real problem of clubs’ huge financial losses
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson gestures to fans at Anfield on Saturday.

    Heady days of Eriksson’s England a contrast to flag furore

    Jonathan Liew
    Scenes at Anfield remind us that Swede grasped the role is meant to be fun

    Regulars

    • Trent Alexander Arnold and Martin Odegaard

      Football Daily
      The trouble with being pretenders to City’s throne

    • Arsenal FC v FC Bayern Munchen: Quarter-final First Leg - UEFA Champions League 2023/24<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 9: Harry Kane of Bayern Munich celebrates scoring their 2nd goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match between Arsenal FC and FC Bayern Munchen at Emirates Stadium on April 9, 2024 in London, England.(Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      Kane returns to haunt Arsenal but Haaland stifled

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Stories of Copa 71 expose past injustice

      • The Knowledge
        The most far-apart country clash in the Euros

      • David Squires on …
        4.54 billion years of evolution leading to this

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Wor Bella’s forgotten story of war work and football

      • Golden goal
        Rooney for Man Utd v Fenerbahce (2004)

    Catch up

    • Bayern Munich's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal with Serge Gnabry

      Kane draws on Spurs 2019 example as pointer for Bayern

      Nick Ames
    • Clockwise from top left: Andre Wisdom at Warrington Town; Farnham Town winning the league; Truro City's Dan Sullivan; Scunthorpe celebrate a goal against Hereford.

      Invincibles and pile-ups
      The non-league stories you may have missed

    • Brann supporters at the home leg of the Women’s Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona.

      Why have we been fined for ‘Uefa mafia’ chants?

      Aslak Sverdrup
    • KFUM Arena

      'A club for life'
      YMCA team’s incredible rise to Norwegian top flight

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