Premier League clubs spend over £272m on agents’ fees in 12 month period

Chelsea lead way with £35m paid to agents to facilitate arrival of Werner, Havertz etc

Gareth Southgate explains shock Trent Alexander-Arnold omission

Liverpool defender key to club’s Premier League and Champions League successes

Dettol sees Reckitt Benckiser clean up in Covid pandemic

Challenge is now to build on sales surge and sort out mixed bag portfolio of products

Fans expected back for packed summer of sport in England

British government envisages up to 10,000 spectators back inside stadiums from May 17th

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Wayne Rooney and Derby’s entire first-team squad to miss FA Cup tie

They’ll instead field a team made up of under-23 and under-18 players at Victory Park

Hollywood actors to take control of Wrexham football club

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have won approval from supporters to buy Wrexham AFC, the oldest football club in Wales

United and Liverpool forced into Project Big Picture climbdown

Premier League clubs agree instead to work together on a strategic reform programme

Abraham, Chilwell and Sancho told to stay away from England squad

Players understood to have attended a party for Abraham on Saturday

Liverpool to escape new UK coronavirus quarantining rules

Training venue, Austria, added to mandatory UK quarantine list from Saturday next

Liverpool to play Community Shield on August 29th

It’ll be played a fortnight before the scheduled start of new Premier League season

Chris Hughton: Anti-racism protests can bring change in football

Irish coach says unconscious profiling leads to lack of BAME managers at top level

NFL scraps all four London fixtures in 2020 due to coronavirus

English capital will not host the American sport for the time since 2006

Former EFL chief Shaun Harvey says he’ll apply for top FAI job

‘The majority of people in Ireland would want successful national teams at all levels’

Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special'

The actor best known as Ma Mary talks about hideous jumpers, being married to Tommy Tiernan on screen, and her new play about women footballers

Mourinho not expecting Kane to be back until May

England striker facing a race to be fit in time for the European Championships

Leading neuropathologist wants restrictions on heading at all levels

Scottish Football Association moving towards ban on heading in training for under-12s

Ross urges FAI to appoint independent chief executive

Paul Cooke named ‘executive lead’ by the football organisation on Tuesday

Barcelona in the eye of the storm as Catalan crisis deepens

Guardiola’s support for independence for region continues to raise hackles at home

Google suspends advertising from ticket site Viagogo

Search giant takes action against ticket reseller with headquarters in Limerick

Court orders block on illegal streaming of English football matches

Football Association Premier League granted Ireland’s first ever order compelling ISPs

Premier League takes High Court action to block illegal streaming

Organisation lodges proceedings against broadband providers in Ireland

British and Irish World Cup 2030 bid facing Chinese challenge

The English FA and Ireland have been considering a joint bid for at least 12 months

Sheffield United Women player faces sack if racism claims are proved

Tottenham Ladies defender Renée Hector reported monkey noises were directed at her

Unai Emery: banana skin thrown at Aubameyang ‘unacceptable’

Arsenal coach condemns behaviour at Emirates Stadium as four charged over incidents

Mauricio Pochettino unhappy over balance of Spurs squad in Europe

Manager forced to omit Juan Foyth against Inter due to Uefa rules

Manchester City FFP allegations examined by Uefa officials

European governing body looks into whether Premier League club acted dishonestly

Chelsea’s Hazard ruled out of BATE clash with back injury

Team’s best performer this season may also struggle to make Burnley game on Sunday

Fulham owner Shahid Khan withdraws offer to buy Wembley

Jacksonville Jaguars owner wanted to use Wembley to stage more NFL games

England prepare for surreal atmosphere in Croatia rematch

Almost empty ground will make for a peculiar experience for Southgate’s side

Theresa May backs bid to bring 2030 World Cup to UK and Ireland

UK prime minister would offer Government support if FAs put together official bid

FA board approves sale of Wembley Stadium for €673m

Fulham owner Shahid Khan will submit detailed proposal to council next month

FA condemn Burnley fans’ booing of Brighton’s Bong

Brighton manager Hughton says reaction of the supporters was shameful

FA’s Harry Kane tweet strikes a sour note with Pochettino

Tweet mocking Spurs striker over 2-1 loss to United was ‘embarrassing’ and ‘a shame’

Security increased at West Ham as uncertainty reigns

Moyes tells players to show strength of character as they take on Southampton

Former England women’s boss banned by Uefa for three games

Mark Sampson found to have intimidated an official and ‘waved a metal pole above his head’

FA chief says poppy is not divisive - but Pep’s yellow ribbon is

Despite stance of James McClean and others, English FA chief refuses to compare poppy

How does Pep Guardiola feel about his ambassador role for Qatar 2022?

The only way to solve dispute between Man City boss and the FA is a conversation

Pep Guardiola has eyes on a treble after Wembley win

Manager will defy English FA by wearing yellow ribbon in support of Catalan politicians

Mourinho v Conte: unseemly feud reflects badly on both combatants

Mourinho struck the rawest of nerves when he brought up the match-fixing case

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