Football

Another transfer window shows a sport increasingly at wild odds with the lives of those who follow it

Not for the first time, France's national football squad is going into a major tournament facing internal strife

After so many false starts, will this be the season Paris Saint-Germain finally attain their Holy Grail of the Champions League?

The Dutchman is just the latest Manchester United manager to struggle to shake off the ghost of Alex Ferguson

Barcelona, heavily in debt, have managed to go on a summer spending spree

Sarina Wiegman, the mastermind of that Euros win, is steeped in a rich coaching tradition

We should have just enjoyed a World Cup, but money means this year's will take place in winter

When the Women’s Euros begin this week, some will carp about a quality gap with the men’s game. The rest of us will just enjoy the skill and the spectacle

The fictionalised story of a real Swedish football prodigy’s struggles tells ugly truths about the beautiful game

The 1954 West Germany captain will always be remembered for the Miracle of Bern but an earlier game was far more important

The Portuguese capital is fast becoming the go-to place for elite football clubs looking for the world's best young talent

Ukraine's captain, Andriy Yarmolenko, epitomises his team's cause but a play-off against Wales had a sting in the tale

Zlatan Ibrahimović could be forced to draw the curtain on an epic career. Meanwhile Italian football more generally is finding its place in Europe's ecosystem

Liverpool and Real Madrid are the last two teams standing in Europe’s – the world’s – most prized club competition, the Uefa Champions League

Chelsea's attempt to change their luck by wearing yellow in the FA Cup final didn't pay off

The Europa League final represents the night of a lifetime for Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers fans, but the cost of getting there will be a challenge

He was born in Malta, played in the first-ever final, rose to become a British army Colonel and ended his days as an Irish republican

In agreeing new contracts at Liverpool and Manchester City, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are putting down roots that are rare in modern life, let alone in the ephemeral world of football

In Erik ten Hag Manchester United have appointed a manager steeped in the finest Dutch traditions

A year on from the failed attempt to make European football a closed shop, the sport's administrators still want to tinker with the Champions League

The proposal to give Ukraine a bye to the World Cup is a worthy one - but Fifa has never gone down that route

Missing the country's second World Cup in a row, Italy's European Championship victory last summer now appears like a blue mirage

Not for the first time in recent history, Barcelona is playing beautifully while living on bank loans that almost defy financial gravity

Paris St Germain's superstar project has failed and the fans are turning their fire on their expensive acquisitions

Chelsea’s future is uncertain and manager Thomas Tuchel finds himself asked questions about war and morality instead of tactics and injuries

Shakhtar Donetsk dream of being the Chelsea of the east, but just playing a game at home seems as far away as ever

Kurt Zouma's animal cruelty is just the latest wretched revelation for football, says ROB HUGHES

The Premier League club's decision to stick with a player videoed kicking a cat shows it exists in a moral vacuum, writes MATT WITHERS

Africa is finally getting something back from the long, long money trail that has procured its talents for the rich Europeans

Long deemed "unmanageable", Mario Balotelli might be the man to rescue Italy's World Cup qualification

ROB HUGHES on the potential return of Christian Eriksen, eight months after his heart stopped suddenly on the pitch

Lawyer Joe Tacopina has represented the great and the not-so-good. But what’s he doing as the owner of a club in Italy’s Serie B? By RYAN HERMAN