Football Focus: Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah on hat-tricks, England hopes and home cooking
Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah tells Football Focus reporter Michael Timbs how, having grown up in south-east London, he did not think he would have a football career, let alone score a Premier League hat-trick and earn an England cap. Watch the full interview on Football Focus at 12:00 GMT on Saturday 11 November on BBC […]
Football news: Man Utd beaten, Rashford red card, VAR, Arsenal, Champions League – Live
Football news: Man Utd beaten, Rashford red card, VAR, Arsenal, Champions League – Live – BBC Sport Summary Man Utd beaten 4-3 in Champions League at FC Copenhagen after controversial Marcus Rashford red card Arsenal remain top of their group with 2-0 win against Sevilla Harry Kane scores twice as Bayern Munich reach last 16 […]
Sarina Wiegman says female manager in English men’s professional football ‘only a matter of time’
Sarina Wiegman was named Uefa women’s coach of the year in August Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman believes it is only “a matter of time” before a female manager takes full-time charge of a English professional men’s team. Hannah Dingley briefly took over at League Two club Forest Green Rovers in the summer, but on an […]
Independent regulator for football outlined in King’s Speech
Football fans protested outside stadiums following the announcement of the European Super League in April 2021 The plan for a new independent regulator in English football has been outlined in the King’s Speech. In February, the government announced plans to appoint a regulator, following a fan-led review last year. King Charles said the Football Governance […]
Tottenham 1-4 Chelsea: Unpacking nine VAR checks in chaotic half of football
Reece James was the subject to one of several VAR red card checks at Tottenham Jamie Carragher called it “box office”, commentator Peter Drury said it was “carnage and chaos”. After a weekend of more managerial ranting about video assistant referees (VAR), referee Michael Oliver and his PGMOL boss Howard Webb were probably hoping for […]
Premier League fantasy football tips: Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland, Darwin Nunez, Eddie Nketiah
There feels like a bit of a fantasy football buzz about strikers going into gameweek 11 with Darwin Nunez and Eddie Nketiah right at the top of the wanted list. The problem is that a lot of us already own a combination of Erling Haaland, Ollie Watkins and Julian Alvarez and none of those are […]
Football Focus: Dominik Szoboszlai says Liverpool can achieve ‘everything’ this season
Liverpool midfielder and Hungary captain Dominik Szoboszlai tells Kelly Somers about his formative years being coached by his dad – and of his ambitions for the Reds this season. Available to UK users only. Watch Football Focus, Saturday 28 October, 12:00 BST on BBC iPlayer and BBC One and get all the best Liverpool news […]
‘England’s greatest ever player’ – football pays tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton
The world of football has united in tribute to Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton, who died on Saturday. Charlton, who “passed peacefully in the early hours of the morning” after being diagnosed with dementia in 2020, lifted three league titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup in a distinguished 17-year career […]
Football Focus: Matt Turner on his ‘dream’ journey from New Jersey to Premier League
Football Focus’ Liam Loftus talks with Nottingham Forest and USA goalkeeper Matt Turner about his “dream” journey from New Jersey to the Premier League. Watch Football Focus at 12:00 BST on Saturday, 21 October on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app. Available to UK users only. Get all the latest […]
FA Cup: Reforms to the English football calendar could see third and fourth round replays scrapped
National League side Chesterfield drew 3-3 with Championship club West Brom in the third round of the FA Cup last season, before losing the replay at the Hawthorns 4-0 FA Cup third and fourth round replays and the two-legged EFL Cup semi-finals are expected to be scrapped as part of reforms to the English football […]