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  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Football players and leagues to lodge anti-Fifa complaint with Brussels

    Groups say governing body’s moves harm ‘economic interests and player welfare’ as dispute deepens over crowded calendar

    Players from Real Madrid and Barcelona compete for the ball
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Manchester United PLC
    Ratcliffe’s race to reboot Man Utd extends beyond the pitch

    New billionaire owner has embarked on sweeping changes in an effort to restore club’s fortunes

    FT montage from left: Jim Ratcliffe, Rasmus Hojlund, Alejandro Garnacho and Diogo Dalot
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Friedkin family’s deal to buy Everton FC collapses

    Club to explore ‘alternative options’ after talks end with US car-dealing billionaire

    A corner flag inside Goodison Park, Everton’s current stadium
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Was Gareth Southgate great, or just lucky?

    The former England manager elevated the national team, but easy routes through tournaments flatter his record

    Montage of images of Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Bob Iger and wife Willow Bay strike record deal for US women’s football club

    Disney CEO makes his first foray into sports ownership in agreement to purchase Angel City FC as interest in the league grows

    Angel City FC goalkeeper DiDi Haračić
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Gareth Southgate
    Southgate resigns as England football manager

    Former player says it is ‘time for change’ at helm of men’s national team after eight-year tenure

    Gareth Southgate applauds supporters
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Copa América football final marred by crowd chaos in Miami

    Match delayed more than an hour after fans try to ‘forcibly enter’ stadium without tickets

    Fans attempt to enter Hard Rock Stadium in Miami ahead of the Copa América final between Argentina and Colombia on Sunday
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    French football league agrees last-minute broadcast deal

    Accord with DAZN and beIN helps stave off financial crisis at some clubs but locks in a lower price than first expected 

    Gianluigi Donnarumma of Paris Saint-Germain
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    Uefa Men's European championship
    Spanish teamwork exposes England’s lack of co-ordination

    La Roja’s well-drilled pressing game exposed limitations of Gareth Southgate’s team

    Spain’s Lamine Yamal celebrates
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    Uefa Men's European championship
    Spain beat England 2-1 to win Euro 2024 final

    Late strike dashes Gareth Southgate’s hopes of major championship win

    Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal, centre, scores his side’s second goal
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Person in the News
    Gareth Southgate, the manager tackling England’s fear of failure

    As his team reaches the final of Euro 2024, no one in the history of English men’s football can match his record

    Illustration of Gareth Southgate smiling and fistpumping while wearing an England shirt with and England flag in the background
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Chinese groups take centre stage in Euro 2024 advertising drive

    Move underlines global pulling power of football and live sport to help companies boost sales and profits

    England’s Harry Kane in front of the sponsors’ wall for Euro 2024 with the logos of brands including Atos, Strauss, BYD, Coca-Cola, Hisense, Betano and Alpay
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Staveley to sell Newcastle United stake to PIF and Reuben Brothers

    Top shareholders strengthen their grip on Premier League club with buyout of British dealmaker

    Amanda Staveley
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Uefa Men's European championship
    Young wingers give Spanish football a fresh face

    Black stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams help steer La Roja to Euro final but racial tensions still dog Spanish game

    Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal together and separately
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    UEFA Germany 2024
    England’s overworked footballers give Spain advantage in Euros final

    Statistics suggest that ‘supersized’ and brand new tournaments are pushing elite players to the limit

    Rodri, Bellingham
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    France’s football league in last-ditch talks over TV deal

    DAZN and Amazon return to negotiations as pressure grows to find solution

    Kylian Mbappé reacts after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League group F football match between BVB Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain in December 2023
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Simon Kuper's EurosSimon Kuper
    Dutch players strive to live up to a glorious tradition

    Today’s Oranje have a dearth of quality but can still prosper using the country’s inherited intelligence about the game

    Cody Gakpo, left, Ronald Koeman, centre, Memphis Depay
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    HTSIThe HTSI adrenaline issue
    15 buys for football fans

    Wear your heart on your sleeve – and your legs, hands and feet 

    Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane at the England vs Slovakia UEFA Euro 2024 match, 30 June 2024
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Rebecca Watson
    The Euros give a glimpse of a purer patriotism

    Following the national team makes me aspire to an Englishness I’m comfortable with

  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Uefa Men's European championship
    The case for an England victory in the Euros

    Dull passing game has dogged favourites until quarter-finals but easier route leaves them well placed for glory

    Montage including Gareth Southgate, Jude Bellingham and John Stones
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The beautiful game in ugly times — a Euro 2024 journey

    Following the England team in Germany, Gideon Rachman watches new football stars emerge in the shadow of war and a resurgent far right

    Young men in blue or white football shirts, some of the draped in England flags, look up tensely. Some of them hold a hand to their head
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Henry Mance
    With Gareth Southgate, we’ve gone from ‘Dear England’ to ‘dear me’

    Fans are demanding more but the manager still admirably refuses to blame anyone but himself

    England’s head coach Gareth Southgate gestures to fans
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Premier League
    English Premier League clubs forecast to post record collective revenues

    Teams expect to benefit from changes to European competitions, higher ticket prices and stadium capacity

    Manchester City’s Erling Haaland kicks the ball past Luton Town’s defender Daiki Hashioka
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    Do I have to like football now?

    There is still a choice, but you have to be ruthless. Only total indifference will do

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Dan Friedkin, the stunt-pilot billionaire circling Everton FC

    US car sales tycoon and AS Roma proprietor owns Hollywood production studios and flew a Spitfire in film ‘Dunkirk’

    Dan Friedkin with an AS Roma trophy.
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