Africa’s biggest club competitions return this weekend as the Group Stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup gets underway across the continent. A star-studded field features reigning TotalEnergies CAF Champions League winners Pyramids FC, record 12-time champions Al Ahly, four-time winners Espérance de Tunis, South African powerhouse Mamelodi Sundowns, Moroccan giants RS Berkane and AS FAR, alongside ambitious challengers fr

The fourth set of league phase matches in the Uefa Women's Champions League take place across Wednesday and Thursday, with some teams already closing in on progression to the knockout stage. The expanded 18 teams are competing over six matchdays, with the top four teams progressing directly to the quarter-finals and the sides finishing between fifth and 12th advancing to February's knockout round play-offs, where they will vie to complete the last-eight line-up. All times CET

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has officially unveiled the Top Three Nominees in each of the Men’s Categories of the highly anticipated CAF Awards 2025. The prestigious event will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on 19 November, celebrating the exceptional performances and achievements that have defined African football this year. Leading the charge for the Player of the Year Top prize are Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain) a

We are 11 weeks into the Premier League season, with almost the first third of the campaign now completed. As the final international break of 2025 begins, we're taking stock of what we’ve learnt from 2025/26 so far. Set-pieces, long throws and direct football are back in fashion The headline feature of this Premier League season is a sudden return to what might be called a more conservative or old-school way of playing the game. Last year felt like a new peak of clubs sticki

Here we look back on a thrilling weekend of action, including late equalisers for Man Utd and Sunderland As they headed off for the last international break of 2025, Arsenal’s players were finally reminded what it feels like to concede and not win, with Manchester City seizing the opportunity to capitalise. Pep Guardiola’s side now sit just four points off the league leaders after easing past reigning champions Liverpool, a day after Arsenal’s 10-game winning streak in all co

The third set of league phase matches in the Uefa Women's Champions League will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday, with fixtures including the latest showdown between OL Lyonnes and Wolfsburg – two of five clubs going into Matchday 3 on a maximum six points. The expanded 18 teams are competing over six matchdays, with the top four teams progressing directly to the quarter-finals and the sides finishing between fifth and 12th advancing to February's knockout round play-offs,

The 11th round of the 2025/26 Premier League season could have a huge impact on the standings. Eight of the 10 fixtures will be played between two teams who are closely placed in the table, meaning there could be plenty of movement over the weekend. Here are 10 key questions ahead of the action. Will Frank lean into conservative football to lay a trap for Man Utd? The primary criticism being levelled at Thomas Frank's Tottenham Hotspur side, who have won just four points from

All you need to know from another thrilling set of games, including wins for Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool Another week, another Arsenal win and another clean sheet; the league leaders continue to look imperious at the Premier League summit after victory at Burnley. Wins for Manchester City and Liverpool give the top of the table a familiar look, putting the two most recent champions second and third respectively. City’s triumph over AFC Bournemouth saw the losers slip to f

A thrilling rematch between reigning champions Pyramids FC of Egypt and Moroccan giants RS Berkane will headline the 2025/26 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League group stage after the official draw was conducted at the studios of CAF Broadcast Partner SuperSport in Johannesburg on Monday. A star-studded field featuring seven former African champions and the reigning title-holders promises one of the most competitive group phases in recent memory. Group A headlines the narrative

The league phase of the 2025/26 Uefa Champions League reaches the halfway stage on Matchday 4 and there are plenty of intriguing storylines among the 18 matches to come. Here we take a look at the key facts and stats from every fixture. All matches kick off at 9pm CET unless stated. Tuesday Slavia Praha v Arsenal (6.45pm) The most recent meeting between these teams came in the quarter-finals of the 2020/21 Europa League. The first leg in London ended 1-1, before Arsenal won t

Can Dyche end Man Utd’s winning streak on home league debut? Sean Dyche’s first match in charge of Nottingham Forest, a 2-0 Uefa Europa League victory over Porto at the City Ground, was a phenomenal way to start the job and we should not pay too much attention to what happened next. AFC Bournemouth away is one of the most difficult matches in the Premier League right now, made even harder by the three-day turnaround from Forest’s last match. Dyche’s Premier League home debut

Here we look back on a thrilling weekend of action, including a sensational win for Sunderland at Stamford Bridge When will Sunderland’s train stop chugging? With victory at Chelsea, Regis Le Bris’ promoted side climbed to fourth in the Premier League table to continue their remarkable start to the campaign. Their rise was aided by defeats for champions Liverpool – who suffered their fourth consecutive league loss – and Manchester City, while Arsenal sit imperious at the summ

Can Liverpool build on their Frankfurt win at Brentford? The hope inside Liverpool is that a 5-1 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Uefa Champions League on Wednesday was the moment Arne Slot’s summer rebuild clicked into gear. Andrew Robertson and Jeremie Frimpong excelled as a partnership, Florian Wirtz got his first assists and Hugo Ekitike worked well with Alexander Isak. Has Slot found the team to get Liverpool back in their groove? Maybe but it’s a bit more complicat

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has unveiled the nominees in the Men’s Categories for the CAF Awards 2025, celebrating the continent’s top performers among players, coaches, clubs and national teams. The impact of players and coaches on the African and global game has been immense for the period under consideration of 6 January to 15 October 2025 and these nominations reflect those who have made major contributions to football on the continent. A panel of expert

Amorim has his Man Utd lift-off moment as Liverpool flirt with crisis If Manchester United find success under Ruben Amorim there is no question that Sunday’s victory over Liverpool will be looked back upon as the moment things clicked. Man Utd's first league win at Anfield since January 2016, securing back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time under Amorim, provided a psychological boost that should increase belief in the project inside and outside the club; the visi

The Uefa Champions League resumes with the best of the best locking horns once more on Matchday 3. There will be emotional reunions for the likes of Thomas Delaney, Noa Lang, Eric Dier, Jorrel Hato and Hugo Ekitiké and another chapter written in the great rivalry between Real Madrid and Juventus. Here we take a look at the key facts and stats from every fixture as the league phase continues. Tuesday Barcelona v Olympiacos (6.45pm) The only previous Uefa competition matches be

Can Man Utd cause a shock at Anfield? The headline fixture of the weekend is arguably the single biggest match of the 2025/26 Premier League season so far. This is a north-west derby loaded with meaning, the fallout almost certain to dominate the news for the week after. Liverpool have spent the international break stewing on a run of three consecutive defeats in all competitions that culminated with a defeat at Stamford Bridge that knocked them off top spot. Losing on Sunday

Uefa Women's Champions League action continues on Wednesday and Thursday with the second set of league phase games. This is the second of the six matchdays, following the openers last Tuesday and Wednesday, with the top four teams progressing directly to the quarter-finals and the sides finishing between fifth and 12th advancing to February's knockout phase play-offs, where they will compete to complete the last-eight line-up. Here we preview the action, with former winners B

Caicedo performance highlights what Liverpool are missing this season Arne Slot has lost three games in a row in all competitions for the...

Here we preview the start of the new-look league phase with highlights including Arsenal v OL Lyonnes and Barcelona v Bayern München. The...