Soccer
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Graham Rix and Gwyn Williams accused of racism and bullying at ChelseaThree former youth-team footballers at Chelsea have launched legal claims against the club after allegations that black players were subjected to horrific racism by two of their own coaches -
City ready to walk away from Sánchez amid United interestManchester City are prepared to walk away from a deal to sign Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez on the basis that transfer fee, agent costs and wage demands are too high
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Phil Neville emerges as frontrunner for manager jobPhil Neville has emerged as a controversial frontrunner to become head coach of the England Women’s football team -
Mourinho feels ‘contempt’ for Chelsea's Conte after exchange of insultsJosé Mourinho claimed he felt ‘contempt’ for Antonio Conte, with Manchester United’s manager intent on drawing a line under the insults he and Chelsea counterpart have traded -
news
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Every deal in Europe's top five leaguesAll the moves in England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany as well as club-by-club guides
match previews
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Chelsea v Leicester CityChelsea are on a nine-match unbeaten run in all competitions and, while Leicester should test Antonio Conte’s side, the away side could struggle to keep pace with Eden Hazard
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Newcastle United v Swansea CitySwansea City need to beat Newcastle United to help calm fears of relegation but Carlos Carvalhal’s side may come unstuck if they are too gung-ho in attack
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football weekly
in depth
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10 things to look out for in the top-flight this weekendThe post-Coutinho era begins for Liverpool, Sam Allardyce looks to impress at Wembley and Riyad Mahrez has a chance to shine
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football awards
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The best players in the world 2017Our panel of 169 experts compile a list of the greatest male players in 2017
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60 of the world's best young talentsFrom Vinicius Júnior, who has joined Real Madrid, to ‘the Romanian Donnarumma’ we identify 60 of the best players in the world born in 2000
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The Guardian footballer of the year 2017His Common Goal project, in which players and managers donate 1% of their salary to charity, makes him a worthy recipient this year
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video
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Wenger defends Sánchez's attitude after draw at Chelsea
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger praises the commitment of Alexis Sánchez in the wake of continued reports suggesting the Chilean is keen on a move from the Emirates
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Coutinho completes transfer from Liverpool
Philippe Coutinho completed his move to Barcelona on Monday and signed a five-and-a-half-year contract at the Camp Nou
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Anything outside football is for the authorities
Everton manager Sam Allardyce and Liverpool counterpart Jürgen Klopp speak to the press after a fractious Merseyside derby.
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Behind the scenes with fans and police in BirminghamWe go behind the scenes at Birmingham City v Aston Villa to explore how police and fans interact with each other on match day
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The top 10 footballers on the planet
Luis Suárez, Antoine Griezmann and Alexis Sánchez are out of our top 10 but who has made it in?
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Mourinho says ‘£300m not enough’ for his team to compete
José Mourinho pointed to how Manchester City have bought full-backs 'for the price of strikers' after his side could only draw 2-2 with Burnley at Old Trafford
world football
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Saudi stadium welcomes women for first timeAl-Ahli v Al-Batin match at Jeddah stadium makes history as first to allow women to sit in designated family stands
opinion
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Where have all the mid-table clubs gone?The English top-flight likes to call itself the most competitive league in the world but this season a greater chasm than ever has opened between the big six and the rest
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Allardyce heads to Wembley with nothing to lose except Everton futureAllardyce has made Everton hard to beat but the attacking play has been poor and, starting against Tottenham Hotspur, needs to improve if he is going to be kept on by the club’s hierarchy
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Is spitting really football’s most heinous crime?A six-game ban for Samuel Sáiz is the mandatory FA punishment for spitting but is it really twice as bad as elbowing or punching?
regulars
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Featuring Chelsea, flamin' live TV woe and calendar miseryIn today’s Fiver: Chelsea and the neighbours, live TV woe and calendar misery
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Manchester United to sign Vardy or Hernández?Fyodor Smolov to West Ham? | Christian Pulisic to Manchester United? | Daniel Sturridge to somewhere else? | Riyad Mahrez to be confused?
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catch up
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Wenger squeezes into press box for hack’s view of actionWatching Arsenal’s manager watch the 0-0 first leg of a cup semi was more interesting than watching the 0-0 first leg of a league cup semi
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Fine China helps put English disappointment behind herThe Nigerian’s third African player of the year award, playing for Dalian Quanjian, has been the sweetest after a torrid time at Liverpool and Arsenal
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Liverpool might not miss Coutinho as much as thoughtLiverpool feels it has lost its key man in Philippe Coutinho but statistics do not back that up and suggest that, while Barcelona have signed a fine player, Jürgen Klopp has alternatives
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Mourinho v Conte: an unseemly spat that reflects badly on bothJosé Mourinho, in bringing up the match-fixing case in which Antonio Conte was cleared, struck the rawest of nerves but there is no halo above the Italian either
the big picture
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