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ENGLAND: Premier League Brighton - Aston Villa 4-0Manchester City - Bournemouth 2-1Newcastle - Liverpool 2-2 FRANCE: Ligue 1 Angers - Lille 0-2Le Havre - Monaco 0-1Rennes - PSG 2-2 ITALY: Serie A Frosinone - Juventus 0-1Venezia - Lecce 0-2Atalanta - Sassuolo 2-1Torino - AC Milan 1-2 NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie G.A. Eagles - Den Haag 3-1PSV - Groningen 5-1Cambuur - Feyenoord 2-5 SPAIN: LaLiga Atl. Madrid - Villarreal 2-2Getafe - Racing Santander 1-0Elche - Barcelona 0-5*PHOTO CAPTION: Liverpool players celebrating the away draw against Newcastle... today.

ENGLAND: Premier League Hull - Manchester Utd 2-0Everton - Crystal Palace 2-0Ipswich - Sunderland 2-1Nottingham - Leeds 0-1Brentford - Tottenham 3-0 FRANCE: Ligue 1 Lens - Auxerre 5-2Le Mans - Brest 2-2Nice - Lorient 0-0Toulouse - Lyon 0-2Troyes - Paris FC 0-0 GERMANY: Super Cup Dortmund - Bayern Munich 1-2 ITALY: Serie A Inter - Monza 4-1Udinese - Como 1-1Genoa - Napoli 0-2Parma - Cagliari 0-1 NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie Sittard - AZ Alkmaar 0-2Sparta Rotterdam - Utrecht 3-3PostponedNijmegen - Excelsior -Heerenveen - Zwolle 0-2 SPAIN: LaLiga Ath Bilbao - Sevilla 1-3Valencia - Celta Vigo 0-0Espanyol - Real Madrid 1-2*PHOTO CAPTION: Real…

By Will Unwin, at the MKM Stadium Ever since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement 13 years ago, Manchester United, popularly known as Man U, have been stuck in football’s equivalent of purgatory and a chastening experience in Hull today suggests they could be there a while longer. Coach Michael Carrick’s permanent appointment was supposed to hail a new era at Old Trafford but very little has changed based on today's 2-0 away defeat. United were sluggish from start to finish and rightly punished for failing to defend set pieces with any degree of competence. Centre-backs Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy earned…

*'The Future You Admire In Europe Can Be Built In Nigeria. But It Starts With Your Vote' *'Nigeria Has Produced World-class Footballers Who Have Excelled In Europe Because They Found Systems That Reward Merit, Invest In Infrastructure, Ensure Security, And Are Governed With Competence And Accountability. Great Football Does Not Exist In Isolation. It Grows Where There Is Good Governance' Presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has taken his campaign for the 16 January, 2027 poll to Nigerian youths over the much-loved European football leagues. As European leagues, which have many Nigerians, especially the youth, as fanatical…

*Score 3 Unreplied Goals By Ed Aarons, at The Emirates What a difference a title makes. The last time Arsenal played in front of their own supporters, you could cut the nervous tension with a knife as Mikel Arteta’s side scraped to a 1-0 victory over already relegated Burnley. On Friday (21 August), 95 days on and having ended their long wait to be crowned champions the following night when Manchester City slipped up against Bournemouth, Arsenal gave Coventry a rude awakening in the latter's first Premier League game for 25 years. It’s now 46 matches since Arsenal lost at…

*Post-Guardiola Era In City Begins Shakily *Haaland Walks Off Field Hands Behind Back Manchester City fans are scratching their heads and, though it is still too early in the day, wondering if their club's hiring of sacked Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca was a wise decision, following City's 3-0 loss today to Premiership champions Arsenal, in the Community Shield. For Maresca, a miserable first meaningful game in charge of City that began with Arsenal seizing the lead after 24 seconds ended with Mikel Arteta’s side lifting the Community Shield. Arsenal eviscerated City, Riccardo Calafiori’s smart early opener after Myles Lewis-­Skelly’s brilliant…

By Nick Ames Europe’s leading clubs threatened not to participate in future Club World Cups (CWCs) unless Gianni Infantino withdrew his FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme, issuing their ultimatum hours before the plan was scrapped. In a letter to the FIFA Secretary General, Mattias Grafström, the influential European Football Clubs (EFC) group warned that its cooperation with future tournaments would hinge on Infantino backing down. It said the threat would hold unless a joint venture between EFC and FIFA – a framework for which has already been agreed – is completed before television rights can be sold for the 2028…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Sokoto State Government has approved the sum of N1.759 billion for the procurement of 1,000 Bajaj-brand motorcycles for security agencies as part of measures to strengthen operations against banditry across the North-Western state. The approval was made at the sixth regular meeting of the State Executive Council (SEC) for 2026, chaired by the Deputy Governor, Idris Muhammad Gobir. The motorcycles are expected to improve the mobility and operational capacity of security personnel, particularly in communities and areas affected by bandit attacks. The latest procurement comes shortly after the state government acquired 62 armoured vehicles at a…

Luis Enrique says it doesn’t matter what sport he is playing – football, tennis, padel or parchis, a board game – he wants to win every game, all the time. In Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), he has built a winning machine, the back-to-back Champions League victors maintaining their habit by conquering Aston Villa in an absorbing Super Cup contest in Salzburg tonight, Wednesday, 12 August. For PSG, after the joy of Munich and Budapest, three months ago, does a Champions League three-peat in Madrid in May beckon? They will surely go close. Aston Villa more than played their part in an…

*Speaks On Fashion, Life At Udinese, Others By Emanuele Guilianelli When Maduka Okoye visited Paris fashion week for the Jean Paul Gaultier show, taking his seat in the front row alongside rapper Cardi B, the online reaction was swift. Within hours, footage of the Udinese and Nigeria goalkeeper was all over TikTok and Instagram – where his audience now stretches near to two million followers – transforming the appearance into a viral cultural moment that crossed beyond the boundaries of football. There is also unfinished business with Nigeria. Watching the World Cup from his living room was far from ideal.…