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‘The World Cup became a race against time for me. Now I feel good, in form and super-focused with the mentality that I want to succeed and lift the trophy’ Alexia Putellas on her Euro 2025 dream this summer
EXCLUSIVE Alexia Putellas is ready to add a European title to the World Cup win she played a bit part in for Spain in 2023
“The whole family were Arsenal fans, but my mum said, ‘I’m supporting Spurs to piss them off!’ She was a striker and modelled herself on Jimmy Greaves” Badminton star Gail Emms on her Lioness star mum’s love for football
EXCLUSIVE Olympic medal-winning badminton star Gail Emms has written a book about her Lioness mother and the rest of the 1971 World Cup team
‘It’s always been volatile between Wimbledon and MK, but I don’t mind it. The club’s identity has changed and is a million miles away from 20 years ago’ Dean Lewington looks back at English football’s most controversial rebrand two decades on
EXCLUSIVE Wimbledon upped sticks from their south London home in September 2003, re-naming their club at the end of that season
‘I came close to signing for West Brom, then bumped into David Platt in a pub. He and Roberto Mancini lived down the road, so that’s how the talks started’: How Owen Hargreaves swapped Manchester United for Man City
EXCLUSIVE Hargreaves moved to Manchester United's cross-town rivals at the end of his injury-hit Old Trafford spell
‘A vastly underrated centre-back who didn’t get near an England squad – he was uncompromising, read the game incredibly well and was a tidy footballer’ Stan Collymore on the best Nottingham Forest players he played alongside
EXCLUSIVE Stan Collymores Perfect XI features a host of Nottingham Forest stars
‘My dad always encouraged me to make my mark early. I was facing Tevez and decided to put a marker on him. It didn’t seem to bother him too much, though’ Liam Ridgewell recalls the tackle that left Sir Alex Ferguson fuming
EXCLUSIVE A 2008 tackle on Carlos Tevez left Birmingham City defender in Sir Alex Ferguson’s bad books
‘People were naked all the time in the Crazy Gang – that was the punishment for anything: birthdays, scoring a goal, winning a game. You’d get stripped’ Dean Lewington takes us inside the Wimbledon dressing room
EXCLUSIVE The Crazy Gang more than lived up to their name as English football’s most outlandish club
‘I glanced back and saw Chelsea’s England lads pointing at the top-left corner, as they knew where I’d shoot – but I backed myself and smashed it top-left’ Owen Hargreaves recalls Manchester United’s 2008 Champions League victory
EXCLUSIVE Owen Hargreaves did not shy away from taking a penalty in the all-English Champions League final in 2008
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James Ward-Prowse and Erin Cuthbert back new innovative football training device
The Curl Master ONE is designed to help players improve their ball curling technique
West Ham clarify Michail Antonio future after star is officially 'released'
The West Ham striker continues to recover from a serious car accident that he suffered in December
World Cup 2026 power rankings: Are Lionel Messi and Argentina still the team to beat?
World Cup 2026 is just 12 months away - so what kind of shape are each of the leading contenders in?
Arsenal report: Benjamin Sesko price revealed, with deal close
The Gunners have been heavily linked with the Slovenia forward in recent weeks
Youri Tielemans drops update on Aston Villa future following Champions League failure
Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans emerged as a key player for Villa this season as the club missed out on a top-five finish
“At 10 Downing Street, Cherie Blair said, ‘You’re the Canadian player – why do you play for England?’ I was like, ‘Sorry, what?’ It was odd and it kind of hurt” Owen Hargreaves opens up on dealing with criticism over his international allegiances
EXCLUSIVE The Canadian-born midfielder has an English father and a Welsh mother
‘Working for Mourinho was a great experience – he was a master at motivating and knew how to strike the right chord with each player. We were his soldiers’ Andriy Shevchenko on his loyalty to his former Chelsea boss
EXCLUSIVE Jose Mourinho was in charge at Stamford Bridge when the Ukrainian completed his £30million move from AC Milan
‘I knew she was special when she came into the England squad – I felt like she was next in line. Going to Arsenal has been great – her game’s been elevated’ Ellen White on Alessia Russo’s continued rise
EXCLUSIVE Russo is set to lead the line when England look to defend their European crown in Switzerland this summer
‘Players are being flogged. If I were Manchester City, I’d declare my entire first team injured and send the youth team to the Club World Cup. I think it’s a joke’ David James warns FIFA over burnout risk
EXCLUSIVE The newly expanded Club World Cup will see 32 teams compete in the USA over the next month
‘Ian Rush gave me a pair of Nike boots and I treasured them for years. I tried playing with them once, until my big toes poked through the toe area!’ How a Liverpool legend helped inspire Andriy Shevchenko
EXCLUSIVE Former AC Milan and Chelsea striker Shevchenko has recalled an early encounter with the Liverpool and Wales legend
‘Winning the Euros was an incredible moment. For me, it was seeing the journey, how people got behind us, how the country fell in love with the team’ Fran Kirby opens up on England’s Euro 2022 victory
EXCLUSIVE The Brighton midfielder announced her international retirement earlier this week
‘I felt privileged to swap a club like Bayern for one like Manchester United, with the history those clubs have. Sir Alex didn’t have to say much to convince me’ Owen Hargreaves on moving from one European giant to another
EXCLUSIVE Hargreaves swapped Bavaria for Old Trafford in a £17million move in 2007
‘Players are competitive by nature and they’ll want to get their hands on it. We have an opportunity for some young players to show us what they’re made of’ John Terry outlines what to expect at the revamped Club World Cup
EXCLUSIVE The former Chelsea skipper is looking forward to the expanded 32-team tournament which kicks off this month
‘I wasn’t concentrating on Shevchenko’s penalty. I was focusing on taking the next one for us, which was terrifying. I was absolutely sh**ting my pants’ Steven Gerrard recalls Miracle of Istanbul penalty shootout
EXCLUSIVE Gerrard was due to be the next man up in the 2005 Champions League final penalty shootout
‘The parade was mind-blowing, I saw four people on top of a tree – I was afraid it would come down with them!’ Bruno Guimaraes doesn’t think Newcastle United’s first domestic trophy triumph in 70 years will sink in until he retires
EXCLUSIVE Bruno Guimaraes wore the armband when the Magpies ended their seven-decade wait for a major domestic trophy this season
