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Hayley Raso scored a first-half double and Mary Fowler struck after the break as Australia crushed Canada 4-0 to storm into the last 16 of the Women's World Cup and send the Olympic champions spinning out of the tourname...

Injured Wrexham striker Paul Mullin is to convalesce at the home of the club's co-owner Rob McElhenney for a "couple of weeks" before being able to leave the United States. Mullin suffered a punctured lung on July 26 aft...

Fabinho has completed his move from Liverpool to Al-Ittihad, the Saudi Pro League club have confirmed. The Brazilian becomes the second Liverpool player to move to Saudi Arabia following Jordan Henderson's switch to Al-E...

Virgil van Dijk has been appointed as Liverpool captain following the departure of Jordan Henderson, the Premier League club have announced. The 32-year-old, who arrived at Anfield from Southampton in 2018 and has made 2...

Joleon Lescott warned that Erling Haaland cannot be expected to break even more records after his remarkable debut season in England. Haaland arrived in the Premier League in style last term, scoring 36 goals – a compe...

Rangers will begin their defence of the Sky Sports Cup with a trip to SWPL rivals Hearts on September 3.

Luke Shaw says Manchester United must up their game and end Manchester City's dominance after the pain of watching their rivals' treble triumph. The 28-year-old left-back is now the longest-serving first-team player at O...

Republic of Ireland boss Vera Pauw said she did not feel it was her last match in the job after the Girls In Green bowed out of the World Cup by securing an historic point. Having been beaten 1-0 by co-hosts Australia an...

Bayern Munich remain significantly short of Tottenham's valuation of Harry Kane after representatives from both clubs met in London on Monday.

Manchester United are finalising a £72m deal to sign striker Rasmus Hojlund from Atalanta.

Referees' chief Howard Webb says standards of behaviour in the English game have been "allowed to decline" over a period of many years and insists it is vital a new code of conduct is followed by everyone to address it. ...

Co-hosts Australia cruised into the last 16 while Spain were stunned by Japan. The Republic of Ireland secured their first World Cup point as they concluded their campaign with a 0-0 draw against Nigeria. Here, the PA ne...

Boss Vera Pauw said her players were bowing out as "world stars" after the Republic of Ireland's debut Women's World Cup campaign concluded with them securing a historic point. Having seen their last-16 hopes end followi...

Al Hilal have made an offer worth €140m (£120.3m) to Napoli for striker Victor Osimhen, with wages on offer in the region of £1m per week.

This is the week that Sarina Wiegman has to show the world why she is considered one of the best coaches in the women's game.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has told fans not to expect a £15million signing but he hopes to add more talented players to his squad in the next month. Celtic have signed five players since Rodgers returned - Norwegia...

The Republic of Ireland secured their first Women's World Cup point as they concluded their debut major tournament campaign with a 0-0 draw against Nigeria, who advance to the last 16 as Group B runners-up. Courtney Bros...

Chelsea and Barcelona are understood to be the clubs working hardest to pull off a player-plus-cash deal for Paris St Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe. Sources close to PSG have indicated the Blues' co-owner Todd Boehly i...

Rasmus Hojlund is on the brink of joining Manchester United from Atalanta. The clubs have agreed a deal in principle worth £64million for the highly-rated Denmark striker. Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at...

England boss Sarina Wiegman refused to reveal whether or not Keira Walsh's knee injury was World Cup-ending as she fielded questions ahead of the final group game against China in Adelaide. The Lionesses need just a poin...

Zambia's Barbra Banda scored the 1,000th goal in Women's World Cup history as her side signed off with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica. Both teams had already been eliminated, but after Lushomo Mweemba scored Zambia's first ev...

A crackdown on time-wasting and dissent as well as a much stricter policing of the bench and technical areas are at the heart of new refereeing guidelines that will be in force for the start of the football season.