Player usage is the question for this game, as both Mikel Arteta and new City boss Enzo Maresca are evaluating how many minutes to give their stars still finding fitness after recent post-World Cup breaks.
The race for three coveted spots in the 2027-28 Premier League season is on as the 2026-27 Football League Championship season begins Friday at the Molineux Stadium.
The fortunes of the Premier League’s 2026-27 season will change dramatically this summer as 20 teams buy, sell, and loan players to prepare for their 38-match odyssey.
The World Cup is over and all eyes are on the 2026-27 Premier League season, where Arsenal will look to defend its crown and 19 other managers will look to make big statements with their clubs.
Since the start of the last Premier League season, Nottingham Forest have fired three managers and one of them was sacked in part because one of the coaches that Forest fired had brought West Ham hot upon their relegation-threatened heels.
The European season makes an early debut each year when the reigning winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League meet at a neutral site to play for the UEFA Super Cup.
Netherlands legend Johan Cruyff led a Barcelona revolution that led to Xavi Hernandez winning everything under Pep Guardiola. Will Xavi return the favor to the Netherlands?
Mo Salah and his new team will compete in Europa League qualification beginning August 20 when they meet Ferencvaros or Gornik Zabrze in the playoff round.
Giovanni Reyna has completed a move from Borussia Monchengladbach to Ligue 1 side Strasbourg for a reported $4.62 million, while a pair of Columbus-connected players have made moves to Middlesbrough.
The USMNT’s 2026 schedule continues after the World Cup, as the Stars and Stripes navigate a longer-than-usual September/October international break with four friendlies
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is a Premier League champion at long last, and his club have given him the keys to a vehicle that can repeat the feat and then some.
For Arsenal, it’s a statement of intent after losing the midfield battle and then some in their Champions League Final loss to PSG, where Mikel Arteta’s men were limited to 25% possession and lost in penalties.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced that he’s withdrawn his controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise plan to bring private investment into the World Cup after worldwide consternation and significant protest.
The second-longest tenured manager in the Premier League is no longer holding that title as Howe has left the Magpies about a month before the start of the 2026-27 season.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the move was “a golden opportunity to greatly increase the development of football around the world” that would fund infrastructure and national team building.”
Pochettino could become the first USMNT coach to work consecutive World Cups since Bruce Arena, and he’ll have the opportunity to lead the team through qualifying, a Gold Cup, and likely the 2028 Copa America in the United States.
