Football

The Fiver | The Premier League trapdoor and gold-encrusted parachutes
In today’s Fiver: Relegation fears, partying in Frankfurt and much more
Rob Smyth
19, May, 2022 @2:56 PM

Forget the letter of the law, let’s brainstorm our way to a better game | Max Rushden
Football’s laws aren’t perfect so it’s at least worth trying to improve them. Grab a Sharpie and pull up a bean bag …
Max Rushden
19, May, 2022 @1:00 PM

Erik ten Hag to attend Manchester United’s game at Crystal Palace
Erik ten Hag will attend Manchester United’s game at Crystal Palace on Sunday before officially starting as the manager the next day
Jamie Jackson
19, May, 2022 @12:18 PM

Tottenham’s Chioma Ubogagu gets nine-month ban over banned substance
The Tottenham and England forward Chioma Ubogagu has publicly apologised after she was suspended from football for nine months for taking a banned substance
Paul MacInnes
19, May, 2022 @11:42 AM

US Soccer’s historic equal pay deal represents a hard-won peace
With the new collective bargaining agreements announced Wednesday by US Soccer and the players unions, everyone is finally on the same side
Beau Dure
19, May, 2022 @10:20 AM

NGO group says Fifa should pay £356m reparations to Qatar migrant workers
A group of NGOs has said Fifa should pay reparations of at least £356m to migrant workers whose human rights have been compromised by the Qatar World Cup
Paul MacInnes
19, May, 2022 @9:36 AM

Divock Origi agrees to join Milan when Liverpool contract expires this summer
Divock Origi will leave Liverpool when his contract ends this summer and is waiting to take a medical and sign a contract to join Milan
Fabrizio Romano
19, May, 2022 @9:35 AM

The highs, the lows, the reds and yellows: farewell Mike, Martin and Mossy | Hannah Jane Parkinson
Veteran referees Mike Dean, Jonathan Moss and Martin Atkinson are hanging up their boots – here, Big Brother style, are their best and worst bits
Hannah Jane Parkinson
19, May, 2022 @7:00 AM

Football fans taking cocaine at matches face five-year bans
Move comes in response to significant increase in disorder at games, much of which, police say, is driven by class A drugs
Euan O'Byrne Mulligan
19, May, 2022 @6:01 AM

‘It hurts’: Van Bronckhorst insists Rangers injuries affected shootout plans
Giovanni van Bronckhorst was rueful after Rangers’ dream of a first European trophy in 50 years ended by Eintracht Frankfurt
Sid Lowe at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
19, May, 2022 @12:01 AM

Kevin Trapp’s career-defining save lights up final for Euro nostalgists | Jonathan Wilson
Europa League final evoked showpieces of old and marked the moment Frankfurt’s goalkeeper became a hero
Jonathan Wilson at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
18, May, 2022 @10:36 PM

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers (5-4 pens): Europa League final – as it happened
Rangers led through Joe Aribo but Rafael Santos Borré equalised, then scored the winning penalty after Aaron Ramsey missed
Niall McVeigh
18, May, 2022 @10:28 PM
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