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Watch a selection of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's best goals for LA Galaxy as the 38-year-old announces he will be leaving the club after two seasons.

Oliver Burke hopes "game time" on loan to Alaves will boost his chance of starting for Scotland in Cyprus with his West Bromwich Albion future uncertain.

Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles will be out with a knee injury until the New Year, the club say.

Maldon & Tiptree's FA Cup second-round game against Newport County or Grimsby Town will be shown live on BBC Two on Friday, 29 November.

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Sancho wants to leave Dortmund, Rose to run down contract at Spurs, Juventus and Barcelona may move for Willian in January, plus more.

Sheffield United's John Fleck reveals what sits on his bedside table, while Billy Sharp does a good impression of a team-mate.

Sammy Walker is a transgender footballer who, after leaving Watford's academy as a teenage boy, has as an adult found a team where she feels she "belongs".

Sid Lowe tries to make sense of Atleti's struggles after a fourth draw in their last five La Liga matches. Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is facing three months on the sidelines due to a slipped disc in his neck with the club set to weigh up treatment options in the coming days. Costa had an X-ray to assess the discomfort he has felt this week. An Atletico statement said: "Costa suffers from a herniated cervical disc and in the next few days will be assessed by specialists in neurosurgery to establish the definitive treatment." The Spain international is expected to undergo surgery. He will be...

Callum Hudson-Odoi says he only needed one chat with Frank Lampard to be convinced to stay at Chelsea.

As England's men play their 1,000th match, against Montenegro on 14 November, here is your all-time XI.

England will name a "very young line-up" as they look to wrap up Euro 2020 qualification against Montenegro at Wembley on Thursday, says boss Gareth Southgate.

Manchester City forward Bernardo Silva is suspended for one match and fined £50,000 for his tweet relating to team-mate Benjamin Mendy.

Who needs what in the final block of Euro 2020 qualifiers to reach next summer's tournament?

Watch David Villa's stunning goal for Spain against Honduras at the 2010 World Cup, as the striker announces his retirement from football.

Shaka Hislop is scathing in his assessment of Bernado Silva's punishment for his controversial social media post.

Seattle beat Toronto FC 3-1 to secure their second MLS Cup win in franchise history. The Columbus Crew have acquired United States international midfielder Darlington Nagbe from Atlanta United for at least $1.05 million in allocation money, the club announced on Wednesday. Atlanta is receiving $700,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), $150,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and an international roster spot, all for the 2020 season. The Five Stripes will also receive $200,000 in TAM for the 2021 season. Should Nagbe hit certain performance-based incentives, Atlanta will receive...

Some surprise names came up on Shaka Hislop's best Premier League XI of players over 30.

Shaka Hislop rates the latest transfer rumours surrounding Ruben Neves, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric and more.

Former England striker Peter Crouch busts internet rumours about him including that nachos story in BBC Sport's Setting it Straight.

Sam Kerr, widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, signs for Women's Super League leaders Chelsea.

Alejandro Moreno says the Seattle Sounders had to "hold on" for 60 minutes vs. Toronto in the MLS Cup. Seattle beat Toronto FC 3-1 to secure their second MLS Cup win in franchise history. Inter Miami's first Major League Soccer home game will be against five-time MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy on March 14. The game, which will see Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham come face-to-face with his former side, kicks off at 2.30 p.m. ET at its new 19,000 seat Fort Lauderdale Stadium. "Football is not a sport, it's a lifestyle. What we are bringing to South Florida on March 14 is a club that unites fans and visitors from all over the world together for the love of the game," Jurgen Mainka,...

Megan Rapinoe reflects on the United States' World Cup success, discusses football's battles with racism and for equality, and speaks about her future.

Alejandro Moreno says the Seattle Sounders had to "hold on" for 60 minutes vs. Toronto in the MLS Cup. Veljko Paunovic has been fired as manager of the Chicago Fire, the club announced on Wednesday. The move follows Joe Mansueto's takeover of the club in September, as well as the announcement that the Fire will play its home games at Soldier Field next season. In terms of on-field performance, the move is not a surprise. Paunovic's record in Chicago was 41-58-37 over the course of his four seasons in the Windy City. Paunovic was unable to build upon the 2017 campaign that witnessed the arrival of...

Alejandro Moreno says the Seattle Sounders had to "hold on" for 60 minutes vs. Toronto in the MLS Cup. Veljko Paunovic has been fired as manager of the Chicago Fire sources have confirmed to ESPN FC. The Athletic was the first to report the news. The move follows Joe Mansueto's takeover of the club in September, as well as the announcement that the Fire will play its home games at Soldier Field next season. In terms of on-field performance, the move is not a surprise. Paunovic's record in Chicago was 41-58-37 over the course of his four seasons in the Windy City. Paunovic was unable to build upon...

A third MLS Cup would put the Sounders in rare air in Seattle sports history, making them the first major team to have three titles in short order.

Watch as Seattle Sounders fans celebrate the team’s second MLS Cup in a parade to Seattle Center.

Watch highlights as Hartlepool United cruise into round two of the FA Cup with a convincing 4-1 win over fellow National League side Yeovil Town.

BBC Sport's Eilidh Barber, Laura Bassett and Sue Smith discuss their highs and lows of the year in women's football.

Watch Yeovil's Courtney Duffus somehow fire the ball over the crossbar from the goalline during his side's 4-1 defeat by Hartlepool in the FA Cup first round.

To celebrate the Sounders' MLS Cup title, Emerald City Supporters led a parade that included two open-air, green buses carrying players, families, coaches and support staff up several blocks of 4th Avenue past thousands of flag-waving fans and set up shop on the Seattle Center lawn.

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe, in her Glamour Woman of the Year speech, said, "Colin Kaepernick is still effectively banned from the NFL."

Alex Morgan, a key member of the 2019 women's World Cup championship team, hopes to play in the 2020 Olympics despite expected a baby in April.

Just before the Sounders' first goal, Toronto says, a foul should've been called. It wasn't, and you can't take the MLS Cup title away from Seattle.

Pregame jitters eventually made way for joy as the Sounders won their second MLS Cup title. For soccer fans in Seattle, Sunday was the stuff of dreams.

Kelvin Leerdam got the Sounders on the board, Victor Rodriguez and Raul Ruidiaz sealed the deal, and Seattle walked away Sunday with a 3-1 win vs. Toronto FC and a second MLS Cup title.

Victor Rodriguez, Seattle's million-dollar bench player, who battled injuries all season and throughout his three-year Sounders tenure, came on in Sunday’s second half and scored the biggest goal of his career, earning MLS Cup MVP honors.

On Sunday, Seattle was a town besotted with soccer. More fans packed CenturyLink Field, 69,234, than have ever been there for a Seahawks game. Nobody left early. Nobody even left at the final whistle, after the Sounders won their second MLS Cup title, 3-1, vs. Toronto.

Where does the Sounders FC-Toronto FC MLS Cup 2019 showdown rank all time among every Major League Soccer championship game?

Mark your calendars and start brainstorming excuses to miss work: The Sounders victory parade will start at noon Tuesday.

The Sounders are MLS Cup champions for the second time in franchise history, defeating Toronto FC in front of a raucous 69,274 fans at CenturyLink Field. Here's how it happened.

For the third time in four years, the Sounders meet Toronto FC in the MLS Cup final. This time, it's in front of 70,000 fans at CenturyLink Field. Follow along as the Sounders try for their second MLS Cup title Sunday vs. Toronto FC.

Jozy Altidore, the Reds' star striker, has been out since Decision Day with a quad strain. Saturday's practice gave the most promising look of him playing, but it's still up in the air.

The Sounders from the NASL and USL days are happy to see Seattle's reaction to the MLS Cup.

Keep an eye on these three things when the Sounders kick off their MLS Cup title match vs. Toronto FC on Sunday at CenturyLink Field.

Every MLS team has its rabid fans, but Seattle Sounders supporters have taken their love and devotion to another level. It's "beyond anything I've seen around the league," says one former Sounder.

Mercer Island native Jordan Morris shedding his identity as strictly a forward to embrace playing on the wing is a big reason why his club is competing for the league championship Sunday.

The goal that broke the record wasn’t necessarily a classic, but it was symbolic of Robert Lewandowski’s form this season. With Bayern Munich on the counter, he received the ball on top of Union Berlin’s penalty area as two centerbacks quickly closed him down. Lewandowski technically lost possession as he looked to play a 1-2, but his intercepted pass ricocheted back to him perfectly in stride as he dribbled past the centerbacks and wrong-footed the keeper. The sequence displayed the requisite directness and intent in open space, along with a quick-thinking ruthlessness. With the goal, Lewandowski set a new Bundesliga record by scoring in nine straight league matches to open the season. Lewandowski currently leads the top-five European leagues in goalscoring with 20 goals in 14 competitive matches. We’ve grown accustomed to Lewandowski’s goal-scoring streaks: he has the record for the most goals in the Bundesliga by a non-German player. He’s scored the fastest hat-trick (3 minutes and 52 seconds), as well as

In contrast to a slow unraveling, Jan. 13th, 2014 stands as the symbolic turning point in AC Milan’s contemporary history. That was the day the club sacked Max Allegri. He would take over Juventus the following season and go on to win five consecutive Series A titles. Meanwhile, Milan are on their third ownership group and eighth manager in the five seasons since Allegri left the club, having gone through, in order: Clarence Seedorf, Filippo Inzaghi, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Cristian Brocchi, Vincenzo Montella, Gennaro Gattuso and Marco Giampaolo. Gattuso is the only manager to have lasted more than one year, with Giampaolo most recently setting a dubious record for the shortest reign in club history at 111 days. They’ve exhausted every type of manager ranging from former club legends groomed in the youth academy, experienced managers and young upstarts. Upon leaving, Allegri added he didn’t care whom the next coaches were as managing the club was no longer his problem.  “We have to be realistic,” warned the eight

Summary: Jordanian international striker Baha’ Faisal spoke to FIFA.com about his side’s opening three games in AFC qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and the importance of winning their November fixture against Australia.

Vlatko Andonovski has coached in NWSL since its inception, winning two titles with FC Kansas City and coach of year honors this season with Reign FC.

Harry Kane gave Spurs a stunning lead in the opening minute at Anfield, but Liverpool roared back to earn a 2-1 victory behind goals from Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah.

A Liga MX match between Querétaro and Atlético San Luis was abandoned in its final minutes on Sunday as fans erupted into violence and chaos ensued. With visiting Querétaro leading 2-0 and just 5:00 remaining in the match, fans began to throw bottles and get into isolated fights in the stands. In what felt like a blink of an eye, the isolated fights turned into a battle royal where literally no one — children included — were spared. Videos from the match resemble some of a violent political uprising as opposed to a family friendly Sunday. Warning: Videos are loud and display extreme violence. ESPN reports that 37 people were injured in total and those looking to escape the violence rushed onto the field, leaving Querétaro to flee to the locker room where they were guarded by police and security for two hours. “It’s a situation that leaves us all sad and very worried,” said Atletico San Luis coach Gustavo Matosas in a news conference. “It’s something that we don’t want to see happen in football.” In a stateme

The Philadelphia Union win their first ever playoff game in stunning fashion by overcoming a 3-1 deficit to beat the New York Red Bulls 4-3 at Talen Energy Stadium. Next up for the Union is an Eastern Conference semi-final matchup with Josef Martinez and Atlanta United FC. ✔

Adam Lallana makes an unmarked run to the far post and taps in Andy Robertson's cross from inches out to bring Liverpool level at Old Trafford.