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Every Carabao Cup tie is live on Sky Sports+ again in 2025/26 – and there are 23 second-round matches taking place this week.Manchester United will face League Two side Grimsby Town, while Mansfield will be only the second competitive opponents to Everton’s brand new Hill Dickinson Stadium. Bournemouth will host Brentford while Wolves play West Ham as the 11 Premier League clubs not participating in a European competition enter the competition.Read on to see all of the live fixtures and how to watch…Tuesday August 26Reading vs AFC Wimbledon, kick-off 7pmCambridge vs Charlton, kick-off 7.30pmWolves vs West Ham, kick-off 7.30pmAccrington vs…
What a weekend! The European soccer schedule didn’t disappoint over the past 48 hours, giving us plenty to talk about.On Saturday morning, Thomas Frank and Tottenham turned up at the Etihad and rolled to a convincing 2-0 win over Manchester City, a game in which individual errors were punished in full and Pep Guardiola was given a few headaches. In LaLiga, Real Madrid needed a late scoring surge — and some typical Kylian Mbappé magic — to earn a comfortable win over newly promoted Real Oviedo, and Barcelona appear to still have some big defensive issues.Arsenal fans should be thrilled…
You follow the news day in and day out – and you despair. Soon, it will be two years since Israel unleashed its latest round of genocidal savagery against defenceless Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.The question is no longer how a decent human being could call themselves an “Israeli”, let alone a Zionist, but, more urgently, how we, humanity at large, can manage to live with ourselves as this ferocious mass murder continues at the hands of a heartless, remorseless regime. The numbers are staggering – in the tens of thousands, if not more. The crime is overwhelming, and the…
Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct?After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game.In this week’s VAR Review: Looking at why Manchester United were awarded a penalty at Fulham, and also why their goal later in the match was allowed to stand. Plus, should Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford have been sent off against Tottenham Hotspur?Possible disallowed goal: Challenge by Yoro on Bassey What happened: The…
The 2025 summer transfer window has entered its final week, with next Monday’s 7 p.m. BST (2 p.m. ET) deadline beginning to loom large for clubs and players still looking to seal deals.Premier League clubs have spent over £2.2 billion on transfers since the first transfer window opened in early June (due to the summer’s Club World Cup), and the existing record of £2.36 billion, set in 2023, is almost certain to be broken before close of business on Sept. 1.There are still plenty of deals in the pipeline and the early games of this season will have heightened the…
Aug 25, 2025, 06:18 AM ETKobbie Mainoo’s Manchester United opportunities look bleak after boss Ruben Amorim said the midfielder is competing with captain Bruno Fernandes for a place in the team.England international Mainoo has yet to get on the pitch for United this season, sitting out the opening-day defeat by Arsenal and Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Fulham.The 20-year-old was overlooked by Amorim as United chased victory after Emile Smith Rowe cancelled out the Rodrigo Muniz own goal which had given the visitors the lead.When Amorim subbed Casemiro with new striker Benjamin Sesko he moved Mason Mount, who started up front,…
Aug 25, 2025, 06:03 AM ETWayne Rooney says Arsenal teenager Max Dowman is the talk of the footballing world and destined for a “massive future” following his impressive Premier League debut.Attacking midfielder Dowman became the second youngest player to represent Arsenal after coming on as a substitute aged 15 years and 234 days during Saturday’s 5-0 win over Leeds.The schoolboy capped an eye-catching 26-minute cameo by earning a late penalty, which was converted by Viktor Gyökeres.Rooney made his Everton debut aged 16 in 2002 and was five days short of his 17th birthday when he briefly became the Premier League’s…
Coventry dazzle with thumping of beleaguered QPR on day of celebration Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry and QPR Result: Coventry 7-1 QPR Coventry have now scored 12 goals in their first three Championship games. That stat is made even more impressive by the fact their opener was a goalless draw.Frank Lampard’s side followed up last week’s 5-3 win at Derby with a 7-1 shellacking of sorry QPR. Five goals coming in the first half, and any hope of the away side salvaging any dignity ended by…
LONDON (AP) — Revellers are parading in colorful costumes through the streets of Notting Hill, in west London, for the annual carnival which started in 1966 and is one of the largest festival celebrations of its kind in Europe celebrating Caribbean culture. The two-day street event attracts around 2 million revellers, musicians and dancers with around 7,000 police officers and staff on duty each day. __ Revellers take part in the parade during the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, Europe’s biggest street party and one of the largest carnivals in the world.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Revellers take…
Aug 25, 2025, 05:45 AM ETUnited States men’s national team midfielder Weston McKennie was subjected to racist abuse after Juventus completed a 2-0 season-opening win over Parma in the Serie A, the Italian club said Sunday.Juventus posted a statement on social media saying McKennie was the target of “discrimatory racist remarks by individuals in the away section” while he was warming down with teammates on the pitch.”Juventus strongly condemns this incident and any form of racism, and will ensure full cooperation with the sporting justice authorities to identify those responsible,” Juventus said in the statement.Weston McKennie came on as a…