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For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Premier League will begin with a club not called Manchester City atop the odds board in the United States.Reigning champions Liverpool are the favorites to win the Premier League for 2025-26, showing +175 odds at ESPN BET. Arsenal, the runners-up last season, are second favorites at +225 with Man City rounding out the top three at +350.It’s the first time during Pep Guardiola’s tenure, which began ahead of the 2016-17 season, that Man City have not been the favorites to win the league going into the campaign. It also marks the…

Newcastle have agreed a £43m deal with Aston Villa for Jacob Ramsey. The Magpies will pay an initial £39m plus £4m in add-ons for the midfielder, who is set to sign a five-year contract. Ramsey, a product of Villa’s academy, will undergo a medical on Thursday night.Villa are looking to sell a player to help with their Financial Fair Play (FFP) situation and Ramsey’s departure would represent pure profit.The 24-year-old midfielder had two years left on his current deal and has been the subject of transfer speculation this summer. Villa bosses wanted to protect the value of the player by offering him increased terms. Villa…

André Onana is ready to start for Manchester United against Arsenal on Sunday, sources have told ESPN, with the decision now resting with head coach Ruben Amorim.Onana has missed United’s preseason schedule with a hamstring injury.But after returning to training, sources have told ESPN that the 29-year-old feels ready to start the Premier League opener at Old Trafford on Sunday.Amorim faces a decision about whether to throw Onana straight back into the team.André Onana’s future at Manchester United remains in doubt . Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty ImagesSecond-choice Altay Bayindir and 39-year-old Tom Heaton have shared the responsibility in goal for friendlies…

Aug 14, 2025, 09:53 AM ETThe Premier League is back! After a couple of irritating summer months filled with other competitions, other sports, and even things like going outside and enjoying the fresh air, we’re locked back in for the 2025-26 season, which begins Friday as champions Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield.If you’ve missed much of the wheeling and dealing in the transfer window, consider this a great way to catch up as ESPN reporters chronicle and assess the likely starting XIs for Matchday 1: in short, how all the big clubs will line up this weekend to begin their…

Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, declared on Thursday that he will proceed with the highly controversial E1 settlement project that “buries the idea of a Palestinian state”. The announcement appears to be a direct response to France, Britain, Canada and Australia announcing their intentions to recognise a Palestinian state at a United Nations summit next month.  Smotrich said on Wednesday that he planned to approve tenders to build more than 3,000 housing units for Israeli settlers, in an area that aims to connect existing settlements in Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank with occupied East Jerusalem. “Approval of construction plans in…

Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezAug 14, 2025, 09:25 AM ETFranco Mastantuono has admitted a phone call from Xabi Alonso helped him choose Real Madrid over Paris Saint-Germain.The teenage playmaker was presented as a Madrid player on his 18th birthday on Thursday.Madrid beat PSG to the River Plate starlet’s signature in June, but the Argentina international had to wait until he turned 18 before he could officially join the LaLiga club.Mastantuono formally signed his six-year contract at Madrid’s Valdebebas training ground on Thursday after undergoing medical checks.He was introduced by club president Florentino Pérez, before posing with his new number 30 shirt and…

Israel’s army approved the occupation of Gaza City on Wednesday, estimating that between 80,000 and 100,000 reservists will need to be mobilised for the initial plan. Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir’s decision comes after several discussions – initiated by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government – on the imminent occupation of the besieged enclave. “The chief of staff emphasised the importance of raising force readiness, preparing for reserve mobilisation and allowing a recovery period before the next missions,” a statement by the army read. Zamir has previously expressed strong opposition to the occupation and had even threatened to resign, as tensions continue between him…

For the visitors, Enes Unal is a long-term absentee having suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January. Also on the sidelines in recent months have been Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Justin Kluivert and Luis Sinisterra.On the availability of Dango Ouattara amid speculation regarding his future, Cherries boss Andoni Iraola said on Thursday afternoon: “Dango is going to train with us today. He’s here, he’s in the building – but it’s true, I don’t know what’s going to happen.”We’re taking it day by day. I’ll ask the club if he can play, if he can travel.“These are the kinds of…

Massive live games, free highlights, league tables, podcasts, exclusive interviews and more. Everything you need to know about the EFL this weekend on Sky Sports.What EFL is live on Sky Sports+ this weekend?Sat Aug 16 (All 12.30pm Kick Off) CH: Derby vs Coventry, Portsmouth vs Norwich, Wrexham vs West Brom – also on SSFDerby and Coventry meet at Pride Park both eyeing a first win of the season after frustrating opening days. Portsmouth are hoping to make it two from two at Fratton Park against a Norwich side who lost at home to Millwall last week.Wrexham, meanwhile, host a second-tier…

A UK-based rights group has filed a legal complaint in Armenia against a businessman with reported links to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over allegations of war crimes connected to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR) said in a statement that it submitted a complaint to Armenia’s Prosecutor General calling for an urgent investigation into David Papazian, an Armenian national who reportedly chairs the board of the GHF. In a series of letters seen by Middle East Eye, the AOHR said that there is “credible evidence and documentation” that Papazian “may have been involved…