Ligue 1

Phil Jones says he ‘tried everything’ to get fit enough to play again but maintained ‘there are bigger things in life than football’ after announcing his retirement.  The 32-year-old was once heralded as one of the most exciting talents in English football after emerging at Blackburn Rovers, earning a move to Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United in the summer of …

Gabriel Jesus received a yellow card after pushing Yerson Mosquera to the ground after the Wolves player grabbed his bum. The Gunners got their Premier League campaign off to the perfect start with a comfortable 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium against Wolves on Saturday afternoon. Kai Havertz brought his goal-scoring form with him from the end of last season when …

Eddie Howe’s side faces an uphill battle against Southampton after defender Fabian Schar received a straight red card after just 28 minutes. Coming off the back of a relatively disappointing season, Newcastle fans would’ve been looking forward to a fresh start with newly promoted Southampton the first hurdle standing in their way. But after a promising start for the Magpies, …

Emmanuel Petit has labelled Arsenal star Declan Rice ‘one of the best midfielders in modern football’.  Rice joined the Gunners from West Ham United last summer in a deal worth in excess of £100m (per BBC Sport). Since then, the England international — who was a key part of the Three Lions squad that went to the Euro 2024 final …

Bukayo Saka doubled Arsenal’s lead with an unstoppable strike to settle the nerves around the Emirates Stadium. After a disappointing finish to last season which saw Mikel Arteta’s side just miss out on Premier League glory to Machester City once again, fans will be expecting another title challenge at least. The Gunners welcomed Wolves to the Emirates Stadium on the …

Emmanuel Petit has backed Arsenal to make it ‘difficult’ for Manchester City to win a fifth straight Premier League title this season.  The Gunners have finished second to Pep Guardiola’s men for two seasons in a row but came agonisingly close to winning their first title since 2003/04 last time out, with the race going all the way to the …

Luton Town goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski received a straight red card after a moment of madness recklessly taking two players out. After being relegated back to the Premier League, Luton Town got their new season in the Championship off to a rough start, drawing away from home against Portsmouth. The visitors were reduced to ten men after goalkeeper Kaminski brought down …

Liverpool made a winning start to the Arne Slot era with a 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town on Saturday. Two goals in the space of five second-half minutes from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah settled the tie at Portman Road, with Slot becoming the first Liverpool manager to win his first league game in charge since Gerard Houlier and Roy …

Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo was forced off just minutes into his side’s opening Premier League clash against Bournemouth with a horrific injury. After a long summer break of international fixtures, the highly-anticipated Premier League season has finally kicked off with Manchester United’s Friday night win against Fulham the opening game of the new campaign. Sides will be eager to start …

Arne Slot’s first game in charge of Liverpool got off to the perfect start on Saturday with a 2-0 win over newly-promoted Ipswich Town. Two goals in the space of five second-half minutes from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were enough to settle the Portman Road clash, meaning Liverpool moved to the top of the very early Premier League table. Incredibly, this …