Football Briefings
Three editorial briefings each day — morning, evening, and night. Fully rephrased before publication and stored in our database. Stories older than 30 days move to the archive (searchable, still indexed for SEO).
SummaryNightvia BBC Sport·
Vinicius Jr to miss Barcelona fixture because of ban
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr will miss El Clasico against Barcelona after being given a four-fixture ban.
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SummaryEveningvia Football | The Guardian·
Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain: Champions League – live
Champions League news from the 8pm BST kick-off Live scoreboard | Today’s Football Daily | Email Scott Enzo Maresca speaks to TNT. In addition, “It’s a special night … Champions League night against…
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SummaryMorningvia Football | The Guardian·
Lask 3-6 Liverpool: Champions League – live reaction
Champions League news from the 5.45pm BST kick-off Live scoreboard | Today’s Football Daily | Email Michael 2 min: Two minutes played and Lask have not yet had a literal kick. In addition, liverpool…
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SummaryNightvia Football | The Guardian·
Arsenal v Lille: Champions League – live
Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off Live scoreboard | Follow Atlético v Man Utd | Mail Simon 1 min: Peeeeeep!. In addition, hands shaken, coin tossed, pennants exchanged, huddles…
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SummaryEveningvia Football | The Guardian·
Atlético Madrid v Manchester United: Champions League – live
Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off Live scoreboard | Follow Arsenal v Lille | Email John Diego Simeone made mention of Julian Alvarez in his pre-fixture duties: “Well, he’s happy…
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SummaryMorningvia Football | The Guardian·
England v Greece: Women’s World Cup qualifying playoff, second leg – live
World Cup playoff, 7.30pm BST kick-off (first leg: 3-1) Read today’s edition of Moving the Goalposts on Japan 4 min Papatheodorou almost replies straight away, sweeping a left-foot shot from the edge…
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'Criticised for what?' - Maresca defends Anfield celebrations
Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca reacts to criticism of his side's celebrations at Liverpool by asking: (What do you want us to do?).
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Coventry announce themselves back in the big time
Coventry climb out of the relegation zone after ending their 25-year wait for a top-flight strike and victory in front of their own supporters.
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SummaryNightvia BBC Sport·
Northern Ireland will have 'one last swing' at World Cup place
Boss Michael McArdle says Northern Ireland will have (one last swing) at trying to reach a first Women's World Cup as they look to overcome a four-strike play-off deficit in Portugal.
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Silences ended and boos ring out - Leicester and Martin's Savage day
Silences were ended and boos were heard on another tough day for Leicester City as they were beaten by Robbie Savage's Peterborough United.
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'It's a bad situation' - Why Man City victory creates uncertainty
Speaking on fixture of the Day, Toby Alderweireld and Wayne Rooney discuss why Manchester City's 3-0 victory against Liverpool leaves the Premier League in limbo as the team awaits a potential…
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SummaryNightvia Football | The Guardian·
European football: Gordon boosts Barcelona and Bayern battle back
Gordon scores first strike for team as Getafe are beaten 3-0 Bayern stalemate despite conceding fastest Bundesliga strike Anthony Gordon scored his first strike for Barcelona as the Spanish champions…
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Savage success and statement victory for Boro - Sam Parkin's EFL Takeaways
BBC Final Score pundit Sam Parkin looks at the weekend's talking points in the EFL, including Robbie Savage's debut as Peterborough head manager.
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Solanke scores in added time as 10-man Spurs stalemate with Man Utd
Dominic Solanke scores in stoppage time to salvage a point for 10-man Tottenham as they snatched a stalemate against Manchester United in a feisty encounter at Old Trafford.
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SummaryNightvia Football | The Guardian·
The Premier League so far: draws, underperforming xG and other data pointers
strike averages are crumbling as footballers take fewer touches in the box and forwards underperform against xG strikes are on the up in the Premier League. In addition, the average of 2.70…
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SummaryEveningvia Football | The Guardian·
Lionesses take control of World Cup playoff tie but unfancied Greece still in fight
World Cup qualifying playoff: Greece 1-3 England Stanway, Le Tissier and Russo on target England secured a 3-1 first-leg victory over Greece in their Women’s World Cup playoff tie but were unable to…
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SummaryMorningvia Football | The Guardian·
The Premier League is back: welcome to the new era of post-verdict unreality | Barney Ronay
As the top flight returns, armed with the knowledge its serial champions have been the authors of a 10-year sham supremacy, the first question is simple: how is it going to feel?. In addition, the…
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What impact has break had & how will Reedijk fare? Premiership questions
After an extended international break, the Scottish Premiership's usual suspects - and one newcomer - limber up for a full weekend card of fixtures.
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SummaryMorningvia Football | The Guardian·
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Michael Carrick is wary of ‘Dr Tottenham’, Oliver Glasner returns to Selhurst Park and will Manchester City summon a siege mentality at Anfield?. In addition, premier League top scorers | View the…
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SummaryEveningvia Football | The Guardian·
Khaldoon al-Mubarak: the tightrope walker who made rare misstep over City charges
Manchester City’s chair is key to the project of making Abu Dhabi a secure world power but his next move may be the sale of the team No one better understands the precarious tightrope Abu Dhabi walks…
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Rice close to agreeing new Arsenal agreement
Declan Rice is close to agreeing a new long-term Arsenal agreement, sources have explained to BBC Sport.
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Former Man City footballer Silva comes out of retirement
Former Manchester City midfielder David Silva comes out of retirement aged 40 to join Hong Kong Premier League team Sha Tin.
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Who am I? Plus today's other quizzes
Test your ball knowledge against today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.
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SummaryNightvia BBC Sport·
Rival teams want retrospective and future punishments for Man City
A number of Premier League teams want Manchester City to be hit with both retrospective punishments and sanctions in the future.
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