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Mason Mount's Chelsea contract expires in June 2024; he is one of a number of midfielders Manchester United are looking at; talks are continuing between the two clubs; Mount has won the Champions League and Club World Cup with Chelsea since graduating from the academy

Manchester City face a reunion with Vincent Kompany as the champions kick off the 2023/24 Premier League season away at newly-promoted Burnley on Friday, August 11.

Marcus Rashford laughed off the suggestions as he prepares to play in his first qualifier since England won 4-0 away to Kosovo in November 2019 - the last international before the schedule paused due to the coronavirus pandemic; the Man Utd forward says "it really doesn't bother me"

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The Iran international scored 22 goals in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, finishing as the leading scorer and helping Porto to become runner-up in 2023.

You could be forgiven for assuming the Women’s Super League is a one-club show. Four league titles in a row, seven of the past nine (if you include the mini Spring Series of 2017), and three back-to-back doubles suggest a somewhat crushing dominance by Emma Hayes’s Chelsea.

This time Rob Edwards really could celebrate. The Luton manager had hared off down the touchline with four minutes of extra time remaining to celebrate what he thought was the winning goal in front of his side’s supporters, eating up 45 yards of Wembley turf, only to retreat to his technical area ashen-faced after glancing up at the big screen confirming Joseph Taylor’s extra-time goal, which would have been his first for the club, had been disallowed for handball. Jonathan Panzo, on cold as a substitute, dawdled on the ball and Taylor, a 20-year-old on his sixth appearance, nicked it from the Coventry defender, but surged through on goal with the help of his right hand.

To February’s Carabao Cup triumph, Erik ten Hag adds the gilded prize of Champions League qualification, and his first year in charge of Manchester United could still end with FA Cup glory too.

Wrexham, the Welsh soccer club owned by Hollywood A-listers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, secured promotion back to the English Football League (EFL) system for the first time in 15 years.

Afghanistan and Nepal’s cricket federations have confirmed that they will participate in the Asia Cup tournament games in Pakistan.