Dale Johnson
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Football Issues Correspondent @BBCSport. Lots of VAR, plus regulations, coefficients and permutations. Views my own. Ex-ESPN.
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Premier League outbursts: 10 of the most iconic
After Mohamed Salah's extraordinary interview about his Liverpool future, we have looked at some of the other big Premier League outbursts
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There have been some iconic rants and outbursts - from both managers and players - throughout the history of the Premier League.
BBC Sport picks out 10 incidents that have helped to define the Premier League, and looked at what happened next.
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BBC Sport picks out 10 incidents that have helped to define the Premier League, and looked at what happened next.
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JUST IN
More teams could be thrown out of European competitions next season after Uefa informed clubs it would continue its hard-line position on multi-club ownership.
So, clubs MUST be compliant by March 1. No exceptions.
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More teams could be thrown out of European competitions next season after Uefa informed clubs it would continue its hard-line position on multi-club ownership.
So, clubs MUST be compliant by March 1. No exceptions.
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More clubs face European expulsion after Uefa ruling
More teams could be thrown out of European competitions after Uefa said it would continue its hard-line position on multi-club ownership.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
JUST IN
More teams could be thrown out of European competitions next season after Uefa informed clubs it would continue its hard-line position on multi-club ownership.
So, clubs MUST be compliant by March 1. No exceptions.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
More teams could be thrown out of European competitions next season after Uefa informed clubs it would continue its hard-line position on multi-club ownership.
So, clubs MUST be compliant by March 1. No exceptions.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
There have been some iconic rants and outbursts - from both managers and players - throughout the history of the Premier League.
BBC Sport picks out 10 incidents that have helped to define the Premier League, and looked at what happened next.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
BBC Sport picks out 10 incidents that have helped to define the Premier League, and looked at what happened next.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League outbursts: 10 of the most iconic
After Mohamed Salah's extraordinary interview about his Liverpool future, we have looked at some of the other big Premier League outbursts
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December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There have been some iconic rants and outbursts - from both managers and players - throughout the history of the Premier League.
BBC Sport picks out 10 incidents that have helped to define the Premier League, and looked at what happened next.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
BBC Sport picks out 10 incidents that have helped to define the Premier League, and looked at what happened next.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
It's a bit of hypothetical fun, but can we plot England and Scotland's World Cup route?
🇲🇽 England v Mexico in Mexico City?
🇧🇷 Brazil in QFs?
🏴 Scotland through on 3 points?
❔ Could England & Scotland clash?
🤯 495 combinations for 3rd-placed teams
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🇲🇽 England v Mexico in Mexico City?
🇧🇷 Brazil in QFs?
🏴 Scotland through on 3 points?
❔ Could England & Scotland clash?
🤯 495 combinations for 3rd-placed teams
👇
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Plotting England and Scotland's routes through the World Cup
It took a while, but the World Cup draw is finally done and fans of England and Scotland can start to work out their path to glory.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's a bit of hypothetical fun, but can we plot England and Scotland's World Cup route?
🇲🇽 England v Mexico in Mexico City?
🇧🇷 Brazil in QFs?
🏴 Scotland through on 3 points?
❔ Could England & Scotland clash?
🤯 495 combinations for 3rd-placed teams
👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
🇲🇽 England v Mexico in Mexico City?
🇧🇷 Brazil in QFs?
🏴 Scotland through on 3 points?
❔ Could England & Scotland clash?
🤯 495 combinations for 3rd-placed teams
👇
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Reposted by Dale Johnson
After Mikel Arteta complained about the schedule, who has the most and least gruelling December fixture list?
Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
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Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
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Premier League fixture congestion: Who has the most and least gruelling December?
Which team has to play three matches, in three competitions, in six days later this month? And which Premier League team has the least exhausting December schedule? BBC Sport takes a look.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
After Mikel Arteta complained about the schedule, who has the most and least gruelling December fixture list?
Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
👇
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Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Here's your unbeatable guide to today's World Cup draw.
🗺️ What seeding means for Spain, Argentina, France, England
🗺️ Seed quadrant examples
🗺️ Confederation complications
🗺️ How fixture order is built
🏴 Why Scotland might have one option
➕ More!
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🗺️ What seeding means for Spain, Argentina, France, England
🗺️ Seed quadrant examples
🗺️ Confederation complications
🗺️ How fixture order is built
🏴 Why Scotland might have one option
➕ More!
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World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pots & dates
Pots, quadrants, confederation constraints, group position grids ... the World Cup draw is not going to be straightforward.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Here's your unbeatable guide to today's World Cup draw.
🗺️ What seeding means for Spain, Argentina, France, England
🗺️ Seed quadrant examples
🗺️ Confederation complications
🗺️ How fixture order is built
🏴 Why Scotland might have one option
➕ More!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
🗺️ What seeding means for Spain, Argentina, France, England
🗺️ Seed quadrant examples
🗺️ Confederation complications
🗺️ How fixture order is built
🏴 Why Scotland might have one option
➕ More!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
After Mikel Arteta complained about the schedule, who has the most and least gruelling December fixture list?
Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League fixture congestion: Who has the most and least gruelling December?
Which team has to play three matches, in three competitions, in six days later this month? And which Premier League team has the least exhausting December schedule? BBC Sport takes a look.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
After Mikel Arteta complained about the schedule, who has the most and least gruelling December fixture list?
Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Taking into account rest days, European away days and the volume of games.
👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa and the domestic leagues are at loggerheads over VAR for corners.
Setting out:
◾️ Why the leagues don't want it in VAR protocol
◾️ Why Fifa is so in favour
◾️ Reasons Fifa could do it efficiently
◾️ Might Fifa expand VAR even further?
READ 👇
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Setting out:
◾️ Why the leagues don't want it in VAR protocol
◾️ Why Fifa is so in favour
◾️ Reasons Fifa could do it efficiently
◾️ Might Fifa expand VAR even further?
READ 👇
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Fifa and leagues disagree over use of VAR for corners
Fifa is set to have VAR checks on the awarding of corner kicks at the World Cup despite domestic leagues rejecting the idea.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fifa and the domestic leagues are at loggerheads over VAR for corners.
Setting out:
◾️ Why the leagues don't want it in VAR protocol
◾️ Why Fifa is so in favour
◾️ Reasons Fifa could do it efficiently
◾️ Might Fifa expand VAR even further?
READ 👇
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Setting out:
◾️ Why the leagues don't want it in VAR protocol
◾️ Why Fifa is so in favour
◾️ Reasons Fifa could do it efficiently
◾️ Might Fifa expand VAR even further?
READ 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Plenty of VAR talking points out of Chelsea vs. Arsenal.
Looking at:
📌 Caicedo red card vs. Bentancur yellow
📌 VAR process on the review
📌 Arias red card rejection + Martinez vs. Palace
📌 Enzo offside on Chalobah goal?
📌 Hincapie red card?
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Looking at:
📌 Caicedo red card vs. Bentancur yellow
📌 VAR process on the review
📌 Arias red card rejection + Martinez vs. Palace
📌 Enzo offside on Chalobah goal?
📌 Hincapie red card?
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Why Chelsea's Moises Caicdeo was sent off but Tottenham's Rodrigo Bentanur escaped
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is frustrated, not because of the dismissal of Moises Caicedo, but a lack of consistency.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Plenty of VAR talking points out of Chelsea vs. Arsenal.
Looking at:
📌 Caicedo red card vs. Bentancur yellow
📌 VAR process on the review
📌 Arias red card rejection + Martinez vs. Palace
📌 Enzo offside on Chalobah goal?
📌 Hincapie red card?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Looking at:
📌 Caicedo red card vs. Bentancur yellow
📌 VAR process on the review
📌 Arias red card rejection + Martinez vs. Palace
📌 Enzo offside on Chalobah goal?
📌 Hincapie red card?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
A move to force teams to temporarily remove an outfield player if a goalkeeper goes down injured is being discussed by football's lawmakers in an effort to combat sides using a loophole to create a "tactical timeout".
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Plan to combat tactical timeouts to be discussed
A move to force teams to temporarily remove an outfield player if a goalkeeper goes down injured is being discussed by football's lawmakers in an effort to combat sides using a loophole to create a
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November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A move to force teams to temporarily remove an outfield player if a goalkeeper goes down injured is being discussed by football's lawmakers in an effort to combat sides using a loophole to create a "tactical timeout".
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There are 116 active suspended stadium bans across all Uefa competitions.
A further 16 have been triggered and are pending being served.
Not one affects a Premier League club, though.
What's going on with fan disorder at European games?
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A further 16 have been triggered and are pending being served.
Not one affects a Premier League club, though.
What's going on with fan disorder at European games?
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What's going on with fan disorder at European games?
Was the disorder of Young Boys fans at Aston Villa an isolated incident, or does it indicate something more prevalent?
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November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There are 116 active suspended stadium bans across all Uefa competitions.
A further 16 have been triggered and are pending being served.
Not one affects a Premier League club, though.
What's going on with fan disorder at European games?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
A further 16 have been triggered and are pending being served.
Not one affects a Premier League club, though.
What's going on with fan disorder at European games?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
ICYMI:
Scotland could play in the opening game of the World Cup.
We know the 1st country out of Pot 3 (2nd if that's Panama) will create the curtain-raiser.
Scotland could also be the USA's opening game.
Scotland will drop into a yellow 3.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Scotland could play in the opening game of the World Cup.
We know the 1st country out of Pot 3 (2nd if that's Panama) will create the curtain-raiser.
Scotland could also be the USA's opening game.
Scotland will drop into a yellow 3.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: When is the draw? How do the seedings work? Who has qualified? Who will do the draw?
Our Ask Me Anything team explore when the World Cup draw is, how the seeding works and who has qualified so far.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
ICYMI:
Scotland could play in the opening game of the World Cup.
We know the 1st country out of Pot 3 (2nd if that's Panama) will create the curtain-raiser.
Scotland could also be the USA's opening game.
Scotland will drop into a yellow 3.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Scotland could play in the opening game of the World Cup.
We know the 1st country out of Pot 3 (2nd if that's Panama) will create the curtain-raiser.
Scotland could also be the USA's opening game.
Scotland will drop into a yellow 3.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Has Fifa given Cristiano Ronaldo special treatment to play at the World Cup?
A look into past cases, including:
🇫🇷 Laurent Koscielny
🇭🇷 Mario Mandzukic
🇳🇱 Phillip Cocu
🇯🇵 Makoto Hasebe
🇮🇷 Saeid Ezatolahi
🇲🇽 Jesus Arellano
🇶🇦 Tarek Salman
Read 👇
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A look into past cases, including:
🇫🇷 Laurent Koscielny
🇭🇷 Mario Mandzukic
🇳🇱 Phillip Cocu
🇯🇵 Makoto Hasebe
🇮🇷 Saeid Ezatolahi
🇲🇽 Jesus Arellano
🇶🇦 Tarek Salman
Read 👇
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Cristiano Ronaldo: Why has Fifa suspended World Cup ban?
Has Fifa given Cristiano Ronaldo special treatment to get the star player to the 2026 World Cup finals, or have we seen this happen before?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Has Fifa given Cristiano Ronaldo special treatment to play at the World Cup?
A look into past cases, including:
🇫🇷 Laurent Koscielny
🇭🇷 Mario Mandzukic
🇳🇱 Phillip Cocu
🇯🇵 Makoto Hasebe
🇮🇷 Saeid Ezatolahi
🇲🇽 Jesus Arellano
🇶🇦 Tarek Salman
Read 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
A look into past cases, including:
🇫🇷 Laurent Koscielny
🇭🇷 Mario Mandzukic
🇳🇱 Phillip Cocu
🇯🇵 Makoto Hasebe
🇮🇷 Saeid Ezatolahi
🇲🇽 Jesus Arellano
🇶🇦 Tarek Salman
Read 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
BIG NEWS
The top four countries (Spain, Argentina, France, England) cannot meet each other until the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time in its history.
Plus, the draw pots are confirmed as reported last week with all play-off teams in Pot 4.
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The top four countries (Spain, Argentina, France, England) cannot meet each other until the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time in its history.
Plus, the draw pots are confirmed as reported last week with all play-off teams in Pot 4.
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World Cup 2026: Fifa to keep top seeds apart in draw
The top four seeded countries will not be able to meet each other until the semi-finals of next year's World Cup for the first time in the tournament's history.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
BIG NEWS
The top four countries (Spain, Argentina, France, England) cannot meet each other until the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time in its history.
Plus, the draw pots are confirmed as reported last week with all play-off teams in Pot 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
The top four countries (Spain, Argentina, France, England) cannot meet each other until the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time in its history.
Plus, the draw pots are confirmed as reported last week with all play-off teams in Pot 4.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
As Isak and Wirtz struggle to find their form at Liverpool, how did the Premier League's other most expensive signings work out?
Enzo Fernandez?
Jack Grealish?
Declan Rice?
Paul Pogba?
Romelu Lukaku?
Virgil van Dijk?
Success or failure? 👇
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Enzo Fernandez?
Jack Grealish?
Declan Rice?
Paul Pogba?
Romelu Lukaku?
Virgil van Dijk?
Success or failure? 👇
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Premier League signings: Which of top flight's most expensive signings have been money well spent?
Which of the Premier League's most expensive signings be considered a success, or a failure, relative to their achievements?
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As Isak and Wirtz struggle to find their form at Liverpool, how did the Premier League's other most expensive signings work out?
Enzo Fernandez?
Jack Grealish?
Declan Rice?
Paul Pogba?
Romelu Lukaku?
Virgil van Dijk?
Success or failure? 👇
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Enzo Fernandez?
Jack Grealish?
Declan Rice?
Paul Pogba?
Romelu Lukaku?
Virgil van Dijk?
Success or failure? 👇
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Maybe it was all very predictable.
After being enraged by their disallowed goal at Manchester City before the international break, Liverpool got stung again by the confusing subjective offside law.
What is going on with offside, and can it be fixed?
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After being enraged by their disallowed goal at Manchester City before the international break, Liverpool got stung again by the confusing subjective offside law.
What is going on with offside, and can it be fixed?
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What is going on with offside, and can it be fixed?
After more controversy with subjective offside in the Premier League this weekend, can anything be done to change it?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Maybe it was all very predictable.
After being enraged by their disallowed goal at Manchester City before the international break, Liverpool got stung again by the confusing subjective offside law.
What is going on with offside, and can it be fixed?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
After being enraged by their disallowed goal at Manchester City before the international break, Liverpool got stung again by the confusing subjective offside law.
What is going on with offside, and can it be fixed?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Looking at the numbers behind Brentford as the Premier League kings of the long throw.
Which other clubs and players are the real specialists?
And did Sunderland's tactic of moving the advertising boards make a difference?
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Which other clubs and players are the real specialists?
And did Sunderland's tactic of moving the advertising boards make a difference?
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Long throw-ins: Which Premier League teams are kings of the long throw?
Last season 20 goals were scored through throw-in routines in the Premier League. We are only 11 rounds into the 2025-26 campaign and have had 12 goals already from such routines.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Looking at the numbers behind Brentford as the Premier League kings of the long throw.
Which other clubs and players are the real specialists?
And did Sunderland's tactic of moving the advertising boards make a difference?
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Which other clubs and players are the real specialists?
And did Sunderland's tactic of moving the advertising boards make a difference?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League clubs will no longer be able to sell assets like hotels and women's teams to themselves from next season to get round new financial rules.
It comes after clubs narrowly voted through a new system of Financial Fair Play (FFP).
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It comes after clubs narrowly voted through a new system of Financial Fair Play (FFP).
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Premier League clubs to be banned from selling assets to themselves
Clubs will no longer be able to sell assets like hotels and women's teams to themselves from next season as the Premier League moves to a new system of financial fair play.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Premier League clubs will no longer be able to sell assets like hotels and women's teams to themselves from next season to get round new financial rules.
It comes after clubs narrowly voted through a new system of Financial Fair Play (FFP).
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It comes after clubs narrowly voted through a new system of Financial Fair Play (FFP).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
On subjective offside decisions people always complain that the laws are always being tinkered with.
But subjective offside, where a player impacts an opponent without touching the ball, has always been in the laws.
Here it is in 1912.
But subjective offside, where a player impacts an opponent without touching the ball, has always been in the laws.
Here it is in 1912.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On subjective offside decisions people always complain that the laws are always being tinkered with.
But subjective offside, where a player impacts an opponent without touching the ball, has always been in the laws.
Here it is in 1912.
But subjective offside, where a player impacts an opponent without touching the ball, has always been in the laws.
Here it is in 1912.
Uefa rolls the dice and wins big, but fans will need yet another subscription to watch football.
Analysis of Paramount taking live Champions League football off TNT Sports from 2027.
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Analysis of Paramount taking live Champions League football off TNT Sports from 2027.
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Champions League: Paramount wins rights to show games in UK from 2027
Champions League matches in the UK will be shown by Paramount from 2027 after the US company wins the broadcast rights for the tournament.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Uefa rolls the dice and wins big, but fans will need yet another subscription to watch football.
Analysis of Paramount taking live Champions League football off TNT Sports from 2027.
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Analysis of Paramount taking live Champions League football off TNT Sports from 2027.
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REVEALED
Exactly how the Premier League's KMI Panel voted and what it said about Liverpool's disallowed goal at Manchester City.
The goal should have been allowed on the field, but it didn't reach the threshold for a VAR intervention.
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Exactly how the Premier League's KMI Panel voted and what it said about Liverpool's disallowed goal at Manchester City.
The goal should have been allowed on the field, but it didn't reach the threshold for a VAR intervention.
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Liverpool's disallowed goal at Manchester City causes split in Premier League KMI Panel
The Premier League's KMI Panel votes 3-2 both that Liverpool's goal should have stood on-field, but didn't reach the VAR threshold.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
REVEALED
Exactly how the Premier League's KMI Panel voted and what it said about Liverpool's disallowed goal at Manchester City.
The goal should have been allowed on the field, but it didn't reach the threshold for a VAR intervention.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Exactly how the Premier League's KMI Panel voted and what it said about Liverpool's disallowed goal at Manchester City.
The goal should have been allowed on the field, but it didn't reach the threshold for a VAR intervention.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Was Gattuso right - is World Cup qualifying unfair on Europe?
Brazil lost 6 and qualify, while Italy lost 2 and face the playoffs.
A look at the strength of the confederations relative to their World Cup places and the breadth of quality in each region.
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Brazil lost 6 and qualify, while Italy lost 2 and face the playoffs.
A look at the strength of the confederations relative to their World Cup places and the breadth of quality in each region.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: Is Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso right that qualifying is unfair on Europe?
Was Italy coach Genaro Gattuso making a fair point on places for Europe at the World Cup? Or was it just sour grapes?
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November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Was Gattuso right - is World Cup qualifying unfair on Europe?
Brazil lost 6 and qualify, while Italy lost 2 and face the playoffs.
A look at the strength of the confederations relative to their World Cup places and the breadth of quality in each region.
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Brazil lost 6 and qualify, while Italy lost 2 and face the playoffs.
A look at the strength of the confederations relative to their World Cup places and the breadth of quality in each region.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
The World Cup playoffs are taking shape.
Taking a look at the exact results which would lead to:
🏴 Wales being in Pot 1
🏴 Scotland missing out on a home semi-final
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland getting a home semi-final
➕ How the pots look and draw works
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Taking a look at the exact results which would lead to:
🏴 Wales being in Pot 1
🏴 Scotland missing out on a home semi-final
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland getting a home semi-final
➕ How the pots look and draw works
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How will World Cup play-offs be determined?
Results this week will determine the play-off paths for Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and, potentially, Scotland.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The World Cup playoffs are taking shape.
Taking a look at the exact results which would lead to:
🏴 Wales being in Pot 1
🏴 Scotland missing out on a home semi-final
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland getting a home semi-final
➕ How the pots look and draw works
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Taking a look at the exact results which would lead to:
🏴 Wales being in Pot 1
🏴 Scotland missing out on a home semi-final
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland getting a home semi-final
➕ How the pots look and draw works
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Unlike some of the other leading World Cup contenders, England have been starved of top-level competition since Euro 2024.
It means the task of picking warm-up games is a tricky one for coach Thomas Tuchel.
Here's the situation 👇
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It means the task of picking warm-up games is a tricky one for coach Thomas Tuchel.
Here's the situation 👇
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England's World Cup dilemma - tough opposition or easy friendlies?
England have been able to start preparing for the World Cup for months, but the task of picking warm-up games is tricky. BBC Sport assesses some of the options.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Unlike some of the other leading World Cup contenders, England have been starved of top-level competition since Euro 2024.
It means the task of picking warm-up games is a tricky one for coach Thomas Tuchel.
Here's the situation 👇
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It means the task of picking warm-up games is a tricky one for coach Thomas Tuchel.
Here's the situation 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Player behaviour did not appear in Reinventing Football, our manifesto for fixing issues in the game, but it was a big focus for supporters.
We approached the Ifab, Fifa, Uefa, the Football Association, the Premier League and PGMO to raise fans' concerns.
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We approached the Ifab, Fifa, Uefa, the Football Association, the Premier League and PGMO to raise fans' concerns.
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Reinventing Football: Is anything being done about poor player behaviour?
Player behaviour didn't feature in Reinventing Football, our manifesto for the game, but it was a big focus for fans.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Player behaviour did not appear in Reinventing Football, our manifesto for fixing issues in the game, but it was a big focus for supporters.
We approached the Ifab, Fifa, Uefa, the Football Association, the Premier League and PGMO to raise fans' concerns.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
We approached the Ifab, Fifa, Uefa, the Football Association, the Premier League and PGMO to raise fans' concerns.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
If the row over the Andrew Robertson offside has shown one thing, it's that VAR can never overcome the simple issue of subjectivity and how fans view and dissect decisions against their own team.
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Robertson row shows the problems VAR can never fix
Football's subjective laws mean supporters will never get on board with all decisions, and that's a problem for VAR.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If the row over the Andrew Robertson offside has shown one thing, it's that VAR can never overcome the simple issue of subjectivity and how fans view and dissect decisions against their own team.
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READ 👇
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