Premier League champions will be anticipating a big win

Man City 5-0 Sparta Prague: Haaland scored twice with Nunes, Stones and Foden also all on the scoresheet

The Lincolnshire-born athlete won Commonwealth shot put gold in 1974 and 1978.

The Ukrainian took the guise of Agent 47 from the video game ‘Hitman’

RB Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool: Slot’s men are unbeaten in the Champions League this term as their fine start continues

Lille came from a goal down to secure a 3-1 win at Atletico Madrid.

The original bill was delayed due to the general election – but that has resulted in tougher measures being proposed

The Norwegian hit a brace against Sparta Prague

Modern club owners, from states to oligarchs, have the financial might to bully the body into submissionFor a long time, football has heard the voice crying in the wilderness: make way for the coming of the regulator. This has been the hope that has sustained the rump of the game as the rich have disappeared further and further into the distance and clubs …

In the goalfest that is Erling Haaland’s remarkable career, the reverse-flick while airborne that beat Peter Vindahl while facing away from Sparta Prague’s goalkeeper is surely a glittering standout. It was Manchester City’s second, coming on 58 minutes, and Haaland’s nonchalant, whadda-you-expect grin illustrated just how impressed he was with his …

It is too early to pass judgment on Liverpool’s credentials or the new Champions League format, ­according to Arne Slot. It is not too soon to pass judgment on Slot’s start. Remarkable, with Liverpool’s head coach racking up another win and another record on an unnecessarily complicated night in Leipzig.For the first time in their ­illustrious …

This was not just a victory, it was an exorcism, the olés ringing round the Olympic stadium as high on Montjuïc hill Barcelona laid ghosts to rest. ­Bayern Munich – the ogres who had put eight past them in ­Lisbon, defeated them six times running with an aggregate score of 22-4, and hadn’t even conceded the last four times they met, the team that …

Change by ministers comes after Uefa warningFootball governance bill to be introduced on ThursdayMinisters have climbed down over plans to require the new football ­regulator to consider the government’s foreign policy when making ­decisions about club takeovers.The move follows warnings from Uefa that this requirement could lead to some countries’ …

The centre has not played this season due to a shoulder injury but he will make his comeback on Sunday in Exeter's game against Harlequins. He had surgery after the Test in New Zealand in June.

MAN CITY 5-0 SPARTA PRAGUE - JACK GAUGHAN AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: It is not even about the numbers anymore with Erling Haaland.

Savinho's cross had arrived into the box at an awkward height for Haaland, but the Norwegian twisted his frame to connect with an acrobatic back heeled volley to double the lead.

British Olympians on the top level of funding receive £28,000 a year, a figure that has been static since 2012, amounting to a real-terms cut of £11k. The average full-time athlete receives less than £22.5k.

The previous Conservative government had deliberately excluded the payments - which total £49m for those relegated to the Championship last season - from their draft proposals.

Brendan Rodgers hailed the courage of his Celtic players after they dug in for a valuable Champions League point against Europa League winners Atalanta.

LEWIS STEELE AT THE RED BULL ARENA: For the first time in six months, Jurgen Klopp might have broken from his new-found tradition of watching football matches with his feet up in Mallorca