Arsenal continue pursuit to sign Julian Alvarez, Manchester City target Everton's Iliman Ndiaye and Aston Villa make direct contact to sign Rafael Leao.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher, plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Xabi Alonso has so many quality options at his disposal as Luton are brushed aside in the Carabao Cup

Manchester City target was omitted completely for Carabao Cup win over Luton

Miguel Ángel Gil Marín accuses Barça of ‘dishonesty’Arsenal have also been linked with Argentina forwardAtlético Madrid’s chief executive appeared to slam the door on Barcelona’s pursuit of Júlian Alvarez on Thursday. Miguel Ángel Gil Marín accused the Catalan club of dishonesty and insisted the Argentina forward would “never, ever” be …

Super League: Wigan Warriors 46-0 Hull KRLiam Marshall bags hat-trick of tries in routOn the night when Wigan Warriors celebrated one of their greatest entertainers, perhaps it was fitting that Matt Peet’s class of 2026 produced a performance Sir Billy Boston would have been proud of on their charge towards, potentially, another Super League title.There …

Rodrigo Muniz was finally all smiles again as he ended a year-long goal drought to help earn Alvaro Arbeloa his first win and see Fulham breeze past AFC Wimbledon 3-0 in the Carabao Cup.

Good Good Golf has withdrawn from sponsoring a PGA Tour event this autumn following its controversial video promoting a new Callaway driver.

Wigan Warriors move top of Super League as they thrash Hull KR on an emotional evening as the Cherry and Whites pay tribute to the late Sir Billy Boston.

Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios becomes the first World Cup winner to sign for Ipswich Town after joining from Bayer Leverkusen.

Cole Palmer and Estevao impress as Valentin Barco enjoys assured start in Carabao Cup

McInnes ‘mortified’ by early European exitBrighton rout Tromsø 4-0 to reach league phaseRangers crashed out of the Uefa Conference League playoffs with a 4-3 penalty shootout defeat by Jablonec.Leading 1-0 from the first leg at Ibrox last week, Derek McInnes’s side turned in a turgid performance in Czechia which lacked creativity and invention. It …

Fulham’s second London derby this week, a first competitive win for Álvaro Arbeloa. If AFC Wimbledon represent a different echelon to Chelsea, Monday’s visitors, Thursday’s easy progress past League One opponents supplied several reasons for optimism in the new Fulham.Marco Silva, Arbeloa’s predecessor, frequently offered sullen dismissal of the …

Too many players are off the pace and Roberto De Zerbi has had no hesitation in naming names Jan Paul van Hecke was among those given an unwanted name-check by Roberto De Zerbi after Tottenham’s 3-0 defeat at Brentford on Saturday. Not at the right level physically, was the gist of the manager’s comments.De Zerbi also mentioned Marcos Senesi and Sandro …

‘Mind-numbing that people end up in these positions’Brydon Carse incident is the latest in a long lineStuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson have criticised the “extreme and tiresome” flood of negative stories around the England cricket team’s drinking and socialising habits, with Anderson – England’s all-time leading wicket-taker – saying it is …

Dos Santos and Russell smash hurdles world recordsWerro comes within 0.42sec of 800m world recordBednarek and Wanyonyi clock world-leading timesMasai Russell and Alison Dos Santos each set a world record while Mondo Duplantis won a historic pole vault on a frenetic Thursday night in Zurich.The Letzigrund Stadium had a raucous sell-out 25,000 crowd and the …

Emiliano Martínez is on his way but another high-profile Argentinian is likely to be wearing a different shade of blue soon. Chelsea have dealt with their biggest weakness, satisfying Xabi Alonso’s wish for a new goalkeeper by agreeing a £7.5m deal to sign Martínez from Aston Villa, and it will surely not be long before they have put an end to the Enzo …

Good Good, a YouTube channel that has become a booming business empire, came under fire over clip that showed co-founder Garrett Clark shoving a female co-host to the ground.

The Spaniard can sleep easily after securing his first competitive win on the back of a long summer where his suitability to replace Marco Silva has been relentlessly questioned.

KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Chelsea did not need him. They won by two goals, with Welbeck scoring and Odoffin sending Estevao's shot into his own net.