PA Media on Monday, 01 June 2026

Kevin Keegan, former England and Newcastle manager, reveals stage four cancer diagnosis

75-year-old says he has ‘top doctor’ working on his caseNewcastle send ‘heartfelt support and warmest wishes’The former England and Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has revealed he has stage four cancer. His family had said in January the former England, Liverpool and Newcastle player had been diagnos

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Louise Taylor on Monday, 01 June 2026

James Milner, Premier League’s appearance record holder, retires aged 40

Last of his 24 Premier League seasons was at Brighton‘I could never have dreamed of the journey,’ he saysJames Milner has finally pulled down the curtain on a distinguished, record-breaking and extraordinary playing career. It involved the highly versatile 40-year-old midfielder spending 24 seasons

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Sid Lowe on Friday, 29 May 2026

Anthony Gordon shows ‘fire in belly’ and Spanish skills after joining Barcelona

England winger commits to Spanish giants to 2031‘It is a dream come true to be part of this club’Anthony Gordon took so long to turn up for his Barcelona presentation that they got in the burgers and changed rooms but no one had to wait quite as long as he did. The media gathered in a press room at

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Louise Taylor on Thursday, 28 May 2026

Direct, intense … selfish? What are Barcelona getting in Anthony Gordon?

Some Newcastle fans are pleased to cash in, but the winger’s pedigree in the Champions League is unquestionableJosé Mourinho was a man on a mission. Once the final whistle blew, he made a beeline for Anthony Gordon and not only embraced the England winger, but whispered four words in his ear. “You a

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Louise Taylor on Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Anthony Gordon to undergo Barcelona medical before £69.3m move from Newcastle

England winger flying out for medical on ThursdayGordon could double wages to around £300,000 a weekAnthony Gordon is due to undergo a medical in Barcelona on Thursday after the La Liga winners agreed a £69.3m transfer with Newcastle on Wednesday night. Should everything proceed to plan the England

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Jonny Weeks on Monday, 25 May 2026

The story of the Premier League 2025-26 season in 100 photos

A century of our favourite images from the season including wild celebrations, protesting fans and goalmouth scramblesReigning champions Liverpool left it late to beat Bournemouth 4-2 on the opening day of the season in their first league game back at Anfield following the death of Diogo Jota. The R

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PA Media on Sunday, 24 May 2026

Marco Silva to reveal Fulham future by ‘next week’ after beating Newcastle

The Fulham manager, Marco Silva, promised a decision next week on his future and admitted his team missed the “cherry on the cake” by failing to qualify for Europe.A 2-0 win over Newcastle at Craven Cottage will have been a happy sendoff if, as looks likely, the lure of replacing José Mourinho at Be

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Guardian sport on Saturday, 23 May 2026

Premier League 2025-26 fans’ verdicts: stars, flops, and funniest moments

Our fans’ network reviews the season with one game to play: the highs, the lows and what they need in the summerIn this age of the managerial revolving door, I’m enormously proud that the Premier League champions (man, does that sound sweet!) stand as the antithesis to that. Admittedly, “trusting th

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Guardian sport on Friday, 22 May 2026

Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the final day of the season

Arsenal’s party heading south, fights for Europe – and survival – and London taxpayers cheering on West HamPremier League top scorers: the latest standingsLast week’s costly defeat at Leeds means Brighton must overcome Manchester United on the final day to ensure they secure a place in Europe for th

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Guardian Staff on Thursday, 21 May 2026

Band together to save small businesses | Brief letters

Community assets | Jeremy Beecham’s letters success | Top-deck traveller | Bank holiday weather | Domestic workers’ rightsIn Kings Heath we faced a problem similar to the one that concerns Janie Toy (Letters, 19 May). The solution was for the community to band together and buy the shop, so we did. O

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Louise Taylor at St James' Park on Sunday, 17 May 2026

‘A bad day’: Nuno says West Ham owe their fans ‘respect and dignity’

Side on brink of drop after defeat at Newcastle‘It’s going to be a very tough week ahead’Nuno Espírito Santo said his West Ham players owe their fans “respect and dignity” after an underwhelming 3-1 defeat at Newcastle left the east London side on the brink or relegation to the Championship.The Port

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Louise Taylor at St James' Park on Sunday, 17 May 2026

Osula at the double as Newcastle push brittle West Ham closer to the brink

It was a decision that threatens to keep Nuno Espírito Santo awake for many nights to come. Why, oh why, West Ham’s manager will doubtless wonder, did he opt to start with a back three on Tyneside?Instead of subduing Eddie Howe’s players it simply served to remind Nick Woltemade precisely why he is

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Guardian sport on Friday, 15 May 2026

Premier League and FA Cup final: 10 things to look out for this weekend

Guardiola can claim 17th City trophy, Arteta weighs up another Arsenal reshuffle and Brentford’s European dreams could edge closerA measure of Pep Guardiola’s greatness is to be found in Saturday’s FA Cup final being a 24th visit to Wembley leading Manchester City. As this born winner could depart i

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Guardian sport on Monday, 11 May 2026

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Jérémy Doku finds the net again, Joshua Zirkzee struggles at Sunderland and Ismaïla Sarr is fulfilling his potentialWhen Bruno Fernandes became the Football Writers’ Association player of the year on Friday, Declan Rice and David Raya could have been forgiven for feeling a touch aggrieved. They have

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Ben Fisher at the City Ground on Sunday, 10 May 2026

Anderson stuns former club Newcastle with late equaliser as Forest seal safety

Where did Elliot Anderson find the strength to score the goal that ­ultimately enabled Nottingham Forest to retain their Premier League status? Not only did he show incredible endeavour to start and finish the decisive move, propelling into the six-yard box with a couple of minutes of time to run, b

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Guardian sport on Friday, 08 May 2026

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

A game to suit departing Stones, West Ham’s Pablo under scrutiny against Arsenal and Maddison can rouse SpursLiverpool have eased one self-inflicted headache by listening to their fans and scrapping plans to raise some ticket prices for the next three seasons. Anfield’s attention can now focus squar

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Guardian sport on Monday, 04 May 2026

Premier League: talking points from the weekend’s action

Arne Slot is fuming, Mikel Arteta’s big risk pays off and Josh Dasilva enjoys an emotional return for BrentfordArne Slot was seething as he lamented the decision to allow Manchester United’s second goal to stand despite claims of handball by Benjamin Sesko. “The curve on the ball changed so there mu

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