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Deeney's Decision to Stay Away Justified by Watford's Positive Tests

Football Has Always Adapted to Hard Times. Its Return Might Help Us Feel Less Alone

Masks, Tests and No-Contact Training: Premier League Faces Many Hurdles

Why Not All Coronavirus Offenders Are Made Equal

Fewer Dives, a Missing Coach and Subs in Stand: Inside Bundesliga's Return

Is the Gravity-Defying Manchester United Brand Facing a Fall Back to Earth?

Why Premier League Clubs See an Opportunity in Lower-League Crisis

ِِAccording to the American psychologist Gary Klein, desperation is a driver of creativity, a means to unlock insight or solutions that might otherwise have been untried or not even considered. Right now, English football is in a precarious place, particularly lower down the leagues, where soberi

Ben Coker: 'With Diabetes, I Have to Think About the Restart More Than Others'

Ben Coker is not 100% certain but the Lincoln left-back, who is on loan at Cambridge, thinks he is the only diabetic player in the English professional game.

Football's Crisis Shines Merciless Light on Game's Inequalities

f one impact of the Covid‑19 catastrophe has been to hold Britain rigid and shine a merciless light on all our structures, it was inevitable that football’s struggles would culminate in a piercing look at the money.

PSG's Record £198m Splurge on Neymar Will Stand for Years as Symbol of Crisis

COVID-19's Impact on Football: 'It Could Take 10 Years to Get Where We Were'

The Trials of Life With No Football on TV

Player Wages, Contracts Will Bankrupt EFL Clubs

Using Players as Guinea Pigs Would Wipe out Premier League's Integrity

Anyone who has spent the best part of an hour just waiting to cross a supermarket threshold in the past few weeks will be aware how quickly the outlandish becomes the new normal.

Underrated Premier League Players: From Man City to Wolves

The Guardian Sport looks at players who have been important to the their clubs but perhaps not always received the credit they deserved. Manchester City: Edin Dzeko Position Forward Time at club 2011-16 League apps/goals 130/50 Dzeko was never an automatic choice – as his status as an unuse

Underrated Premier League Players: From Arsenal to Liverpool

Arsenal: Olivier Giroud Position Centre-forward Time at club 2012-2018 League apps/goals 180/73 Karim Benzema might take issue with the idea, but Giroud has always been more than a chugging go-kart.

Bundesliga Puts its Reputation on the Line with Return in Mid-May

Football's Return from Enforced Layoff Means a Whole New Mind Game

Players Who Have Thrived After Leaving England

Mourinho, Tears and Defiance: The Story of Inter's 2009-10 Season

Premier League's Project Restart: What Is It and Is It Feasible?

What is Project Restart? It’s the nickname being given to the Premier League’s attempts to resume the season that was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic on 13 March.

‘This Is Horrible': Cambuur Stunned After Dream Season Turns to Dust

How English Football Responded to the Second World War

Premier League Critics Should Recognize Football Cannot Wait Forever

Premier League Must Exercise Caution in Return Fraught With Lethal Hazards