what manchester city - football reporter. what manchester city have l football reporter.ve been good at over the years is maximising income from player sales. i guess this is an example. $81.5 million this could be worth before the add—ones are met and that would be by a margin the largest sale in their history, which was previously £50 million, for stirling. a good dealfor the sale though million, for stirling. a good deal for the sale though i think manchester would have preferred alvarez to remain at the club. the interesting point is that savigna was unveiled undy as city's newest signing, 20. he's from brazil. he was excellent in rona's run last season that got them into this season's champions league. you would have thought initially it will be whether he gets more games than would have been anticipated.— games than would have been antici ated. ., ., _ anticipated. the head of rugby union's governing _ anticipated. the head of rugby union's governing body - anticipated. the head of rugby i union's governing body defended the decision to sell the naming rights to twi

for _ win the league and beat manchester city for it _ win the league and beat manchester city e. arsenal, — premier league is competitive. arsenal, chelsea, liverpool. arsenal, _ arsenal, chelsea, liverpool. arsenal, manchester united, manchester city, blackburn, leicester. we have seen so many clubs _ leicester. we have seen so many clubs win — leicester. we have seen so many clubs win it _ leicester. we have seen so many clubs win it. what has happened in the last— clubs win it. what has happened in the last few years is that we have an absolute genius in pep guardiola. the financial restrictions went in niany_ the financial restrictions went in many years ago, so chelsea were able to spend big, man city as well, lots of change _ to spend big, man city as well, lots of change now. you will find out this weekend when liverpool visit ipswich _ this weekend when liverpool visit ipswich or— this weekend when liverpool visit ipswich or whenever they promote a club, _ ipswich or whenever they promote a club, certainly in the early stages of the _ club, certainly in the early stages

., , manchester city.interesting. very _ manchester city. that famous line. interesting. very interesting! - interesting. very interesting! he had just hit an absolute bullet. the moment he got the ball and i said, interesting, and then he hit this rocket, and i said, very interesting! he was like a little boy who had just done something very special. spedal look special. look at his face! is he going to have a crack? he is, you know. brilliant! gazza at wembley against arsenal, and i have to remember i was still doing the job. as a kid, iwas to remember i was still doing the job. as a kid, i was a supporter of spurs. job. as a kid, i was a supporter of surs. ., , ~' job. as a kid, i was a supporter of surs. , ~ ., spurs. nobody knew when i was on. you have seen _ spurs. nobody knew when i was on. you have seen it _ spurs. nobody knew when i was on. you have seen it all _ spurs. nobody knew when i was on. you have seen it all in _ spurs. nobody knew when i was on. you have seen it all in your- spurs. nobod

deal in terms of the actualsale, even good deal in terms of the actual sale, even though i think manchester cityarez to remain. really interesting point, sylvia was unveiled on sunday as cities do a signing. he's 20 years old, he's from brazil, he was excellent last season that got them into this seasons champions league. you would've thought initially it would've thought initially it would be whether he gets more games then would have been anticipated. the head of rugby union's governing body in england, has defended their decision to sell the naming rights to twickenham, from next month it will be called the allianz stadium — their multi—year deal with the insurance firm is worth over £100 million. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. what do you call this place? for some it is the home of rugby, headquarters. certainly twickenham well, no no war. henceforth this officially will be the alley on stadium. you've sold the soul of the home of rugby by renaming it after a commercial partner. yeah. there's a bit of truth in that, isn't there?— isn't there? fully understandable. | isn't there?

tournaments during his five—year spell in charge and he also managed 12 club teams, including manchester cityleicester, roma and lazio, winning 18 trophies. andy swiss has more. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he made his managerial name first with gothenburg and then with italian side lazio, when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england never had a foreign coach before. if it was the most difficult job, i'm very happy. it will be my biggest challenge. he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. oh, this is getting better and better and better! a 5—1 thrashing of germany and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. beckham! he's done it! the feel—good factor was back, and eriksson was the architect. but qualification was followed by frustration. england was beaten by brazil in the quarterfinals and his passive management style was under scrutiny. come the

penalty kicks, with a 7-6 lead and a total of 87 , defeating its fellow city manchester united winning the championship trophy for the seventh time. preparatory football with the stoppage of rome and bayer. yast of the rowing federation , who is the practical manager of mehluvan club and a member of the world canoeing federation's board of directors , was introduced as the proposed minister of the ministry of sports and youth in the 14th government. saber kazemi, the national volleyball player of our country , was banned from participating in all domestic and foreign leagues for two years due to his refusal to participate in the national team's training.

the premier league is about to get under way again, with manchester city going for five in a row.ves bissouma for their opening on monday, afterfootage appeared to show him inhaling laughing gas. and the australian breakdancer whose performance at the paris 0lympics was criticised says the abuse has been devastatating. hello there, and welcome to the programme. we've not long to wait now until the return of the premier league. we've had the euros, and the olympics in the meantime but the drama is back as of friday night. whether it's manchester city going for five in a row, their rivals attempting to dethrone them, or even for the relegation—threatened a calming comfort of mid—table mediocrity. every one of those 20 clubs have something to play for in the new premier league season. it all kicks off at old trafford, where manchester united host fulham. united's new signings, mattias de ligt and noussair mazraoui, will be in the squad. manager erik ten hag is concerned his team aren't ready. the new players have onlyjust arrived and he says he has injury concerns across several key

manchester city have agreed a fee ofjust over 80 million pounds with atletico madrid, to sell strikerjulian it'll represent city's largest ever sale. easily surpassing the previous record, when chelsea paid around 48 million pounds for raheem sterling two years ago. that same year, city also sold ferran torres and gabrieljesus to barcelona and arsenal respectively, for around 45 million pounds each. city will make a huge profit on the sale of alvarez, and our chief football news reporter simon stone explained how important it is for the club to bring in large fees for selling players. what manchester city have been very good at over the last few years is maximising income from player sales. i guess this is an example of that. 81.5 million this could be worth with the add—ons and by some margin that would be the largest sale in manchester city history which previously was raheem sterling so it does a good deal in terms of the actual sale even though i think manchester city would have preferred alvarez to remain at the club. he has been in the player and the club there for valuable moments th

also the move to manchester city is not just| manchester city is not just primarily manchester city isse it when you actually will rewinds, the big transfer of this winner has to be kylian mbappe a. . transfer of this winner has to be kylian mbappe a— transfer of this winner has to be kylian mbappe a. . yes he went for bi wares kylian mbappe a. . yes he went for big wages and _ kylian mbappe a. . yes he went for big wages and will— kylian mbappe a. . yes he went for big wages and will be _ kylian mbappe a. . yes he went for big wages and will be under- big wages and will be under pressure in every single game. barcelona brought in danny after he had a good european championship and i'm in munich with interesting synex from the premier league, the wingerfrom crystal palace and a midfield destroyer coming in from fulham. that's the european league. let's turn to the saudi league because window by window, they become more important in terms of the sorts of players they go after. in those initial windows it was players that were coming to the end of their careers, not the case any more and

manchester city's phil foden was named the men's player of the year at the professional football association'sthe midfielder�*s 19 goals helped lead city to a fourth successive premier league title last year, as he became the youngest player to have won six league titles. foden also won the league's player of the season award and was named the football writers�* association footballer of the year. also last night, foden�*s england team—mate cole palmer of chelsea was named men's young player of the year — it's the first time in m years both the men's awards have gone to english players. meanwhile, manchester city made it two from two for the top awards last night. khadija shaw took home the women's player of the year award, after finishing as the top scorer in the women's super league last season, with 21 goals in 18 games. the jamaica international beat two of her city team—mates — yui hasegawa and lauren hemp — to the prize, while manchester united's grace clinton, who's been on loan at tottenham this season, was named the young player of the year. it's a good feeling to know that all the ha

whether it's manchester city going for five in a row, their rivals attempting to dethrone them, or even for the relegation—threatened a calming comfort of mid—table mediocrity, every one of those 20 clubs have something to play for in the new premier league season. it all kicks off at old trafford, where manchester united host fulham. united's new signings, mattias de ligt and noussair mazraoui, will be in the squad. manager erik ten hag is concerned his team aren't ready — the new players have onlyjust arrived — and he says he has injury concerns across several key positions. the issues are there. it's not about the players who are not available. always last season, it is about the players who are available. and we have a good group, we can make a strong selection and we can put out a strong team, so it will do. ipswich are back in the top division for the first time in 22 years — they'll begin their campaign at home to liverpool on saturday. they managed to keep hold of their highly rated manager kieran mckenna — and are set to strengthen with a loan move for manchester city's kalvin

defeat to manchester city, the champions. _ respect. champions, on the opening - respect. defeat to manchester city, the champions, on the opening day| respect. defeat to manchester city, l the champions, on the opening day of the champions, on the opening day of the premier league season. do you think this match really is quite crucial for enzo maresca to start of the european campaign well? yeah, it is. it will the european campaign well? yeah, it is- it will be — the european campaign well? yeah, it is- it will be a — the european campaign well? yeah, it is. it will be a total _ the european campaign well? yeah, it is. it will be a total embarrassment i is. it will be a total embarrassment if chelsea didn't get to the conference league group stage, this is a qualifying round. they have to win these two games to get through because if not it is going to look ridiculous. they are the strongest, wealthiest, most financially backed team maybe in europe but in this competition everyone else is a minnow compared to chelsea. so they are cer

he also managed 12 clubs including manchester city, winning 18 trophies.

just reaching this lea . ue manchester city to it.y to it. just reaching this league is invigorating. this - this league is invigorating. this was the town of ipswich after their team was promoted last season. this week, ed sheeran bought a stake in them, at lunchtime they take on liverpool. fora them, at lunchtime they take on liverpool. for a few hours, at least, everything is possible. mike smale and jack martin host youtube channel match—day—vlogs, which covers southampton football club. they explained how southampton secured their return to the premier league. it was down to team unity, he came in and brought the whole squad together, did a fantasticjob with the players that came down and added real strength into loan players that we have now signed as well on permanence. he did a greatjob. and permanence. he did a great 'ob. and jack, how permanence. he did a great 'ob. and jack. how do — permanence. he did a greatjob. fific jack, how do you feel permanence. he did a greatjob. fific jack, how do you feel about all permanence. he d

he also managed 12 clubs, including manchester city, going on to win 18 trophies.y swiss looks back at his life and career. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the most difficult job, i'm very happy. then it will be my biggest challenge so far in my life. and he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. john motson: oh, this is getting better and better and better! - a 5—1 thrashing of germany, and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. beckham! yes! yes! he's done it! the feelgood factor was back, and eriksson was the architect. but qualification was followed by frustration. englan

we are of course talking about manchester city. let's speak to manchester city fan rachel herdson.y unstoppable now? it it again, what about you, are they unstoppable now?— it again, what about you, are they unstoppable now? it seems that way, doesnt unstoppable now? it seems that way, doesn't it. with _ unstoppable now? it seems that way, doesn't it. with pep _ unstoppable now? it seems that way, doesn't it. with pep at _ unstoppable now? it seems that way, doesn't it. with pep at the _ unstoppable now? it seems that way, doesn't it. with pep at the helm, - doesn't it. with pep at the helm, anything is possible. for in a row was unprecedented, six out of seven is incredible, stuff that things are dreams are made of. it wasn't that long ago, i know you have referenced this, city was a team that would go between the top two tiers of anguish ripple but here we are now about to embark on another season and optimistic again.— embark on another season and optimistic again. what about the name optimistic again. what about the game today. _ optimistic again. what about the game today, che

and a reminder of our top story before we go, manchester city have won at chelsea. 2-0.e going for a record extending fifth consecutive premier league. all the reaction will be coming in on the bbc sport app and website bbc.co.uk/football and on radio 5 live. that's all from sportsday. good evening. it's been a fairly quiet weekend of weather. that's about to change. as we head into the new week, dare i say it, for some it's going to feel distinctly autumnal. there will be heavy rain at times, and the potential for some unseasonably windy weather, as well. not this evening, though. the showers are fading, the cloud will melt away, and we are in for a coolish night across central and eastern areas. could be a little bit of mist and fog for the morning rush. the nights are getting longer, it's hanging around a little later now. but further west the temperatures won't fall that much, because we will have the first signs of the cloud and patchy rain in here. so, this is the first deep area of low pressure, with its thundery rain moving through monday and tuesday. a brief res

his former club, manchester city, released a statement.cere teen concert —— condolences to the family and friends of sven—goran eriksson. rest in peace, is sven. benfica said it was with deep regret that benfica mourns the death of sven—goran eriksson. rest in peace. 0ne mourns the death of sven—goran eriksson. rest in peace. one of his clubs in italy, latvia, posted thank you for everything you have done for us. the england football team said we are deeply saddened at the passing of sven—goran eriksson. 0ur passing of sven—goran eriksson. our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. rest in peace, sven, you will be greatly missed. let's speak to jonathan wilson, sports columnist for the guardian and editor of the blizzard. thank you very much forjoining us. as those tributes have got a cross, it is extremely sad, isn't it? it it is extremely sad, isn't it? it is. it is not a shock, we knew from january that he was ill and had months left, but it is still very sad. i think there are two reasons why he will be remembered. the

and gb news has reporterjack carson joins us now from one of sven's former clubs, manchester city. . i mean, manchester city have lowered their flags here at the etihad stadium to half mast in memory of sven—goran eriksson. he took over as manager here in two thousand and seven. that summer of course, after he left england in in 2006, he was the first manager here in 38 years to lead city to do the double over manchester united, finishing ninth in the premier league that season , leaving shortly after season, leaving shortly after the season ended . but he was the season ended. but he was here as city started to overturn their fortunes, started to get investment started, to bring in a lot of continental talent, so oversaw very much the start of that change at least, and the start of city's fortunes within the premier league. and doing that double is certainly mean. mean meant that a lot of city fans here had have such great memories of him as well. you were mentioning the prince of wales and his message that he's he's put out on, on the social media platform, saying that he was sad

the swede managed 12 clubs winning 18 trophies with spells at manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio — where he delivered the serie a title in 2000, the last time the capital were crowned champions of italy. injanuary he said had "at best" a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. his children lina and johan eriksson have released a statement in which they said, our father sven—goran eriksson fell sven—goran eriksson who has died at the age of 76. now let's turn our attention to the tennis... we're into the final few hours before the final grand slam of the year — the us 0pen— gets under way at flushing meadows in new york. novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz have been continuing their preparations — djokovic is the defending champion and comes into the tournament having won gold for serbia at the paris 0lympics. he's on the hunt for a fifth us open title and takes on moldovan world number 138 radu albot in a night session match on monday. the 2022 champion alcaraz, meanwhile, starts his campaign against australian qualifier li tu on tuesday. so first up it's djokovic, who will

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off the mark for manchester city with a 54 premier league goal. it was the first game back.n amazing game, keeping the ball for us, and just saying come and playing. it is amazing to see. this just saying come and playing. it is amazing to see.— just saying come and playing. it is amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo _ amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo maresca, - amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo maresca, no - amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo maresca, no seller inspired them with a promoted ipswich as the post—juergen klopp era began. ipswich as the post-juergen klopp era bean. �* ., , ., ipswich as the post-juergen klopp era bean. �* ., _, , era began. before i started, people said there is _ era began. before i started, people said there is no _ era began. before i started, people said there is no easy _ era began. before i started, people said there is no easy game - era began. before i started, people said there is no easy game in - era began. before i started, people said there is no easy game in the

after leaving the england job, eriksson spent a year at manchester city, followed by a string of otherincluding notts county. his profile meant he was never short of offers. but it is as england's ground—breaking boss that he will be best remembered — the man behind one of english football's most eventful eras. david beckham, who played under eriksson as england captain, posted this video of the two of them meeting recently, along with the message... let's hear now from footballjournalist, henry winter to take us through some of the highlights from eriksson�*s reign as england manager. i mean, i was fortunate to cover all the games that england played under sven—goran eriksson. and there were some amazing moments. i mean, people talk about the man, but the football man, you know, they were remarkable. the 5—1 in munich. even heskey scored the 4—2 against croatia at euro 2004, when rooney was unplayable. and england could have won that tournament under sven if rooney hadn't got injured in the quarterfinal and then other games. 0bviously, david beckham's free kick against greece at old t

premier league champions manchester city will have to travel to paris saint—germain and juventus amongstthers. there'll be a reunion of xabi alonso with his former club liverpool. two comfortable wins, and in double quick time. both world number ones breeze through to the next round at flushing meadow. and louis rees—zammitjoins the jacksonville jaguars' practice squad following his preseason training camp with the kansas city chiefs. welcome along. the draw for this season's champions league has been made at a glittering ceremony in monaco. the likes of gianluigi buffon and cristiano ronaldo were involved in picking out the balls. gone is the old group stage. meanwhile, scott mctominay has arrived in naples for his medical ahead of a £25 million move from manchester united. he was mobbed by fans at the airport as lukaku was on his arrival! liverpool have confirmed the signing of italian international federico chiesa from juventus. they will pay £10 million up—front with a further £2.5 million in potential add—ons. chiesa will sign a four—year deal and has become arne slot�*s second summ

premier league champions manchester city will have to travel to paris saint—germain and juventus amongstthers. there'll be a reunion of xabi alonso with his former club liverpool. alonso's bayer leverkusen will travel to anfield. liverpool will also host real madrid. arsenal take on psg at home amongst theirfixtures. they'll also have to travel to milan to take on inter. villa back amongst europe's elite for the first time in more than a0 years are rewarded with home ties against bayern munich and juventus amongst others. they'll also have to face scottish champions celtic. that match will be at villa park. celtic also have home games against the likes of leipzig and club bruges. the draw in full over on the bbc sport website. dates for those fixtures will be released in the coming days. it could well be a busy few hours coming up for football transfers across europe as the continent's top leagues make their final moves before the transfer window closes later on friday. let's have a quick look at some of the moves already done. napoli have confirmed the signing of romelu lukaku from chel

the winner of the english premier league manchester city in the first home match of the season hostedhe elite newcomer ipswichtown, but the guests managed in this match to open the score. shmodiks in the seventh minute put his team ahead, however, the hosts quickly came to their senses, in 4 minutes from the twelfth to the sixteenth the townspeople will score three goals, holland's double, another goal was scored. and in the second half the norwegian will bring the matter to a hittrick 4:1. erling leads the list of scorers with four goals in two games. brighton is stronger than manchester united - 2:1, arsenal beats astanovi 2:0, liverpool is stronger than brandford with the same score. robert lewandowski, meanwhile, brings barcelona second victory in the spanish premier league. the catalans won again 2:1, this time against atletico. yamali put blaugrana ahead in the middle of the first half. sanchet. a penalty will restore parity, in the seventy-fifth minute everything will be decided by an accurate strike from the pole. celta is 3:1 stronger than valencia. real madrid thrashed veled

manchester city won the english super cup for the seventh time.chester city , as the premier league champion, and manchester united , as the champions of the elimination community , faced each other at wemley stadium in london last night in the english club super cup. at the end of the legal time , team b reached one and according to the rules of the english super cup, this match did not have overtime and after at the end of 90 minutes, the penalty kicks decided the champion. in the penalties, ham city defeated manchester united with a lead of 76 and a total of 87 and won the championship trophy for the seventh time. but this to win the community shield and they've done it of revenge for manchester hand preparatory footballs with. in another important preparation game, rome against everton with a draw , he scored first for rome in this game and karrud scored the equalizing goal for everton, and paris saint-germain and leipzig played another important game, which ended in a draw. one finished. and arkab, a woman from the czech republic, won the fif

goalkeeperjoe hart played for eriksson during his time as manchester city manager — speaking on bbc radioa hugely positive influence. i couldn't not respect him, i couldn't not behave under him. as chris was saying, in that era of the hair dryer, you didn't want to cross sven, you don't want to let the guy down. too young to appreciate him, too early in the game to appreciate there's some beautiful people in this game, who are part of the game because they love everything about it, they want everyone to be happy. the last tennis grand slam of the season, the us open, is underway at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gauff has sailed through her first round match. the american booked her place in the second stage after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva, going through 6—2, 6—0. she needed just 66 minutes on arthur ashe stadium, hitting io aces, and breaking gracheva's serve twice in the opening set, before winning the last nine games on her way to an emphatic victory. yeah, it was definitely a lot of pressure this tournament

elsewhere, manchester city are working on a deal that could bring midfielder ilkay gundogan back to thehe 33—year—old left for barcelona in 2023 after captaining the side to their historic treble. gundogan could provide a short—term solution for the team's personnel issues, including the $105 million departure of argentina forward julian alvarez, and injured winger oscar bobb. now, talking of manchester city, they won their opening game of the new premier league season against a chelsea team that did not include raheem sterling. blues manager enzo maresca said he was left out of the squad due to a tactical decision, but he will now be left out for a second straight game. the long time england regular will not feature in chelsea's squad for their europa conference league play—off first leg with sairvett on thursday. defenders ben chilwell, wesley fofana and tosin adara—byo were also not included on chelsea's a—list submitted to uefa ahead of the game at stamford bridge. we've reached halfway in the first test between england and sri lanka at old trafford, and the hosts are well on top so

manchester city's oscar bobb has fractured a bone in his leg during training. rted for city in the community shield on saturday and was expected to play a part in their opening league game against chelsea on sunday. he is waiting to find out the full extent of the injury. bruno fernandes has signed a contract extension at manchester united. his current deal ran for another two seasons, but he has signed a deal taking him through to 2027, with the option for a further year on top of that. hejoined the club injanuary 2020, winning the fa cup last season and also the league cup in 2023. he is currently the club captain. former tennis world number one naomi osaka has opened up about the difficulties she's had returning to the tour after becoming a mother. in a post on social media she said she doesn't feel like she's in her own body. the four—time grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to play in january after the birth of her daughter shai 13 months ago. osaka said she doesn't understand "why everything has to feel almost bran

the third week of this competition started today and in one of the important games, manchester city won at west ham. with a few places, sowood ranked seventh in the table. asson villa got a valuable win today at the home of leicester city. it got 6 points and stood in the sixth place. leicester is ranked 15th by one point. this season, he drew 1 with fulham in his own field. with this result, fulham missed the opportunity to go to the top half of the table and is eleventh with four points. ipswich is 16th with one point. italian serie a slight win for lecce and bloody pictures of bologna . in the continuation of the third week of these scandals, tonight lecce passed cagliari's hundred with a goal in his own field. with the result of 2-2 tied until the 73rd minute , parma is still following up with a goal from napuri until the 74th minute. well, let's go to the premier league , which is a report that after 3 weeks is still involved in various issues. the most popular game of the third week of the distance was in ahvaz. the game started before the start of the game and the steel players d

he also managed 12 clubs including manchester city, going on to win 18 trophies.william has described him as a "true gentleman of the game." andy swiss looks back at his life and career. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the most difficult job, i'm very happy. then it will be my biggest challenge so far in my life. and he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. john motson: oh, this is getting better and better and better! - a 5—1 thrashing of germany, and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. beckham! yes! he's done it! the feelgood factor was back, and eriksson was the archi

manchester city, champions again.nners up the past two years for arsenal, could it be third time lucky? and it's an arsenal goal. for me, if they get a top class forward into their squad, then i think that would be enough to take them over the line. and i think if they can do that then that's why i would say arsenal can definitely win the league. meanwhile, ipswich town's resurgence is a remarkable one. back in the english top flight for the first time in 22 years. after sponsoring their kit, their most famous fan, ed sheeran, went a step further — buying a stake in the club. and the action in the boardrooms is increasingly being as talked about as the action on the pitch. manchester city may well be enjoying the most successful period in their history, but at an upcoming hearing they'll face 115 charges of breaking the premier league's financial rules. now the club denies any wrongdoing, but possible punishments could include a transfer ban, points deductions or even relegation. last season, everton and nottingham fo

have you ever experience any pressure from politicians to anyway go easy on manchester city because ofrading partner?— manchester united kick the new season off — at home to fulham on friday night. ahead of that match, united have completed a double signing. the bayern munich defenders mattias de ligt and noussair mazraoui. the dutch centre back de lijt has signed a five year contract whilst morrocan full—back mazraoui — has signed for four, the combined fee is believed to be about £60 million, with the de lijt somwhere in the region of a0. the england test captain ben stokes will miss the rest of the summer. he tore his hamstring playing in the hundred on sunday and is out of the series against sri lanka that starts next week. stokes hopes to return for the three—test tour of pakistan which begins in october. ollie pope will captain the side in his absence. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it's been confirmed that ben stokes has torn his left hamstring. when we saw him go down clutching that part of his leg. i think we initially feared it could be his left knee. and remember

well the new premier league season starts on friday and the champions manchester city will be targettingnow 18 months since 115 charges were brought against them for allegedly breaching the league's financial rules. the hearing that will ultimately decide whether they face any sanctions could start as early as next month. the premier league's chief executive richard masters has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. i have confirmed in the past that a date has been set because of the confidentiality around the process which we observed throughout i cannot confirm that media speculation is correct or otherwise. i think it is important that the situation resolves itself and obviously when the case has been heard there will be a decision published. all the questions that you would like me to answer will be answered as part of that process. a decision will be published and not i or anyone else at the premier league but an independent panel of people answer those questions. you say you need it to be resolved why? do you fear it will cast a shadow over this season? it is time now i think

club is raheem sterling after he was omitted from the matchday squad for chelsea's defeat to manchester city nizaar kinsella has more. the agenda find a place for him to go to because they need to sell some players and make these brutal decisions around various players, being made most famous of them but we are seeing conor gallagher will probably leave atletico madrid and several others who were left out and certainly, his sutures being questioned but phillips was there, chelsea, his servant or whelming and that spell but chelsea have had to do a deal with them to get connor gallagher out of the club and it's not because they think he's talented, it's because he is less than a year left on his contract in order to cash in on a transfer fee and help them keep spending. the ended up selling gallagher to push them out but it turns out to be phillips nor is it is him by the way is because the deal collapsed for another player who was a 20—year—old striker and atletico madrid and that expired and it allowed him to leave and he was pictured in the stadium nine days ago. it's a remarkable transfer

it's back, with manchester city going for five in a row.ll another four weeks until more of these in the new wsl season, but the top two divisions of the women's game are about to start a new era. also coming up on sportsday... a bond so special he has his horse's name tattooed on his arm, but olympic gold medallist harry charles is back from paris to start the search for a new partner. and — six years old, but not quite six feet plus — yet. liverpool's luther is hoping to be basketball�*s next slam dunk. hello again. fans of 20 teams have spent the last three months dreaming big, biting their nails and checking the bbc sport website's transfer gossip page. well there's only one more day to wait. and while some of those things won't change over the next nine months, at least there'll be some football to distract them. whether it's manchester city going for five in a row, their rivals attempting to dethrone them or even for the relegation—threatened — a calming comfort of mid—table mediocrity. every one of those 20 clubs have something to pl

we will have coverage from the manchester city and chelsea came across the afternoon.has been hurling personal insults at kamala harris — and accused her of unleashing devastating inflation on the united states — whilst on a rally in pennsylvania. meanwhile, chicago has been gearing up to officiate kamala harris as democratic nominee — replacing joe biden in a historic turnaround months before the us election. shannon felton spence is a us political and communications strategist. i asked her whether kamala harris having a relatively short time to prepare is a help, or a hindrance. at the moment, it's a huge advantage because she is running on vibes only. the momentum is truly in herfavour at the moment. it's very evident based off of how much excitement is around her and her running mate, tim walz, thatjoe biden stepping away from the ticket was absolutely the right move for the democratic party. there was such high voter apathy, that's the so—called double—haters, people that didn't want to vote forjoe biden, didn't want to vote for donald trump, so they were just goi

manchester city's phil foden has been named the professoinal footballer�*s association men's player of19 goals in 35 top—flight appearances last season — and helped city to an unprecedented 4th premier league title in a row. he' won the award ahead of team mates rodri and erling haaland, who won it last year. it was a double for city — as khadija shaw was named women's player of the year. shaw was the wsl�*s leading scorer last season — netting 21 times. injury curtailed the jamaica international�*s season, as city finished the campaign in second to chelsea on goal difference. it's a good feeling to know that all the hard work and effort that i put in day in and out in training and all the players pushing me every day to be the best that i can be to actually get the reward of the trophy, it's a good feeling. some football transfers for you — southampton have announced the signing of midfielder mateus fernandes from portugese club sporting on a five—year deal, believed to be worth £15 million. the 20—year—old came through the sporting youth system and has represented portugal at every a

he also managed 12 clubs including manchester city, winning 18 trophies.nce william has described him as a "true gentleman of the game". andy swiss looks back at his life and career. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson's reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan's replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the most difficult job, i'm very happy. then it will be my biggest challenge so far in my life. and he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. john motson: oh, this is getting better and better and better! - a 5—1 thrashing of germany, and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. beckham! yes! he's done it! the feelgood factor was back, and eriksson was the arc