to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastorlast season. the other standout fixture of the opening weekend sees arsenal host manchester city at the emirates. a bit of transfer news to bring you — aston villa have completed the signing of everton midfielder amadou onana. the belgium midfielder, who featured in all four of their matches at euro 2024, joins in a deal worth £50 million. onana joined everton in 2022, and made 72 appearances for the toffees. bournemouth owner bill foley has told the bbc he wouldn't support any plan to play premier league games outside england, with fifa considering the potential impact of competitive domestic matches taking place overseas. the premier league has previously said it had no plans to get involved — but spain's la liga is hopeful of staging games in the united states in the season after next. i'm very respectful of our fans and the whole system of premier league. and i wouldn't want to be involved in changing any of that. and i believe if you talk to any of our fans that. and i believe if

to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastoryes departed to take the united states job at the end of last season. the other standout fixture of the opening weekend sees arsenal host manchester city at the emirates. england captain ben stokes says shoaib bashir has shown the world what he can do after spinning his side to victory in the second test against the west indies. bashir became the youngest england bowler to take a five—wicket haul in a home test as england claimed an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series on sunday, and stokes believes there is more to come from his young spinner. his ability to be able to inhibit the speed at which he bows out, you know, _ the speed at which he bows out, you know, bolding over the top of the bowl, _ know, bolding over the top of the bowl, underand know, bolding over the top of the bowl, under and the wicket he got was an— bowl, under and the wicket he got was an example of that. he has got so much _ was an example of that. he has got so much talent, and unbelievable will to— so much talen

to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastor take the united states job at the end of last season. the other standout fixture of the opening weekend sees arsenal host manchester city at the emirates. a bit of transfer news to bring you. aston villa have completed the signing of everton midfielder amadou onana. the belgium midfielder, who featured in all four of their matches at euro 2024, joins in a deal worth £50 million. onana joined everton in 2022, and made 72 appearances for the toffees. england captain ben stokes says shoaib bashir has shown the world what he can do, after spinning his side to victory in the second test against the west indies. bashir became the youngest england bowler to take a five—wicket haul in a home test as england claimed an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series on sunday, and stokes believes there is more to come from the 20 year old. his ability to manipulate the speed at which he bowling at the top of the ball, under the ball. he has so much talent. he has an unbelievable will to learn and to get b

the opening weekend in september will bring chelsea's first game under new manager sonia bompastor, whileallengers for last season's title meet. promoted palace start their first wsl campaign at spurs, while it's fa cup winners manchester united against west ham and liverpool v leicester. rangers will play dinamo kyiv or partizan belgrade in the champions league third qualifying round with a victory sending them through to the playoff stage. that's one step from the new 36 team league format, while a defeat in either round will take rangers into the europa league. the qualifying draw for that competition and the conference league have also been made. you can see those on the bbc sport website. meanwhile, amadou onana has secured champions league football by moving to aston villa from everton. the belgium midfielder who featured in all four of their matches at euro 2024 has signed for villa in a deal worth £50 million having joined everton two years ago. bournemouth owner bill foley has told the bbc he wouldn't support any plan to play premier league games outside england with fifa conside

to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastorer, who featured in all four of their matches at euro 2024, joins in a deal worth £50 million. onana joined everton in 2022 and made 72 appearances for the toffees. bournemouth owner bill foley has told the bbc he wouldn't support any plan to play premier league games outside england, with fifa considering the potential impact of competitive domestic matches taking place overseas. the premier league has previously said it had no plans to get involved, but spain's la liga is hopeful of staging games in the united states in the season after next. i'm very respectful of our fans, very respectful of our whole system and the premier league. i wouldn't want to be involved. i believe if you talk to ourfans in bournemouth, they'll tell you that foley actually respects our system and respects our heritage. and i do. premier league games in america, preseason. mark cavendish has confirmed he has taken part at his last tour de france. the brit broke the record for most stage wins on this year's t

to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastora hayes departed to take the united states job at the end of last season. the other standout fixture of the opening weekend sees arsenal host manchester city at the emirates. a bit of transfer news to bring you — aston villa have completed the signing of everton midfielder amadou onana. the belgium midfielder, who featured in all four of their matches at euro 2024, joins in a deal worth £50 million. onana joined everton in 2022 and made 72 appearances for the toffees. mark cavendish has confirmed that he has competed at his last tour de france. the brit broke the record for most stage wins on this year's tour with his 35th, but says that completing the race one last time was the most fulfilling aspect ahead of his expected retirement later this year. just to finish the tour de france, that was a challenge in itself. i didn't need to. there was no sprint in paris at the end. it was more for pride for getting through arguably the hardest sporting event in the world and a race that has gi