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Community Shield offers insight into Arsenal’s desire and Maresca’s Manchester City impact
Curtain-raiser can offer clues but it is no reliable pointer to a season – its winners have not landed the title since 2018

Middlesbrough 2-1 Lincoln, Bristol City 0-2 Millwall, Norwich 1-2 West Brom: football - as it happened
The EFL is back, as Championship new boys Lincoln push promotion hopefuls Boro all the way

EFL’s big kick-off; PSG sign Torres, Romero joins Atlético; transfer updates and more
As Championship and EFL teams prepared to kick off their new league campaigns, Tottenham announced that Cristian Romero had joined Atlético Madrid, while Ferran Torres left Barcelona to sign for PSG

Women’s U20 World Cup boycott may hurt in short term but can send Fifa a vital message
Women’s football has much to gain from the kind of reforms that threats to snub upcoming tournaments might prompt. Infantino should be taken on

London City Lionesses’ Mapi León: ‘It is a club created for women. It is beautiful and exciting’
Spain defender talks to Tom Garry about swapping Barcelona for Bromley, embracing the contrasting style of the WSL – and her newfound love for beans and crumpets

Farewell Cristian Romero, you actually always were ‘that type of player’
You can’t help but feel the Argentinian with a penchant for red cards has arrived at his spiritual home with his move to Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid

La Liga 2026-27 preview: Madrid look to Mourinho in bid to dethrone Barcelona
Florentino Pérez pressed the Special One button again after two straight trophyless seasons at Real, but Lamine Yamal and co remain title favourites

‘Not going to be an issue’: Mikel Arteta relaxed about Arsenal contract situation
The Arsenal manager, whose current deal expires at the end of the new season, said of his future: ‘They don’t have to worry about that, I want to be here’

Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Championship opener – as it happened
Raúl Jiménez salvaged a late point after Blackburn had made Wolves sweat upon their return to the Championship