Premier League

The home of our coverage of the English Premier League. Includes match reports, the latest transfer and team news, fixtures, and incisive analysis by our columnists

Meet the nepo parents

Celebrity examples abound, but more ordinary people are following their children into new midlife careers

Arsenal sweep Coventry aside to start Premier League title defence in style

Coventry welcomed back with a bang after 25-year absence

Watching the Premier League in Ireland is a strikingly costly business

Irish fans paying second-highest price in Europe for Premier League access

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta represent continuity amid an unceasing addiction to change

Disruption caused by kneejerk managerial change has been seen many times – but the champions show the wisdom of sticking rather than twisting

Tottenham close on deals for Manchester City’s Savinho and Omar Marmoush for €186m

Summer spending on De Zerbi’s Spurs squad over €400m

Don’t worry about athletes, the Robot Games showcases how they might replace the rest of us

AI Olympics won’t threaten elite sportspeople – I’m just happy there isn’t a sportswriting category

Troy Parrott is off to Real Betis. Forsaking English football has been the making of him

Ireland hero taking another step up in a fascinating career

If you build it, grifters will come, as sport becomes a plaything of the investment class

Heritage is being sold off to the highest bidders as best interests of fans are ignored

Number of Ireland players in Premier League set for record low this season

Last season’s return of seven Irish players featuring in the English top flight could be reduced

Billionaire football-club owner Tony Bloom quietly bankrolls an Irish property fund’s four-year buying spree

Premier League club owner backed Meath-based Star Stone Property Group’s recent €600k deal to buy Drogheda shopping centre

Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City opener was startlingly bad

The Community Shield isn’t always a sign of things to come, but City’s form in their defeat to Arsenal is concerning in the wake of Pep Guardiola’s departure

Premier League to allow audio of conversations between players and referees

Audio to be used during live broadcasts for first time

Transfer roundup: Barcelona to sign Rodri from Manchester City

The 22-year-old has agreed a five-year contract in east London

English Premier League team-by-team guide: The title challengers, key signings and players to watch this season

Chelsea and Tottenham have splashed the cash, with plenty of transfers still likely to happen

Bezos-backed Liverpool look the most vulnerable ahead of new Premier League season

Arsenal’s squad is most likely to endure in a league that prizes the strength of Declan Rice over the subtlety of Rodri

‘You very rarely get home properly’: Two Irish managers on the realities of a precarious profession

Conor Hourihane and Joe Dunne detail the extraordinary pressures of patrolling the sidelines – and what makes it all worthwhile

Croke Park seeking regular Premier League friendlies after Manchester United showcase

Peter McKenna, Croke Park director, is keen to find new revenue streams to put into the GAA

Computer-generated corners? Robot caddies? As sport embraces AI, nothing is ridiculous

From soccer and GAA to baseball and Formula One, teams are exploring how artificial intelligence can improve decision-making - and trying to decide where boundaries should be set

‘Marcus can offer us so much’: Michael Carrick hints at United rebirth for Rashford

United continue to operate under financial constraints, leaving the forward’s situation unpredictable

Croke Park to host largest ever crowd for a soccer match in Ireland

Friendly between Manchester United and Leeds United will draw 83,000 fans

José Mourinho reveals he signed contract to succeed Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013

Mourinho says he reneged on deal and returned to Chelsea, telling the story in a new Netflix documentary

Mason Melia signs for Lincoln City on season-long loan

The 18-year-old will get the chance to impress Tottenham when playing for Lincoln in the Championship this season

Arsenal agree transfer fee with Newcastle for Bruno Guimarães

Brazilian set to join Premier League champions for fee worth about €87.5m

Newcastle reject first bid from Arsenal for captain Bruno Guimarães

Premier League champions have £70m offer turned down as they target Brazilian midfielder

Five things we learned from Liverpool’s preseason tour of the US

The tour had highs but also exposed glaring gaps in the squad that need to be addressed

Chelsea given suspended transfer ban but points deduction removed after appeal

Premier League club fined £10 million after 74 breaches of FA regulations

Eddie Howe leaves Newcastle United with Matthias Jaissle set to replace him

German manager has been in charge of Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli for last three years

Liverpool prepare opening offer for Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola

The 23-year-old French winger is open to Premier League move

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in talks to join consortium seeking 30% stake in Liverpool

Billionaire keen to be part of Amit ­Bhatia’s £1.35bn bid

Liverpool issue 432 life bans as €1.4m is seized in ticket tout investigation

Almost 700,000 ticket registrations were analysed as club worked with local police economic crime team

Manchester United in advanced talks to sign Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa

Villa hijack Newcastle’s pursuit of Johan Manzambi from Freiburg

Why it’s totally fine to hate England during the World Cup

Such tournaments are an excuse to flaunt nationalistic tendencies in a low-stakes way

Manchester City pay Chelsea £17m in compensation and confirm Enzo Maresca as manager

Chelsea say Maresca leaving ‘major factor’ in poor season

Liverpool sign forward Víctor Muñoz for €40m in first arrival of Andoni Iraola era

Pacy 22-year-old Spanish international can play on either wing or as a striker

Ken Early: US opening win will ease Pochettino’s fears of a potential home World Cup fiasco

Paraguay drubbing raises the question, can the US break football?

Crystal Palace appoint ex-Lens boss Pierre Sage as manager on three-year deal

The 47-year-old led the French club to second place in Ligue 1 and a first Coupe de France title

Real Madrid announce signing of Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella in €60m deal

Spain left-back completes move on six-year contract

Damien Duff joins Brentford coaching staff

Former Republic of Ireland winger will work alongside Keith Andrews as first-team assistant coach

Kieran McKenna steps down as Ipswich Town manager ‘with great pride’ to take break

40-year-old McKenna is keen to spend more time with his family despite leading club back to Premier League

Manchester United think they can beat City to £100m-rated Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest rejected City’s bid for midfielder, with United also monitoring Mateus Fernandes

Liverpool confirm appointment of Andoni Iraola as new head coach

Spaniard replaces Arne Slot and signs two-year deal with Merseyside club

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