BBC Sport - Football

• Struggling Preston sack Heckingbottom

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Preston North End sack Paul Heckingbottom after six defeats in seven league games left the Lilywhites second bottom of the Championship.

• Ronaldo demands lifetime bans over Jota chants

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Footage on social media appears to show Al-Hilal's Ruben Neves reacting to Al-Taawoun fans chanting Diogo Jota's name at him during their Saudi Pro...

• Rangers v Aberdeen & Edinburgh derby in League Cup semis

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Rangers have been drawn against Aberdeen in the semi-finals of the Premier Sports Cup, while rivals Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian will face off...

• Who am I? Guess WSL star No 4

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Work out the identity of today's player in as few attempts as possible.

• Souttar's Rangers exit in doubt - gossip

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Move to Greece is off for frozen out Rangers defender as former player is linked with post at Ibrox...

• 'I thought I was going to die' - Burnley boss on sepsis scare

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Burnley manager Jackie Bachteler will be in the dugout at Turf Moor on Sunday for the first time - but nine months ago she was fighting for her life.

• Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Test your ball knowledge with today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.

• Fixed v fluid - the opposing approaches of Maresca and Carrick

  13-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Enzo Maresca and Michael Carrick will go head to head in Sunday's Manchester derby, with their teams set up very differently.

• Chelsea's defence looks 'weak & disjointed' - analysis

  12-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Match of the Day pundit Ashley Williams says Chelsea's "struggling" defence looked "weak and disjointed" in their 2-2 draw against Hull at Stamford...

• Referee 'completely wrong' to award penalty - Williams

  12-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Match of the Day pundits Ashley Williams and Thomas Frank believe Sunderland should not have been awarded a penalty after Ezri Konsa was adjudged...

• 'Today the game was unprotected' - Arteta fumes but Arsenal survive

  12-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Arsenal produced a gritty 2-0 win against Sunderland, but Mikel Arteta fumed about the penalty that could have cost his side a result.

• Arteta 'very worried & very sad' over penalty incident

  12-9-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Mikel Arteta is pleased with Arsenal's performance against Sunderland, but is "very worried and very sad" about the penalty awarded to their...