West Ham hands high-flying Man United’s stand-in manager Carrick reality check with a draw
West Ham limited United’s attacking threat for much of the match and was seconds from a victory that would have pulled the London club level with Nottingham Forest.
Draw with Leeds earns Man United boss sack: One of biggest jobs in club football vacant, again!
The countdown started on Saturday when Amorim admitted the 3-4-3 system he had been sticking to with bloody-minded stubbornness wasn’t clicking, nor did he have the players to make it click (prompting the question of why he was sticking with it).
School and football: Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka’s straight As in GCSE underline EPL’s holistic approach to developing youth players
Saka got four A*s (the highest grade) and three As in his GCSE examinations (for 15- or 16-year-olds in the UK) in 2018, and King, Miley and Hinshelwood all completed their A-Levels aged 18 while competing in the Premier League for their clubs.
Minister: Kenya’s Talanta Sports City Stadium that will host 2027 Africa Cup of Nations is 66 per cent ready
During the inspection, the cabinet secretary said contractors had already commenced external works, including painting and structural finishes, while interior installations were ongoing. Once completed, the stadium will feature 54 skyboxes and will host both football and rugby events
Kenya national football team coach names squad for Madagascar, Comoros friendlies
The friendlies will be played during next month’s Fifa window from November 10-18, 2025.
Pundits agree Arsenal are ready to be EPL kings, but must score more goals from open play
Factor in that Arsenal have already visited Old Trafford, Anfield and St James’ Park and their start to the season becomes all the more impressive. This was yet another fixture in which Arsenal improved on their points tally last season. In 2024-25, Arsenal were twice pegged back in a game which ended as a 2-2 draw.
Reflections: Kenya’s national team Harambee Stars has a long way to go in African football
Harambee Stars wrapped up their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers campaign with a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, scoring 18 goals and conceding 14. The biggest goal contributions were by Michael Olunga with six goals and two assists in total.
Adjudged to have hosted the most successful edition CHAN, Kenya looks to build on the feat to grow talent, economy
Principal Secretary for State Department for Sports Elijah Mwangi says reconfiguring the sports sector is paramount to opening up diverse economic opportunities. Mwangi explains that talent development programmes, massive infrastructural investments, reviewing of the legal framework, streamlining the operations of sports federation and involvement of private sector actors in the growth of sports are mandatory for making the sector one of Kenya’s economic mainstay.
Man United ownership: At United, nothing remains for long, now Ratcliffe says coach Amorim has failed to prove his mettle
As part of a deal completed in February 2024, Ratcliffe agreed to inject $300 million (£238.5 million) into the club by the end of that year. In exchange, he gained control of United’s sporting operations, but his influence has been apparent across their business side, too. The vast cost-cutting and redundancy programme of the past 18 months was carried out at his behest.
Ballon d’Or: Dembele was a scatter-brained boy wonder who did not even know which was his stronger foot
Inevitably, Dembele’s rapid rate of goal-scoring could not last forever, but what his goals lost in frequency, they more than made up for in importance. Against Liverpool in the Champions League last 16 and Arsenal in the semi-finals, he scored strikingly similar goals that showcased both his tactical intelligence and his newfound poacher’s instincts.
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