The last three winners of the European Golden Shoe – superstar names from Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid – have made sensational starts to the 2025-26 campaign. But who else is up ...

Brentford kept their European hopes alive with a 1-0 win over already-relegated Ipswich at Portman Road, as Kevin Schade’s early header earned them a fourth straight Premier League victory. The winger ...

Scoring goals in football is actually the main task of the strikers, but the role of defenders here should certainly not be underestimated. In fact, they are there for the exact opposite, but in times ...

Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the round when Brentford piled more ...

With the halfway stage of the season upon us, the time has come to shine a spotlight on the players who have made the biggest impact across Europe's major leagues. But first, let's run through the lay ...