Chelsea ’s Nemanja Matic, left, competes for the ball with Swansea City ’s Ki Sung-Yueng during their English Premier League match in London on Sept. 13. UPDATE (Aug. 8, 10:14 a.m.): With the ...

A thrilling new 2025-26 English Premier League football season is about to arrive, with defending champion Liverpool F.C. set to clash with a Manchester City side hungry to retake the title.

The English Football League (EFL) schedule for the 2024/25 season is out, featuring several intriguing matches among the 72 teams. Consisting of England’s second-tier Championship, as well as League ...

In the mid-2000s, the Premier League went through a period of horrendously defensive football where the goals-per-game rate briefly dropped to a pitiful 2.45.

The Football League became truly national at the start of the 1920-21 season when a third division, composed entirely of teams from the South of England, was created.

English Football League (EFL) clubs have unanimously agreed to accept a landmark deal worth £935m with Sky Sports. This deal will result in more than a thousand matches a season being broadcast live.

"Manchester City Football Club can confirm that it has formally enacted the procedures to withdraw from the group developing plans for a European Super League," the club said in a statement Tuesday.

The English Premier League season begins Aug. 15. Before that, fans can watch the Premier League Summer Series, a tournament of "friendly," or exhibition, matches, from July 26 to Aug. 3 in the U.S.

If your domestic football league is of a lesser quality, generally speaking, odds are you won’t stick around there long. Erling Haaland isn’t about to ply his trade in Norway, for example.

CBS Sports and the English Football League have inked an exclusive, multi-year, multi-platform rights deal, among the biggest in the U.S.