English football invests just 0.04 per cent of its revenues on catching drug cheats, Telegraph Sport can reveal, after an exclusive survey exposed “unacceptably” low levels of funding across Britain’s biggest sports.

The Premier League had a new redistribution deal rejected by the English Football League (EFL) shortly before the bill that ushered in a regulator was passed.

This summer marked the 40th anniversary of English football’s nadir. At a time of rampant hooliganism, fatal stadium tragedies and a ban from all European competition, an editorial in The Sunday Times infamously derided football as “a slum sport played in slum stadiums increasingly watched by slum people.”

The Premier League have seen their latest attempt to tweak how football’s wealth is distributed hit a roadblock. According to The Athletic, the English Football League (EFL) rejected a redistribution proposal just weeks before a landmark bill introducing an independent football regulator was passed.

A 47-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly yelled racial abuse at a player during an English Premier League soccer game. The alleged incident occurred at Anfield during Liverpool’s season-opening 4-2 win against Bournemouth.

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Jersey Bulls' women's team will play in the English football pyramid for the first time this season. The newly-formed side will compete in the South East Counties Women's Football League Surrey Division One.

Combining scalability and robust disaster recovery while reducing its onsite footprint, NEP UK says it has streamlined its English Football League (EFL) coverage for Sky Sports with its compact NEO

Mohamed Salah continues to write his own story in the Premier League. On Friday, August 15, 2025, during the opening day of the 2025-2026 season, the Egyptian striker for Liverpool netted his 10th goal in an opening match. He has set a new record at the very top of English football.