After a season which promised so much but has delivered so little, how can Atletico Madrid make the next step in La Liga and bridge the gap to Real Madrid and Barcelona?Diego Simeone’s side made some big signings in the European summer, but they’ve fallen short in all major competitions.World Footba

With uncertainty around Marcus Rashford’s future, where will the Manchester United forward be playing next season?Will he leave his boyhood club? Could he stay at Aston Villa beyond his loan spell? Or could a move abroad be on the cards? BBC's chief football news reporter Simon Stone joins World Foo

Leeds United and Burnley have both secured their return to the Premier League, so how did they do it and do they have what it takes to stay in the Premier League?For Burnley it is an immediate bounce back after they were relegated last season, while Leeds took two years to secure their return.Dan Je

In this episode, we take a look at two African players making a huge impact in the Premier League for Brentford.Cameroon's Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa from DR Congo are the top two goalscorers for Brentford during their time in the Premier League with 40 and 42 goals respectively.They both added to

In this episode of World Football, we bring together two sports not usually associated with each other – football and snooker.That’s because four-time world snooker champion Mark Selby’s career has been strongly linked to his hometown football club Leicester City.He became world champion for the sec

The last time five-time winners Barcelona won the men’s Champions League was 2015, but, after a 10-year wait, is the 2024-25 season their best chance to be crowned kings of Europe again?Ernest Macia from Radio Catalunya joins World Football’s Mike Williams and George Addo to assess where Barcelona a

Family members and former team-mates including his son Tyrese Campbell, Wayne Rooney and Andy Cole open up about the life and death of ex-Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell.Darren Fletcher narrates the story of Campbell's life, loss and legacy, told by those who knew him best.(Images via Get

It's set to be a huge week in European club football with the second legs of the Champions League quarter-finals taking place as the road to Munich in May takes shape.While Barcelona have a commanding 4-0 advantage in their tie against Borussia Dortmund, their big Spanish rivals Real Madrid go into

Manchester United head into a season defining game against Lyon with a number of question marks, including who will start in goal.The Europa League quarter-final tie is evenly poised at 2-2 with United needing to progress in order to keep alive their chances of a trophy and European football next se

Former Ukranian international Yevgeny Levchenko has been auctioning off a number of shirts he's collected throughout his career to aid the ongoing war relief funds in the country.Featuring names like Wayne Rooney, Arjen Robben, Erling Haaland, Luis Suárez, and Sergio Ramos, the auction saw global fo

Mohamed Salah has signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool.His previous deal was scheduled to run out in the summer and there had been doubts he would stay with the Reds following comments from the 32-year-old during the season as well as speculation linking him with a move to Saudi Arabia.The

Olympique Lyonnais has won 6 of the last 9 Champions League titles and for years dominated women’s football in Europe. Only Barcelona have recently been able to compete.Lyon's success is the vision of club president Jean-Michel Aulas who wanted to create an iconic team, with the best players, but in

Chelsea and Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson had a difficult start to life in English football but he's performing well this season and after an injury lay-off he's recently been described in the UK media as "indispensable" to Enzo Maresca's team.So as he returns to full fitness just in time for Chel

Players will be punished if they stand on the ball during football matches in Brazil, but what led to this controversial law change?The decision by the Brazil Football Federation (CBF) came after Corinthians forward Memphis Depay performed the move in a game against Palmeiras which sparked a mass br

PSG forward Ousmane Dembele has long had a big reputation, but is he now living up to his potential and could that lead to him winning football’s star prize?The France international was once the second-most expensive player in history when he signed for Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 in a

Southampton set the unwanted record of being the earliest team to be relegated in Premier League history after their relegation was confirmed in April 2025.So, what’s it like as a player to be relegated and is the gulf getting bigger between England’s top-flight and the second-tier?Former Premier Le

What do Australia, the US state of Wyoming and the German city of Bielefeld all have in common?They're all locations subject to satirical conspiracy theories that claim they don't exist.The 'Bielefeld conspiracy' remains one of the most popular Internet jokes originating in Germany, but their third-

As Thomas Muller and Kevin De Bruyne get ready to leave their clubs at the end of the season, how will they be remembered? Thomas Muller has played the most games in the history of Bayern Munich with 743, while he is third on their all-time scorer's list with 247 goals and has won two Champions Le

World Football’s Isaac Fanin finds out more about how "travel measures" introduced by US President Donald Trump led to Zambia's women's team withdrawing four United States-based players from their squad for a tournament in China.The Football Association of Zambia announced captain and BBC Women’s Fo

Imagine having to wait 50 years for your work to be officially recognised. That’s what happened to the women of St George Women's Soccer team, who represented Australia in the 1975 Asian Ladies Football Confederation tournament held in Hong Kong.For years, their efforts were overlooked by the footba

Arminia Bielefeld captain Mael Corboz speaks to World Football’s Mike Williams after the German third-tier side stunned defending champions Bayer Leverkusen to reach the final of the German Cup.Bielefeld won 2-1 to become the first team outside the top two divisions to knock four Bundesliga sides ou

It’s the battle of the best in the Copa Libertadores – as teams from across South America compete in their version of the Champions League.The past six editions have all been won by Brazilian clubs – and four of those finals have been all Brazilian affairs.So, can anyone stop Brazil’s domination? Wo

Marta is a Brazilian phenomenon. A six-time FIFA World Player of the Year, record goal scorer who’s even the hero of her opponents, but where did her love of football begin and what challenges has she faced in her incredible 20 year career? This is the story of Brazil’s global icon. Amongst others

This is the story of the day when the USA women’s national team, dubbed the 99ers, became instant stars and how one photograph of match winner Brandi Chastain went on to inspire a nation. 2015 World Cup winner Heather O’Reilly takes you back to the start of the decade to uncover the challenges the w