Ben Grounds

The Champions League has undergone a drastic revamp ahead of the 2024/25 season which sees the number of matches in the new format increase from 125 to 189. The league phase will now be completed at the end of January instead of during December, while there will be weeks exclusively dedicated to the Champions League in the football calendar when no other European competitions are played. The winners will have played 17 games across the competition, while matches played across Tuesday, Wednesday…

England secured their first victory of 2024 against Bosnia & Herzegovina despite unconvincing first-half; Eberechi Eze, Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold impress but Jarrod Bowen and James Maddison face an anxious wait

Everton have signed Republic of Ireland international centre-back Jake OBrien on a four-year contract; 23-year-old joined French club from Crystal Palace in 2023

Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa carry the Premier League hopes with the 2024/25 Champions League entering a new format; 36 clubs will participate in the new league phase and will no longer play three teams twice, but will take on eight different sides

Cristian Romero speaks exclusively to Sky Sports about how Tottenham are ready to end their 16-year wait for a trophy; the Argentine is confident the side are better prepared this season; Spurs host Everton on the second weekend of the new Premier League season

Report and free match highlights as Manchester City make it three wins from their opening three Premier League games by seeing off a spirited West Ham at the London Stadium thanks to another hat-trick of Erling Haaland goals; Ruben Dias own goal had hauled hosts level

Match report as Arne Slot becomes the first Liverpool manager in history to win eight of his first nine matches in charge; Goals in either half from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah secured a routine 2-0 win over Bologna at Anfield

Report as Scotlands poor run of form continued with Croatia coming from behind to inflict a third straight Nations League defeat on Steve Clarkes men; Ryan Christies opener cancelled out immediately by Igor Matanovic before former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric completes turnaround

Scotland suffered a third successive defeat in the UEFA Nations League to leave them facing the real prospect of relegation after Croatia came from behind to win 2-1 in Zagreb.

Sky Sports looks at how long it took for Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta to build their sides as Ruben Amorim begins work at Man Utd; watch Ipswich vs Man Utd in the Premier League on Sunday November 24, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 4.30pm