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The English Premier League is the top division of football in England. Set up in 1992 as a breakaway from the Football League, it is now the richest and most-watched football league in the world. 

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The ability to go to Premier League games is a big plus of English life that fans may miss upon moving to Hong Kong. But cheering on local teams provides an atmospheric – and fairly good-standard – alternative.

  • Lucas Leiva is 48th in the list of all-time Liverpool appearance makers, after playing 346 matches between 2007 and 2017
  • Merseyside club continue four-pronged fight for silverware with Manchester United FA Cup clash on Sunday

City manager says the local boy is the league’s form player and a future club legend, and his two goals in a 3-1 win over neighbours United set up next week’s meeting with leaders Liverpool nicely.

Robert Pires draws parallels between Arsenal Invincibles and current title-challenging Gunners, and says striker shortage is no barrier to title glory.

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World Cup winner Thierry Henry opens up about mental health fight on Diary of a CEO podcast, and says being isolated in Montreal drove him to tears in early days of pandemic.

Ratcliffe’s company Ineos will also take on management of Manchester United’s football operations and invest US$300 million in the club to try to revive its fortunes.

Wolves striker Hwang Hee-chan nets again in his side’s win over Burnley, putting him behind only Son Heung-min, Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland in the race to be top scorer.

Agreement will pump even more eye-watering sums into the English game and is touted as the ‘largest sports media rights deals ever concluded in the UK’.

Kitchee midfielder Charlie Scott was reached his lowest ebb after being let go by the English Premier League giants, and it took walking away from the game to rediscover his love of football.

Former captain Gary Neville says Manchester United ‘is rock solid in its foundations, will come back no doubt’ despite rivals City growing in popularity in Hong Kong.

Club has been hit with a 10-point penalty after failing to comply with the competition’s profit and sustainability rules, but Manchester City are facing 115 charges and ex-AC Milan star Gullit is intrigued by what fate awaits treble winners.

‘He would always talk to us, more about your life than about football,’ Charlie Scott says of his time with the late Manchester United great at the club’s academy.

Netflix’s four-part docuseries on the famous Beckham household uncovers everything you need to know, from David’s football career to Victoria’s posh upbringing – here’s what you missed

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Becks has had a prolific career in football and pop culture, to say the least – here’s a look back at his life and legacy with the sport upon the release of Netflix’s new docuseries, Beckham

Style went behind the scenes at the Japanese brand’s biggest factory and watched the serial trophy winners play in Tokyo to find out what’s brewing between the two global mega-brands