United announce Sesko deal, Football League buildup and latest news – as it happened

Manchester United announced Benjamin Sesko and we counted down to the day’s EFL action

Birmingham City 1-1 Ipswich Town: Championship opener – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: Blues were the better team, but Ipswich kept fighting and snatched a point with an injury-time penalty. Scott Murray was watching

Hirst’s late penalty earns Ipswich draw with Birmingham in Championship opener

The Ipswich striker fired home from the spot in the 95th minute to earn a 1-1 draw at Birmingham on the opening night of the Championship season

‘The attitude is despair’: Sheffield Wednesday fans push for end to Chansiri’s reign

Protests and a flyover will mark the first game of the season for a 158-year-old club that are struggling to pay or recruit players

Southampton’s Will Still: ‘I’ve always stuck out. Football’s helped me integrate’

Belgium-born coach on being tagged a ‘laptop manager’, the pressure to get Saints promoted and why village cricket is his secret to relaxing

Championship 2025-26: contenders, hopefuls and youngsters to watch

Birmingham and Ipswich will be aiming high, while Millwall and Derby are expected to battle for a place in the playoffs

Tom Brady’s Birmingham primed to touch down in the Championship

Fuelled by the ambitious ownership of Tom Wagner and an NFL icon, the Blues intend to take the second tier by storm

QPR’s Julien Stéphan: ‘The Championship is probably the most difficult league in the world’

The new head coach talks to Ed Aarons about his team’s need for an identity, the second tier’s challenges and on managing Dembélé, Doué and Doku at Rennes

Leicester appoint former QPR manager Martí Cifuentes on three-year contract

The Spanish manager Martí Cifuentes left QPR last month by mutual consent and has been appointed by the Foxes, who had also spoken to Gary O’Neil and Chris Wilder about the vacancy

Ryan Mason ready to ‘write own script’ with West Brom after perfect Spurs ending

Having helped Tottenham win the Europa League the 34-year-old is stepping out on his own after building a library of coaching experience

Sheffield Wednesday reach point of no return under Chansiri’s ownership

The escalation of turbulent Championship club’s financial crisis has quickly gone from alarming to existential