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Graham Potter will take charge of Saturday's Premier League trip to Fulham

Chelsea appoint Potter as manager on five-year deal

Graham Potter has left Brighton to take over as Chelsea head coach on a five-year contract.

Brendan Rodgers insists that the Leicester squad are all working together

Rodgers insists Leicester squad are still together

Beleaguered Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers is adamant his underperforming players are "very much together" and "giving everything" despite the club's worst start to a Premier League season.

Soccer • 05 Sep 22

Shane Duffy has seen limited game time in the early stages of his Fulham loan move

Duffy unavailable for Fulham against Brighton

Republic of Ireland defender Shane Duffy won't be involved for Fulham when they take on his parent club Brighton at Craven Cottage on Tuesday.

Soccer • 29 Aug 22

Premier League wrap: Sterling opens Chelsea account

Raheem Sterling's first goals for Chelsea gave the 10-man Blues a 2-1 victory over winless Leicester in the Premier League, while Brighton continued their good start when beating Leeds United.

Soccer • 27 Aug 22

Evan Ferguson put himself in the spotlight with his first goal for Brighton on Wednesday night

Ferguson's potential leaves Potter purring

Nascent talent Evan Ferguson has received glowing praise from Brighton manager Graham Potter after opening his goal-scoring account for the Premier League club in Wednesday's 3-0 defeat of Forest Green in the Carabao Cup.

Soccer • 25 Aug 22

Evan Ferguson celebrates with team-mate Andy Moran after scoring Brighton's third goal

Carabao Cup: Ferguson on target in Brighton victory

Evan Ferguson scored his first senior goal for Brighton and Hove Albion as they dispatched Forest Green Rovers 3-0 in the Carabao Cup second round.

Soccer • 24 Aug 22

West Ham sit at the bottom of the Premier League

Brighton pile the misery on Moyes' Hammers

Goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Leandro Trossard condemned West Ham to a 2-0 defeat at home to bogey side Brighton.

Soccer • 21 Aug 22

Kyle Walker-Peters secured a point for Southampton

Premier League: Saints fight back, Mitrovic misses pen

Southampton duo Kyle Walker-Peters and Joe Aribo cancelled out a double from Leeds United's Rodrigo as the home side roared back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw while Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic missed from the spot against Wolves in a 0-0.

Soccer • 13 Aug 22

Brighton's German midfielder Pascal Gross shoots and scores his team second goal

Premier League recap: Manchester United 1-2 Brighton

Manchester United begin their Premier League life under Erik ten Hag with 2-1 defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford.

Soccer • 07 Aug 22

Shane Duffy will play his football at Fulham this season

Transfers: Duffy to Fulham, Celtic's Afolabi joins Bohs

Shane Duffy has agreed a season-long loan from Brighton to Fulham ahead of the start of the Premier League campaign, while Marc Cucurella has joined Chelsea and Amadou Onana is set to move to Everton.

Soccer • 05 Aug 22

Jesus and Arsenal impressed against Chelsea during the pre-season tour

Premier League club-by-club guide: Part 1

As the new Premier League season kicks off, we look at all 20 clubs and how they are set up for the new campaign.

Soccer • 04 Aug 22

Aaron Connolly will hope a fresh start abroad will boost his Ireland chances again

'Two sides to the sword' as Connolly arises at Venezia

Keith Treacy and Conan Byrne share their perspectives on Aaron Connolly's loan move from Brighton to Italian Serie B side Venezia on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.

Soccer • 19 Jul 22

Aaron Connolly joins Serie B side Venezia

Republic of Ireland international Aaron Connolly has agreed a deal to join Serie B side Venezia on a season-long loan from Brighton and Hove Albion.

Soccer • 14 Jul 22

Pascal Struijk celebrates in front of Leeds fans after scoring their late equaliser

Struijk takes Leeds survival battle into final day

Pascal Struijk headed a stoppage-time equaliser as Leeds snatched a vital point in their fight for Premier League survival with a 1-1 draw against Brighton.

Soccer • 15 May 22

Cristiano Ronaldo (C) and his team-mates were over-run by the Seagulls

Brilliant Brighton batter brutal Manchester United

Manchester United's players were subjected to chants of "you're not fit to wear the shirt" from their own fans as their faint hopes of Champions League qualification were extinguished by a 4-0 thumping at Brighton.

Soccer • 07 May 22

Burnley and Ireland defender Nathan Collins celebrates

Premier League wrap: Burnley boosted, Norwich go down

Burnley came back from a goal down in the final 10 minutes to move five points clear of the Premier League bottom three with a 2-1 win at Watford which confirmed Norwich's relegation.

Soccer • 30 Apr 22

Shane Duffy has been at Brighton since 2016

Potter plans talks with Duffy over Brighton future

Brighton boss Graham Potter has admitted his admiration for Shane Duffy as he plans to hold talks with the veteran defender at the end of the season.

Soccer • 29 Apr 22

Premier League: Chelsea pip Hammers, Burnley win again

Christian Pulisic's last-minute goal handed Chelsea a 1-0 win over 10-man West Ham while Burnley earned three crucial points against Wolves.

Soccer • 24 Apr 22

Norwegian youngster Erling Haaland has scored 25 goals in 26 games for Dortmund so far this season

Pep refuses to confirm if City closing in on Haaland

Pep Guardiola has refused to comment on reports claiming Manchester City are closing in on a deal for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland.

Soccer • 19 Apr 22

Leandro Trossard of Brighton & Hove Albion celebrates

Tottenham's top-four hopes dented by defeat to Brighton

Tottenham Hotspur blew a chance to strengthen their grip on fourth place in the Premier League as they suffered a 1-0 home defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion.

Soccer • 16 Apr 22

Back-to-back defeats have handed the initiative in the race for the Champions League to Tottenham

Arsenal 'not good enough' over costly week - Ramsdale

Aaron Ramsdale admits Arsenal were "not good enough" as they slipped to defeat at home to Brighton.

Soccer • 10 Apr 22

Enock Mwepu was the star of the show for Brighton

Brighton strike blow to Arsenal's top-four prospects

Arsenal's hopes of a top-four Premier League finish took another blow as they were deservedly beaten by Brighton following a lacklustre display.

Soccer • 09 Apr 22

Niamh Fahey of Liverpool celebrates her goal

WSL round-up: Fahey helps fire Liverpool back to WSL

Republic of Ireland international Niamh Fahey opened the scoring for Liverpool as they secured their WSL comeback after two years away as a 4-2 victory at Bristol City saw them crowned Championship winners with two games to spare.

Soccer • 03 Apr 22

Recap: Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool

Goals from Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino help Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-0 and close the gap to Manchester City down to one point at the top of the Premier League table.

Soccer • 16 Mar 22

95 not out - Kane is better on the road than any other in the Premier League history

Another milestone for Kane as Tottenham beat Brighton

Harry Kane created a slice of Premier League history as he helped Tottenham to a 2-0 win at free-falling Brighton.

Soccer • 16 Mar 22