
Dom Smith is a Football Reporter for Evening Standard, mainly covering Chelsea and England. He also reports on tennis at Wimbledon. In 2023, the same year he joined Evening Standard, Dom was named Hugh McIlvanney Student Football Writer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association.
Dom Smith is a Football Reporter for Evening Standard, mainly covering Chelsea and England. He also reports on tennis at Wimbledon. In 2023, the same year he joined Evening Standard, Dom was named Hugh McIlvanney Student Football Writer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association.

Three Lions’ final pre-tournament friendly went ahead after storm forced one-hour kick-off delay in Orlando

Thomas Tuchel facing some key selection dilemmas ahead of Group L opener against Croatia next week
Three Lions boss still has selection dilemmas in key positions ahead of Group L curtain-raiser against Croatia

Three Lions face tough test in Group L curtain-raiser as they reunite with 2018 semi-final opponents
Three Lions’ final warm-up friendly threatened by extreme weather conditions

Young quartet set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer

Brazilian is open to move a year after north London switch collapsed
Former Spurs chairman departed after almost 25 years in September

Blues manager does not formally start until July but is already getting to grips with his new surroundings

Three Lions have no injury concerns going into summer tournament

BlueCo had previously been tracking the highly-rated goalkeeper before moving their attentions elsewhere
Three Lions will take part in an additional pre-World Cup warm-up game
Arsenal and PSG have also been credited with an interest in the highly-rated midfielder
The Gunners are interested in bringing EFL star to north London

Managers all over the world have made some bold calls ahead of this summer’s showpiece event in North America
Gunners are expected to bolster their central midfield options this summer
Marco Silva will be a tough act to follow at Fulham after stabilising the club in the Premier League
Fulham in search of their first new manager in five years

New manager’s pre-season preparations will include plenty of first-team stars
The most successful manager in the club’s history has bid a final farewell

BlueCo continue to scout young talent across Europe, but has crossed one name off the list