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Sky News Today
Saturday 26 September 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 11 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (80%)
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Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said the Premier League process still had a long way to run and that his confidence and intent in proving the club's innocence remained as strong as when it began, after reports the club had been found guilty of all but one of 115 financial breach charges. A sports correspondent said the open letter did not deny the reported findings, cited legal confidentiality, and noted that appeal and sanctioning stages were still to come, leaving uncertainty over the season.
The Football Association of Ireland said the majority of Ireland's male players voted to play their Nations League match against Israel in Hungary on Sunday, despite unease and calls for a boycott over the war in Gaza, with the report noting the manager's use of the word genocide and Israel's denial of genocide allegations. Pope Leo held an open-air mass in Paris, with the Vatican estimating more than 700,000 people attended around the Place de la Concorde during the first papal visit to France in 18 years, before travelling to Lourdes. The Prime Minister arrived in Liverpool for his first Labour Party conference since taking office, pledging to set out a new direction for the UK on Tuesday and saying the country needed hope after a decade of drift and division; a political correspondent also noted a reported cabinet rift over immigration reforms, though a minister denied it, and that the Prime Minister had ruled out an early general election before 2029.
Later, the broadcast reported that Premier League clubs were said to be planning legal action after the reported findings, with an expert discussing potential reputational damage and the possibility of Premier League history being rewritten. A Sky News Explains segment then examined Meta glasses, noting their real-time filming capabilities and raising questions about privacy, consent and safety.
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- 1:32
Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Manchester City chairman
“Khaldoon Al Mubarak said the Premier League process still has a long way to run and our confidence and intent improving the club's innocence he says is just as strong as when this began.”
- 11:40
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
“we've had a decade since Brexit and it's been a decade of too much drift too much division and we need to draw a line on that”
- 19:09
Miguel Delaney, chief football writer at The Independent and author of the award-winning book, States of Play
“Good time now to discuss this with Miguel Delaney, the chief football writer at The Independent and author of the award-winning book, States of Play”
- 1:27
- 5:54
- 5:54
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
Ireland are playing Israel in the Nations League amid calls for a boycott of the games.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 5:54-6:09
- 5:54
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
Ireland are playing Israel in the Nations League amid calls for a boycott of the games.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 5:54-6:09
- 5:54
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
Ireland's male players voted for the match against Israel to go ahead.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 5:54-6:09
- 7:12
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
The Football Association of Ireland wants Israel excluded from international competitions but also wants Ireland to play to avoid disqualification.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 7:12-7:27
- 7:12
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
The Football Association of Ireland wants Israel excluded from international competitions but also wants Ireland to play to avoid disqualification.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 7:12-7:27
- 7:22
Contested quote Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
in the nation's league earlier this year ultimately when the assembly of the Football Association of Ireland met in June they decided that they would go ahead with this game because there would be sporting consequences they would lose the points that they wouldn't have a chance to get the six points they could also be further points deductions and sanctions
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 7:22-7:27
- 7:22
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
The Football Association of Ireland wants Israel excluded from international competitions but also wants Ireland to play to avoid disqualification.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 7:22-7:37
- 8:05
Charged quote Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
out so strongly such the strength of belief within Ireland that this game should not be taking place Israel has always resisted the fact that it should face sporting sanctions it's always denied that it is conducting a genocide in Gaza that is the finding of a UN Commission of inquiry and very much in Ireland a sense that sporting boycotts could
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 8:05-8:10
- 8:42
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
Ireland are playing Israel in the Nations League amid calls for a boycott of the games.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 8:42-8:54
- 8:54
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
The Dublin match was moved to a neutral venue in Serbia, and Ireland will still play to avoid UEFA sanctions.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 8:54-9:03
- 8:54
Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
Ireland's Nations League fixtures against Israel were moved to neutral venues, with the first in Debrecen, Hungary, and Ireland's home match in Serbia without fans.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 26 September 2026, 8:54-9:03
- 9:05 Story begins Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
- 11:30
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