Cristiano Ronaldo is very much back in the goals After waiting a while for his first Juventus goal, Ronaldo scored twice in their home win over Sassuolo last week. After a harsh red card on his Juve Champions League debut in midweek, he returned to Serie A action by grabbing a crucial late strike against […]

8 years ago

Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from their Champions League defeat at Anfield with a win at Rennes on Sunday Despite falling behind to Adrien Rabiot’s own goal just after ten minutes, goals from Angel Di Maria, Thomas Meunier and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (yes, him), saw them take a 3-1 win. Neymar didn’t finish the game on […]

8 years ago

“I take his shoes, I go in the toilet and I shit inside of them” Long ago, before repeatedly telling his Instagram following just how much he “loves this game”, Patrice Evra was a Manchester United footballer. The French international was briefly a teammate of Gerard Pique, who was on the fringes of the United […]

8 years ago

Anthony Joshua has revealed Tyson Fury has blocked him on Twitter in the wake of his victory against Alexander Povetkin Joshua won the fight at Wembley via a seventh round knockout, retaining his world heavyweight titles in the process. In the time since, many have speculated who the IBF, WBO and WBA champion will fight next, with Fury, […]

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Understandably, Zinedine Zidane is likely to be a man in demand in the months ahead… In just two and a half years as manager of Real Madrid, Zidane guided the club to three consecutive Champions League titles before stepping down in the summer. He’s since indicated that he may return to management in the near […]

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Anthony Martial will be back on the bench this weekend Having started Manchester United’s opening Champions League game of the new season against Young Boys on Wednesday, Martial scored his side’s third and final goal of the night in Switzerland. Although some might have expected him to keep his place for United’s game with Wolves […]

8 years ago

Steady on, Lucas. You’ve only just arrived, for crying out loud… There’s a feeling amongst Arsenal supporters that there’s a lot to come from Lucas Torreira. The Urugyayan international, a £26m summer signing from Sampdoria, has quickly made a big impression on many of the club’s supporters in his short time in north London. Aged 22, […]

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“I realise that sometimes you have to make tough decisions and football doesn’t wait for people” Gary Cahill has admitted his time at Chelsea appears to be nearing its end. The central defender turns 33 in December and is yet to make an appearance for the club under Maurizio Sarri. Having captained the club under […]

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Francesco Totti is Roma through and through Between his debut in 1992 and his retirement last year, he made 786 appearances in the club’s colours, scoring over 300 goals for them along the way and achieving legendary status with supporters. Though he had offers to move elsewhere – including the chance to end his career […]

8 years ago

‘Is this a joke?’

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Should or should you not celebrate a goal against a former club? A debate that always seems to do the rounds at least once a season. Thanks to Theo Walcott, it might well be set to start up again following the Everton forward’s latest comments ahead of his return to Arsenal at the weekend. Walcott […]

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For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, Manchester United fielded two genuine full-backs against Young Boys on Wednesday night A resurgent Luke Shaw, returning from the head injury he picked up on international week, continued his excellent start to the season at left-back, while debutant Diogo Dalot impressed on the opposite side […]

8 years ago

I have Football Brain. No, it’s not an officially recognised condition – not yet, anyway – but it very much is a real thing, and something I’m confident plenty of people reading this will be able to relate to. I’m in my thirties now and, as is the way, have largely accepted that my days […]

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Yep. Every single one.

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Celtic are up and running in this season’s Europa League Having wasted several chances to break the deadlock against Rosenborg on Thursday night, they eventually found a winner with just three minutes of normal time remaining. Having replaced Odsonne Édouard only ten minutes earlier, Leigh Griffiths was the scorer nodding home after Dedryck Boyata had headed […]

8 years ago

God bless you, Europa League group stages Though the quality of football may not always be the best, there’s no other way we’d want to be spending our autumn Thursday evenings. Sure, we may never have heard of or be able to spell the names of some of the teams involved, but it still manages […]

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This, we can safely assume, was not how Steven Gerrard would’ve wanted Rangers’ Europa League campaign to start Back in the group stages of a European competition for the first time in eight years, Rangers managed to hold out for all of 43 seconds in their game against Villarreal. With a ball played forward to […]

8 years ago

Mbappe, for a change, was not the fastest on the field

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Barcelona are breaking with tradition for their next home shirt According to an exclusive report in SPORT, the Spanish champions have given the green light to a new design which will not feature the vertical Blaugrana stripes we’ve come to expect on their home shirts. Their 2019/20 home offering will instead feature a checkered square design […]

8 years ago

Neymar, when upright, can do great things on a football field Whether you’ve watched him regularly over the last few years or just seen some of those YouTube compilations set to awful dance music, you’ll almost certainly be aware of Neymar’s reputation for making opponents look a bit silly with his exceptional skill and trickery. […]

8 years ago

Liverpool have their first victory of the new Champions League season Having surrendered a two-goal lead to Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield on Tuesday night, a stoppage time strike from Roberto Firmino saw the Reds take maximum points from their opening group game. The Brazilian was brought on with little under 20 minutes of the game […]

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It’s been a decent start to the new season for Bournemouth, with Eddie Howe’s side sitting fifth after their first five Premier League games Their latest outing saw them see off Leicester City 4-2 on Saturday, a result which has prompted their veteran goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to make an incredibly bold claim about his team’s […]

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United had beaten Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road earlier in the afternoon

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has 500 career goals Despite his LA Galaxy side losing 5-3 to Toronto in the small hours of Sunday morning, Ibrahimovic reached the milestone in spectacular fashion, firing home with a roundhouse kick volley. In the time since, Zlatan has taken time to thank the clubs he has scored his goals for (and […]

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Dimitri Payet is at it again, ladies and gents… Just when we thought Zlatan Ibrahimovic had comfortably claimed best goal of the weekend, along comes Payet to make us doubt ourselves. The Frenchman became known for popping up with the odd thunderbastard here and there during his 18-month stint with West Ham and did so again […]

8 years ago

Eric Bailly’s time at Manchester United could soon be up, according to a report Bailly became Jose Mourinho’s first signing at Old Trafford when he brought him to the club from Villarreal two summers ago and showed plenty of promise in his early appearances. However, the Ivory Coast international has not started for United since […]

8 years ago

Gareth Bale has revealed he consoled Loris Karius after his mistakes in last season’s Champions League final Bale started the game in Kiev as a substitute, but ended it as the match winner. His two goals, both memorable for entirely different reasons, gave Real Madrid a 3-1 victory over Liverpool to win their third successive […]

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Juventus maintained their 100% start to the new Serie A season on Sunday in a game that will be remembered for Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his first goals for the club Ronaldo scored two second half goals against Sassuolo, helping the Italian champions to a 2-1 victory. Sassuolo scored their only goal of the game in […]

8 years ago

Finally, it’s happened Cristiano Ronaldo has his first goal in a Juventus shirt since completing his move to Turin from Real Madrid in the summer. Having failed to score in his first three outings for his new club, his first goal as a Juve player came early in the second half of their Serie A […]

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In spectacular fashion, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 500th goal of his career on Saturday night In action for LA Galaxy against Toronto, Ibrahimovic turned home Jonathan Santos’ chipped pass with an acrobatic roundhouse kick. Despite reaching the milestone, this proved to be a disappointing night for the former Swedish international and his teammates. Toronto had […]

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Judging by his post-match comments, Steven Gerrard is clearly a perfectionist Gerrard had watched his Rangers team ease to a 4-0 victory at home to Dundee at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon, yet his comments after the game made clear he was far from happy with his team. Goals from Lassana Coulibaly, Ryan Kent, James Tavernier and […]

8 years ago

David Beckham is eyeing an ambitious move to bring Lionel Messi to his new Miami Major League Soccer team Inter Miami are due to play their first season in MLS in 2020, and it’s now emerged that Beckham, who heads the club’s ownership group, wants to bring Messi to the club. The Times report that […]

8 years ago

Manchester City breezed to a 3-0 win over Fulham on Saturday Despite tipping young midfielder Phil Foden for a place in the England squad in his press conference on Friday, Pep Guardiola opted not to bring the 18-year-old off the bench against the Cottagers. Although Foden was expected to feature regularly for City this season, […]

8 years ago

Typical of the man Zlatan Ibrahimovic turns 37 years old next month. He may well be in the twilight of a playing career that’s seen him play for some of the biggest clubs in world football, but even now, he’s capable of moments of utter brilliance. We were reminded of this in small hours of […]

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With good reason, plenty of Fantasy Premier League players – over 2 million of them – will have been disappointed at around 2pm on Saturday afternoon As the team news was announced from The Etihad Stadium, it became clear Benjamin Mendy would play no part in Manchester City’s home game with Fulham. The French international, […]

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What. A. Hit. Arsenal had Granit Xhaka to thank for their opening goal of the afternoon at St James’ Park on Saturday. Goalless at half-time, Unai Emery’s side were awarded a free-kick early in the second half which had appeared too far out to trouble Martin Dubravka in the Newcastle United goal. With Mesut Ozil also […]

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7.45 kick-offs have been something of a tradition in the Champions League over the last couple of decades As of this season, however, they’re a thing of the past. UEFA have implemented two different start times for games in the 2018/19 competition, making it easier for football fans to watch more televised matches than ever […]

8 years ago

Nearly there, FIFA fans. Nearly there. The release date for FIFA 19 is a matter of days away and excitement is building. The inclusion of the Champions League is one of the more notable additions to the new version of the game, after the EA Sports obtained a licence for the competition earlier this year. Gameplay […]

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Argentina’s Boca Juniors are the latest football club to feature in their own docuseries Following the recent release of Amazon Prime’s All Or Nothing – a behind the scenes take on Manchester City’s 2017/18 season – Netflix launched Boca Juniors Confidential on Friday (September 14). The four-part series offers a fly-on-the-wall look at life at La Bombonera as […]

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Preparation is everything Jose Mourinho knows this all too well, which is exactly why he turned up for his Friday morning press conference armed with a bunch of facts about Marcus Rashford. Rashford scored both of England’s goals over the international break – one in the defeat to Spain at Wembley; the other in the […]

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Kevin De Bruyne isn’t for sale, but there is a release clause in his Manchester City contract De Bruyne, who joined City from Wolfsburg in 2015, signed a six-year deal at The Etihad in January. Although the Belgian clearly has plans to stay put in Manchester for years to come, his manager has revealed that […]

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The end of an era at Vicarage Road The man behind Harry the Hornet, Watford’s match day mascot, has resigned from his role. A tweet sent by Gareth Evans on Thursday afternoon confirmed that he was ‘proud’ of what he had achieved in the role and that he is ‘heavy hearted’ to be stepping away […]

8 years ago

In 2008, Pep Guardiola became Barcelona manager, kicking off one of the most successful spells in the club’s history Guardiola was promoted to the position having previously been in charge of the club’s B team, and decided to bring Sergio Busquets into the first team set-up with him. Although the midfielder had clearly impressed Guardiola […]

8 years ago

Everton are facing a possible points deduction over their recruitment of Marco Silva, a report has claimed Silva was appointed manager at Goodison Park in the summer, having been strongly linked with a move to the Merseyside club following the departure of Ronald Koeman last October. The 41-year-old was Watford manager at that point in […]

8 years ago

Once one of the most feared strikers in world football, George Weah hung up his boots 15 years ago Since then, he’s opted against going down some of the more traditional career paths of other former professional footballers, deciding to embark on a journey into politics. He appears to be doing pretty well at it […]

8 years ago

Remember a few weeks ago, when people were saying £50m for Richalrison was a lot of money? Starting to feel like a very long time ago, isn’t it? Since completing his move from Watford to Everton, Richarlison has been impressive. The 21-year-old scored twice on his debut in the 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers and […]

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And there we were, naively thinking we were done with writing about soon-to-be released football kits for another year… We were wrong. Very wrong. Barcelona may well have unveiled the kits they’ll be wearing over the course of the 2018/19 campaign (if they’ve not officially done so, we’ve already seen the leaked designs splashed all […]

8 years ago

The times are changing at Manchester United United are believed to be embarking on major restructuring of their football operations and looking to appoint a new director of football in the next year. A report in the Evening Standard claims United have identified a number of targets for the position with Atletico Madrid’s Andrea Berta […]

8 years ago

Both Manchester clubs are thought to be interested in signing the Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves is, if you believe what you read, a wanted man. Having played a key role in Wolves promotion to the Premier League last season, the Portuguese midfielder has made an impressive start to life in the English top flight. Due […]

8 years ago

Salvador Cabanas has claimed a deal had been agreed for him to join Manchester United before he was shot in the head Cabanas, a former Paraguayan international, spent weeks in intensive care after the shooting, which took place in a Mexico City nightclub in January 2010. The 38-year-old, a winner of the South American footballer […]

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