Cristiano Ronaldo might not have been able to steal a march on the injured Lionel Messi in the goalscoring stakes, but you couldn’t have asked him to do more. The Real Madrid star has several weeks to build up a lead over Messi in the lead for the Pichichi Trophy, with the Argentine sidelined by […]

11 years ago

With so much freely available information about Premier League players these days, it’s rare to find a player who no one seems to know anything about. But Newcastle’s Swiss defender Kevin Mbabu is one of those players, and by the end of the draw against Chelsea he made us all feel guilty for having not […]

11 years ago

Juan Carlos Valeron was no spring chicken when he helped lead Deportivo La Coruna to the Champions League semi-finals back in 2004. But more than a decade on, the former Spain international is back in La Liga with Las Palmas, and came on in the away defeat to Barcelona. At the age of 40 years […]

11 years ago

Effortless

11 years ago

Has he got a point?

11 years ago

We’ve all been on a particularly messy stag-do. You know the type – you wake up upside-down in a foreign hotel, unsure how you got there, before stumbling out for a fry-up and to attempt to piece together the previous night. According to a poll from VoucherCodesPro.co.uk, British men are left nursing more than just a […]

11 years ago

“The tournament needs England to do well,” Kyran Bracken says. He’s not being unfairly arrogant, either. A member of England’s victorious Rugby World Cup squad in 2003, Bracken was watching from the bench as Jonny Wilkinson’s drop-goal saw off hosts Australia, and he knows the value of a host country going the distance. “It’s not […]

11 years ago

Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat will be happy to have walked away from this unscathed. The Russian spun off the Suzuka track at pace during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, slamming into a barrier, but the damage could have been far worse. Qualifying was brought to an early end after the incident, with Mercedes […]

11 years ago

England goalkeeper Joe Hart is the biggest absentee from the Manchester City team to face Tottenham in the Premier League’s early kickoff. Willy Caballero keeps his place after starting in the League Cup victory over Sunderland, though Hart’s spot on the bench is rumoured to be fitness-related rather than a reflection on his performance in the […]

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Which is the best team goal you’ve seen this season? The multi-pass move that led to Victor Moses drilling home West Ham’s opener at the Etihad? How about the patient possession play that helped create Juan Mata’s clincher against Southampton. If you’re a fan of the Argentine league, perhaps Gio Simeone’s strike for Banfield is […]

11 years ago

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has expressed his concerns that football in the north of England is on the brink of demise. He suggests clubs in London and the South East are at a ‘huge advantage’ over their northern rivals when it comes to recruiting players and managers, making particular reference to Alan Pardew […]

11 years ago

High-ranking officials and surprising sex-related antics have been a hot topic of late. And just as with the allegations about David Cameron’s un-kosher escapades, this story about the Treasury and a YouTube channel has a twist in the tale. In an effort to get down with the kids, someone had the bright idea of setting […]

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This has to end now

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Say what you want about Netflix, but you can’t argue with their timing. Just days after Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror found its way back into the public consciousness due to some revelations about David Cameron sharing a theme with its first ever episode, the streaming service has teased a new, original series of the dystopian drama. […]

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We couldn’t eat more than two Big Macs in 20 minutes, let alone 25, but then again we’re not Matt Stonie. Stonie won the famous Fourth of July World Hot Dog Eating Championships earlier in the year, and now he’s turned his attention to another famous foodstuff. In one sitting, he made his way through […]

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“Oh come on”

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Hurt-y Sanchez

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Euro 2016 qualification might have been wrapped up, but England are already looking at replacements for manager Roy Hodgson. There are no half-measures, either, with Champions League winner Pep Guardiola emerging as the main candidate. According to The Sun, England are prepared to offer the Bayern Munich boss £10m a year, but will wait until after […]

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Decisions, decisions…

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We’d like to Shaikh him by the hand…

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Just imagine…

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In fairness it is crap…

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Stunner…

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Poor Bastien Hery. Not only did he miss the decisive penalty as his Carlisle team lost to Liverpool in the League Cup, but he was also roundly mocked by the internet for his rather unconventional hairstyle. What does this remind you of? If you said “Feathers McGraw, unheralded star performer in Wallace and Gromit film […]

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Debutant Adam Bogdan was Liverpool’s unlikely hero in the League Cup, saving three penalties as the Reds crept past Carlisle United. The game finished 1-1, with veteran Derek Asamoah cancelling out Danny Ings’ opener. The League 2 side went the distance, holding on in extra time and even showboating a little, while their fans taunted […]

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The arrival of Steve McClaren was meant to herald a new, John Carver-less dawn at St James’ Park, but things haven’t gone to plan. Newcastle are without a Premier League win under the former England manager, and are now out of the League Cup after losing at home to Championship Sheffield Wednesday, who were themselves […]

11 years ago

To call Serie A newcomers Frosinone ‘minnows’ is an understatement. The team from the Lazio region, whose stadium holds just 10,000, were as high as 25/1 in some places to beat Juventus, but earned their first ever top-flight point thanks to a last-minute equaliser. Fittingly, the crucial goal was scored by Leonardo Blanchard, a defender who […]

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This probably won’t ever happen again

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Remember the name. Manchester United’s Andreas Pereira has a very big reputation, and it seems it’s deserved. The young Brazilian earned his first Old Trafford start in a competitive fixture, joining several first team regulars for the game against Ipswich, and justified his inclusion with a sublime free-kick. If he can build on this, some […]

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If Falcao wasn’t finished when he left Manchester United, surely he’s done now. The Chelsea striker has been given what feels like the last chance to end all last chances at Stamford Bridge, and he’s showing no real signs of a comeback. He might have scored his first Blues goal in the Premier League defeat […]

11 years ago

Chelsea fans have been taking Thibaut Courtois’ injury in their stride, but that optimism might not last much longer. Backup goalkeeper Asmir Begovic started for a strong Blues side away at League 1 Walsall, but won’t want to watch the first half back after his error let the underdogs back into the game. Thankfully Chelsea […]

11 years ago

Things could be going better for Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers. The Reds’ last two home games in the Premier League have brought defeat to West Ham and a draw with Norwich, and another supposed ‘gimme’ is not going their way. Carlisle at home in the cup should be straightforward, and it looked to be going […]

11 years ago

Big mistake

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If you watched Iago Aspas at Liverpool, you could be forgiven for thinking he didn’t know how to get the ball off the ground. The Spaniard’s daisycutter of a corner kick against Chelsea will be the one thing Reds fans will remember him for, but he’s doing a whole lot better back in La Liga. […]

11 years ago

Andreas Pereira has been impressing those in the know at Manchester United, and he has been rewarded with his first competitive start for the club. United are at near full-strength, with the likes of David De Gea, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata starting against Ipswich in the League Cup, though Anthony Martial is only on the […]

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Gone are the days of Arsenal and Tottenham blooding youngsters in the early rounds of cup competitions. A North London Derby is important whatever the stage, and this has been shown in the uncharacteristically strong line-ups chosen by both Arsene Wenger and Mauricio Pochettino, though neither side is completely at full-strength. Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker […]

11 years ago

A worrying number of British fathers are using secret bank accounts to hide affairs from their partners. Some 64% of dads in the UK have a bank account that their other half doesn’t know about, according to a new survey, with 21% using account number two for extra-marital activity, and the average amount of money […]

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This isn’t their first time…

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He wants the truth…

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Previously we brought you La Casaca’s attempt to update some unpopular 90s kits – well now we’ve found someone doing the reverse. The ‘Ecru Trim‘ blog adds retro elements to current kits in a manner that creator Jack Stewart has admitted are often ‘tasteless’. Inspired by 80s and 90s top-flight designs, he has also branched out […]

11 years ago

Pick that one out!

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Footballers often pick up a knock or two in a hard-fought cup game. We’ve seen many a player leave the field with a bandaged head or a tissue paper-stuffed nose, but scratches all over your face? That’s a new one. Hull defender Curtis Davies posted this photo after his team’s shock victory over Swansea in […]

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He’s had better days

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Well-deserved

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Wait, what?

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We never doubted you, Mario. It’s not taken too long for Mario Balotelli to rediscover his old form back in Serie A. The Italy striker is back at AC Milan on loan from Liverpool, and he is already back to his goalscoring best. He didn’t score a single free-kick during his time at Anfield, but […]

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Walkabout

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Ridiculous

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The term ‘all-star cast’ is often overused, but upcoming film The Big Short ticks an awful lot of boxes. Directed by Adam McKay, the man behind the Anchorman films, it is as far from screwball comedy as you can imagine. This is in no small part due to a cast comprising three Oscar winners – […]

11 years ago

Nick Diaz won’t be fighting in UFC for a while after picking up a lengthy drugs ban, but he has sung Ronda Rousey’s praises after she stuck up for him. Diaz could face five years on the sidelines after a positive marijuana test saw him banned from fighting in Nevada, but Rousey said she felt […]

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