The Senegalese forward has been a driving force for the Reds this season Sadio Mane has been the PFA Fans’ Player of the Year after a stunning season in which he helped lead Liverpool to their first league title in three decades. The 28-year-old scored 18 Premier League goals for the Reds as they finished […]

5 years ago

Boris Johnson’s government is under pressure to do the same Northern Ireland has taken the decision to scrap the controversial algorithm used to predict students’ A-levels results ahead of the release of GCSE results later this week. The devolved Stormont government made the move to “ease anxieties” among students, after a week in which Boris […]

5 years ago

Could the Messi era be over at Camp Nou? Lionel Messi has experienced some incredible moments during his long career at Barcelona, winning multiple Champions League titles, numerous Ballon d’Or trophies and myriad other honours along the way. The past three or four years though have not been good. The past season, in particular, has […]

5 years ago

It’s not been a great last 18 hours for Manchester City players Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side were knocked out of the Champions League by Olympique Lyonnais by a score of 3-1 on Saturday night. No one had expected France’s seventh best side to defeat City’s expensively assembled squad of superstars, but they did, and […]

5 years ago

There have been a lot of Disney films From the moment Walt Disney reached deep within his mind in 1928 to create an anthropomorphic mouse named Michael, Disney has not looked back. Now 100s of movies deep, Disney’s animated offerings follow a familiar but mostly satisfying pattern: a hero of some kind finds themselves in […]

5 years ago

The Italian looked visibly shaken after the incident Italian MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi somehow emerged unscathed after a horror crash during the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. The 41-year-old was pictured looking dazed and shaken after he narrowly avoided being struck by two flying bikes in the aftermath of a collision involving Johann Zarco and […]

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The two clubs are yet to agree a deal Liverpool have agreed a four-year contract with Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who has announced his departure to teammates, according to RMC Sport journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi. The Reds have been linked with the Spain midfielder all summer, as they seek to strengthen their squad after they […]

5 years ago

De Bruyne was honest after yet another European exit for City Kevin De Bruyne didn’t hold back during his post-match interview after Manchester City’s Champions League defeat at the hands of Olympique Lyonnais on Saturday night. The Belgian midfielder, who on Sunday was named Premier League Player of the Season, was one of City’s star […]

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It’s been a record breaking season for KDB Manchester City talisman Kevin De Bruyne has been crown the Premier League Player of the Season after a season in which he equalled the Premier League assists record. The Belgian midfielder recorded 20 assists during 2019/20 season, equalling the record previously solely held by Thierry Henry, as […]

5 years ago

Talks are said to be ongoing in Norway Crystal Palace striker Alexander Sørloth is reportedly in talks with Champions League semi-finalists Red Bull Leipzig, who sold first choice striker Timo Werner to Chelsea on July 1. Sørloth has spent the last season on loan at Turkish Süper Lig side Trabzonspor, and shown a level of […]

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Ramsdale is expected to replace Dean Henderson in goal Bournemouth have accepted an £18 million bid from Sheffield United for goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, according to Sky Sports, though personal terms are yet to be agreed. Should he agree terms, Ramsdale will return to Bramall Lane more than three years after leaving for Bournemouth for a […]

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It is a summer of change at the Emirates Arsenal’s overhaul of their footballing operations shows little sign of slowing down after the club announced the departure of their head of football Raul Sanllehi. The club’s managing director, Vinai Venkatesham, will lead the club going forward. The move to remove Sanllehi from his position is […]

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Insult to injury for the Catalan giants Barcelona made a holy show of themselves on Friday night, when they were ruthlessly sliced apart by Bayern Munich in their one-off Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon. On the bench from the start sat Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele – two of their three most expensive signings – […]

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Utterly heartbreaking One would have imagined that no one was more upset by Atletico Madrid’s defeat to Red Bull Leipzig in Thursday’s Champions League quarter-final than manager Diego Simeone. His side had equalised against the Bundesliga team and were going to extra-time when Tyler Adams’ late deflected strike knocked them out. https://twitter.com/shutuplad/status/1294020422485315584 Judging by this […]

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A beautiful gesture from the club Watford released their new kit this week, and to thank NHS staff for all of their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, have got staff from West Herts NHS to model their kits for them. The Championship club ended their kit deal with adidas early at the end of the […]

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This is going to be a cracker Amazon Prime has dropped what we imagine to be the final trailer for their Tottenham Hotspur documentary, All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur, and it looks set to be thrilling. The hotly anticipated documentary series will be out on August 31, and will cover what has been a very […]

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Hard to argue with this one Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has been named the Premier League Young Player of the Season after a stunning campaign in which he helped his side to their first league title in three decades. The Reds’ number 66 was an ever-present during the club’s Premier League campaign, appearing in all […]

5 years ago

It’s one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year When Activision announced that they would be releasing a remaster of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games earlier this year, fans of the originals collectively lost their minds with excitement. For kids who played video games in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Tony […]

5 years ago

Nobody tell Roy Keane or Graeme Souness about this Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has taken to Twitter to announce that he is joining a competitive Call of Duty team called Verdansk FC. On Tuesday, the French star tweeted out a cryptic message to his followers, saying “TOMORROW ? “, a tweet which understandably sent […]

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The new channel is part of a five-year deal between the broadcaster and the NFL Sky Sports and the NFL have announced the launch of Sky Sports NFL, a new channel dedicated to the National Football League. The new channel, which is part of a five-year partnership between NFL and Sky Sports, will launch on […]

5 years ago

Sometimes, words aren’t enough Being a football commentator is not an easy job. The key to doing it successfully is knowing when to speak, and when to allow the events on the pitch to speak for themselves. That moment of silence, that pause before an explosive description of the excitement you’re witnessing, can be the […]

5 years ago

The club are set to compete in the Champions League in Lisbon later this week FC Barcelona have confirmed that one of their footballers has tested positive for coronavirus after tests were carried out on a number of players. According to the club, who confirmed the news on Wednesday, the player who tested positive has […]

5 years ago

We all love video games, don’t we? Well, no actually. That isn’t true. But lots of people do love them. And those that love them make up for the lack of love from others. What I’m trying to say here in an extremely roundabout way is that video games are very popular. For those who […]

5 years ago

The Dortmund defender hit out at the culture of the mega-rich Paris club Belgium and Borussia Dortmund right-back Thomas Meunier has launched a scathing attack towards his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, ahead of their Champions League tie with Atalanta. The 28-year-old was speaking to Belgian broadcaster RTBF, and alleged a culture at the club of […]

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Extremely normal behaviour… Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha is likely to leave the club this summer six years after returning to his boyhood club. With the Eagles looking increasingly like they’ve gone as far as they can with their current squad, the conventional wisdom is that the time is now right for Zaha to try […]

5 years ago

Jose’s getting his first new signing of the window Southampton midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg will undergo a medical today ahead of his move from St. Mary’s to Tottenham Hotspur, it’s been reported. The Danish midfielder is expected to join Jose Mourinho’s side for a fee believed to be £15 million, with Spurs’ right-back Kyle Walker-Peters going […]

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He’s loving jerseys instead, or something Robbie Williams is best known for his musical career, first with Take That and then as an extremely successful solo artist, but he has always had an enormous love of football, and Port Vale in particular. He wrote the theme song for FIFA 2000, called ‘It’s Only Us’ – […]

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The Juve legend has been managing their under-23s for a week Andrea Pirlo is set to be named as the new Juventus manager, replacing Maurizio Sarri who was sacked on Saturday following their Champions League elimination at the hands of Lyon. Pirlo, a club legend who won four Serie A titles over a four-season spell […]

5 years ago

From Maurizio to Mauricio? Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is the favourite to replace Maurizio Sarri as Juventus manager, after the Italian was sacked by the Serie A champions less than 24 hours after their elimination from the Champions League. The Old Lady were beaten on aggregate by Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais on […]

5 years ago

The Champions League is back baby After months and months, the Champions League is back. Yes, there are no fans in the stadiums, but over the course of the next 16 days we will be treated to a veritable smorgasbord of red, hot football action. Straight into our eyeballs. We know you’re as excited as […]

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The drama simply never ends The Premier League season is officially over, but if you thought were one second that the intrigue, arguments and online opinions were going to slow down, you were wrong. On Friday the Premier League announced its list of nominees for the Manager of the Season award, with a four-man list […]

5 years ago

Pep Guardiola has spent a tonne of money on defenders at Manchester City and not a lot of them have done very well, so we ranked them

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A club review found that the mascot could be deemed disrespectful Rugby union club Exeter Chiefs have announced that they will retire their mascot, Big Chief, after a review process which involved sponsors, key partners and supporters. The review process, which also included certain sections of the Native American community, who supplied information and their […]

5 years ago

The Covid-19 lockdown has come at a cost to football When football in the United Kingdom was suspended indefinitely following the final match to be played on English soil, Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid, it represented a venture into the unknown. Not since the Second World War had English football been brought to such a grinding […]

5 years ago

The Simpsons is more than three decades old Television’s most popular cartoon of the last 30 years has always been fond of referencing films, and as you’d imagine due to its longevity, has referenced an absolute tonne of them over its time on the air. From comedies, horrors, psychological thrillers and dramas – the show has […]

5 years ago

Well, it’s certainly a Manchester United shirt, we’ll give it that much The Premier League season is over and that means that we have officially entered football shirt season. Technically, we entered it a while ago, with some Premier League sides like Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City wearing next season’s offerings in the final games […]

5 years ago

The role is listed as having an “emphasis on goalkeepers” Manchester United have listed a vacancy on their official website looking for a first team recruitment analyst, with a focus on goalkeepers. The listing, which was posted on the club’s website on Tuesday, comes at a time of intense scrutiny aimed at first choice goalkeeper […]

6 years ago

Arsenal are a banter club. That is an inalienable fact But they weren’t always this were. There was a time when the Gunners were one of the most lethal teams on the pitch, and one of the most respected football clubs off it. So what exactly happened along the way to get them to where […]

6 years ago

January transfers don’t have the best track record for success High-profile disappointments like Fernando Torres, Andy Carroll and Philippe Coutinho have, among many others, not helped the reputation of big money transfers completed in January. But that didn’t stop Manchester United from nipping into the market and recruiting Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Club in Portugal. […]

6 years ago

Leeds United are back in the big time It had been coming for a long time, but, like Liverpool’s coronation as Premier League champions, Leeds United’s promotion to the Premier League was delayed due to the coronavirus-related delay to professional football. The Whites’ team, moulded if not created in Marcelo Bielsa’s image, took the Championship […]

6 years ago

Say the words ‘King Eric’ and one phrase will come to most people’s minds They will think of Eric Cantona, the man who helped transform Manchester United from a title challenger to the most dominant team in Premier League history. Cantona joined United from bitter rivals Leeds United, the season after helping the Whites to […]

6 years ago

She left the UK for Syria in 2015 Shamima Begum, the 20-year-old who left Bethnal Green in east London to join Islamic State as a child, should be permitted to return to the United Kingdom to contest the decision to strip her of her citizenship, a court has ruled. Begum was stripped of her citizenship […]

6 years ago

The club will play in the Champions League next season Manchester City have had their two-year ban from the Champions League lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a decision announced on Monday morning. The club has also had a fine handed down by UEFA reduced to €10 million. City had initially been […]

6 years ago

How different things could have been Jordan Henderson has helped guide Liverpool to the Champions League title and their first league triumph in three decades, under the management of Jurgen Klopp. He is a driving force for the German manager’s side and one of the most influential players in a team that it could be […]

6 years ago

It’s come a long way EA Sports’ FIFA series is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. Every year, without fail, millions of people purchase the latest iteration of the game, and its live service, via FIFA Ultimate Team, makes the company an absolutely astonishing amount of money on a daily basis. The game […]

6 years ago

The depiction happened in the 1990s Former Nottingham Forest footballer Jason Lee has spoken out about his disappointment that he is yet to receive a personal apology from comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner for Baddiel’s use of blackface to impersonate him during the 1990s. The racist portrayal was aired on BBC show Fantasy Football League, […]

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Has a club ever made a worse decision? This month Jurgen Klopp guided Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years, after a season in which they dominated the Premier League in a way that few teams have done before. 800 miles away, Bundesliga II side Hamburg suffered a spectacular collapse of post-lockdown form, […]

6 years ago

At some point, almost all of us played it What do you think of when you think of Roberto Baggio? The former Italy international played for almost all of Serie A’s biggest clubs bar the two Roman giants, and won titles at home and in Europe. For most, their memory is of him, desolate on […]

6 years ago

The plane was flown after players had taken a knee for BLM Burnley Football Club have announced that they have launched an immediate investigation to find out who is responsible for a plane flown over the Etihad Stadium on Monday night carrying the message ‘White Lives Matter Burnley’. The club have vowed to issue lifetime […]

6 years ago

What a week it has been The Premier League is back. It’s good again. Awoouu (wolf Howl). Also, this country’s ruling party were willing to let more than one million children go the entire summer without a sufficient supply of food until a 22-year-old footballer put pressure on them to do so. Enjoy the quiz.

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