Five Premier League captains not in their club’s best XI
The responsibility of a captain is important in football, with those chosen to adorn the armband responsible for setting the standard, providing leadership and…
Opinion/Features
7,024 articles
Opinion/Features
Premier League Team of the Week – Matchday 13
Each week we delve through the Premier League’s weekend action and compile our divisional Team of the Week from the fixtures’ finest performances. Manchester…
Wing Wizards: Franck Ribery – The jewel in the Bayern crown
Franck Ribery stood shoulder to shoulder with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in 2013, a trio of talents regarded as the world’s finest footballers.…
How Graham Potter is disproving the doubters with Chelsea and hitting the ground running
The appointment of Graham Potter in the first week of September was very much a departure for Chelsea whose profiling of prospective new managers…
10 of the greatest kits in World Cup history
World Cup history is littered with magical moments, glorious goals and iconic colours, with the tournament having been stage to some of the best…
Appreciating the top 10 players from the Ballon d’Or vote
Karim Benzema has been crowned as winner of the Ballon d’Or in 2022, with the Real Madrid forward recognised as world football’s finest following…
Premier League weekend: Five things we learned
Following the latest round of Premier League action we look at five things we learned from the weekend fixtures. Good goalkeepers worth their wait…
Premier League Awards: Salah shines in Anfield epic
Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week The…
Premier League Team of the Week – Matchday 11
Each week we delve through the Premier League’s weekend action and compile our divisional Team of the Week from the fixtures’ finest performances. Manchester…
Five of the best chipped finishes in Premier League history
Chipped finishes can be among the most aesthetically pleasing goals in football, an effort of delicate delight that leaves a goalkeeper utterly helpless when…
Why Newcastle’s pragmatic revolution is already reaping rewards
“Newcastle is a project, not just for one or two seasons. I think they are here to stay.” So said Pep Guardiola when recently…
Five of the most exciting teams to watch in European football right now
Europe’s top divisions are starting to shape up and during the early weeks of the 2022/23 campaign a whole host of sides having caught…
Five strikers who ripped up the Premier League in their debut season
Erling Haaland has ripped up the script so far this season. Even given the excitement that greeted the forward’s arrival at Manchester City during…
Champions League Awards: Lewandowski’s lifeline for Barca
Our weekly Champions League awards honour the best – and worst – of the midweek European action. Moment of the Week Barcelona signed Robert…
Champions League Team of the Week – Matchday 4
Our UEFA Champions League Team of the Week is back after a fascinating round of fixtures in Europe’s top club competition. Manchester City became…
Ranking the fastest hat-tricks in Champions League history
Mohamed Salah made Champions League history this week after coming off the bench to score a stunning hat-trick in Liverpool’s win at Rangers. The…
Ranking the players with the most Champions League goals for English clubs
Mohamed Salah has set another goalscoring record after netting a Champions League hat-trick for Liverpool against Rangers. Salah’s treble off the bench was the…
Checking in on six big name players who left the Premier League last summer
While much of the focus was on arrivals into the Premier League during the summer, the division also waved farewell to a number of…