“Finally the nightmare is over,” Paul Pogba declared on Friday evening, grateful and relieved to see a shaft of light at the end of the dark tunnel in which he …
On October 28, at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, there will be a new winner of the Ballon d’Or, the highest individual accolade in men’s football. By common consent, …
There’s no ‘I’ in team but there is one in ‘best player in the world’ and that, one and all, is where the Ballon d’Or comes in. Crowning the number …
The transfer window has… closed. For Europe’s leading football clubs, the chance to revamp, reshape and — in certain cases — reduce their squads is over, until January at least. …
The draw for the revamped Champions League league phase is — after what seemed like a never-ending ceremony — complete. As expected, the new format ensured a smattering of mouthwatering …
The Champions League proper returns next month and this season it will have a brand new format. The ‘Swiss Model’ makes its debut and, as a result, the Champions League …
It was before a Manchester City press conference when a worried club official came into the room to warn everyone that — and it’s a story that feels relevant now …
After a quick aperitivo, nearly 30,000 fans will pass through the archway at the Stadio Ennio Tardini, no doubt the strains of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida reverberating around the old ground, …
Pep Guardiola bought himself a Boston Celtics hoodie, flipped his baseball cap backwards and took his courtside seat in the TD Garden arena for the opening game in the best-of-seven …
Through the torrential downpour and thunder rolling in the sky above MetLife Stadium, 82,154 fans bore the brunt of a mid-summer storm to watch Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 in …