Just as Saudi Arabia is saying hello to big names from around the world, the kingdom’s rival for the title of having the best league in Asia is saying goodbye to its one megastar. “I came here in 2018 to fulfil the promise of making this club big, I feel […]
Andrés Iniesta
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It comes from futsal. No space? No time? No backlift? No worries. Boom. The toe-poke finish. Or toe-punt. Or toe-ender. Whatever the name – and there are plenty – its effect is felt before it is seen. As Stuart Dallas showed for Leeds recently, it’s a skill witnessed in “big” […]
Who came on? Who went down? Who went round? Marvelous Marvin Hagler (he changed his name legally in 1982 to include his nickname, so we better use it) died this week at the age of 66. Hagler never lost a fight by knockout but he did hit the canvas once […]
Nine years ago, when we did our first 100 best male footballers in the world list, we had 11 judges on the panel. In 2020 we had 241, including Cesc Fàbregas and Juan Pablo Ángel. But it is not only the number of judges that has changed, the whole footballing […]
The first goal Lionel Messi ever scored for Barcelona was taken off him, so he did it again two minutes later, and kept on doing it for over a decade. It was May 2005 and the 89th minute of the 34th week when Ronaldinho scooped a lovely pass and the […]
Cristiano Ronaldo picks up the Golden Foot award – which can only be won once by stars over the age of 28 – after another standout year for Juventus… with his old rival Lionel Messi STILL yet to win it despite shining for Barcelona into his thirties Cristiano Ronaldo outshone […]
Barcelona’s presidential candidate Víctor Font wants to bring Pep Guardiola back to the Camp Nou. Font believes the best way to keep Lionel Messi at Barcelona would be to entice Guardiola back as manager from Manchester City. Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned his presidency this week, after months of criticism regarding […]
Lionel Messi KEEPS Barcelona captaincy despite asking for a transfer away from the Camp Nou this summer… with Ronald Koeman sticking with four captains policy involving Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto Lionel Messi has kept the captain’s armband despite a turbulent summer The Argentine asked to leave Barcelona […]