Group A teams: France, Switzerland, Romania, and Albania Group A looks one of the most straightforward ones at the European Championship due to be held in France next summer. France are amongst the contenders for the Euros and the fact that they will be playing at home is only going to count in their favour. Manager Didier Deschamps has assembled ...

Ballon d’Or is the most prestigious individual award in world football. We will take a look at the club teams and leagues which have been most heavily represented in the top three of the award over the course of its existence. Barcelona are the most successful team when it comes down to having their players shortlisted in the top three ...

Barcelona stalwart recently reached another milestone as he made his 500th appearance in Blaugrana colours in last year’s final game against Real Betis. The little magician came to Barcelona as a 13-year-old from Rosario in Argentina and over the course of his 15 years’ stay at the Camp Nou, he has come to be regarded as the greatest player of ...

The hosts of Euro 2016 will be amongst the favourites to win the tournament. Didier Deschamps has assembled a strong unit that is littered with quality players across all areas of the pitch. Tottenham Hotspur first-choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris will be the number 1 for Les Bleus and will also wear the captain’s armband at his home tournament. Ahead of ...

Although goalscorers take all the plaudits for scoring a goal, most strikers won’t be able to get on the scoresheet all that often without the presence of that guy in behind – mostly – feeding them with goalscoring opportunities. Today, we will take a look at the top assists providers across the top four European leagues. In the Premier League, ...

Wales created history last year as they qualified for their first ever European Championship. Their last participation at a major tournament was way back in 1958 when they qualified for the World Cup in Sweden. It had been a long wait for the Welsh since, but they will finally get to strut their stuff at the European Championship in France ...

Since winning the World Cup in 2006 under the stewardship of Marcelo Lippi, Italy have been abysmal at world football’s highest stage, going home at the first hurdle from the last two editions of the football’s acme event. However, they did extremely well at the European Championship in 2012 when they reached the final in Kiev, although they were completely ...

Spanish national team were quite abysmal at their last major tournament – the 2014 World Cup. The team lost their first two group stage fixtures – an astonishing 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands which was followed by a 2-0 loss against Chile – and despite winning their last game against Australia, the reigning European champions were unceremoniously booted out of ...

Last week of action in Europe saw several records being broken. In the Premier League, beleaguered Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney finally found the back of the net as he turned in a pass from Anthony Martial against Swansea City in a 2-1 win for his side at Old Trafford on Saturday. The strike took Rooney’s Premier League goal tally ...

If there is one thing that has remained consistent for England on the biggest of stages in the recent past, it is that they have been poor. England have consistently failed to live up to the expectations at major tournaments and their capitulation at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was painful for their supporters. The Three Lions were in ...