The World Cup is meant to be a celebration of football, and FIFA the custodian of the global game. Squaring that away with how they have conducted and acted in the run-up to this World
During the Second World War, the Netherlands was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. Major cities like Rotterdam were heavily bombed, thousands lost their lives or were wounded or displaced, whilst the country’s Jewish population
Divock Origi has quit professional football at the age of 31 and has decided to follow two very different career paths. For many fans, Origi will be remembered for his legendary goals for Liverpool, especially
To the surprise of almost nobody, Fiorentino Pérez has been re-elected as President of Real Madrid. The 79-year-old found himself in the unusual position of facing a challenger, with Enrique Riquelme, a renewable energy
Christian Eriksen’s collapse during Denmark’s recent match against Ukraine has once again placed the midfielder’s health at the centre of global football discussion. The incident, which occurred in the second half of the game,
Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world by revenue and by reputation. That is despite the fact that it has been two years since they last won a trophy of any kind, and
Back in the day, Arsenal captain Tony Adams was often called “donkey” by opposition fans, mainly because he was viewed early in his career, as a powerful but sometimes awkward, error-prone centre-back rather than a
The news that Andoni Iraola has agreed to become head coach at Liverpool, repkacing Arne Slot is not just a change of man at the top. It also indicates a change of style, with the
The news that Kevin Keegan has stage four cancer will come as a bitter blow to his thousands of fans as well as to him and his family. Those of a younger generation may think
Despite being at the centre of the “Spygate” scandal which has dragged the name of Southampton threw the mud, cost them the chance to play in the Championship playoff final and start next season with