Top Players & Live Stats
Top Players & Live Stats
France were above the clouds when the news came from Karim Benzema, and a thought came to mind: had he ever been more distant, figuratively or literally, from Les Bleus? Retiring from international football at the age of 35 is the sort of thing that would not usually raise many eyebrows. Yet Benzema’s announcement, and […]
Arthur Melo will not be cutting his loan from Juventus to Liverpool short, Fabrizio Romano has relayed, which means the Brazilian midfielder will remain at Anfield for the full 2022/23 season. Being unable to sign their primary midfield target this summer, Aurelien Tchouameni, Liverpool settled for a temporary solution in the form a loan as […]
Chelsea and Roma cruised into the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals with dominant victories, but Real Madrid crashed out after defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Emma Hayes’ Blues sealed their place in the last eight with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Albanian outfit Vllaznia, with goals for Sophie Ingle, Fran Kirby, Katerina Svitkova and Maren Mjelde. That […]
Pepe says Cristiano Ronaldo is “fine” after his emotional response to Portugal’s shock defeat to Morocco in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday. Ronaldo was left out of the starting line-up by head coach Fernando Santos for the second straight game after his angry reaction to being substituted against South Korea in the final group […]
Ben White has resumed training with Arsenal following his early departure from England’s World Cup camp in Qatar. The 25-year-old returned home on November 30 “for personal reasons” without playing a single minute in any of England’s three group matches. Widespread reports suggested White’s premature exit from England’s Al Wakrah headquarters came after a falling […]
Plenty has been said about Cristiano Ronaldo’s tears after Portugal’s defeat to Morocco in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, but however one might feel about the 37-year-old and his recent antics, fans shouldn’t be allowed to approach players the way this man did and Ronaldo’s reaction was completely understandable. Ronaldo slapped the Moroccan fan.😳😳. […]
England were beaten 1-2 by France in the quarterfinals of the World Cup on Saturday, with Real Madrid midfielder netting a long-range wonderstrike in the 17th minute before bringing down Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka in the box in the 54th. Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane put the penalty away to equalize, but Olivier Giroud headed […]
Harry Kane took responsibility for England’s World Cup exit after blazing a late penalty over the bar in the Three Lions’ 2-1 defeat to France, saying he will “have to live with” the error. England more than matched France during Saturday’s tense quarter-final at Al Bayt Stadium, with Kane cancelling out Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener from […]
Tite reiterated his plan to walk away from the Brazil job following World Cup elimination, adamant his “cycle” is over. The 61-year-old revealed in February that he would not remain in charge of the Selecao beyond Qatar 2022. On Friday, Brazil were knocked out of the tournament by Croatia, succumbing 4-2 on penalties following a […]
Casemiro lamented the way Brazil let a semi-final place escape their grasp after the World Cup favourites suffered penalty shoot-out defeat against Croatia on Friday. Brazil were on course to reach the final four when Neymar finished a flowing move in expert fashion as half-time in extra-time approached, but substitute Bruno Petkovic struck a deflected […]
