New-look Liverpool passed Man City test of title credentials: Klopp

Although Jurgen Klopp’s revamped Liverpool are still far from perfect, they passed a crucial test on Saturday when they overcame a deficit to draw 1-1 at Manchester City. Klopp’s team ended City’s 23-game home winning streak in all competitions, and they are now just one point behind the reigning champions at the top of the … Read more

‘Argentina future No. 10 shirt in good hands’

Argentina defeated the four-time champions of the competition for the first time in the age group on Friday in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia thanks to a brilliant display by Claudio Echeverri, who scored three goals. Nearly a year after his exploits in Qatar, Echeverri, often known as El Diablito (the Little Devil), … Read more

Flat Barca claim late draw at Rayo

Spanish champions Barcelona continued a troubling trend of poor performances on Saturday in La Liga, stumbling in a 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano. Over the next two days, surprise leaders Girona and opponents Real Madrid in second position have the opportunity to increase their lead over the third-place Catalans. In the first half, Unai Lopez … Read more

Liverpool snap City’s 23-match winning streak at home

Premier League leaders Manchester City and Liverpool’s 23-match winning streak was ended 1-1 at the Etihad on Saturday. After City had taken the lead thanks to Erling Haaland’s 50th Premier League goal, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s brilliant goal 10 minutes from time allowed the visitors to pull ahead. With a share of the spoils, the teams are … Read more

Morsalin shares spotlight with Son

Sheikh Morsalin’s incredible goal against Lebanon has secured the teenage striker a spot among the eight most outstanding players of the first two rounds of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian qualifiers, together with South Korean wonder Son Heung-Min. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) listed Morsalin alongside Heung-Min, Ayase Ueda of Japan, Almoez Ali of … Read more

Managers should be ‘involved’ in drafting refereeing guidelines, says Pochettino

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino stated that following a string of contentious decisions this season, especially involving Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Premier League managers ought to be more involved in creating refereeing standards. To break their unbeaten start to the season in England’s top flight, Pochettino’s team delivered Tottenham Hotspur a 4-1 setback earlier this month … Read more

Single annual international break can reduce injuries: Xavi

Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez stated on Friday that many players’ travel and injury concerns might be resolved by rearranging the schedule to include a single international break. Prior to the team’s return from the international break at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, Barcelona’s keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen suffered an injury last week while training with Germany, … Read more

Maradona’s final hours

Diego Armando Maradona passed away three years ago today. On November 25, 2020, the world was horrified by news that prompted the Argentine government to declare three days of national mourning. The celebrity, who had surgery a month earlier for a subdural hematoma, was at his home in the exclusive San Andrés neighbourhood in the … Read more

Pochettino angered by ‘soft’ Chelsea collapse at Newcastle

The Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino, called his team “soft” following his team’s 4-1 loss to a fatigued Newcastle on Saturday. The Argentine was furious. After a dramatic 4-4 draw against champions Manchester City before the international break, and a 4-1 victory against Tottenham, the Blues appeared to have turned the corner in Pochettino’s debut season … Read more