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Footballers’ shin pads – the piece of equipment some pros prefer not to wear
Michael Olise does not like shin pads.So much so that when the France winger was being brought on for Leroy ...
PSR is not perfect, but the Premier League’s shock therapy has had an effect
An air of desperation hung over a handful of Premier League clubs last summer. Accounting years were drawing to a ...
Saudi Arabia and Sports Network DAZN Close to Deal
Saudi Arabia, long on the lookout for a global platform to showcase its sporting ambitions, is nearing the end of ...
Why deep runs are “probably the most important thing in football”
When watching a game of football, we only truly consume a snippet of the action.We are naturally drawn to the ...
Milk and murder: The tragedy that overshadows Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley
Belmont Drive runs parallel to Rocky Lane, a noisy thoroughfare in Liverpool that blurs into West Derby Road, connecting the ...
Is Mikel Arteta right – do footballs really make a difference to performance?
This article was updated on January 9 to reflect the ball being used in Sunday’s FA Cup third round game ...
Artificial intelligence could transform football. So what might the future look like?
“It’s totally feasible that an artificial intelligence (AI) agent could simulate more football in 24 hours than has ever been ...
Ornstein meets Aubameyang: Arsenal, Arteta relationship, Chelsea ‘chaos’, Saudi move and a terrifying robbery
The evening of August 28, 2022 and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is at home in Barcelona, playing video games and waiting for ...
Magic Johnson, Lionel Messi to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden
Magic Johnson and Lionel Messi are among 19 people receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden, the ...
Marcus Rashford at Manchester United. What’s going on?
It was a conversation with Ruben Amorim at the start of December that goes some way to explaining why Marcus ...
Nine-darters, holes-in-one and golden sets: What’s the most perfect achievement in sport?
Sport is often defined by mistakes — fumbled catches, missed penalties, duffed putts — but what about its moments of ...
Celine Haidar, the Lebanon player struck by shrapnel, has loved ones ‘waiting for her to come back to life’
Celine Haidar dances on the upper deck of a crimson open-top bus. Around the 19-year-old midfielder, team-mates sing. A flag ...
Organised crime, burners and cyber attacks: Inside Liverpool’s fight with ticket touts
A mother wipes away tears outside Anfield as she comforts her young son on a bitterly cold night.Liz O’Driscoll, who ...
The art of scanning in football
Earlier in the season, Frank Lampard spent some time with Rodri at Manchester City, breaking down the Ballon d’Or winner’s ...
The top out-of-contract players available as free transfers: Kimmich, De Bruyne, Van Dijk…
The latest winter transfer window is here, which means some of the world’s best footballers are now just six months ...
Are Manchester United now part of the Premier League relegation battle?
Manchester United’s final game of 2024 felt like the moment the big top on the Old Trafford circus started to ...
Brenden Aaronson finishes off the ‘perfect team move’ that showed the best of Leeds
It had been a wasteful night for Leeds United before Brenden Aaronson scored a goal-of-the-season contender.Derby County did their best ...
Pace, swerve, angle – the art of the ‘olimpico’, football’s (usually) rare phenomenon
Oscar Wilde once famously wrote that “to concede one goal direct from a corner is a misfortune, to concede two ...
Chelsea gambled by not agreeing a cheaper shirt sponsor deal – will they reap the reward?
There are two ways to look at Chelsea not signing a front-of-shirt sponsorship deal before the start of the season.You ...
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