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The PGA tour is without a doubt something no golf enthusiast wants to miss. TV is sometimes a good source of live PGA tour events but often times some of the...
Of the various positions and responsibilities of players on a baseball field, the two that have the most influence (arguably) include the batter and the...
This is a question that most horse racing fans wonder about, and there is no simple answer, in all honesty. Sure, being a jockey can be an incredibly rewarding...
For many NBA fans, following the latest NBA trade rumors is often just as fun as is watching the games. This is no surprise, especially around the NBA trade...
Major League Baseball is one of the most popular US leagues on this side of the globe and they have plenty of fans in and outside of the US. Not everyone can...
The NFL has managed to stay on top of all sports markets in the USA and we see the league trying hard to make its way onto the world stage. Currently, the NBA...
Not everyone can be a role model for the future generation of sporting stars out there, but perhaps being a role model is the last thing on the mind of a...
Signed in 1991 from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee worth £650,000, Andrei Kanchelskis was Manchester United’s first out and out right-winger since Steve Coppell...
On April 5, 2009, Sir Alex Ferguson entrusted a 17-year-old with the responsibility of getting United back into a must-win game against Aston Villa in an...
Interviewed by ‘FourFourTwo’ in May 2018, Rafael van der Vaart remarked, “I shouldn’t have left Tottenham, but AVB wasn’t the right coach for me.”...
Pedro Neto has already had a larger part to play in Wolves season when compared to last season. So far, Neto has featured for 841 minutes in 11 games, less...
On 3 December 2018, Andrey Arshavin announced his retirement from the game. While such a declaration didn’t exactly provoke shock waves within the game...
For players at clubs such as Real Madrid, breaking through from the academy ranks can be the sternest of challenges. To do so at a time when Los Blancos were...
Never a certified starter during a 7-year spell with Manchester United, Ji-Sung Park did, however, make a name for himself by being a go-to man in the so...
I imagine you are familiar with one of 2019’s early front-runners for most annoying Tweet template. It starts with something along the lines of...
In the summer of 2005, just after José Mourinho had made Chelsea the champions of England for the first time in fifty years, Michael Essien signed for the club...
In the panopticon of the footballing world, wherein the players are watched via satellites, in the flesh, or printed on the front pages, their character and...
Born in February 1967 – a full three years before PSG were formed – it’s fair to say that Kazuyoshi Miura has been about for quite some time. He...
Jack Grealish is the free-range creator England need to take hold of the game and pull it in their direction. And against Wales, Grealish showed how a creator...
Composed, tough in the tackle, and equally effective in the air as he is on the deck, Aston Villa’s Ezri Konsa is well on his way to establishing himself as...
To start with let’s look at a few questions. Have you ever heard of players receiving a signing on fee when they sign for a new club? Of course. Have you ever...
So the story goes, Schmeichel wrote to Liverpool in 1991 professing his admiration for the recently dethroned league champions and asked for a trial. With...
If there’s one thing that the history of football teaches us, it’s that nothing is forever. The wheel always turns. There’ll always be a faster gun riding into...
Ibrahim Afellay is a name known by many, despite playing just 21 times for Barcelona and having played at such other teams as Stoke City, Schalke 04 and...
Not far from the football-adoring city of Naples in southern Italy in 1967, a soon-to-be monster in the world of sport was born. Just one year later, a young...
After finishing in 11th place at the end of the 2000-01 Premier League season, Sir Bobby Robson’s Newcastle United enjoyed a progressive 2001-02 campaign...
With the Premier League season restarting this weekend, Fantasy Football is once again re-emerging in football fans’ consciousness. There are a host of...
David ‘I drive a’ Bentley was one of a rare breed of footballers. He walked away from the game on his own terms with no regrets at exactly the moment he chose...
The name of Freddy Adu has become synonymous with that of unfulfilled promise within the game, yet his story deserves more than a cursory glance accompanied by...
Leeds United have released a statement of intent upon arriving back to the Premier League with the signing of Spanish international Rodrigo from Valencia for a...
Luis Nani, a curious case of ‘what if’ transpires when reminiscing on a career that promised so much, but effectively fell off the wheels. After departing...
It was approaching half-time with Portugal and Iran locked in a goalless draw in their final Group B qualifying match. After a pulsating draw against Spain in...
Goran Pandev is perhaps the best-known Macedonian footballer of all time and certainly one of the most highly-decorated and celebrated. In March 2019, he won...
Gabby Agbonlahor’s playing career with Aston Villa, ended with the completion of the 2017-18 season when the club declined to renew his contract, despite the...
“Mark Clattenburg is by far our best referee…” And, before you go reaching for your tablet or smartphone and jump onto social media to dispute that, it’s...
Say the name Maksim Tsyhalka and you’ll be met with mostly blank looks. Make a slight adjustment to Maxim Tsigalko and you’ll soon be inundated with tales of...
Although he wasn’t the first Iranian player to try his luck in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, Ali Karimi is probably the most renowned. A...
Let’s think about football as of today; right now, who is the best player in the world? The divide on this is probably as close as a Brexit referendum with a...
Usually at a top football club, it’s one eye on the present and one eye on the future. But in a certain position in particular, the powerhouse that is Real...
Back in the 1987/88 Serie A season, the champions AC Milan fielded the much-fabled defensive quartet of Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Maldini and...
Gheorghe Hagi belongs to the small group of players who have played for both Real Madrid and Barcelona and, unlike Luis Figo Hagi managed to keep his legacy at...
Despite football currently being on hold in England, transfer rumours are flying around as is customary for this time of year ahead of the summer transfer...
Ronaldo, Eto’o, Suarez. Some of Europe’s elite strikers have worn the iconic number 9 shirt for Blaugrana over the years but who will be the next in line...
In purely footballing terms, Fabrizio Miccoli was a successful striker appearing for a number of Serie A clubs including Juventus and Fiorentina, scoring 211...
The decision has been made to postpone the Euro 2020 Championships until the summer of 2021. While we would have all loved to have seen the tournament take...
Carrying a £35 million pound transfer fee means there is a lot of pressure on your shoulders. Nobody knows that better than Danny Drinkwater. After winning the...
With Klopp claiming Atlético should be playing a better brand of football, is he starting to show the strain? It was all so promising at Anfield for the...
There are millions upon millions of children who grow up with aspirations of making it into the world of professional football. 99% won’t make it into an...
There’s a lot of debate around what it is Man Utd need to get back to the top. On a weekly basis, I hear that they need to be appointing a Director of...