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Soccer
Super Cup Preview: Spurs face PSG in their first game under Thomas Frank
The UEFA Super Cup has always been football’s ceremonial ribbon-cutting, the moment the sport’s European elite step out for the first meaningful clash of the new season. Some years, the fixture carries the air of a glitzy friendly. This year, it feels like a collision of two very different trajectories.…
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Who’s going to win the Ballon d’Or?
Football’s biggest individual prize, the Ballon d’Or, is back, and the 2025 race is shaping up to be a banger. Today, the stacked list of 30 nominees was announced, as well as the nominees for the Yashin Trophy, Coach of the Year, Pichichi and Kopa Trophies. The ceremony, set for…
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Club World Cup Final Preview: Chelsea and PSG battle for glory
Chelsea face off against Paris Saint-Germain in a clash that’s got everything: star power, tactical chess, and a cool $125 million on the line for the winner. This isn’t just a game; it’s a party, the first time two European teams have duked it out in this tournament’s final since…
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PSG vs. Inter Miami Preview: Messi faces his old team
Lionel Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or wizard, faces his former club for the first time since leaving PSG in 2023 as the freshly minted UEFA Champions League champs, square off against Inter Miami in the FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16. For Inter Miami, it’s a chance to etch…
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Football isn’t dead; Lamine Yamal and Desire Doue have proved that
Football’s obituary has been written a thousand times. Too many passes. Not enough flair. The game’s gone soft, they say. But then Lamine Yamal and Désiré Doué step onto the pitch, and suddenly the doomsayers are eating their words. These two young guns—17 and 20, respectively—are tearing up Europe with…
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Paris is becoming the world’s home of football, and Jurgen Klopp is helping it get there
PSG’s Stade du Parc des Princes sits pretty on the French World Cup 1998 Monopoly board. It is the sole representative of club football in Paris. Sandwiched between Clarence Seedorf’s Netherlands and Franky van der Elst’s Belgium, it’s a healthy bit of Monopoly real estate. Which other team could lay…
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