European football

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    CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LEGEND - MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 21: Harry Kane of Bayern Muenchen celebrates as he scores the goal 1:0 during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD7 match between FC Bayern München and R. Union Saint-Gilloise at Football Arena Munich on January 21, 2026 in Munich, Germany.

    Champions League 2025/26 Matchweek Seven Review

    In the seventh matchweek of this year’s thrilling Champions League campaign, Liverpool rediscovered their rhythm (with Mohamed Salah back in the picture), Arsenal stayed spotless like a team playing on fresh bedsheets, Harry Kane kept climbing the all-time ladders with the calm menace of a man doing admin, Manchester City…

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    2026 Sports Calendar

    Sports calendars no longer work in neat seasons. They spill from one to the next. One competition bleeds into another, storylines overlap, and before one trophy is lifted the next draw is already being streamed on a grainy YouTube feed. For fans, that’s the joy of it. There is always…

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    MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 09: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT ) Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool celebrates scoring his team's first goal from the penalty spot during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD6 match between FC Internazionale Milano and Liverpool FC at Stadio San Siro on December 09, 2025 in Milan, Italy.

    Champions League MW6 Review – Perfect Arsenal, Relieved Liverpool, and Lennart Karl

    Champions League Matchday 6 had everything: comeback chaos, teenage stardom, a brewing crisis (that to me seems overblown) in Madrid, and one very loud audition for a World Cup ticket from Marseille. Here is how it all fits together. Our Champions League Team Of The Week is in with some…

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    Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) watches Barcelona's coach Josep Guardiola during the Spanish league "clasico" football match FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid at Camp Nou stadium on November 29, 2010 in Barcelona. Barcelona won 5-0. AFP PHOTO/ JAVIER SORIANO

    The Evolution of Barcelona’s Playing Style – from Cruyff to Flick

    Camp Nou has always been a kind of football laboratory. Great coaches walk in, scribble on the whiteboard, and the sport walks out slightly changed. From Johan Cruyff turning Barça into a school of positional play to Hansi Flick arriving with German intensity and a high line that has TV…

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    Dublin , Ireland - 13 November 2025; Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal reacts before being shown a red card during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group F Qualifier match between Republic of Ireland and Portugal at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

    International Break Round-Up – Cristiano Ronaldo gets Presidential at the White House

    International breaks arrive in a strangely abrupt way. One week you’re sunk into club narratives and VAR debates and the next you’re swept into a kaleidoscope of national colours, emotional whiplash and unexpected heroes. This particular window delivered more drama than most. There were red cards, nine-goal statements, immaculate defensive…

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    BRUGES, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 05: Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Club Brugge KV and FC Barcelona at Jan Breydelstadion on November 05, 2025 in Bruges, Belgium.

    Champions League Matchweek Four Review

    Europe’s showpiece did its best impression of a football festival this week. There were boos you could feel in your ribs, a centre back who sprinted the length of the pitch like a 100-metre finalist, one of the planet’s sharpest finishers ticking onwards, and a Barcelona game that veered from…

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