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Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! This year, all roads lead to New Jersey for July’s World Cup final – nothing is certain in life, but it looks likely to be the last global tournament for two of the best players ever, Lionel Messi and Cristiano...

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Just when football was in danger of becoming too predictable, along came 2025 to buck the trend and prove beyond doubt that the unexpected can always still happen. After years of dominance in the Premier League, there were zero trophies won by...

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Whatever is happening around the world, and whatever the knock-on effect to everyone’s lives, football remains immune. Cost of living crisis? Energy bills rising? Despite it all, Premier League clubs spent £3 billion on transfers this summer. The...

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Three summers ago, the Lionesses captured the public’s imagination and attention when they defeated old foes Germany at Wembley to win the Euros. The afternoon of the final, I remember sitting in a London pub where the game was on in the background....

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No Scouse Liverpool player had been champion of England and Europe since Sammy Lee. Thirty-six years after Lee’s 1984 European Cup, it was Trent Alexander-arnold’s turn. Without the 20-year-old’s quick thinking in the semi-final comeback against...

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Monday, June 11, 1990 was the first time I remember watching Gary Lineker play. His goal gave England the lead against the Republic of Ireland at Italia 90, in a 1-1 draw. I was six at the time and don’t remember much else about the game, but his...

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When USA 94 eluded Taylor

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The Barcelona striker on records, turning down Manchester United and Blackburn ash-cloud drama

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When Manchester City got in touch and asked whether we fancied interviewing newly-crowned Ballon d’or winner Rodri in Madrid, we dropped everything, jumped on a plane and flew to the Spanish capital. There were a few obstacles in our way, but...

30 BEST MANAGERS IN THE WORLD

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Back in 1994, teams from the north west dominated English football, the Conservative Party suffered awful results in local and European elections, Oasis went to number one with their debut album Definitely Maybe and Fourfourtwo hit the shelves for the...

THE BEST STADIUMS IN THE WORLD RANKED!

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Back in the summer of 2000, Florentino Perez became president of Real Madrid and set about making them the Harlem Globetrotters of the sport by signing the biggest and best names from Planet Football. He built a team that had the best player from...

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What’s the Spanish for deja vu? Another Euros, another final, another defeat for England. Exactly 1,099 days after I was at Wembley to see England lose on penalties to Italy in 2021, I was in Berlin and this time it was Spain who came out on top –...

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In 1994, Oasis released their debut album Definitely Maybe, which has gone on to sell more than 8.5 million copies over the ensuing 30 years. The success of that record isn’t solely based on sales, though, it’s also down to the number of bands formed...