At the end of a summer when Premier League clubs spent a record £3.11billion ($4.19bn) strengthening their squads, the Championship was left looking like a poor and unwanted relation. Only 14 players moved from English football’s second tier up to the Premier League during the most recent window, down from 20 a year ago and…
Paris Saint-Germain’s forward, Ousmane Dembele, who once wore FC Barcelona’s colors, has won the 2025 men’s Ballon d’Or after a historic campaign with the French club. The 28-year-old French maestro pulled the strings for PSG’s unprecedented treble, bagging Ligue 1, lifting the Coupe de France, and finally planting the club’s flag on the summit of…
By the end of today, we’re going to know who has been crowned the winner of the 2024-25 men’s Ballon d’Or. Whether you consider that golden trophy to be the true marker of the greatest player in the world or a symbol of an individual popularity contest that has eaten modern football, tongues will be…
The Ballon d’Or ceremony is arguably the most glamorous and important event in the football calendar, when the European game’s best players and coaches are recognised in front of a global audience of millions. For many players, winning a Ballon d’Or is among their biggest career objectives, so it is hard to comprehend why Real…
MADRID — Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga played their first minutes of the season for Real Madrid after recovering from injuries, appearing as late substitutes in a 2-0 win over Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday. Bellingham hadn’t played for Madrid since the Club World Cup in the United States, after which he underwent an…
Dean Huijsen was sent off for Real Madrid last Saturday, then everyone went home and got on quietly with the rest of their week. In case you are catching up on what’s happened since that red card, only half of the above sentence is true. Huijsen has since found himself at the centre of a…
Marcus Rashford proved the perfect replacement for Lamine Yamal in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Newcastle in the Champions League on Thursday and Kevin De Bruyne watched mostly from the sideline as Napoli lost 2-0 at his former club Manchester City. With Yamal missing through injury, Rashford — a loan signing from Manchester United — got…
By Ben Verbrugge is a freelance sportswriter with a journalism degree from CSU Dominguez Hills. He is a member of the Los Angeles media and spends most of his time covering the NBA, NFL, and MLB. When not writing, he is either playing or watching sports. Ben Verbrugge Contributing Sports Network news article Based on…
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. The first matchday of the 2025-26 Champions League is coming to an end with four final matches, including one between England’s Newcastle United and Spain’s FC Barcelona. Newcastle is back…
Expectations around Marcus Rashford were not massively high when he landed at Barcelona this summer. Essentially, he was the third-choice option for a backup role in Hansi Flick’s side. Barca only turned to the 27-year-old England forward after missing out on Nico Williams and Luis Diaz, who the club wanted to sign to support Raphinha…