Zena Weeks “fell into” becoming a private chef for footballers. She trained at a cooking school before working for England Athletics as an events manager, and it was through this that Weeks saw the dietary challenges sports stars can face. “A lot of the athletes were not eating well,” she tells The Athletic. “They didn’t…
The 2027-28 Champions League will begin with a marquee fixture featuring the reigning champion in a home game, marking the first time the competition opens with a standalone match, UEFA said on Monday. Currently, the tournament’s league phase begins with matchday one fixtures spread evenly over three days, but the change means just one game…
2 Barcelona expect to have four key players back available for selection for the club’s upcoming showdown with Real Madrid. That’s according to Diario Sport, who have on Monday provided an insight into the latest developments behind the scenes in Catalunya’s capital. Barcelona are of course currently in the midst of an early-season injury crisis….
The Premier League has used the international break to celebrate the incredible goalscoring exploits of Erling Haaland. Over the weekend, the league’s official website ran a feature asking fans to consider whether Haaland is the Premier League’s greatest ever goalscorer? This comes after the Norwegian’s blistering start to 2025-26 campaign which has seen him score…
The German national team knew it would need to step up its efforts against Northern Ireland. While not a powerhouse, the Northern Ireland squad was game and made life very tough during Germany’s 1-0 victory. It was not pretty and it was not likely the kind of dominant result that fans wanted to see, but…
The Premier League is widely regarded as the most competitive football league in the world—home to elite teams, world-class players and relentless competition. As such, finishing as the league’s top scorer and claiming the prestigious Golden Boot is no easy feat. Since the Premier League’s inception in 1992, no fewer than 26 different players have…
Como has declared that their controversial decision to hold a game in Australia comes in the best interest of “ensuring the survival” of the Serie A. A historic trip to Perth is set to take place for Como and AC Milan in February next year, with the two teams scheduled to play a regular season…
Neither Alexander Isak nor Viktor Gyokeres aided the plight of the fans of their respective clubs in arguments as to whether they’re ginormous wastes of money and space through their displays for Sweden during the international break. They both played every minute against Switzerland on Friday and then Kosovo on Monday, and… not a sausage….
Despite the loss, and his frustration, O’Neill still had time for a joke with a member of the German media. “Having looked at the stats, ironically Germany played more long balls than us in the game,” he said. For his part, Julian Nagelsmann, whose comments after the reverse fixture in Cologne prompted O’Neill’s quip, was…
Manchester United star Matheus Cunha admits that he has to carry the “weight” of being a goalscorer at Manchester United, although he admits there is some “confusion” over how he plays. The Brazil international joined the club in the summer for a fee of £62.5 million ($83m) and has yet to catch fire at Old…