Odds have been slashed on Xabi Alonso to make a swift return to the management in the Premier League immediately after his Real Madrid exit. Alonso only took the reins at his former club last summer following on from Carlo Ancelotti taking the Brazil national team job. But he only took charge of 34 games…
Recent history tells you that you are only ever one bad result away from losing your job as Real Madrid coach. Optimism filled the air when Xabi Alonso returned to the Bernabeu, and his early record could hardly have gone any better — winning all but three of his first 20 matches across all competitions…
Talking about the Buffalo Bills comes at the risk of deja vu. But time and time again it is the same story, the same defining X Factor that dictates their Super Bowl narrative. Discourse historically paints football as the ultimate team game, where an ‘it takes everybody’ mantra rules no one individual shall decide championship…
Manchester City could lose midfield talisman and club captain Bernardo Silva this month, according to an Italian football insider and former Premier League manager. Silva has spent the past nine seasons with Manchester City, recently having the captaincy bestowed upon him by similarly long-serving boss Pep Guardiola. However, it appears Silva could be on the…
After a particularly long, lively and liquid-filled evening celebrating Wrexham’s promotion from non-League to the EFL in 2023, some staff awoke to texts from the club’s owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The messages from the Hollywood actors reflected on what a great night it had been and hope the hangovers weren’t too bad. The…
Fabio Paratici’s second spell at Tottenham Hotspur is set to conclude almost as swiftly as it resumed. As reported by The Athletic, the club’s co-sporting director will complete a move to Fiorentina at the start of February, once the January transfer window closes for English clubs at 7pm GMT on Monday February 2. The timing…
Barcelona may have won the Spanish Supercup on Sunday, but it was not a perfect evening for Hansi Flick’s side, who ended the match against Real Madrid with 10 men after Frenkie de Jong was shown a straight red card in stoppage time. De Jong fouled Kylian Mbappe with a high challenge, and that prompted…
Real Madrid were disappointed to lose out to Barcelona in Sunday’s Spanish Supercup final, with the Catalans winning 3-2 in Jeddah. It was a resolute performance from Xabi Alonso’s side, but in the end, it was not enough. As per Diario AS, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois gave his assessment of the match when speaking to the…
The San Francisco 49ers pulled off a sensational 23-19 upset of the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to knock them out of the NFL playoffs in the Wild Card round. The already banged up 49ers without key players like Fred Warner, Nick Bosa and Ricky Pearsall to injury – among numerous others – also…
MANCHESTER, England — Gabriel Martinelli scored a hat trick as Arsenal advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 4-1 win at Portsmouth on Sunday. Martinelli’s treble helped the Premier League leader come back from going a goal down to the second-tier Championship team inside three minutes. Colby Bishop stunned Arsenal with…