There were contrasting emotions on either side of Manchester on New Year’s Eve as Manchester United moved into the top four for the first time this season but Manchester City slipped up against Everton. Manager Erik ten Hag had dropped Marcus Rashfor...
Manchester United‘s Antony led Premier League tributes to the late Pele as he revealed a t-shirt bearing the message “descanse em paz”, meaning “rest in peace”, as English football paid its respects to the great on Saturday. Wolves and United, playin...
Marcus Rashford was surprisingly dropped to the bench for Manchester United‘s last game of 2022 by Erik ten Hag after an internal issue. The departure of Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to confirm Rashford’s status as United’s premier striker, and his good ...
With the energy of Jill Scott emerging from The Lensbury after a 12-hour celebratory post-Euros drinking session, the great debate has reluctantly crept back into the public domain. Does the England manager need to be English? If 2022 has taught us o...
Before Lucy Bronze’s whirlwind year, there was the storm. 13 months ago, Storm Arwen ripped through the north-east of England leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. In the market town of Alnwick, 30 miles north of Newcastle, tucked just inland f...
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his move to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr. The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward has signed on a two-year contract. “I am eager to experience a new football league in a different country. Al Nass...
As ever, Erling Haaland was spot on. “Everything you see any player doing,” he tweeted. “Pele did it first. RIP.” It was a simple tribute, a paean to the Brazil icon that mirrored Haaland’s extraordinary efficiency on the pitch. Eleven words to get t...
At the end of the last game of his career, Pele approached Muhammad Ali on the pitch of the Giants Stadium in New York and place a kiss on his cheek. It was a meeting in October 1977 of two men who bestrode 20th-century sport and yet who, when it cam...
Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the boy who became “Pele” was synonymous not only with the legend of the Selecao, but with football as a whole. That has been captured in the outpouring of tributes following his death from multiple organ failure due...
How much would Pele have been worth in Fantasy Premier League? At different points in the game’s short history, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie all cost 14m, making them the most expensive players ever. Would Pele have usurped t...
Darwin Nunez has the potential to emulate scoring machine Robert Lewandowski but needs to develop more composure in front of goal, according to Jurgen Klopp. The Uruguay striker has a respectable tally of nine in all competitions since his club recor...