Fenerbahçe intends to take its first steps in the transfer market precisely in the attacking line. The Canaries are simultaneously evaluating three major forwards: Jonathan David, Dušan Vlahović and Aleksandar Mitrović. The Canadian David has asked the Istanbul club for a signing bonus of 12 million...
Every football season has its own patterns, and Neymar's is especially noticeable: for almost a decade, on the cusp of February and March, the Brazilian drops out of the squad — due to injuries, an accumulation of cautions, or short "windows" for flights home. This year the story gained a fresh chap...
Duran Is Already Packing: The Colombian Forward’s Saudi–Turkish Voyage John Duran, the attack’s joker, was the first to react. His winter move from Aston Villa was valued at a solid 77 million euros, yet in Jeddah the 20-year-old Colombian could not escape Cristiano’s gravitational pull. Accordi...
Key Changes to the Regulations From next season the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is radically revising the way home and away fixtures are allocated in knockout ties. The draw that previously determined the order of matches is being consigned to history for the Champions League,...
When a club whose very name has long been a synonym for stability and common sense changes its head coach, it inevitably sparks a storm of questions. In the Spurs’ case that effect is amplified by a hundred indisputable facts: Gregg Popovich built a system that sustained not only championships but t...
Entry and a Sharp Pivot Back in early June, the Uzbekistan Boxing Federation officially confirmed that the national team would take part in the prestigious World Boxing Cup, scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan’s capital from 30 June to 7 July 2025. The organizers had already included the Uzbek at...
In just a few weeks, Real Madrid’s new head coach has transformed the 19-year-old Turk from a right-flank joker into a genuine conductor of the entire game. Now almost every Los Blancos attack passes through Arda Güler’s boots, while opponents increasingly look bewildered as they try to keep up with...
Five Minutes That Changed Finals Lore Until the last TV timeout of Game 4 in the 2025 Finals, the series looked set to tilt toward Indiana. By then the Thunder had failed to find any rhythm between shots and passes: just 2-for-14 from deep, double-digit turnovers and only eight assists, all whil...
For nearly two decades LeBron James wrote his career as both writer-director and leading man: the environment was tuned to him, partners were selected, coaching staffs were rebuilt, and game concepts were revised. Today, with the horizon of the end drawing closer, a paradox has appeared for the firs...
Tottenham Hotspur continue to amaze their supporters with a run of victories and are no longer shy about jokingly counting the trophies that are filling the club museum. The London side won a friendly tournament in Hong Kong, defeating their arch-rivals Arsenal. Ahead for Thomas Frank’s team lies an...
