Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister has slammed Erik ten Hag for substituting the attacker in Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle United on Sunday. The Potuguese star had a goal ruled out in the second half after he felt Fabian Schar had taken Newcastle’s free kick instead of giving the ball to […]
Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Diogo Jota will miss the World Cup with Portugal due to a calf injury. The 25-year-old was forced off in the closing stages of Liverpool’s 1-0 victory over Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. Jota was forced to leave the pitch on […]
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has rejected the club’s latest contract proposal and is instead demanding a salary increase of around 25%. The Italian coach is out of contract at the end of the campaign and he’s received interest from Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan. The midfielder joined the London club from […]
Thibaut Courtois has not hidden his frustration after the Real Madrid shot-stopper finished seventh in the 2022 Ballon d’Or. His Real teammate Karim Benzema won the main prize at Monday’s award show, with former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane second and Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne third. After the prize-giving, […]
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez and five other players were given a humbling as they received no votes at the just concluded 2022 Ballon d’Or awards. Karim Benzema deservedly claimed the grand prize at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris thanks to his outstanding season for Real Madrid. Sports journalists from […]
Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha believes Erik ten Hag ‘disrespected’ Cristiano Ronaldo after replacing the striker during Sunday’s match against Newcastle United. With Anthony Martial injured, Ronaldo led the line at Old Trafford. After seeing two efforts ruled out, the 37-year-old was replaced by Marcus Rashford with 18 minutes […]
Rio Ferdinand has heaped praise on Arsenal’s ‘fearless’ Bukayo Saka and believes Manchester United’s wingers could learn from his style of play. The 21-year-old attacker has hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks and has been the matchwinner in each of his team’s last three games in all […]
Jose Mourinho says Karim Benzema is “obsessed with his team” – which is what helped him eventually win the Ballon d’Or at the age of 34. The Real Madrid star became the fifth Frenchman to claim the award after his superb year in the Spanish La Liga. Benzema was the […]
Nick Pope says referee Craig Pawson was right to disallow Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal in Manchester United’s stalemate with Newcastle United on Sunday. Ronaldo felt he had opened the scoring in the second half after Fabian Schar touched the ball back to Pope to take a free kick. But before the […]
Argentina skipper Lionel Messi is most concerned about Brazil and France ruining his World Cup dream in Qatar – not even England. According to the bookies, the Three Lions, Brazil, France and Argentina are the big favourites to win this year’s tournament, which begins on November 18 and ends on […]