Manchester United have spent 13 years making optimism feel like a dangerous hobby. But the evidence suggests Michael Carrick’s side could win the Premier League.
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The Savant returns for Gameweek 1 with his first FPL XI, Haaland captaincy verdict, transfer thesis and one differential the masses have overlooked.
Football spent years writing José Mourinho’s obituary. The tactical revolutionary who dominated Europe between 2003 and 2015 appeared increasingly out of place in an era defined by Pep Guardiola, Jürgen Klopp and possession-heavy football. Yet, against all expectations, Mourinho is back at Real Madrid. Tasked with managing a dressing room overflowing with talent, ego and expectation, he faces perhaps the greatest challenge of his career: proving he can still thrive in a game that seemed to have moved beyond him.
The 25/26 FPL season presents a fascinating problem for the discerning forward purchaser. There are bargains, there are semi-premiums, and there is Erling Haaland
The 26/27 FPL season presents a fascinating problem for the discerning forward purchaser. There are bargains, there are semi-premiums, and there is Erling Haaland
The England-Argentina rivalry has produced some of football’s most unforgettable moments, from Maradona’s brilliance in 1986 to Beckham’s redemption in 2002.
World Cups create legends, but occasionally they create something even rarer. A single performance so absurdly good that decades later football fans still argue about it in pubs
The World Cup has a way of exposing forwards more brutally than any club competition. No systems, no excuses, no hiding places. Just goals, pressure, and memory. So when we talk about the greatest World Cup forwards ever, we’re really talking about who delivered when football stopped caring about reputation.
The World Cup has a way of exposing forwards more brutally than any club competition. No systems, no excuses, no hiding places. Just goals, pressure, and memory. So when we talk about the greatest World Cup forwards ever, we’re really talking about who delivered when football stopped caring about reputation.
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Pakistan are coming to England for three Test matches, which means Test cricket has once again decided to make itself interesting by inviting Pakistan.
Let’s be honest, nothing – and I mean nothing – gets a cricket fan’s heart racing like India versus Pakistan in a T20 World Cup.
Five performances. One legend. From Gatting’s disbelief to SCG glory, Shane Warne turned cricket into theatre pure, spinning genius.
Cricket’s “gentleman’s game” takes off the gloves five legendary sledges that turned banter into art, from biscuits to brutality.
Five spells of pure swing sorcery Wasim Akram turned cricket into physics-defying poetry, making every delivery a masterclass in menace.
