Injured Lamine Yamal Ruled Out of Spain’s World Cup Qualifiers Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal will miss Spain’s upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Georgia and Bulgaria after suffering a recurrence of a groin injury, confirmed by the club on Friday. Yamal is expected to be out for 2 to ...

Postecoglou Suffers Poor Start at Nottingham When Ange Postecoglou was unveiled at the City Ground over the summer, the move was billed as the start of something bold. Nottingham Forest had secured a manager with European pedigree, a title-winner in Scotland, and someone who had tasted both the inte...

Muller’s Milestone Night Sparks Double Celebration There are few footballers in the modern game who combine ruthless effectiveness with sheer joy quite like Thomas Muller. On a warm night in Vancouver, the German forward once again showed why he remains one of the sport’s most beloved characters...

San Mamés Set for a Powerful Message When Athletic Club walk out at San Mamés on Saturday evening, football will only be part of the story. The Basque giants, famous for their tradition of local identity and political expression, will use their La Liga fixture against Mallorca to deliver a strikin...

Glen Johnson Offers Jack Grealish Advice: Party Smart, Play Smarter Few players in English football divide opinion quite like Jack Grealish. To some, he’s a maverick genius, a throwback to the days when flair and character mattered more than data. To others, he’s a £100 million luxury whose lif...

Xabi Alonso Sends Positive Message on Endrick’s Recovery At Real Madrid, the future is always a subject of fascination. And few names inspire more curiosity than Endrick, the teenage Brazilian striker tipped to lead the next generation of Los Blancos’ attack. After weeks on the sidelines with a ...

PSG Show Concern for Kvaratskhelia After Thigh Injury Paris Saint-Germain are walking straight into another club-versus-country battle, this time involving one of their most exciting summer arrivals: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. The Georgian winger, who has quickly become a fan favorite in Paris, has been...

Muller’s Record Achievement With Vancouver Whitecaps Thomas Muller has been called many things in his long and glittering career — Raumdeuter, joker, joker-in-chief, Bayern’s beating heart — but now he has a new title: Germany’s GOAT. The 35-year-old attacker cemented his status as the mos...

From Barcelona Starter to Bench Warmer For much of last season, Inaki Peña’s career at Barcelona seemed to be entering a defining chapter. The young goalkeeper, long groomed as Marc-André ter Stegen’s understudy, was thrust into the spotlight when the German shot-stopper suffered an ACL injury...

Contenders to Replace Amorim: Change Mooted at Old Trafford There is no official vacancy at Old Trafford just yet, but the whispers grow louder by the week. Ruben Amorim’s reign as Manchester United boss has yet to hit the 50-game mark, but already the Portuguese tactician looks like a man under p...