Kylian Mbappe has become the latest player to criticize football’s demanding calendar, urging changes for the good after a personal health scare. The French footballer Mbappe has said that modern footballers are not necessarily playing too many matches, but lack of recovery time is putting players under immense strain. Speaking in Poland ahead of France’s 2026 World…
The stage is set for the semi-finals of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League fixtures after the four mouth-watering quarter-final fixtures. The biggest shock of the last eight was Arsenal’s victory over Real Madrid in both legs to reach the semi-finals for the first time in 2009. The Gunners maintained their unbeaten run against Real Madrid…
Benzema will leave Real Madrid 14 years after joining from hometown club Lyon in 2009 and has made 657 appearances, scoring 353 goals. The Frenchman departs the Bernabeu as club’s second highest all-time goal scorer; won LaLiga four times and the Champions League five times. According to state media the 35-year-old has reached an agreement…
Germany midfielder, former Arsenal & Real Madrid soccer star; Mesut Ozil calls time on glittering career at 34 after injury struggles. Writing on Instagram, Ozil said that it was becoming “more and more clear that it’s time to leave the big stage of football”, with injuries playing a part in his decision. Ozil’s final game…
Real Madrid’s, Karim Benzema was on Monday night announced as the winner of this year’s Ballon d’Or award. The Frenchman admitted his career hasn’t always been easy after winning the prize for the first time. Benzema was crowned in a ceremony in Paris ahead of Sadio Mane in second and Kevin De Bruyne in third…
Italy has requested Brazil extradite embattled football star, Robinho, to serve a nine-year jail term for gang raping an Albanian woman in a nightclub in Milan. Judges at the Court of Cassation in Rome had confirmed the sentence for the offense, which dates back to January 2013 when the 37-year-old was playing for AC Milan….
