Football

As we approach the halfway point in this Premier League season, it is starting to become apparent who will be involved in the relegation dogfight. As usual, things are looking ominous for Sunderland, while Swansea, West Ham, Crystal Palace, along well as all the newly promoted teams all look...

In each summer transfer window from 2013 to 2016, Southampton have sold their best players to other Premier League clubs. Rather than entering a period of decline, however, after each exodus they seem to have actually become stronger. In successive seasons, Southampton have moved further up the table and...

Last summer, Arsenal made five signings, totalling a combined fee of £96 million. Whilst two of them, Rob Holding and Takuma Asano, are players for Arsenal’s future, the remaining three have been welcome additions that will certainly strengthen the spine of the team. Granit Xhaka has been a clear...

When one thinks of great Brazilian footballers, attacking players such as Pele, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Zico come to mind. Carlos Alberto, however, gives all of them a run for their money in terms of his influence on Brazilian football. Carlos Alberto, capped 53 times by Brazil, sadly died of...

In what has been a turbulent few weeks for former Nottingham County manager Sam Allardyce, current boss John Sheridan seems to have steadied the ship at Meadow Lane. After another sporadic start to a league campaign which saw Notts County take just one point from their opening three fixtures,...

After a summer of transfer sagas, surprising results in the Euros and the inauguration of new managers, the dust will shortly settle as the English Premier League returns to our weekend diaries this August. Amidst the instability prevalent in the country right now, the sorrows surrounding the world of...

So England have exited the Euros in ignominy (again), the team have been branded as over-paid prima-donnas (again) and humiliation has led to a search for a new head coach (again). Does it not just leave you a little bit bored of it all? Fear not, however, as two...