Best Players in Each of Europe’s Top Five Leagues During the Weekend Europe’s top five leagues delivered another round of unforgettable performances over the weekend, with individual brilliance taking center stage from England to France. We take a look at players who stepped up to define the outcomes of crucial fixtures and cement their status as the standout performers of gameweek action in each of Europe top five leagues. Best Players in Each of Europe’s Top Five Leagues During the Weekend English Premier League | Antonin Stach of Leeds United The German midfielder finally opened his goal account for Leeds…
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UCL Opening Week recap | The UEFA Champions League is up and running for the season as games were played across three days between Tuesday and Thursday this week. We take a look at 10 interesting highlights of the competition during the week. 10 Interesting Highlights From 2025-26 UCL Opening Week 1. Arsenal win first away game since 2013 Arsenal’s trip to Spain, where a win over Athletic Club saw them become the first club to achieve six consecutive victories against Spanish opposition, was also their first time winning their opening away fixture of a Champions League campaign since 2013.…
Best Players of the weekend in each of Europe top five leagues | Here are the five most standout individuals, one in each of Europe top five leagues featuring the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1. Best Players of the Weekend in Each of Europe Top 5 Leagues English Premier League Player of Round 4 | Martin Zubimendi of Arsenal Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder had match of his wildest dreams as he scored a brace to lift the Gunners to a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, marking a return to winning ways after the loss at Anfield…
Dominik Szoboszlai meets Cristiano Ronaldo again. When history repeats itself, some always have a better story than the primary narrative, and that is the case of Hungary captain Dominik Szoboszlai when his country faced Portugal in a repetition of a fixture played on the same day 16 years prior. The midfielder was among the escorts when his country lost 1-0 to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, meeting his childhood idol for the first time. The star of the show was Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the reigning Ballon d’Or winner and…
Viktor Gyokeres’s agent, Hasan Cetinkaya, is set to sue Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas, and the striker is ready to testify in favour of his agent, reports Correio da Manha, a media outlet based in Lisbon. The Swedish super agent reportedly lost millions in the deal that took his client to Arsenal in the summer, after waiving around a million of his commissions due to Frederico Varandas’ reluctance to sanction the sale. Gyokeres and Agent to Sue Sporting CP Hasan Cetinkaya, who was forced to make the decision to allow Viktor to complete his move to his preferred club at…
Fans will again get behind the Super Eagles in this month’s World Cup qualifiers, cheering in the hopes that they achieve climax against both Rwanda and South Africa to bolster their chances of reaching the finals — but a big question nobody wants to be asked is if it’ll be much of a surprise should the team fail to secure the much coveted ticket? Since their first-ever FIFA World Cup finals appearance in USA 1994, Nigeria has not missed out in back-to-back tournaments, with their only two absences coming in 2006 and in the most recent edition in 2022. Ahead…
Marc Guehi was on the verge of signing for Liverpool on deadline day of the 2025 summer transfer window, having even said his goodbyes to Crystal Palace fans the previous night, only for the move to collapse at the last minute. Here is an insight on what really happened beyond the headlines as the Chelsea academy alumnus was denied what could be once in a lifetime opportunity. Marc Guehi Saga | What Really Happened? Marc Guehi was on the verge of signing for Liverpool on deadline day of the 2025 summer transfer window, having even said his goodbyes to Crystal…
Liverpool v Arsenal is a Premier League fixture that has come a long way since just over eight years ago, when Arsenal lost 4-0 to Liverpool in Anfield, in one of the early games of the season, which couldn’t be more wrongfully timed as Arsène Wenger endured one of his darkest days at the helm. Less than a decade later, the Gunners no longer carry the tag of fragile pretenders. Under Mikel Arteta, they stand tall as genuine title contenders, turning from bullied to bully in big fixtures. Liverpool, meanwhile, have already lived through their renaissance under Jürgen Klopp. That…
A club that bends to every cry of its fans inevitably ends up dancing to their tune. That is the trap Manchester United and Rúben Amorim have walked into, skipping the process they themselves proposed, and now facing the consequences as the players tagged their future have now turned into outcasts. Under Rúben Amorim, Manchester United’s rebuild plan was meant to signal a turning point, a chance to draw a line under years of stagnation and finally create a team capable of competing with the best. Instead, it has become an illustration of how not to rebuild. By leaning heavily…
Remo Stars kicked off their title defence campaign with a 1-1 draw at their new home, the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, against Rivers United — their first time failing to win their opening home game of a season since their return to the top flight in 2021. The secret to their title triumph in the Nigerian Premier League last season was making their Ikenne Stadium a fortress, a pleasure they will be starved of this season as they’ve made the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta their temporary home, with construction works ongoing in Ikenne. The defending champions were absolutely…