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While there is plenty of beauty to be found in a slick passing move or a well-timed sliding tackle, when it comes to football, there is little doubt as to the real art: scoring goals. German football journalist Javier Cáceres has spent the past two decades asking many of the game’s biggest stars to draw their favourite goals. Most sketches were produced during formal interviews and others at chance meetings…

Forget Rodri and Vinícius and all that Ballon d’Or “brawling” — let’s say goodbye to 2024 by admitting, unequivocally, that it has been the year of Lamine Yamal. In footballing terms, the boy is a genius. Fact. He’s blessed with sublime skills, physical maturity beyond his years and, above all, by supernatural on-pitch vision and match intelligence. I have zero quibbles with the Spaniard and the Brazilian consistently coming first…

The January transfer window opens soon — England’s Premier League, Germany’s Bundesliga and France’s Ligue 1 on Wednesday, Jan. 1, with Spain’s LaLiga, Italy’s Serie A and Portugal’s Primeira Liga opening for business 24 hours later — and this January looks set to be busier than in recent years because of several clubs and players needing to negotiate transfers. Injury problems and congested fixture lists mean that clubs including Manchester…

Referees will announce the outcome of VAR reviews via an in-stadium microphone for the first time in English football during next week’s Carabao Cup semifinal first legs. The trial is limited to when the referee has visited to the pitchside monitor for subjective overturns, and factual interventions for offside and accidental handball by the goal scorer. There will be no explanation for checks which take place during the game and…

It is perhaps symbolic that, as he approaches his 500th match in charge at Manchester City on Sunday, Pep Guardiola is being confronted with so many problems that he hasn’t faced since the very beginning of his tenure. He is completing a circle of sorts. Guardiola’s first City team in 2016-17 was a bit of a mess. Of the 22 players who saw at least 700 minutes in all competitions…

Trent Alexander-Arnold has reportedly made his mind up — he’s going to leave Liverpool for Real Madrid, while Barcelona are considering a move for AC Milan’s Rafael Leão. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s grades – Ronaldo: If I owned Man United, I would fix issues – Barça’s Dani Olmo registration rejected…

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has said Arne Slot’s side have the “quality to achieve something special” this season and has called on his teammates to “create their own history” at the club. The Merseyside club are six points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a game in hand, having also won all of their games in the revamped Champions League and secured passage to the semifinals…

Ruben Amorim has accepted his job will be “in danger” for as long as Manchester United’s poor run of form continues. United lost their third straight game with a 2-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day. Amorim has had little time to work with his players since taking over from Erik ten Hag in November. But despite the mitigating factors which have contributed to a run of five defeats…

Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that Manchester United’s problems are not down to new manager Ruben Amorim, and believes he would be able to fix them if he was the club’s owner. Amorim has lost five of his 10 games in charge of United — including four of the past five in the Premier League — and said ahead of the next game against Newcastle United that his job is not…

Expert recap and game analysis of the Wrexham vs. Blackpool English League One game from December 26, 2024 on ESPN.