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The Ronaldo disciplinary file: an unannounced verdict and a timeline that does not reconcileThe day the Portuguese Football Federation announced its temporary suspension...
Kane scores like a machine, sets a string of records, stands shoulder to shoulder with Ronaldo and MessiHarry Kane continues to reaffirm his status as one of the finest strikers in...
Sitting on an Exceptional Throne: Harry Kane and a Historic Night with EnglandSitting on an Exceptional Throne: Harry Kane and a Historic Night with Englan...
Ronaldo and Portugal: When Two Major Newspapers Contradict Each Other Over a FarewellOn the same day, the two most reputable sports newspapers in Europe published...
Zidane Calls Olise a Natural Leader: When a Player's Silence Has No Rule to Protect ItA player raises a finger to his lips, then points it at his ear. Not a word....
Scotland 2-0 North Macedonia: The Seventh-Minute Goal and the Gap the Scoreline Cannot HideIn the 7th minute, before the ball had barely settled on the turf in Skopje,...
Spain 3-1 Czechia: The 89th-Minute Goal and the Money Flow Behind a Winning CycleIn the 89th minute at the Estadio Municipal Carlos Tartiere in Oviedo, Mikel...
Turkey Lose Arda Güler Ahead of Italy: Three Matches Without a Point and a Fateful 90+2 MinuteThe match in Brussels had reached the 90+2nd minute when Arda Güler received ...
Faroe Islands 1-1 Slovakia: An Own Goal in the 38th Minute and an Equaliser in the 66th in Nations League CIn the 38th minute, Gunnar Vatnhamar turned the ball into his own net. That i...
Vangelis Pavlidis: When the link-play striker becomes the system's escape valve – Perspective from the Eredivisie to Primeira Liga value chainIn the 34th minute of NOS live broadcast ahead of the UEFA Nations League mat...
Financial Storm Hits Manchester City, Haaland Still SmilesThe training ground of the Norway national team in Cardiff was unusually quie...
Montenegro beat Armenia 3-2 away: Five goals and the limits of reading a scorelineFive goals in an international fixture always feels like a memorable night of...
Ireland 3-0 Israel in Debrecen: Three Goals in 25 Minutes, and an Empty Stand That Said the RestIn the 25th minute, the scoreboard in Debrecen read 3-0. Troy Parrott opened...
England 2-3 Spain: Kane admits World Cup script repeated, Gordon points to Spain's ball controlThe penalty at Wembley. Harry Kane placed the ball on the spot, took three...
Bazunu Withdraws, Ireland Play On: The Gap Football Law Never ModelledOn squad announcement day, the Football Association of Ireland's press...
Mbappé's Left Knee Tendon Lesion: What Has Been Confirmed, and What Exists Only in a HeadlineAt 19:12 Valencia time, I was sitting in a café on Calle Cirilo Amorós when m...
Germany's No.1 Succession: Ter Stegen as Caretaker, Urbig Waiting in LineThree in the morning in Incheon. The seventh-floor flat faces the harbour....
Xavi Erases the Saudi Line: Real History or the Illusion of a Single Match?The team sheet. That was all there was. One evening in UEFA Nations League...
Ronaldo, the Final Season and Goal Number 1,000: Reading Seven Statements from the Portuguese Football SummitI rewound the clip three times, not to hear the line about goal number 1,000,...
Ronaldo and Goal No. 1,000: A Milestone Framed Before He Ever Reaches ItThe press conference room of the Portugal national team always smells of...
Ireland, a Letter From 160 Athletes, and the Limits of UEFA's PowerHeimir Hallgrimsson did not open a single video file this week. The Icelandic...
Zidane omits Tchouaméni from France squad: A bold decision or a fitness equation?Less than three weeks after officially taking over the French national team,...
Zidane and the 23-man list: revolution or necessity in disguise?Two in the morning, my phone rang, and a truth cracked open. On the other end...
