nazakatblogger@gmail.com For as long as baseball’s All-Star Game has been played—almost every year since 1933, including twice a year from 1959 to 1962—it’s been the ultimate in wish fulfillment for fans. Want to see a team of future Hall of Famers playing together? It’s got that. Want to see your favorite local players honored on a … Read more
It’s always seemed strange that FIFA is willing to use the World Cup as a guinea pig for changes to the Laws of the Game. Football’s premier competition is jealously guarded, more and more so as the governing body’s own logo has been afforded the limelight, and yet every major experiment and tweak is live-tested … Read more
Liverpool are to submit a third bid for Yankuba Minteh, as the Brighton player waits to formalise personal terms. The Reds have been linked with the likes of Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye this summer, but last week, reports dropped of Liverpool’s interest in Minteh, with his entourage dismissing the claims as “old news”. Now, … Read more
Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds answers your questions from the @PewterReport X account this week in the Bucs Mailbag. Submit your question to SR each week via X using the hashtag #PRMailbag. Here are the Bucs questions we chose to answer for this week’s edition. QUESTION: Will Jalon Daniels be the No. 2 QB by Week … Read more
“I love Cissè. I love Cissè.” Ruben Amorim had not yet taken charge of his first competitive game as Milan manager but already he was furnishing journalists with soundbites and supporters with memes, clippable moments that you just knew we were destined to revisit. Alphadjo Cissè is a 19-year-old attacking midfielder who signed for Milan … Read more
Arsenal could collect a record sale for one of their squad – but there’s a catch: they don’t want to sell. The Gunners got off to a storming start in the Premier League on Friday night, playing with a lot more freedom and expression than Arsenal fans came to expect last season against a newly-promoted … Read more
Indeed, sources suggest there is some sympathy with Mateta, even in the light of the contractual dispute, amid a feeling the striker could have been advised differently, though supporters on social media have been far less compassionate towards him. Employment lawyer Libby Payne said: “It is possible to argue that the terms of the option … Read more
Booing Julián Alvarez during Atlético Madrid’s draw with Villarreal on Sunday has seemingly convinced the Argentinian forward to consider joining Arsenal in the window. The former Manchester City man has been kept out of the reaches of Barcelona, who may not have the funds to complete the signing, whereas the Gunners have plenty of cash … Read more
It is not just Alonso and Arbeloa who are among Benitez’s former Liverpool players to have moved into management. He reels off more than 20 names who have become coaches or managers, a list including Wales boss Craig Bellamy. He also points out that Djimi Traore is now an assistant coach at Seattle Sounders. “I … Read more
The football with which Diego Maradona scored his famous ‘hand of God’ goal at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for £2.5m. Maradona famously punched the ball past goalkeeper Peter Shilton in Argentina’s 2-1 quarter-final win over England. After the game, he told reporters it had been scored “a little with the head … Read more