nazakatblogger@gmail.com 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
Fulham will start the new Premier League season by having the neighbours round. The first Monday Night Football of 2026-27 takes Chelsea down the road to Craven Cottage, where they’ll play in a derby that will do little to indicate what’s to come for either team in the next nine months. Chelsea have more tangible … Read more
Basketball agility drills train players to accelerate, stop, and change direction quickly while staying balanced and under control. They improve footwork, body control, and the ability to react to what an opponent does. Speed is moving fast in one direction. Quickness is the first step. Agility is changing direction under control while doing either… and … Read more
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin says Gianni Infantino needs to remember he is European after describing his Fifa counterpart’s plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup as “worse than the Super League”. Earlier this month the world governing body abandoned Infantino’s proposal to create a new company – Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) – … Read more
Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic kept his plan to topple Manchester United on their Premier League return under wraps for weeks, assistant head coach Dean Holden told Match of the Day. The Tigers produced a sensational 2-0 opening-weekend win over Michael Carrick’s side on Saturday while deploying a back five. Hull were making their first … Read more
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 12th (NB: this is not necessarily Tom Garry’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 1st (WSL2) Prospects Founding members of the Women’s Super League when it launched in 2011, Birmingham are back in the top flight after four years in the second tier, having won promotion … Read more
The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, has described Gianni Infantino’s doomed attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup as “even worse than the Super League plan” and warned his embattled Fifa counterpart that he will face an opponent if he runs for re-election next March. Ceferin has led Uefa’s firm collective stance against the Fifa … Read more
There were early glimpses of just what Jaissle’s side could be – the intensity, the balls in behind, the grit, spirit and work rate. Few embodied those qualities quite like new arrival Amar Dedic, who only completed his £30m move from Benfica on Tuesday, but what was just as striking was the performances of one … Read more