Old hands Manuel Pellegrini and Rafa Benitez met in this UEFA Europa League Round of 16 encounter, won convincingly by the Spanish side before an ecstatic crowd in Seville. The temporary home of Real Betis, in Cartuja, certainly seems to [...]

The first-ever women’s FIFA Champions Cup ended in victory for Arsenal at their Emirates home in North London. 25,000 fans endured the persistent rain to see the European champions finally overcome the champions of South America in a contest that [...]

Nobody could have predicted that the 2025 edition of AFCON would finish the way it did. The tournament had progressed predictably with all the major countries qualifying for the later stages, culminating in an end tie between two of [...]

This is the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations and the second time it is being staged in Morocco. When the competition ends on January 18 in Rabat many will expect the hosts, rated the leading African nation [...]

Africa was represented by the semi-finalists from the 2025 AFCON U-20 namely: Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and the champions, South Africa Morocco became an early qualifier from Group C after they beat two of the potential heavyweights in Spain and [...]

This was quite an epic played in front of 34,000 ecstatic fans in Kampala and watched by thousands more around the country. It confirmed the Cranes as group winners, alongside their fellow CHAN hosts, Tanzania and Kenya. But all [...]

Joint hosts Kenya completed their group A matches with a single goal defeat of already eliminated Zambia, ensuring they went through to the quarter-finals as group winners.  After previous crowd issues a reduced number of tickets were sold for [...]

Two-times champions Morocco needed this victory to increase their chances of progressing from Group A at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) In pleasant conditions at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi the Atlas Lions fielded a starting eleven of players [...]

How Cole Palmer upset the odds and made Chelsea ‘the Best Team in the World’. Going into the Club World Cup final, and indeed at the outset of the competition, not too many pundits, or fans, were predicting that [...]

PSG seemingly confirmed their status as the ‘best team in the world’ with this comprehensive defeat of Real Madrid in the New Jersey heat. Goals from Ousmane Dembele, Goncalo Ramos, and a double from Fabian Ruiz secured the victory [...]