Football has a long-standing issue of racism. From Nazi salutes to comments on personal life, racism’s ugly head keeps popping up in football. “No to racism”, “Kick it out” and other similar initiatives taken by FIFA may have helped the anti-racism brigade but have failed to completely curb it yet. And it’s not just club …
After almost 2 months of uninterrupted club football, we’re back here again, it was simply too good to be true. The UEFA Nations Leagues insists on going on (for whatever reason), KDB is forced to play Wales for the gazillionth time, and we’re forced to live out several uneventful evenings without League Football.It ain’t easy. …
Football Twitter houses a menagerie of fanatic Footy fans that barely thread the line between eccentric and reasonable, and they do so with cat-like agility. You can catch innumerable FT accounts engaging in absurd discussions one moment and offering sound tactical analysis the next, it’s quite bizarre really. Fans online are also no strangers to …
The Jules Kounde – Chelsea love/hate affair is just not dying. The French centre-back was chased by the English side all through summer, who instead chose Barcelona. The Spanish giants paid a hefty €50m fee for the ex-Sevilla player, while Chelsea settled for €38m-rated Kouliably. For most, this would be the end of the story …
A scintillating fixture awaited those gathered inside the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, as Spurs came up against a struggling Leicester City. The Foxes have had a nightmarish start to the season, conceding goals left and right while scoring comparatively less. In contrast, Spurs have looked rather solid in the Prem so far, despite the football being …
Tuesday night’s Champions League action had some truly delectable fixtures, including a blockbuster clash between Bayern and Barcelona. But the biggest surprise of the night came via the Group C encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Sporting Lisbon. After recruiting heavily in the summer, Antonio Conte’s side were unbeaten heading into the game. However, the football …
Last night’s Champions League match between European heavyweights Barcelona and Bayern Munich was expected to deliver a multitude of storylines and it certainly did not disappoint. While the Spanish giants started fairly well and on the front foot, it was the German club which came away with a victory, thanks to a quick-fire double in …
The general perception around Football Twitter is that of a community divided into separate fanbases, all constantly at each other’s throats. However, once in a while, we receive moments where the community manages to unite in appreciation, these are few and far between but lovely to see nonetheless. One such occasion occurred recently when an …
The world came to a brief standstill recently, as news of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II travelled far and wide. Surrounded by members of the royal family, the Queen peacefully passed away at her country estate in Aberdeen, she was 96 at the time of her passing. Following the announcement, Operation London …
After the expiration of his contract at Arsenal, French striker Alexandre Lacazette opted for a change of scenery, as he subsequently returned to his hometown club Lyon earlier this summer. The former Arsenal captain’s spell at the Emirates was lukewarm at best, with multiple scoring droughts littered throughout. Nevertheless, his return to Olympique has been …
Jordan Peterson, a Canadian psychologist, is about as divisive a figure as one can find. A prime example is Peterson’s Sports Illustrated tweet, in which he called a curvy woman wearing a swimsuit simply “not beautiful”. Peterson was extensively ridiculed as a result of the message, which inspired him to completely stop using Twitter—or at …
Some players get famous for their on-field talents, some get popular due to their off-field drama, and then some players get famous for their looks and their hairstyles, good or bad. Iconic hairstyles have been a big part of the footballing world for a long time. From Ronaldo’s world cup look to David Luiz; from …
Thomas Tuchel was sacked by Chelsea FC on Wednesday following the club’s unexpected loss against Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League. While the result of the game surely did not help his cause, the decision to part ways with the manager was made before the ball was even kicked. WHY WAS TUCHEL SACKED? …
The Football World is almost never short of news, even during the off-season you can still catch exciting games being played in various corners of Europe. In the season itself, during which the 5 major European Leagues are being played out simultaneously, the news stream is endless and constant. You have footy action on the …
FC Barcelona had perhaps one of the most incredible transfer markets in its own history. The Catalans managed to do big-money deals for numerous top players in the market despite their financial difficulties. Almost all of the fresh arrivals have already impressed the Camp Nou faithful. Robert Lewandowski has hit the ground running in La …
Plenty has occurred in the Football World during the past couple of days, from the conclusion of Gameweek 5 in the Premier League to the always exhilarating scramble that is deadline day, there certainly have been no shortage of discussion points. Yet, Footy fans on Twitter opted to concern themselves with a celebrity’s love life, …
Earlier this season, Neymar perhaps set a high bar for one of the worst dives possible in a season. The Brazilian notoriously known for being a master of the dark arts outdid himself by pulling off a ridiculous dive during one of PSG’s pre-season warm-up games in Japan. As the winger tumbled to the ground …