Playing in a tournament as prestigious and grand as the World Cup means you get to go toe-to-toe with the best players in the sport. Messi, Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Kevin de Bruyne, and Mbappe are just some of the big names representing their country in Qatar. It is a great opportunity for other supposedly ‘lesser’ players ...
Bukayo Saka has made himself indispensable to Gareth Southgate’s vision of the English football team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup very quickly. At 21 years old, Bukayo is only the second youngest member of England’s World Cup squad and must compete with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham within the ...
The defending champions, France, have landed an uneasy encounter with England in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Les Bleus might have had it easy with Poland in the round of 16 but England might stretch their defence to a limit that they haven’t experienced so far in the tournament. But ...
Although the FIFA 2022 World Cup was not without its fair share of controversy in the run-up to the competition, now that the tournament has kicked off, it’s safe to say that the focus is very much on football once again. And while it is still very much early days in the competition, the group ...
Kylian Mbappe has had a dream start to the Qatar World Cup and is already staking his claim for the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards. He’s already the joint-highest scorer in the competition, having scored 3 goals in France’s first two opening games against Australia and Denmark. There is added pressure on the 23-year-old’s ...
The Qatar World Cup might only have started over a week ago, but the Golden Boot race is already getting quite heated. The prestige of being the top scorer of a World Cup edition is one of the best achievements in the career of any aspiring footballer. It’s extra hard to score goals in such ...
The defending champions, France, couldn’t have asked for a better start to their World Cup campaign. Despite being marred with injuries that had sidelined stalwarts like Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, and N’Golo Kante, the French registered an emphatic win over Australia in their opening match. Olivier Giroud, Adrien Rabiot, and Kylian Mbappe all made their ...
Nike is the GOAT when it comes to creating the perfect advertisements. And that’s simply not up for debate. The brand stepped into the arena of creating stellar advertisements for its football products in 1996 with the Good vs. Evil campaign featuring legends like Cantona and Maldini, and has since, only dominated the ad space ...
Kylian Mbappe has had a true rollercoaster of a year at PSG. It started with a lot of uncertainty over his future at the club. Real Madrid seemed set to steal him away from the French side and make him their marquee signing of the summer. However, the Frenchman pulled off a stunning twist by ...
Football players often entrance the audience with mesmerising skills, unthinkable goals and magical moments. Winning matches, titles and trophies are all part & parcel of the game but what captivates everyone is the 90 minutes of pure sorcery on the pitch. Something that goes unseen is the efforts of the non-playing personalities to make a ...
Kylian Mbappe loves football and he is pretty damn good at it as well. The French marksman has been a sensation since breaking out as a teenager with AS Monaco. He is currently plying his trade with Ligue 1 overlords Paris St. Germain and has established himself as one of the best players on the ...
Paris St. Germain ran riot last night at the French capital city against Maccabi Haifa in their group fixture in the Champions League. Lionel Messi scored 2 goals & assisted in 2 more as the Ligue 1 champions thrashed the Israeli side 7-2, marking the Argentine’s 50th appearance for the club. Kylian Mbappe chipped in ...
Ballon d’Or is often considered to be the highest award a footballer can get. Presented by French news magazine France Football, it was started in 1956 and has been given to the best player of the year, by virtue of voting. Lionel Messi has the highest number of this accolade with 7, followed by Cristiano ...
PSG have had a pretty solid start to the new season. They’re on top of the Ligue 1 table, having won 8 out of their first 10 games. The Leo Messi–Neymar–Kylian Mbappe trio has a combined goal contribution tally of well over 35. On the pitch, things are going great for Christophe Galtier’s side as ...
French football has never been short of controversies or breaking news. The Benzema-Valbuena incident instantly comes to mind. More recently, the Pogba extortion episode created headlines. Another issue came up on Monday before the French team was getting ready for the Nations League games. A dispute over the use of Kylian Mbappé‘s image rights arose ...
FIFA 23, the popular football video game, launches worldwide on September 30. The highest-ranked players in FIFA 23 have finally been revealed by EA Sports, and while some of the ratings make sense, others have us perplexed. A few weeks ago, leaked FIFA 23 player ratings for whole teams as well as the game’s superstars ...
The last decade saw much awareness being spread across the world regarding climate change and its consequences by activists, media outlets and organizations and the footballing world has also put in a shift for the same. On the one hand, clubs such as Real Madrid, Liverpool and Wolves have shifted to producing eco-friendly kits using ...
