Heavy is the head that wears the crown

The addition of Florian Wirtz and Co. makes Arne Slot’s Reds the team to beat – but Arsenal and Manchester City will be competitive

Two hours before I played for Nigeria at the Under-17 World Championship in Finland in 2003, our jerseys arrived. We had been waiting for our names to be printed on the back – when they came, we were

You played for seven clubs across six different countries and captained your nation at two World Cups. What moments stand out from your career? What I appreciate most is that I left my mark at all of

He might carry the weight of a famous surname, but Jobe Bellingham is determined to tread his own path

ust two seasons on from returning to his homeland, Masour Ousmane Dembele looks poised to be crowned as the winner of this year’s Ballon d’Or – France’s sixth and, in a way, least likely recipient of

Speaking to footballers, especially high-profile ones, can sometimes be difficult. Wary of revealing too much, some of them say very little at all. That isn’t the case with Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernand