The man behind the stadium

The arrival of Xabi Alonso to the Real Madrid dugout adds intrigue to the La Liga title race

During the past 30 seasons, no club from outside the current top five leagues has won the Champions League… except Porto in 2004. The Portuguese side’s journey to glory remains the Champions League er

Club president Andre Villas-Boas prepared to spend big to bridge the gap to their Lisbon rivals

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

The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month...

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