1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1052+ words) Football is long-established as the opium of the masses, but its best moments come when jeopardy meets scarcity. Jeopardy is why the worst World Cup final remains engrossing, while a thrill-a-minute game in the Champions League league phase is the…...

19+ hour, 28+ min ago  (636+ words) Last April, Liverpool announced new contracts for Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk after months of will-they-won't-they conjecture over their futures. A year on, they already know Salah will be leaving at the end of the season, one year earlier…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1064+ words) Ahead of Manchester City's clash with Liverpool in the FA Cup, we've picked the best XI from the Blues and Reds combined " it looks a lot different to how it might have done not so long ago. For starters: no…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (931+ words) When the sheer horror and despair of 2026 sends you seeking comfort in lovely Dele goals from the good old days, the obvious first port of call will always be his Crystal Palace masterpiece. It remains a flawless example of the…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (597+ words) Football has changed a bit since the days when professional players would open up a pub or sportswear shop after hanging up their boots. The elite-level players of the 2010s are set for life. Eden Hazard's Real Madrid contract alone presumably…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (174+ words) England'have a history of wheeling out veterans on football's biggest stage " but can you name their 10 oldest players in'World Cup'history? We've given you five minutes and just the year each player made their last World Cup appearance as a clue....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (751+ words) For all his struggles at Liverpool this season, Florian Wirtz remains an extraordinarily gifted footballer. Signed from Bayer Leverkusen for "100million last summer, Wirtz has rarely looked worthy of his price tag at Anfield. Liverpool's collective struggles are a factor, with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (179+ words) Most Welsh football fans will feel they can name every player to score 15 or more goals for the Wales national team. Can you? We've given you 10 minutes and the number of appearances each player has made for their country. An…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1296+ words) Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. A sentimental distortion. Romanticising a past that never existed. Selective memory dressed up as history. We're far too discerning for that. We'd never fall for such childish nonsense. Take off those rose-tinted specs…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (215+ words) The Premier League was graced with some superb strikers during the 2010s " but can you name the top 25 goalscorers from the decade? We've given you 15 minutes to name the most prolific marksman from the Premier League's era of world domination and…...