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Exploring The Art Of Defending

The art of defending is alive and kicking after the defensive master class that Juventus performed at Camp Nou earlier in the week.

And so it was announced that for the first time ever, three nations will apply to co-host one men’s World Cup, in 2026. Tim Hall shares his view

For a club that likes to style itself as one of history’s giants, trophies at Spurs are conspicuously thin on the ground.

As things stand, it’s hard to tell exactly what the shop of the post-Brexit Britain will be and how it will affect the Premier League.

Are we living in the end times? No, I’m not referring to Trump or Brexit, I mean the end times for international football as we know it?

The long, slow, inexorable march of MLS expansion continues unabated. It will keep going, long after you and I are dead. By Tim Hall

Matty Lawrence questions the logic of the latest musings of Gary Neville

Towering football genius Joey Barton has delivered another of his opinions, telling us that he is sceptical about just how good N’Golo Kante is.

On Monday, some of Chelsea’s followers decided to warm up their voices by calling Jose Mourinho – Judas. Did he deserve the jibes?

I say this with an extremely heavy heart, but I agree with Piers Morgan on this one; it’s time for Arsene Wenger to get the hell out of Arsenal FC.