Image Credit: BBC A year of firsts and lasts, and not one of bad luck for Britain’s sporting heroes, 2013 was a momentous year in British sport. Records were broken, immortals were born, and legends […]
Miraculous Messi’s Moment of Magic
Image Credit [OptaJoe] Lionel Messi scores his 600th goal amid Barcalona’s 3-0 rout of Liverpool. Before Wednesday’s thrilling encounter between two of the best sides in world football, Barcelona and Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp had said […]
From Newell’s to Nanjing: Messi theme park unveiled
Although Paul Pogba made headlines when he became the first football player to have his own emoji, it seems that Lionel Messi is about to go a step further in the engagement of football fans […]
Chile looking to end long wait in La Copa showdown
CHILE could end their 99-years of frustration by lifting the Copa de America if they beat Argentina tonight. Since its foundation in 1916, Chile are yet to hoist La Copa – footballs’ oldest piece […]
Spanish champions a class apart
Barcelona’s star-studded team ultimately proved too strong for Juventus in an enthralling Champions League Final. Both teams were looking to complete the treble, but given that Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar had scored 120 […]
Sport | Germany and Argentina vie for World Cup glory
With the World Cup’s showpiece event just one day away, Rhys Stevens runs the rule over both teams. After 63 matches encapsulating the drama, flair and brilliance that a Brazilian World Cup tournament was […]
Sport | European heavyweights survive tests
At least one European side will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, after Germany and France booked a tantalising quarter-final date against each other on Friday. Both emerged shaken but not stirred from their […]
Sport | More magic from Messi, now can Ronaldo step up to the plate?
Euan Cunningham rounds up the action from Day 10 of the World Cup, including a landmark goalscoring achievement, before previewing Day 11. Day 10 saw perhaps the most exciting, combative game of the tournament so […]
Sport | Goal Line Technology – The three dreaded words are back again
Well, it was bound to happen eventually: four years on from Frank Lampard’s infamous goal that didn’t stand against Germany that opened the world’s eyes to the need for goal line technology, those three words […]
Gareth Bale: the man with the Midas Touch
Jack Arscott 22/02/2013 After Gareth Bale singlehandedly overcame Lyon last Thursday, there is probably nobody in the world of football who doesn’t know who he is. That privilege is shared by a select few, among […]