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[ad_1] Josher Jesus Brito Diaz thought nothing of it when his phone began to ring. As the man in charge of his cousin’s charity — the...
[ad_1] Erling Haaland is just six away from Norway’s goalscoring record, so it is surely inevitable that he will soon be his nation’s most prolific striker...
[ad_1] Last week, every footballer in England and Wales received an email warning them about a painkiller that, until now, they might never have realised could...
[ad_1] Chelsea Women had created a frenzy. On Nov. 4, the English club released a statement saying their coach Emma Hayes was leaving at the end...
[ad_1] Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was...
[ad_1] “It’s just been tough to get a rhythm,” Brenden Aaronson says. “And I think that’s everything for a footballer — it’s just finding your rhythm...
[ad_1] After moving back to Paris Saint-Germain from Spain in the summer of 2021, midfielders Kheira Hamraoui and Aminata Diallo had lots in common. Both France...
[ad_1] Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic discusses three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the...
[ad_1] Football is changing. You don’t need to be Grampa Simpson shouting at a cloud to realise things are not what they used to be. The...
[ad_1] “I’ll see you in the tunnel.” There was a time when that was more than a throwaway line on the pitch, even if some players...
[ad_1] Rocafonda is where Lamine Yamal grew up — if you can say that of a 16-year-old. The Barcelona winger’s football development has progressed at an...
[ad_1] The most significant of Braga’s many hilltops is the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and place of pilgrimage for Christians who...
[ad_1] These days, the relevant people at Manchester United prefer not to talk about the wild, eccentric story that identifies a champion racehorse, Rock of Gibraltar,...
[ad_1] They gathered, as one day they knew they would, on the forecourt at Old Trafford, the flowers of Manchester in their hands. They came to...
[ad_1] Late on Wednesday, Mohamed Salah released a short video on his social media platforms. Most of the Egyptian’s updates are determinedly uncontroversial — pictures of...
[ad_1] This article is part of The Athletic’s series celebrating UK Black History Month. You can find the full series here. Bob Thomas had no idea he...
[ad_1] Welcome to The Athletic’s Premier League stadium rankings, an exercise in entertainment, creating arguments nobody can win and questionable mathematics. Before we start, we should...
[ad_1] Antonio Vacca can remember the moment well. In truth, the Italian is unlikely to forget it anytime soon, given he not only gets to see...
[ad_1] Jeffrey has been going to Luton Town games for more than six years and has slept through most of them. There was no change to...
[ad_1] In April 1945, in the last months of World War II in Europe, Benito Mussolini, the leader of Italy, was captured by Italian partisans near...