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Champions League Matchweek Four Review
Europe’s showpiece did its best impression of a football festival this week. There were boos you could feel in your ribs, a centre back who sprinted the length of the pitch like a 100-metre finalist, one of the planet’s sharpest finishers ticking onwards, and a Barcelona game that veered from…
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Rating the Best Summer Signings in the Premier League so far
There’s a familiar feeling to the Premier League in late October. The new arrivals have finally settled, the chaos of transfer season has calmed, and we can actually tell who’s delivering the goods. Some players make an immediate impact; others take their time, needing a winter to find their rhythm.…
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Is Kendrick Lamar football’s biggest secret superfan?
File this under delightful crossovers. In the middle of a globe-straddling tour, Kendrick Lamar popped up at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Chile, taking in Argentina’s round of 16 tie against Nigeria earlier this month. A Pulitzer winner quietly watching a youth international under the Andes sky is lovely…
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Premier League Team of the Season So Far
Seven Premier League matchweeks gone. A tiny sample size, sure, but enough to start drawing lines. The table looks like a toddler’s finger painting, bright colours everywhere, no clear pattern, but through the blur, a few names glow with consistency, chaos, or sheer quality. This isn’t the list of best…
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What have we learned so far in the Premier League?
Six rounds in and the Premier League picture is already pleasingly weird. Liverpool glide, Arsenal simmer, and Pep Guardiola’s team have the division’s scariest finisher even when he is merely average by his own alien standards. Crystal Palace are carving out a top-four impersonation with a grown-up, coherent plan. Sunderland…
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Champions League Matchweek Two Preview
The Champions League’s second matchweek is when the competition starts to bite. Teams are still settling into the league-phase format, but the stakes are already sharp: momentum can vanish in one bad night, and long trips test both legs and focus. This week brings a slate full of subplots, from…
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