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International Break Round-Up – Cristiano Ronaldo gets Presidential at the White House
International breaks arrive in a strangely abrupt way. One week you’re sunk into club narratives and VAR debates and the next you’re swept into a kaleidoscope of national colours, emotional whiplash and unexpected heroes. This particular window delivered more drama than most. There were red cards, nine-goal statements, immaculate defensive…
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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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Should La Liga be heading to Miami this year?
Somewhere between a winter sun break and a boardroom experiment sits La Liga’s latest plan, a real league match in Miami on December 20. Villarreal against Barcelona, Hard Rock Stadium, a proper three-point fixture with the table breathing down its neck. This is not a friendly, not a summer tour,…
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FIFA finally removes an extra international break – it’s good news for football
International football’s calendar is finally getting a sensible tweak. From 2026, the traditional September and October windows will be combined into one extended block, with national teams permitted up to four fixtures across a 16-day camp. The November and March windows remain as two-match breaks. It sounds technical, but the…
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Why it makes sense for the winner of the Europa League to enter the Champions League
When a scrappy underdog, battered and bruised from a gruelling season, hoists the Europa League trophy under a shower of confetti, the fans roar, the players collapse in joyous exhaustion, and somewhere in the distance, a UEFA official is already booking their flight to the Champions League. It’s a tradition…
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Europa League Final Preview: United take on Spurs in a thriller
Buckle up, football fans, because the 2025 Europa League final is serving up a proper English blockbuster. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, two Premier League giants stumbling through a domestic campaign that’s been more soap opera than fairy tale, are set to collide at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao…
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