The stench of brutal police intervention at anti-Lukashenko protests around Belarus festered long after the protests themselves, clouding opinions worldwide of the former Soviet republic. Once that became old news, plans to assassinate the much-maligned dictator emerged and were quickly foiled by his friends at the FSB.   And last but not least, the fiasco…

In their first Premier League match in 16 years, with a breathtaking match against defending champions Liverpool, Leeds United have shown that they came to play football with love and fill the hearts of the spectators with the beauty of football. Leeds’s free-flowing football, holding the ball possession and constant attack gave immense rejoicing to…

As international tournaments find their victors and pre-seasons commence, the summer transfer circus begins to pick up its pace with teams looking to bolster their squads ahead of the 2021/22 season. Mikel Arteta will be particularly keen to bring in reinforcements at Arsenal following another disappointing eighth-place finish. Already, he has managed to secure the…

“I wanted to be a police officer; I was quite certain of that. When my grandfather first put me in his police car when I was seven, I thought I would follow in his footsteps. If it hadn’t worked out in football, I probably would have gone down that route first. Looking back, I’m glad…

Matthew Olosunde, a product of the New York Red Bulls academy via Manchester United’s academy has just recently signed for EFL Championship side Preston North End on 30 June 2021 on a two-year contract.    Olosunde, a flying wingback in his time at Rotherham United since he joined the Millers following his release from Manchester…

Boubakary Soumaré is a name that most football fans might not be so familiar with in 2021 but the footballing world is starting to gauge an understanding of a player who was so pivotal to Lille’s rise to French dominance.   The 22-year-old French midfielder has been linked with moves to English giants such as…

After coming close to being eliminated from Euro 2020 in the group stages, Denmark has been in splendid form, registering comprehensive victories against Russia and Wales. The Danes defeated Russia 4-1 to finish second in Group B on goal difference, and progressed to the Round of 16, where they thrashed Wales 4-0 on Saturday. Now,…

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Benfica decided to go against the grain and reclaim what was rightfully theirs. After falling short to Porto in the league for the second time in three years, the club, in an attempt to curry favor with president Luís Filipe Vieira before the upcoming elections, engineered the biggest…

Dutch players have come and gone from the Premier League, some have been a roaring success like Dennis Bergkamp or Robin van Persie, some not so much like Nigel de Jong but in the summer of 2015 when Manchester United splashed out £25million on the Dutch sensation Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven on the insistence…

It’s Christmas 2019, and a man walks into a bar and opens his briefcase. He tells everyone in that bar that he has £50,000 to spend and wants to purchase something then and there. Every man and woman in the bar approaches him with an idea; however, only a few stick out to the savvy…