Poland will be opening its Euro 2020 campaign on June 14 when it faces Slovakia at the Krestovsky Stadium in St Petersburg, Russia and naturally most of the attention will be on star striker and captain Robert Lewandowski. Although the Bayern Munich striker has been scoring goals at an outstanding rate, one of the Biało-czerwoni…

Robert Lewandowski    Right, let’s get it out of the way quickly. Because, curiously, it seems like the rest of Europe hasn’t quite registered what Robert Lewandowski (who’s known for scoring goals, you know), managed to achieve this season.  In the last 365 days, across all big five leagues and in Europe, Lewandowski has the…

After a very disappointing season, happenings in North London took another turn for the worst when Harry Kane made it quite clear of his intentions to leave. Manchester City are the club rumoured to pull in the world-class striker, and with Moise Kean returning to Everton after his loan spell and Mauro Icardi’s future uncertain,…

There were jeers and grumbles of discontent when Gareth Southgate named four right-backs in his 26-man squad for the Euros, with a section of supporters believing it to be an unfathomable decision, while some were dissecting the purpose of each player within the setup. Of course, England switching to a three-back system would have paid…

The octagon, the ring, the mat, whatever dimension or set up, martial arts grounds are often the sanctum for Azerbaijan’s finest athletes and civilians alike. Though perhaps not as prevalent as football’s whistle, the ringing of the bell in boxing or the sijak of taekwondo have commenced almost all of Azerbaijan’s international sporting acclaim.  …

When AC Milan signed Lucas Paquetá from Flamengo in January 2018, there were high expectations. Touted as one of Brazil’s next greats, the midfielder made the journey across the Atlantic to the San Siro, for a fee of 38 million euros. Expected to set the world alight, Paquetá promptly proceeded to register just 1 goal…

Standing at 6 feet and 2 inches tall, blessed with physical strength and an eye for goal, very few wingers in world football can boast of Peter Olayinka’s attributes. The Nigerian has all it takes to be a dangerous centre forward but he’s played primarily on the left-wing for most of his time in Europe. Peter’s…

Over the 20/21 Serie A season, Sassuolo established themselves as the “best of the rest” aside from the famous “7 Sisters” of Italian football, having finished 8th for the second consecutive season and missing out on playing European football for only the second time in their history due to goal difference.   There are many…

On 21 August 2018, Josh Dasilva joined now newly promoted Brentford FC on a three-year deal with an option of a further year following his release by Arsenal at the end of the 2017-18 season. With a contract also offered by Arsenal to extend his time at Emirates, Dasilva chose to join Brentford with the…

Aymeric Laporte is the biggest surprise in Spain’s squad for the EURO 2020, combined with the loss of Sergio Ramos. Once Luis Enrique perceived that Sergio Ramos would not be fit and ready for the tournament, the Spanish federation quickly initiated the process of making Laporte play with Spain. Since Laporte had not played any…