LIONEL MESSI, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann will be fighting it out for the The Best Fifa Men’s Player Award. The trio of La Liga stars are the final three in the running for the prize. A list of 23 names has been trimmed down to the elite treble after voting by captains and coaches […]
ALFREDO DI STEFANO is one of the game’s greatest-ever players. A football pioneer whose performances in the European Cup helped launch a competition which was seen by many as dangerous — and transformed Real Madrid into the world’s first super club. Di Stefano was the spearhead as Los Blancos won the first FIVE tournaments. Keep […]
FIFA president Gianni Infantino faces serious questions over his handling of the chaos in Greek football. Last week Fifa appointed the vice-president of alleged Greek match-fixers Olympiakos in a key role. Theodore Giannikos quit his Olympiakos post to become Fifa’s powerful Director of Member Associations Services. Keep up to date with ALL the football news, […]
ENGLAND and Scotland united in defiance of a potential FIFA ban to remember Britain’s fallen heroes. Football’s governing body had said that the poppy is a political symbol and wearing it could result in a fine or even a points deduction. But the teams emerged onto the Wembley pitch wearing black armbands with poppies on […]
ENGLAND aces wore their poppies with pride in defiance at Fifa’s shameless ban as they laid wreaths at a cemetery today. Captain Wayne Rooney, 31, Joe Hart, 29, and Daniel Sturridge, 27, dressed in tracksuits with the touching tribute pinned to their chests. And the players were accompanied by interim manager Gareth Southgate as they […]