What a difference a year or so can make – both for bad and for good, especially in the case of Leicester City. In April 2015, Leicester City were all set for a return to the Championship, one season after gaining promotion. It is a tale that has been seen ...

On Saturday, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich faced off in the second Klassiker match of this season. Unlike in the past two campaigns, in which the Bavarian giants cruised along comfortably to the Bundesliga title, this time around, the gap between die Schwarzgelben and die Roten was reminiscent of what ...

For the first time in 29 years, Real Madrid are halfway to doing what they have sought to do since 1987 – to knock an Italian side out of European competition. Thanks to a 2-0 win over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico  on Wednesday evening courtesy of goals from Cristiano ...

This Friday, Primeira Liga fans around the world will be glued to their television sets, computers, and even perhaps their phones and tablets. Why? Well, the famous Estadio da Luz will be playing host to the second Classico of the 2015/2016 campaign, and naturally, any clash between two of the ...

It has been a very busy week for Serie A fans, who will be seeing their favorite teams play for the third time in just seven days this weekend. The midweek fixtures brought plenty of intriguing clashes and results, and expect no less for the upcoming round 24 of games ...

Another ten games, another round of Serie A action completed. Matchday 21 provided plenty of intriguing clashes with young star Paulo Dybala again being the x-factor, and a shock result at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. This weekend’s games will feature one of Italy’s oldest derbies as AC Milan and Inter ...

Another weekend, another round of Serie A football is done and dusted. As always, round 21 saw its share of failures and successes, some expected and some not-so-expected results. There was some slight movement in the table, but unfortunately for one side – Hellas Verona – they are now standing ...

Round 20 brought its share of joy and frustration to all the teams currently competing in Serie A this term, and expect round 21 to be no different. The Scudetto race is still as intense as ever, but some have already decided that it is increasingly going to be a ...

Another 10 games, another round of Italian football completed. And as has been the case with the previous 19 rounds, matchday 20 certainly did not disappoint. There were plenty of goals to go around and in one major team’s case, a new face on the tactician’s bench; for another, he ...

Sometimes second is good enough, but more often than not, it really isn’t. Especially, of course, not in the world of sports, and football is certainly no exception. Recently two coaches, Rudi Garcia and Julen Lopetegui, were given their marching orders by Roma and Porto respectively after the club’s hierarchy ...