Sadio Mane is no stranger to dealing with the pressure of expectation, writes Paul Hassall. For club he is part of a forward triumvirate spearheading a resurgent Liverpool‘s quest to land a first ...

Why in the name of all logic has it taken fully 29 years to bring the Hillsborough disaster to court? Yes I know that the chief accused, the hapless 74-year-old ex-chief superintendent David ...

An ability to roll with the punches is one of the key ingredients in the extraordinary reawakening this season of Borussia Dortmund’s on-loan striker Paco Alcacer, the Spanish hit man whose avalanche ...

The Telstar 18 by adidas will be used in Russia later on this year. Designed to be a modern interpretation of the iconic 1970 Telstar ball, the ball only has six panels in an innovative design whereas ...

The idea of having a tournament mascot is common place in every single sporting event nowadays. But in the FIFA World Cup this was not always the case. The first one was in 1966, so take a look at the ...

Perhaps inevitably, the FA Cup introduction of the VAR observation system has elicited instant controversy. Not least in the dramatic tie at Anfield in which so surprisingly West Bromwich Albion got ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina players will be barred from indulging in sex at next year’s World Cup, with wives and girlfriends not welcome around the players. Coach Safet Susic, who played in two World Cups ...

It’s nearing Christmas time and for many, thoughts are turning to what to buy for loved ones. But what do you buy for the man who has already got everything? Well, in Cristiano Ronaldo’s case, you buy ...

Jose Mourinho has criticised striker Romelu Lukaku for refusing to disclose the real reason he was sent on loan to Everton. Lukaku joined Everton in a season-long deal on transfer deadline day and has ...

Doira Tillier, a weather girl on Canal+’s Le Grand Journal programme, who made a promise on Tuesday’s show that if France beat the Ukraine to reach the World Cup she would read her weather report on ...

A French porn producer was left red-faced after France defied the odds to qualify for the World Cup finals on Tuesday. Marc Dorcel offered football fans free access to his X-rated website if the ...

Everton boss Roberto Martinez is one of the more eloquent Premier League managers and the Spaniard displayed a modicum of wit when he was asked whether his striker, Romelu Lukaku, should have ...