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Carles Puyol has apologised for his ‘clumsy joke’ reply to a now deleted tweet from Iker Casillas that announced that he was gay. The two former Spain internationals exchanged tweets early on Sunday, with Casillas stating ‘I hope you respect me, I’m gay’, and former teammate Puyol replying to said tweet saying ‘It’s time to tell our story, Iker’. After a number of hours, Casillas deleted the aforementioned tweet, claiming that his account was hacked in a follow up tweet: “Hacked account. Luckily everything in order. Apologies to all my followers. And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.” Now Puyol has come outRead More →

Tigres triumphed 2-0 over Necaxa on Saturday night at the Estadio Universitario, as two goals from Andre-Pierre Gignac propelled Miguel Herrera’s side to the Liguilla’s quarter finals.  The drama-filled match saw Tigres kick off stronger, dominating their underdog opponent in the final third. But their momentum quickly settled, after Javier Aquino drew a red card for a foul on Facundo Batista in the 20th minute. Though Necaxa held the advantage for the rest of the half, the team failed to capitalize on any offensive opportunities.  The second 45 saw the game even out, with Batista earning his own red card for a similar foul onRead More →

Iker Casillas has deleted a tweet jokingly announcing that he is gay and stated that his Twitter account was hacked. The ex-Real Madrid captain tweeted on Sunday ‘I hope you respect me, I’m gay’, with former teammate Carles Puyol replying to said tweet saying ‘It’s time to tell our story, Iker’. Initially the tweets were believed to be rather distasteful jokes about rumours that Casillas had been dating Alejandra Onieva. After criticism of the two World Cup winners and their riling up of a shocking amount of homophobia on the social media platform, Casillas has now insisted that his Twitter account was hacked. In anRead More →

Harry Kane has not given up all hope of winning the Premier League Golden Boot this season, despite the form of Erling Haaland. Kane has made a strong start to the current campaign, getting eight goals in nine games for Tottenham to sit second in the list of the Premier League’s top scorers so far this season. However, he’s been overshadowed by the exploits of Haaland, who has 15 league goals to his name for Manchester City already. Given the form he’s in, it’s difficult to see Kane or any other player scoring more goals than him this season, but the Englishman hasn’t yet givenRead More →

Manchester United have spent a Premier League-high £60m firing managers since Sir Alex Ferguson left at the end of the 2012/13 campaign. Since then, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick have all tried and failed to fill the void left by the Scot. Due to that failure, all five were relieved of their duties before their respective contracts came to an end, and that has cost the club a pretty penny. Having studied financial accounts, The Athletic have calculated that a total of £60m has been spent on providing the above managers with compensation. Specifically, £4.9m was paidRead More →

The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of global sport. It’s a spectacle unlike any other, a festival of football of such prestigious magnitude. It’s hard to imagine a football world without the World Cup, and yet there was a time (admittedly a while ago now) where that was the case. Here’s everything you need to know about the first World Cup, how the tournament came about and more. The inaugural World Cup took place in 1930 in Uruguay. Only 13 teams took part at the first edition – Uruguay, Argentina, USA, Yugoslavia, Chile, Brazil, France, Romania, Paraguay, Peru, Belgium, Bolivia and Mexico. The nationsRead More →

Updates from the qualification draw for Euro 2024. Credit: 90min.comRead More →

Diego Costa has spoken of his delight at receiving a warm reception from Chelsea fans on his return to Stamford Bridge, insisting his exit was down to former manager Antonio Conte and not for a lack of love for the club. Costa spent three seasons in west London and played a starring role in two Premier League title wins, scoring 59 goals in 120 games for Chelsea before signing for Atletico Madrid again after a fall-out with Conte. He made his first return to Stamford Bridge on Saturday with new side Wolves on Saturday, falling to a 3-0 defeat at his former club. He wasRead More →

Paris Saint-Germain dropped points in Ligue 1 for only the second time this season after failing to find a way through against a resilient Reims on Saturday night. PSG were without Lionel Messi and a handful of others because of injury, while coach Christophe Galtier also opted to start without Neymar or Achraf Hakimi. Reims goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf pulled off a flying save to deny Fabian Ruiz in the early exchanges. But while it was PSG who unsurprisingly dominated possession, they were severely outgunned in attack by the hosts, who managed 24 attempts on goal in total. But the quality in front of goal fromRead More →

The Philadelphia Union head into the final day of the 2022 regular season with their MLS Cup Playoffs spot long since secured, but with plenty left to play for. Jim Curtin’s side host Toronto FC having come down from a five-game winning streak, taking just a single point from matches against Atlanta United and Charlotte FC without scoring a goal – and conceding four against the latter. Should CF Montreal beat Inter Miami on Sunday, the Union would need a win themselves against TFC to secure top spot in the East, which would ensure home Playoffs matches right up until the MLS Cup final –Read More →