2 Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana finally got his first AFCON start on Friday against Senegal – after a nightmare journey from England – and it was one to forget. Cameroon suffered a 3-1 loss at the hands of the Lions of Teranga whose goals were scored by Sadio Mane, Habib Diallo and Ismaila Sarr….
Over recent days, I took on a daunting task — but a delightful one. I reviewed all the passages of prose featured in the For the Love of Sentences section of my Times Opinion newsletter in 2023 and tried to determine the best of the best. And there’s no doing that, at least not objectively,…
Opinion We asked the staff of Times Opinion to share what we came across that permanently burned itself into our brains this year. From the things our columnists actually loved to the habits we’ll stick with; culture that was highbrow, normie or just made us laugh; things that made news this year to what was…
The football landscape on Thursday has been dominated by the news concerning the European Super League. An unexpected ruling from the European courts saw Barcelona and Real Madrid vindicated in their belief that UEFA and FIFA held an unfair monopoly on the game. However, the judgment stopped short of endorsing the Super League, merely giving…
A lot of people are wondering what the level of Rafael Nadal currently is and Richard Gasquet has some thoughts after practicing with him. For the first two weeks of December, Nadal was in Kuwait practicing outdoors in conditions to what he’d expect to see in Australia. The warm weather is a bit different from…
Major League Soccer announced yesterday that its clubs will NOT be playing in the 2024 U.S. Open Cup. The Open Cup is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition, first held in 1913. Instead of MLS clubs, MLS will send its reserve teams from MLS Next Pro. NEW: On Friday afternoon, #MLS announced that it will…
Poor old Ansu Fati just can’t catch a break at the moment, and the Barcelona loanee is expected to be out for a few months with his latest injury. The 21-year-old burst onto the scene for the Catalans as a 16-year-old prodigy, and after setting numerous goalscoring records was being hailed as the potential heir…
