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Why do football players cut their socks?
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Why do football players cut their socks?

Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: fans turn on midfield after Iraola's first league game
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Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: Szoboszlai rescues Iraola's league debut

Depay's call brought Lingard to Corinthians
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Depay's call brought Lingard to Corinthians

Part three: the transfers that went under every radar
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Part three: the transfers that went under every radar

The match where Barbados had to defend both goals
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The match where Barbados had to defend both goals

Mwepu Ilunga knew exactly what he was doing
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Mwepu Ilunga knew exactly what he was doing

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The Premier League midfielders who have hit genuine perfection

Illustration: a floodlit football ground seen from outside at dusk, drawn in heavy ink over halftone texture.
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Vini Jr., Espanyol, and why the simulation debate keeps coming back

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    Why do football players cut their socks?

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    Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: Szoboszlai rescues Iraola's league debut

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    Depay's call brought Lingard to Corinthians

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    Part three: the transfers that went under every radar

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    The match where Barbados had to defend both goals

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    Mwepu Ilunga knew exactly what he was doing

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    The Premier League midfielders who have hit genuine perfection

  8. LALIGA
    Vini Jr., Espanyol, and why the simulation debate keeps coming back

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Milan's pre-season headache keeps growing

AC Milan are heading into their pre-season friendly against Manchester United with a mounting injury list — and Matteo Gabbia is the latest name added to it, according to Football Italia.

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Monza lose captain Pessina to knee injury

Monza have lost their captain before the season has barely drawn breath. Ivan Juric confirmed on 13 August that Matteo Pessina has suffered a serious knee injury and will be out 'for a while' — a vagu

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Barça reportedly land Adeyemi, botch the announcement

FC Barcelona have reportedly confirmed the signing of Karim Adeyemi, per Footy Headlines. That should be the whole story. Instead, the Camp Nou social team handed the internet a gift: a promotional gr

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Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan is dead

Gianni Infantino has shelved his plan to create a commercial vehicle that would have opened the World Cup's rights and equity structure to private investment, according to Foot Mercato — and for a FIF

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Lautaro speaks after Argentina's World Cup Final defeat

Lautaro Martínez has broken his silence after Argentina's defeat to Spain in the 2026 World Cup Final — and the Inter forward's words are direct: he wished he could have helped more on the pitch. Acco

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Storm delays Mexico vs Ecuador at the World Cup

The 2026 World Cup has already thrown up its share of talking points — but nobody had 'thunderstorm delay' on their bingo card for Mexico vs Ecuador. A storm rolled in before kick-off, triggering FIFA

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The World Cup day Paraguay lost the signal

Six nations, one knockout stage, and somewhere in Asunción a television engineer is having the worst day of their professional life. The 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 delivered a full matchday of hi

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Serie A's weekend scheduling headache

Italian football and Italian tennis have found themselves in the same weekend, and apparently that's a problem. According to Football Italia, Serie A is weighing up a proposal to shift matches to Sund

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