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Giroud's gymnastics give Chelsea crucial advantage over Atletico Madrid
At 34, Olivier Giroud’s athleticism is supposed to be waning. Supposed to be waning. The striker scored a spectacular overhead kick in the 68th minute of Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 bout with Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, securing a huge 1-0 away win for his club. His acrobatic effort was initially ruled out for offside but […]
Koeman 'not confident' Messi will stay at Barcelona after this season
Uncertainty over Lionel Messi’s future has persisted since the Argentine failed in his attempt to engineer a move away from Barcelona last summer. And it doesn’t look like speculation will end anytime soon. Especially now that Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman acknowledged there’s no guarantee that the six-time Ballon d’Or winner will stay in the Catalan […]
Biggest winners and losers of the January transfer window
Inevitably, the pandemic curbed transfer activity in January, bringing relative quiet to one of football’s busiest months of the year. Some clubs stood pat, afraid to open their checkbook, while others got creative, using different formulas to get deals done. Here, upsfootball nominates the biggest winners and losers of the January transfer window: Winners: Arsenal […]
21 under 21: Most exciting youngsters to watch in 2021
Over the next 12 months, a fresh crop of footballers will establish themselves atop the men’s game. Here, upsfootball takes a look at some talented youngsters – aged 21 and under – who are set to flourish in 2021, while deliberately excluding those who made our lists for 2019 and 2020. Thiago Almada Club: Velez […]
FIFA Awards: Follow along live as the hardware is handed out
Follow along as upsfootball provides live updates from The Best FIFA Football Awards show, where the world’s top players and managers of 2020 will be recognized with individual hardware. Best Men’s Coach Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) Klopp led Liverpool to their first top-flight title in 30 years, steering the Reds to first place with 32 wins […]
Messi fined for on-field tribute to Maradona
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been fined for his tribute to the late Diego Maradona during Sunday’s win over Osasuna. The Spanish soccer federation’s competition committee fined Messi €780, according to Reuters, after he lifted his shirt and revealed Maradona’s old Newell’s Old Boys shirt to celebrate a goal. Messi was subsequently shown a yellow […]
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