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Velez Sarsfield hold their nerve in final-day showdown

El Fortin defeat Huracan to seal league title, but miss out in two other cup finals

Second edition of Champions Cup set to begin

Road to the final of CONCACAF’s premier club competition begins in February

Vissel Kobe crowned J. League kings again

By winning their second league title in a row, Vissel Kobe are set to become the dominant force of Japanese football

Daunting draw for Euro 2025 debutants

Wales and Poland were fired to this summer's European Championship by their respective lodestars but now the real test begins

Football's 50 WONDERKIDS

Nick Bidwell, Tim Vickery, Mark Gleeson, John Duerden and James Nalton earmark 50 young talents who are set to make their mark in 2025

THE RISE OF JORDAN

After a remarkable year for Jordanian football in 2024, what's next for the West Asian minnows?

Working smarter, not harder: the rise of FC Midtjylland

Throughout its brief history, FC Midtjylland has been a football club built on innovation.

The marathon FA Cup tie, 50 years on

Brian Clough was never short of a great quote. When Nottingham Forest faced an exhausting third replay of their FA Cup fourth-round meeting with Fulham 50 years ago, Clough declared: \"It's just a slogging match now.

Botafogo lay 2023 demons to rest

Rio club make up for previous season's collapse by adding domestic league title to historic Copa Libertadores triumph

POSTER BOY

As the most expensive player in the history of the Canadian Premier League, Kwasi Poku is a walking advert for his country's domestic football scene

Paris' other club

Red Star FC may not have Paris SaintGermain's glamour or Paris FC's top-flight aspirations, but it is seeped in history

Spain's second golden age

Spanish football is at the forefront of the global game more than ever before

Saudis set for 2034

It was at the moment when FIFA president Gianni Infantino addressed Saudi Arabia as: “Dear friends” that heads turned at Boulevard City, one of four public viewing parties in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

Going for Gold in Paris- There are plenty of candidates vying for the Olympic gold medal in the women's football tournament this summer

There are plenty of candidates vying for the Olympic gold medal in the women's football tournament this summer

Face to face - Tom Sainfiet- The final goal is to reach the World Cup and write history - The Belgian coach speaks to World Soccer

The well-travelled Belgian coach speaks to World Soccer after taking charge of the Philippines-his 11th international coaching role

Inter cruise to title number 20

Simone Inzaghi's Internazionale shrug off all challengers before sealing the Serie A title in style against their biggest rivals

HAT-TRICK HERO

Ademola Lookman wrote his name into European football's history books with a hat-trick in the Europa League final

GOING UP

The story of Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres' career has been one of upward trajectory - and there's plenty more to come from the Sporting superstar

Palau soldier on alone

The isolated Pacific nation faces a long and lonely battle to improve football on the island

Brazilian clubs eye Copa number six

As the Copa Libertadores group stage concludes, a sixth consecutive Brazilian winner is looking likely

AI Hilal sweep to another Saudi crown

The first edition of the Saudi Pro League's glamorous new era ends with a familiar title winner

Disasters brewing

There is still a long way to go in World Cup qualifying, but dysfunction reigns at Cameroon, Congo and Nigeria after four matchdays in the group stage

Second round of World Cup qualifying underway

Favourites perform largely as expected, yet Cayman Islands dominate the headlines

PARIS'24

This summer's Olympic Games marks the 100th anniversary of Uruguay's football victory at the 1924 Olympics, a tournament where the beginning of the sport's globalisation can be traced

PHILLIPS' GOLDEN YEAR

As Harry Kane wins the 2023-24 ESM Golden Shoe, Sean Cole looks back to the turn of the century to remember the last Englishman to win the award

Record four in a row for City

Pep Guardiola's side sweep to unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title

GREEK LEGENDS

Olympiacos become first Greek club to win UEFA trophy

ATALANTA END LEVERKUSEN'S UNBEATEN RUN

Atalanta lift the Europa League trophy by becoming the first team to beat Bayer Leverkusen in a year

WEIGHT OF HISTORY GIVES REAL 15TH CROWN

Real Madrid's knowhow eventually overpowers determined Dortmund in Wembley final

2023-24 SEASON REVIEW

VIOLENCE OVERSHADOWS TURKISH TITLE RACE