5 d. ago Premier League cult hero, 38, who snubbed Man Utd move is still playing in Brazil

Dimitri Payet was a one-of-a-kind player - and he's still strutting his stuff in South America after leaving the Premier League in almost one decade ago

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5 d. ago Forgotten Prem cult hero has nightmare debut after signing for Scottish minnows

Former Premier League cult hero Victor Wanyama baffled fans with a return to Scottish football - and he was sent off 19 minutes into his debut with Dunfermline Athletic

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6 d. ago Premier League cult hero admitted 'football isn't his passion' and was 'just a job'

A Tottenham legend insists he has 'never bought into the hypocrisy of football' and that it is a job to be done for cold, hard cash, just like any other

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9 d. ago Barcelona without Raphinha as La Liga restarts 44 hours after Argentina

Uruguay’s Araújo also out of rescheduled Osasuna match Barça’s Flick: ‘The flight is long, it’s not the ideal situation’Barcelona’s best player was not at their final training session at San Joan Despi before facing Osasuna on Thursday night. Instead, as his teammates took to the practice field on Wednesday morning, Raphinha, scorer of 27 goals and provider of 20 assists this season, was still somewhere over the Atlantic. The same was true of defender Ronald Araújo, with the Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, confirming that neither of them will play as La Liga restarts – 44 hours after Brazil kicked off against Argentina in a World Cup qualifier more than 10,000 miles away.The Osasuna midfielder Enzo Boyomo may play, at least that was the hope Barcelona’s opponents hold on to, but with a day to go his manager did not know where exactly he was either, let alone what shape he was in. “We have to see if he makes it first,” Vicente Moreno said. The Cameroon international had embarked on a j...

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1 week ago Why isn't Lionel Messi playing for Argentina against Brazil tonight?

Iconic Albiceleste captain is among a whole host of top players missing crunch World Cup qualifier, including Neymar

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2 w. ago Premier League cult hero looks unrecognisable after linking up with former club

Chelsea cult hero Ramires was in attendance at the Blues' Cobham training ground on Friday after coming out of retirement to feature in the club's legends game against Liverpool

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2 w. ago Vicious Rottweilers leave boy, 12, brain dead after dragging him into woods

Guilherme Gabriel Couto, 12, was playing football in Santa Marta, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, when two Rottweilers escaped their home and attacked him

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3 w. ago Truth behind Jose Mourinho's savage 'overweight' jibe aimed at Premier League cult hero

Jose Mourinho raised eyebrows on social media by taking a swipe at Allan Saint-Maximin after the on-loan winger shared a cryptic Instagram post ahead of Fenerbahce's trip to Rangers

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3 w. ago US will be ‘central’ to climate fight even without Trump, says Cop30 president

André Corrêa do Lago suggests US organisations can play a constructive role even if government limits participationThe US will be “central” to solving the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s withdrawal of government support and cash, the president of the next UN climate summit has said.André Corrêa do Lago, president-designate of the Cop30 summit for the host country, Brazil, hinted that businesses and other organisations in the US could play a constructive role without the White House. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago What Fernandinho told Txiki Begiristain about his future amid Man City return promise

Fernandinho left Manchester City in 2022 to return to Brazil to play for former club Atletico Paranaense - a club he left in January.

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