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The Liverpool squad for Champions League has been announced ahead of their clash against Athletico Madrid. The squad has one notable inclusion in the form of Takumi Minamino who was purchased by the club in the January transfer window for £7.25million. Minamino has replaced Sepp van den Berg, who was included for the group stage earlier in the season. Meanwhile, Minamino played against Liverpool for his earlier club Red Bull Salzburg during the group stage. However, as per the new UEFA rules, a

February 5 marks the birthday of arguably the best footballer to have graced the game ever, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, who is the highest goal scorer for Portugal and also the current captain of the national football team. The footballer turned 35 on Wednesday. He was born on the Portuguese island of Madeira, and grew up in Santo António, Funchal. He grew up in a Catholic family sharing a room with all his siblings. He has an older brother and two younger

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in Budapest recently to attend the ceremony of the International Federation of Sports Journalism Awards which is being organized in association with Qatar Sports Media Committee for the second year in a row. In the event, the FIFA President hailed Qatar's progress towards hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022. He was happy with the infrastructures in place and the way the country is feeding off football. When asked about his opinion on preparations for the upcoming FIFA World

The January 2020 transfer window for Premier League clubs opened on Wednesday 1 January and closed on Friday 31 January 2020. Manchester United signing Bruno Fernandes is one of the biggest headlines of this transfer window. Huge money was spent behind roping in a number of players, while some were brought on loan. The January transfer window was a good business for many clubs who have tried to buy players that they thought would fit the bill. Here is a list of the

Former Arsenal coach and FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, Arsène Wenger has announced the launching of FIFA Talent Development Programme in Doha, which will be a constructive focus towards developing a talent development program that will enable associate members to optimize their technical structures, establish sustainable and long-term scouting schemes and bridge the gap between themselves and the top teams. Wenger was with the Gunners for 26 years from 1996 to 2018. During a five-day FIFA Technical Development Workshop in Doha, which

Football is always about scoring goals. It is goals that count most in this sport and ultimately decides the game as well. The forward is expected to score the most number of goals for any team, however, it is not always that the strikers score the most important goals. The most crucial goals in the sport's history have been scoring by defenders, midfielders and even goalkeepers making the long run.  We take a look at The Sun's report and trace out football's all-time

The schedule for Round of 16 First Leg games was revealed a while ago and eight mouthwatering clashes for football fans all over the world are waiting to be played. Eight matches will be played across four days. The dates also have been revealed. The matches will be played on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February 2020. The draft that has been picked this time around has been the best since a long time with heavyweight battles expected to take the center stage. 

The FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar will be the biggest sporting event to be held in the country in recent years. The country, therefore, is already underway with its preparations to make the global event a memorable one. However, like every other host nation, Qatar also has a few problems to tackle in order of the smooth conduct of the event and also make it a historic success. The path to achieve that ambitious goal started five years ago,

Liverpool Football Club is currently on a 39-match unbeaten streak which is the second-best ever in the Premier League history after Arsenal's 49 in the 2003-04 season. While Liverpool's run is yet to be broken, Arsenals was broken by Manchester United in a match surrounded by multiple controversies. The Reds are currently topping the table with 64 points from 22 games and 21 wins. They last tasted defeat in the league in January 2019 when Manchester City won the game by a 2-1

The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year often called the PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year or simply the Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football. The award has been presented since the 1973–74 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). The current holder is

Just like FIFA and LA Liga, Qatar Cup is also one of the popular and renowned tournaments in men’s football. This is actually played by the top 4 teams of Qatar National First Division after each season. El Jaish won the Heir Apparent Cup 2014. In 2013, the tournament was actually renamed as Qatar Cup. The current champion of Qatar cup is Al-Duhail SC. An overview of Qatar Cup 2020 Qatar Cup has gained a massive popularity amongst people over the years as

The Amir Cup is one of the biggest soccer extravaganzas in Qatar which features the first and second division teams. Interestingly, the inaugural match of the Amir Cup was played in 1972/73. Al Ahli was the first team to win the Amir Cup in 1972/73. Since then, this football extravaganza in Qatar has captured the attention of soccer fanatics from across the world. This event is contested every season by 17 QNB stars league and second division teams. The most successful team of

Barcelona has overtaken Real Madrid as the richest football club in the world after generating more money than any other club in the last season. Barça earned a whopping £741.1 million in revenue for the 2018-19 season - a considerable increase on the £611.6 million generated during the 2017-18 campaign. Barcelona’s rise to the top of the rich list came as they won the Spanish title for an eighth time in 11 years and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Meanwhile, Juventus

The past decade (2010-2019) was one of the most memorable decades the world of football has ever seen. The decade saw two World Cups, Champions League, Europa League, the Copa America League and numerous achievements and disappointments. Europe's top five leagues namely, English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and France Ligue 1 saw a host of footballers achieve numerous feats. However, one thing which was constant in the decade was the high-profile debate on who is the better player between Lionel

The last English Premier League season saw several teenagers come up through the ranks of club football and display their potential for the clubs they play for. In this article, Sportsmonks will list down 20 of the most valuable teenagers in the league from the data available from Transfermatket. All the players in the list are below 19 years of age. The variables kept in mind while jotting down the players range from the number of matches played to goals scored to assists

The Qatar Cup 2020 is on the anvil and football fans will once again witness history being made at the Al Sadd Stadium where all games will be played. Organized by the Qatar Stars League, the first division football league of the country, the Qatar Cup is played by the top four teams in the season. Qatar Cup 2020 Teams & Dates The Qatar Stars League has already released the 2020 Qatar Cup Schedule and the tournament will be played by the top

The previous winners of the Amir Cup, Al Duhail, will be opening their campaign versus Muaither, the Second Division football team, in the 2020 edition. The Round of 16 draw has already taken place in the presence of key officials of the QFA (Qatar Football Association) including the President of the QFA, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani and participating clubs in the tournament. The Amir Cup is a competition held between teams from the Second Division and QNB Stars League. The

Club football has a lot of money. Be it the English Premier League, La Liga or the Bundesliga, there is a lot of money in this sport. However, there is still parity in payments in the leagues around the world as well. While some players earn more than they deserve, some are paid less despite churning out the best performance for their clubs. From the data available from Spotrac, we at Sportsmonks have tried to enlist 20 most overpaid players for the EPL