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Read the article: CIENCIANO THE FIRSTCIENCIANO THE FIRST
Cienciano, the first foreigners scoring 6 to Brazilian club! Cienciano (Peru) achieved on 14 August a historical win in the Copa Sudamericana’s Round of 16 first leg.Having smashed Botafogo 6-1, they became the first ever foreign team to score 6+ goals against a Brazilian rival in CONMEBOL competitions. *In both previous occasions when Brazilian clubs…
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Read the article: RECORD FOR BRIAN MADJORECORD FOR BRIAN MADJO
Madjo, new youngest scorer in European finals Aston Villa’s Brian Madjo set a series of new age records in the UEFA Super Cup game vs PSG (1-2) on 12 August.*Aged 17 years 212 days, Madjo became the youngest player to start a game in the competition history.*By notching the only goal of his team, he…
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Read the article: FC BAYERN, NEW LEADERFC BAYERN, NEW LEADER
The FC Bayern München ,with his extraordinary striker trio DIAZ – KANE – OLISE, is the new leader of the Club World Ranking 2026 before Paris SG, which dominated the ranking during more than one year ! MEN CLUB WORLD RANKING August 2026 Top 503 (1st August 2025 – 31th July 2026) Place Last Country…
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Read the article: EUROPEAN SUPER CUP 2026 STATISTICSEUROPEAN SUPER CUP 2026 STATISTICS
PSG vs Aston Villa 2-1 *Paris SG who won also the UEFA 2025 Super Cup are just the fourth team to win successive editions, after:Ajax in 1973 and 1974,Milan in 1989 and 1990,Real Madrid in 2016 and 2017. *PSG have now won 10 trophies since the start of the 2024/25 season:Ligue 1 (twice)Champions League (twice)UEFA…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 8WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 8
Bounou tied Schumacher’s record Morocco’s Yassine Bounou became at World Cup 2026 the new record co-holder of the competition for penalty saves, taking into account both penalties in playing time (PT) and in shootouts (SO).The attempt saved from Kylian Mbappe in a quarter-final vs France (0-1) was Bounou’s 4th successful, following his 3 shootout saves…
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Read the article: SECOND SCORING RUNSECOND SCORING RUN
Barcelona’s 55-game scoring run in La Liga Picture : Raphina, Lewandowski, Yamal – Barcelona so efficient ! As the new Spanish league season approaches, we look back at an outstanding achievement by Barcelona from the previous campaign.Hansi Flick’s team managed to score in 55 consecutive league matches. This streak ranks second in the competition’s history,…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 7WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 7
Mbappé matched Eusébio’s feat In the 2025-26 season, Kylian Mbappé became the top scorer in both of the season’s major international tournaments: the Champions League and the World Cup.He became only the second player in football history to achieve this feat.The first was Eusébio, sixty years earlier; in the 1965-66 season, he scored nine goals…
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Read the article: AFC BEST GOAL SCORERSAFC BEST GOAL SCORERS
The AFC Best Goal Scorers in 1st Quarter of XXI Century Ali Ashfaq (Maldives) – picture – is the best Asian goal-scorer in the 1st Quarter of XXI Century (476 goals).He and Aleksandar Đurić (Singapore) are the only 2 players from AFC nations to reach 400+ top level goals in this period.Kuwaiti Bader Al-Mutawa led…
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Read the article: THE MOST SCORING DUOTHE MOST SCORING DUO
Griezmann & Simeone: most scoring player-coach duo in La Liga history Antoine Griezmann and Diego Simeone have recently become the player & coach duo with the most goals scored by the former under the other in La Liga history.Griezmann’s tally of the league goals for Atlético Madrid in this partnership, which lasted from 2014 to…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 6WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 6
World Cup’s longest careers as player & coach Javier Aguirre and Hugo Broos (picture) made their mark at the 2026 World Cup by reaching a combined 40-year span of involvement in the tournament as players and coaches.Aguirre made his debut for Mexico as a player on 3 June 1986, and his last match as a…
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Read the article: RONALDO – MESSI : WHAT ELSE !RONALDO – MESSI : WHAT ELSE !
The World’s Best Goal Scorers in 1st Quarter of XXI Century Cristiano Ronaldo leads the category of best goal-scorers in the world top football in the 1st Quarter of XXI Century with 916 goals, followed by second-placed Lionel Messi (896). Last year, Luis Suarez has reached the landmark of 600 goals, Karim Benzema 500, Kylian Mbappe,…
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Read the article: EUROPE’S SECONDEUROPE’S SECOND
The second ever armless player’s goal in European competitions Danish footballer Marius Krüger Lindh, playing for the Faroese club NSÍ Runavík, became on 30 July just the second ever one-armed footballer to score in a European club competition match.The right winger found the net in the 70th minute of the return leg of the Conference…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 5WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 5
Messi’s 100-percent qualification in group stages In the 2026 World Cup, Lionel Messi extended his feat, unique in the football history. Throughout his career at club in national team level, he took part in 35 group stages of various competitions with his teams, and has qualified in all 35 occasions!In particular with Argentina, Messi advanced…
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Read the article: KANE NUMBER 1KANE NUMBER 1
Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2026 at 31 July: Harry Kane Harry Kane leads already by an 8-goal margin in the 2026 global goal-scorers’ ranking having added 3 more in July at the World Cup.His tally of 38 goals is highest in the current decade for this point of the year (since January to July).…
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Read the article: QUINONES – TONEY : THE DUELQUINONES – TONEY : THE DUEL
Men’s World Best National Scorer 2026 at 31 July As many leagues haven’t yet started the new season, top strikers of the ranking for national goal-scorers are the same as a month ago, Al-Ahli’s Ivan Toney and Al-Qadsiah Julian Quiñones, both representing the Saudi Arabian league. They both registered 26 goals in the Saudi Arabian…
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Read the article: MBAPPE – KANE 17-16MBAPPE – KANE 17-16
Men’s World Best International Goal Scorer 2026 at 31 July Kylian Mbappé holds the leadership in the ranking for international goal-scorers, mainly due to his personal World Cup success.With 17 international goals at his tally, Mbappé is one goal ahead of Harry Kane while his team-mate in France team Ousmane Dembélé completes the podium…
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Read the article: MEN’S PLAYER OF THE MONTH JULY 2026MEN’S PLAYER OF THE MONTH JULY 2026
Picture : Rodri was the Player of July, he brought Spain to the win of the World Cup 2026 ! MEN’S PLAYER OF THE MONTH 2026 JANUARY 1 – RAPHINHA (Brazil/FC Barcelona) 2 – Federico DI MARCO (Italy/Inter) 3 – Michael OLISE (France/FC Bayern München) FEBRUARY 1 – VINICIUS Jr (Brazil/Real Madrid) 2 – Harry…
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Read the article: RIP FRANCO BARESIRIP FRANCO BARESI
FRANCO BARESI ICONIC NUMBER 6 Italian defender Franco Baresi, the captain of AC Milan in the 1980s and 1990s when they won three European Cups and six Italian league titles, has died at the age of 66, the club announced on Friday, July 31. “Milan is in tears following the passing of Franco Baresi. His…
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Read the article: CONCACAF NATIONAL GOAL SCORERSCONCACAF NATIONAL GOAL SCORERS
The CONCACAF Best National Goal-Scorers in 1st Quarter of XXI Century Panamanian Nicolás Muñoz leads the ranking of best CONCACAF goal-scorers in the 1st Quarter of XXI Century in the national leagues (325 goals).Honduran Jerry Bengtson is the highest-scoring active CONCACAF player in this category over this period after the end of 2025 (232 goals).In…
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Read the article: LEWANDOWSKI NEAR PUSKASLEWANDOWSKI NEAR PUSKAS
Lewandowski missed chance to surpass Puskás Robert Lewandowski, who left Barcelona at the end of the 2025–26 season, fell just two goals short of matching the La Liga record for goals scored after turning 35.RL9, who recently began playing in MLS for his new club, the Chicago Fire, scored 60 times in the Spanish league…
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Read the article: UEFA NATIONAL GOAL SCORERSUEFA NATIONAL GOAL SCORERS
The UEFA Best National Goal-Scorers in 1st Quarter of XXI Century Cristiano Ronaldo (picture) leads the ranking of best European goal-scorers in the 1st Quarter of the XXI Century in the national leagues.The Portuguese has scored 585 goals.50 players from UEFA countries have reached the 200-goal mark in the current century as of the end…
