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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 1WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 1
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 1 (June 11) Picture : Mexico’s Julián Quiñones is the first player from a CONCACAF nation to score the opening goal at a World Cup tournament. Mexico vs South Africa 2-0 (Group A) *Mexico and South Africa have repeated the opening fixture of the 2010 World Cup – exactly…
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Read the article: NEW RECORD FOR HAALAND ?NEW RECORD FOR HAALAND ?
Haaland only tied Minhat’s record Erling Haaland missed recently a good chance to set a new world record. In 2024-25, «The Cyborg» scored in 11 consecutive games for Norway. Only one player in the history of national teams has achieved such a long scoring streak: Abdul Gani Minhat (Malaysia), and that was way back in…
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Read the article: WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2027 QUALIFIERSWOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2027 QUALIFIERS
Linda Caicedo (picture up) and Vicky Lopez (picture down) won the IFFHS World’s Best Youth Player Award ! They led their teams Colombia and Spain to the qualifications for the World Cup 2027. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2027 QUALIFIERS Next summer, Brazil will welcome the world’s best players when the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks…
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Read the article: 500 FOR HARRY KANE500 FOR HARRY KANE
Harry Kane joined “Club 500+ goals” Harry Kane has reached last month a remarkable milestone of 500 goals at top level. The Bayern forward did it on 6 May in the Champions League game vs PSG (1-1).Since then, the 32-year old Kane registered 7 goals more and now has already 507 at is tally. His…
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Read the article: ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI POWER 1000ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI POWER 1000
Lewandowski in “Club 1000+ games”! Robert Lewandowsi has joined recently the “Club” of players with 1000+ games at top level. The Pole reached the landmark on 25 April in La Liga game for Barcelona vs Getafe (2-0).Since then he made 7 further appearances for club and country and now has 1007 games.RL9 is the first…
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Read the article: RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWRETROSPECTIVE REVIEW
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2025/26 HIGHLIGHTS Statistics on Champions’ League 2025-26: Semi-finals Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal 1-1, 0-1 (agg 1-2) *Arsenal have reached the Champions League final for the second time in their history and for the first time in 20 years. *Arsenal have gone 14 consecutive matches without defeat (11 wins, 3 draws) for the…
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Read the article: RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWRETROSPECTIVE REVIEW
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2025/26 HIGHLIGHTS Statistics on Champions’ League 2025-26: Quarter-finals Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal 0-1, 0-0 (agg 0-1) *Arsenal have reached the Champions League semi-finals in back-to-back seasons for the first time in their history. *Sporting had won their last 17 home competitive matches before losing to Arsenal. *Arsenal’s Max Dowman has played in…
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Read the article: RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWRETROSPECTIVE REVIEW
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2025/26 HIGHLIGHTS Statistics on Champions’ League 2025-26: Round of 16 *For the first time ever four teams from a single nation (England: Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur) have been eliminated at the same stage of a season in the Champions League. *Two English teams have conceded 8+ goals on aggregate in…
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Read the article: MESSI’S MILESTONESMESSI’S MILESTONES
Lionel Messi’s career milestones Earlier this year, Lionel Messi became the second player in the history of football to reach 900 goals in top-level games. He did it on 18 March in the CONCACAF Champions Cup game vs Nashville (1-1).Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 900th goal on 5 September 2024, in his 1236th game at the…
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Read the article: THE FOURTH IN HISTORYTHE FOURTH IN HISTORY
Havertz’s feats in Champions League finals By scoring for Arsenal in the 2025-26 Champions League final against PSG, Kai Havertz became the fourth player in the history of the competition (including the European Cup era) to score for two different clubs in final matches. He previously scored for Chelsea in the 2021 final (1-0 against…
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Read the article: SUCCESSFULL COACHESSUCCESSFULL COACHES
Most successful coaches in the Champions League Having won the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain for the second season in a row, Luis Enrique has become one of the most successful coaches in the history of the competition. He now has three trophies, including the one he won with Barcelona in 2015.The Spaniard shares 2nd…
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Read the article: THE RECORD FOR PARIS SGTHE RECORD FOR PARIS SG
PSG, joint most prolific team in UCL history PSG have scored 45 goals in the Champions League this season, equaling the record for a single team in the competition (45 for Barcelona in 1999-2000).Bayern were also impressive in attack with 43 goals, the joint third highest amount in the history of the competition.Including qualification, the…
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Read the article: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL – THE STATSUEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL – THE STATS
Statistics on Champions’ League 2025-26: Final PSG vs Arsenal 1-1, pen. 4-3 *PSG became only 2nd team in Champions League history (since 1992) to win the competition in back-to-back seasons, following Real Madrid in 2016-2017-2018. *PSG are only the third team to win both their league title and the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in back-to-back…
