A footballer can change his team’s fate with just one manoeuvre. One-tenth of a second can decide whether a team is the champion or just the best of the losers. This Saturday, 22 players will compete for victory in Madrid. A war made up of dozens of battles per minute, in which each ball ...

The ultra lightweight Flywire upper gives Zlatan Ibrahimovic the support and firm fit every deadly striker requires. The carbon composite plate gives players like Theo Walcott and Cristiano Ronaldo the maximum response they crave to burst past challenges. Nike SENSE Adaptive traction studs ...

Injuries, recurring injuries, bans…all enemies of regular play. Moments of helplessness, at which any player would only be thinking about getting back on pitch. But coming back isn’t enough. Just getting back on pitch means starting from where you left. And that’s unthi ...

Cristiano Ronaldo marked himself an objective some time ago - to become history's best player, or at least one of history's best players. He can only achieve this by making the ultimate sacrifice - putting all his energy into football and nothing else. Yesterday Cristiano showed us once aga ...

They’ve done it. They made it tough for themselves in qualifying, but last night Portugal showed every ounce of their fighting spirit to book a place in next summer’s tournament. The confidence, desire and determination of the 2006 semi-finalists proved decisive as they scored ...