Barcelona ready to take their place

No team has ever held every single club trophy at once. None has even come close. Until now. Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona stand on the edge of history. If the Catalan Kings win the tournament in Adu Dhabi this month, they’ll be crowned world champions. They will then have won eve ...

Zlatan takes it

Reactions tell you everything about a player. How do you react to starting a huge game on the bench? How do you react when you get your moment? After 50 minutes of El Clásico, Zlatan was sent on to Make the Difference. He’d been on the pitch five minutes when he ran onto a Dani ...

Back from the brink

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 ...

Aguero vs. Alves

At one end stands one of the world’s fastest rising strikers. At the other, a tough-tackling defender, determined to shut him out. Tonight’s European showdown sees Sergio Aguero desperate to avenge his teams’ elimination from last year’s competition. While Bruno Alves is eyeing a repeat pe ...

We are European Champions. We are one.

Barcelona strode into the Stadio Olimpico, on a mission to become Europe’s greatest. Led by Iniesta, they claimed every ball in midfield, virtually passing Man Utd into submission as they took down another of the giants of the game. Lifting the greatest prize in club football means ...