Victor Osimhen – Where did it go wrong for the African Footballer of the Year?

When the revamped UEFA Champions League kicks off in ten days’ time, Victor Osimhen, the African…

Is Casemiro a convenient scapegoat for a misfiring and poorly coached team?

RevSportz Comment It’s one of the oldest taunts in football – ‘Show us your medals!’ In…

Shades of Bob Paisley in Arne Slot’s quiet determination to chart own course

RevSportz Comment Arne Slot isn’t the first Liverpool manager to enjoy a perfect day at the…

With ‘free’ Mbappe in the ranks, Real Madrid start favourites for new-look Champions League

Even as the Uefa Champions League switches to a new format, more than three decades after…

Remembering Sven-Goran Eriksson, architect of England’s greatest win

RevSportz Comment As his managerial star waned, after a succession of underwhelming performances and scandals in…

Shakib Al Hasan, and how skills have always gone hand-in-hand with controversy

By the time the World Cup caravan moved to Guyana at the end of March 2007,…

How do you win a transfer window?

RevSportz Comment It was Sky’s wall-to-wall coverage of English football, which started with the advent of…

How India’s ‘insufferable arrogance’ has kept Test cricket alive

RevSportz Comment Matthew Engel edited The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 12 times between 1993 and 2007. “India…

Socrates, football and the power of popular icons

Sportspersons acting according to the dictates of their conscience is hardly something new. The last time…

Business as usual on the pitch as Manchester City start their season of reckoning

On the field, it was business as usual. Under Todd Boehly’s ownership, Chelsea’s transfer policy has…