The five-time Ballon d'Or winner has been more of a hindrance than a help in his national team's colours for a good four years, and it appears his days as a guaranteed starter are finally over
Chloe Kelly and Ella Toone are Lionesses icons and have been key figures of the team's success under Sarina Wiegman, but neither were included in Tuesday's squad ahead of England's crucial Women's World Cup qualifier against Greece
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Already first-choice centre-forward for club and country by the age of 24, it is the work Russo has done in the three years since that has allowed her to elevate and become truly elite
The club from the tiny city in north-east Italy was once among the best of the rest in Italy's top-flight, but the challenges of modern football mean they have been forced to adapt
The historic guilty verdict against Manchester City must now be followed by a corresponding punishment. That this will happen is by no means certain, for reasons that are in part even understandable, but it would send a fatal signal and make everything even worse. A comment.
Lexi Potter has been able to count Keira Walsh as her No.1 fan for a while now and it appears England boss Sarina Wiegman is equally impressed after calling the 20-year-old up to the Lionesses squad for the first time
Once dubbed the "Turkish Messi", Emre Mor joined Borussia Dortmund and has since had a colourful career with few sporting highlights. He is now 29 years old and has ended up at NEC Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
Summer transfers for Alexia Putellas, Mapi Leon and Ona Batlle have added three more elite talents to the English top-flight, moves which only confirm the already popular belief that the WSL is the best women's league in the world
Emma Hayes names 26 players for the USWNT’s October tests against Spain, with final looks before qualifying and questions around Jaedyn Shaw and Naomi Girma.
During the World Cup debacle, Nathaniel Brown was one of the few bright spots for Germany, then he moved to Bayern Munich for €50 million. Now the 23-year-old left-back is experiencing his first setbacks.
Last year, Andrej Kramaric was still TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's top scorer. Now the 35-year-old record goalscorer is completely on the outside – not only at the club from Kraichgau.
The one-club man came off the bench to score the goal that put the German side out of sight in Munich as they overpowered the reigning European champions