Ballon d'Or: Every Winner by Country A total of 21 countries have produced players who have won the Ballon d’Or. Sports Illustrated · Oct 7
Ballon d'Or winner issues intriguing Celtic response amid managerial speculation Gullit has opened the door to a potential Celtic approach as speculation continues over O’Neill’s long-term future. The National (Scotland) · Sep 18
Franco Baresi obituary Italian footballer who captained AC Milan for 15 of his 20 seasons, a period of unprecedented success for the club The Guardian - UK · Jul 31
Manchester United and the quest to make mythical midfield a reality In today’s Football Daily: Sensible spending at Old Trafford, and Jürgen Klopp is back with a bang The Guardian - UK · Jul 24
More than a hairstyle: how locs at the World Cup have changed perceptions of Black hair on the global stage Using tinted tips and undercuts, footballers are reworking a classic style, and rewriting what ‘professional’ looks like in elite sport in the process The Guardian - UK · Jul 17
Are the Netherlands the best team never to win the World Cup? The Dutch have a strong football pedigree, seven Ballon d'Or winners and a Euros title to their name... but have never got their hands on the game's biggest prize FourFourTwo · Jun 14
Grading Every Premier League Team’s 2025–26 Season Arsenal don’t crack the top two in an alternative ranking of how each Premier League team performed. Sports Illustrated · May 26
‘Newcastle fans booed me. Sunderland fans booed me’: the striker who replaced Shearer Paul Robinson, who aged 20 in 1999 was picked by Ruud Gullit ahead of the England captain for a tumultous derby, tells Harry De Cosemo what it was like The Guardian - UK · Mar 21
‘It was a privilege that such a big club were interested in me at that age’ Ruud Gullit reveals why he turned down Arsenal as a teenager The Netherlands legend could have made the move to England more than a decade before he eventually joined Chelsea FourFourTwo · Feb 16
How To Unlock All Season 4 Silver Icons In One Day In EA FC 26 Time to grind. Operation Sports · Dec 26, 2025
‘A Victim’—Ballon d’Or Winner Explains Mistreatment of Jude Bellingham The Englishman’s attitude has repeatedly been called into question. Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2025
Champions League review: Liverpool sidestep Salah saga as Chelsea slip up Manchester City conquer the Bernabéu, Liverpool survive without Mohamed Salah and Atalanta find Chelsea’s flaws The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2025
Which football clubs have pictures of people on their badges? Plus: players popping up randomly on TV, triple-doubles in names and which match featured the most Ballon d’Or winners? The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025
The 25 Best Chelsea Players of All Time—Ranked The Blues have boasted some of the world's greatest talents over the years. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21, 2025
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28, 2025 2025 Kopa Trophy Voting Revealed: Who Lionel Messi, Ronaldo, Ballon d'Or Winners Chose Lamine Yamal set a new record while being crowned the best male player aged under 21.
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 Fabio Capello makes embarrassing gaffe when presenting Sarina Wiegman award at Ballon d’Or Capello announced the winner of best women’s coach as ‘Sabrina Wiegman’ in Paris
Sports Illustrated · Sep 22, 2025 Who is Hosting the 2025 Ballon d'Or Ceremony? Kate Scott and Ruud Gullit will co-host this year’s Ballon d’Or gala.
Operation Sports · Aug 25, 2025 The Best EA FC 25 Ultimate Team SBC Cards, Ranked Did you get all of them?
FourFourTwo · Jul 12, 2025 ‘Hoddle basically refused to show Gullit any of Chelsea’s facilities – he took him for a posh lunch in Kensington and persuaded him to sign a deal there’: Scott Minto on how Chelsea made a huge transfer splash Chelsea followed up their 11th-place finish by signing the former Ballon d'Or winner in 1995
FourFourTwo · Jul 6, 2025 ‘I didn’t know where Chelsea was, but I wanted to go because Gullit wanted me so much. I was broken-hearted to see him leave. You don’t do that to a legend’ Frank LeBoeuf on Ruud Gullit’s Blues exit The former France defender has discussed his admiration for the Dutch legend
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FourFourTwo · May 24, 2025 ‘My preference was to stay put, but I was a saleable asset and Ruud Gullit had tried to get me at Chelsea. So did Glenn Hoddle – I met him a couple of times’ Duncan Ferguson on the wrench of leaving Everton for Newcastle United The Scottish striker made an £8million move from Everton to Newcastle United in November 1998
FourFourTwo · May 17, 2025 ‘Leaving Alan Shearer out was f**king ridiculous, so I told Ruud Gullit. I went in early and gave it to him’ Duncan Ferguson recalls his showdown with Newcastle United’s manager the morning after the club's derby defeat to Sunderland in the rain Newcastle United started one of their biggest games of the season with Paul Robinson and Silvio Maric up front instead of Shearer and Ferguson
FourFourTwo · May 14, 2025 Sampdoria: Football's Flagging Giants One of Europe's finest teams in the early 1990s, Sampdoria have just been relegated to the Italian third-tier Serie C for the first time - FFT travelled to Genoa to hear about a decline that has featured film directors, Andrea Pirlo and a pig's head in the post...
FourFourTwo · May 2, 2025 'Todd said, 'What do you do?' Well, I played football, I also played for and coached Chelsea' Todd Boehly fails to recognise club legend in awkward moment Chelsea owner Todd Boehly did little for his football-knowledge credentials with this slip-up