Champions League hat-tricks, stocky strikers, and emotional returns - these are the best debuts seen by our writers ...

Porto, managed by Francesco Farioli, have won every league game so far this season and already sit four points clear at the summit of Liga Portugal. Farioli takes charge of his first game as a manger ...

Enzo Maresca’s first European match as Manchester City manager ended with a 2–0 victory over Porto courtesy of Erling Haaland ...

The Norwegian striker scored a brace as the Cityzens opened their Champions League campaign, matching Sergio Agüero's club ...

Ainsley Maitland-Niles had a dream debut for Everton at the weekend after a sublime stoppage-time strike rescued a result ...

On a weekend when only two of the league’s big four enjoyed winning starts, Manchester City showed why they are champions ...

Runner-up in the Copa Libertadores in 2002 and in the Brasileirão in 2000 and 2001, São Caetano has not enjoyed glory days for a long time.And it confirmed a major embarrassment last Saturday (5).

When Manchester City pulled the trigger on a £35million move for a 23-year-old Sergio Aguero in the summer of 2011, they were ...

Can Mikel Arteta turn Arsenal’s Premier League triumph into a dynasty? Inside the recruitment, leadership and tactical ...

Lionel Messi's career with Argentina was ultimately a successful one, but it also became a career full of adversity which ...

Lionel Messi's relationship with the Argentina faithful eventually became one of deep mutual affection, but they were the last fans to recognise his status as the greatest footballer of all time ...

If one moment defines Messi's international legacy above all others, it is the image of him lifting the 2022 FIFA World Cup ...