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Top 5 Midfielders to watch out for at the FIFA World Cup 2026

Top 5 Midfielders to watch out for at the FIFA World Cup 2026

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4 min readJun 11, 2026 05:39 PM IST Top 5 Midfielders to Watch at the FIFA World Cup 2026: The goalscorers may grab the headlines but at the heart of any great team, lie the midfielders. Some of the most succesfull teams at the World Cup, particularly in the 21st century have in fact been known more for the players manning their midfield engine than their goalscorers. The 2026 edition is set to be hosted by Mexico, the United States and Canada. It starts on Thursday with co-hosts Mexico facing South Africa. Here we take a look at some of the most prominent midfielders that you can feast your eyes on at this World Cup. Top 5 Midfielders to Watch at the FIFA World Cup 2026: 1. Pedri (Spain) Long touted as the next in line to the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta among great Barcelona and Spain midfielders, Pedri truly has come close to fulfilling that potential in the last four years. He was a regular starter for Spain at the 2022 World …

Ranveer Singh heads to Budapest amid Don 3 matter, meets football star Declan Rice

Ranveer Singh heads to Budapest amid Don 3 matter, meets football star Declan Rice

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Bollywood star Ranveer Singh has been making headlines after FWICE announced non-cooperative directive against him in Don 3 row. Days after the directive, Singh shared a post on his Instagram stories. In the picture, he was seen posing with Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice ahead of a major football fixture. Ranveer meets Declan Rice Ranveer shared the picture on his social media account and wrote, “All about last night.” The actor used the song, Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan from the hit movie Yaarana featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Champions League final: Less game time for stars may give PSG an edge vs Arsenal | Football News

Champions League final: Less game time for stars may give PSG an edge vs Arsenal | Football News

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3 min readMay 29, 2026 08:15 PM IST When Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) play Arsenal in the Champions League final in Budapest on Saturday, the defending champions will have fresher legs on the field at the Puskás Aréna because of less game time during the domestic campaign compared to their challengers. PSG’s fifth Ligue 1 title on the trot puts them a class apart, the gulf between them and the rest big enough for manager Luis Enrique to rest key players but still win silverware. For example, Ligue 1’s player of the year, forward Ousmane Dembele, played just 11 matches, while Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka featured in 25 games. Saka was on the field for 2,226 minutes while Dembele played for just 1,063 minutes. Dembele had started just nine league matches when he was adjudged the best in the season. PSG’s Warren Zaïre-Emery played 27 matches, the most for the side. But seven of Arsenal’s likely starting XI for the final have played more matches than him with Martín Zubimendi (34) and Declan Rice (35) topping …

Arsenal end 22-year wait — and this one was earned the hard way

Arsenal end 22-year wait — and this one was earned the hard way

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When the final whistle blew at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, the hosts pegging Manchester City to a 1-1 draw, North London erupted. Arsenal were champions — after a wait of 22 years. Long not only in its length, but in its pain. The endless cycles of near misses burned like an open wound. Happy tidings of a dynasty loomed when they raised the trophy in 2004, the season they went without dropping a game. But fate wrote the script differently. The construction of a new stadium — a necessity, not greed — bore its brunt on wages and transfer policy. The talismans left. Around them rose clubs muscled with petrodollars; their visionary vice-president and co-owner David Dein sold his shares and departed; football itself forsook the romantic ideals of the peak Wenger years. In the years that followed, they watched Alex Ferguson — once Wenger’s equal — scale luminous heights. They endured the insults Jose Mourinho spat at their manager. They glanced covetously at Pep Guardiola raising an empire, Jurgen Klopp a kingdom, Leicester …

Declan Rice after club enters Champions League final

Declan Rice after club enters Champions League final

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3 min readUpdated: May 6, 2026 08:38 AM IST Arsenal may still be one game away from winning their first ever Champions League trophy but the players and the fans celebrated their second leg semi-final victory over Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night with full gusto. Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has defended the vociferous celebrations. The club is in the Champions League final for the first time in 20 years. The London club overcame a spirited second-leg challenge from Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium. With both teams locked at 1-1 after the first leg in Spain, it took a first half goal from Bukayo Saka to help Mikel Arteta’s men secure a spot in the final. This is only the second time in their history that Arsenal have made it to the Champions League final. Their last time, 20 years ago, had ended in heartbreak at the hands of Barcelona. This time around, they will face the winner of the second semi-final between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday …

Arsenal Clinch Champions League Qualification With 1-0 Win Over Newcastle

Arsenal Clinch Champions League Qualification With 1-0 Win Over Newcastle

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Arsenal beat Newcastle in Premier League match© AFP A thunderous Declan Rice strike secured a vital 1-0 victory over Newcastle United in Arsenal’s final home game of the 2024/25 season, confirming Champions League football for next year and putting Mikel Arteta’s side within touching distance of a third straight second-place finish in the Premier League. The first half belonged to David Raya, whose string of outstanding saves kept Arsenal in the game as third-placed Newcastle applied early pressure. Raya redeemed an early poor clearance with a sharp stop from Bruno Guimaraes, then followed that with several top-drawer saves, including a brilliant double stop from Dan Burn and Sven Botman. The visitors looked dangerous, especially through Harvey Barnes, but Raya stood firm. Arsenal, meanwhile, struggled to create chances in the opening 45, though Leandro Trossard went close with a deflected curler and Thomas Partey forced a smart save from Nick Pope. Despite being under pressure for much of the half, Arsenal made it to the break level. The breakthrough came ten minutes after the …

Liverpool Star Mohamed Salah Wins Football Writers’ Association Player Of The Year, Secures Biggest Win Margin

Liverpool Star Mohamed Salah Wins Football Writers’ Association Player Of The Year, Secures Biggest Win Margin

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File image of Mohamed Salah.© AFP Mohamed Salah won the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year award for the third time on Friday after inspiring Liverpool’s march to a record-equalling 20th English title. Salah earned the prize after scoring 28 goals and producing 18 assists for Liverpool in the Premier League this season. The Egypt forward broke the record for the most goal involvements in a 38-game Premier League campaign as Arne Slot’s side romped to their first title since 2020. Salah secured almost 90 percent of the football writers’ votes, marking the biggest winning margin this century. Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk came second in the contest, with Newcastle striker Alexander Isak third and Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice fourth. Salah, who was previously given the award in 2017-18 and 2021-22, is now level with former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry as the only players to win it three times. The 32-year-old recently ended speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract to stay at Anfield until 2027. Salah’s decision to …

Declan Rice: Arsenal’s horseman of apocalypse | Football News

Declan Rice: Arsenal’s horseman of apocalypse | Football News

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The shadows of Declan Rice would haunt the Real Madrid crew in their nightmares for months to come. In both ties that he bent to his will with his balance, vision, charisma and leadership, he was the dead end Madrid repeatedly ran into. One minute, he was the unbudging defensive screen, blocking, muscling and thwarting their progression in nascence; the next second he was the midfield conduit, dictating the rhyme and rhythm, the man with a compass in his head to thread the most precise pass to break Madrid’s midfield lines. As though he had deployed an army of lookalikes assembled from Wilko, he is bouncing near the byline, slipping a cute pass into the path of false nine Mikel Merino. Or slithering to snatch the ball off the forward’s feet in the opposite box. Wherever they gazed, they could only see the muscular frame of Rice, his unsoiled shirt despite the work-rate and his hair slick and tidy. His tour de force in both legs would be etched in Champions League folklore, comparable to …

Bend, curl and drop: How Declan Rice’s scientifically precise free-kicks led Arsenal to famous win over Real Madrid | Football News

Bend, curl and drop: How Declan Rice’s scientifically precise free-kicks led Arsenal to famous win over Real Madrid | Football News

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In his schooldays, Declan Rice used to linger around the ground after the practice sessions and hit a thousand balls towards the empty nets to chisel his shooting range to perfection. When he reached home, he would take the ball, whichever his eyes found, be it a tennis ball, basketball or a football, and sneak into the backyard. “I just always had a ball to hand or foot, whether it was a tennis ball, a basketball or a football, I was always picking it up and smashing it,” he writes in England Football. By the age of seven, he was already on the rolls of Chelsea’s academy. But he turned up for the neighbourhood club and school team every single week, racking up nearly 200 games a year. “Those were good places to try out what I had learnt at the academy, kind of a practical lab,” he reminisces. Also because feeling the ball on boots was the most pleasurable feeling of his life. Story continues below this ad A decade into his professional career, …

Manchester City vs Arsenal LIVE Streaming, Premier League LIVE Telecast: When And Where To Watch

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Manchester City vs Arsenal LIVE Telecast, Premier League 2024-25 LIVE Streaming© AFP Manchester City vs Arsenal, Premier League LIVE Telecast: Premier League champions Manchester City host title rivals Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. City have enjoyed a perfect start to the season with four wins from as many games. Arsenal, on the other hand, returned to winning ways last week with a 1-0 win over North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. City won an unprecedented fourth Premier League title in a row last season, despite failing to beat Arsenal in both of the games. The Gunners won 1-0 at home before battling out a 0-0 draw in the return fixture. Following the 0-0 draw, Arsenal were criticised for their defensive minded approach against City. Bukayo Saka has boldly stated that the Gunners will be going to Manchester City’s home on Sunday with the win in their minds. Notably, Arsenal have not won at Etihad Stadium since January 2015. When will the Manchester City vs Arsenal Premier League match be played? The Manchester City vs …