Football
The teams of the Brasileirão have dismissed ten coaches in the first ten matchdays of the championship, and it is a completely normal thing, that has always happened.
At the root of this continuous turnover are systemic issues, therefore economic, but also purely cultural.
Schalke 04 has been reborn thanks to a coach who has been able to shape the team around the identity of the city and its fans.
Who is Miron Muslic, the coach who brought Dzeko to Schalke 04 and Schalke 04 back to the brink of the Bundesliga.
Real Sociedad has won the Copa del Rey thanks to the contribution of 13 players raised in the youth academy.
Even the final against Atlético Madrid, it is no coincidence to say, was decided by four homegrown players.
Timo Werner scored his first goal in official matches after 18 months of absolute drought.
At just 30 years old, a downward spiral that few would have imagined.
Strasbourg fielded the youngest starting eleven ever.
The Alsatian team started the match against Rennes with an average age lineup of 20.5 years.
Bayern Munich has won its umpteenth Bundesliga, but the main star of the celebration was a porcelain bird.
The beginning of this story dates back to a year ago, during the celebrations for the 2025 title, when some players took a statuette from a Bavarian venue. That statuette is now featured on the jerseys celebrating the national title.
Leo Messi has been the owner of Cornellà for just a few hours, yet the small Catalan club is already one of the most followed in all of Spain (on Instagram and beyond)
The announcement of the deal was enough to change the perception and thus the history of the Catalan team, which currently plays in the fifth division but has already become very famous.
The match between Manchester City and Arsenal showed why having Erling Haaland makes all the difference in the world.
The Norwegian superstar remained hidden for many minutes in the folds of the big match at Etihad, then he decided it in his own way: with a goal from a true striker.
In Canada, the first matches are being played with the “Wenger” offside rule, and football already seems like a very, very different game.
Alejandro Diaz's goal in the match between Pacific FC and Halifax Wanderers could represent a turning point: get ready to completely rethink one of the fundamental rules of soccer, at least as we know it.
By leading Real Sociedad to win the Copa del Rey, Pellegrino Matarazzo has become the first American coach to win a title with a team from the top five leagues in Europe.
The success in the final against Atlético Madrid could impact the perception of USA coaches in elite soccer.
Matthijs de Ligt has not played an official match with Manchester United for almost five months, and no one really knows why.
The Dutchman's back injury has become a puzzle, and in fact, some suspect that Manchester United is not telling the whole truth.
To motivate the Arsenal players ahead of the crucial Premier League match against Manchester City, Mikel Arteta lit a fire on the training ground.
Shaman, boy scout or simply eccentric coach?