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Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, will kick off in Brazil next month with a live-scored centenary anniversary screening of The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney and has unveiled a line-up of more than 100 features.

Running April 9-27 in Porto Alegre, the 21st edition bringsinternational premieres forAnnapurna Sriram’s freshly minted SXSW special jury award winnerFucktoys,Marko Mäkilaakso’s Finnish monster horror homageTheCreeps, and Toby Jones’ Fantastic Fest premiereAJ Goes To The Dog Park.

Latin American premieres bring sci-fi satireRich Flufrom Spain’s Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, the director behind 2019 TIFF hitThePlatform, and psychological dramasThreefrom pioneering UAE...

The Premier League, often considered the best and strongest league in the world. Currently down in 2nd in the UEFA coefficient and without a UEFA Champions League representative at the quarter-final stage last season.

Managers of each of the top 3 finishing clubs were replaced over the summer which included the retirement of the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson – the mastermind behind Manchester United’s success over the past two decades or so and playing a key part in the role of helping the English Premier League become one of the best leagues in the world during that time.

Over the past couple of seasons, the Premier League has seen a lot of exciting and highly-rated players come from abroad. A few names – Sergio Agüero, Mario Balotelli, Santi Cazorla, Júlio César, David de Gea, Eden Hazard, Lewis Holtby, Shinji Kagawa, Hugo Lloris, Romelu Lukaku, Juan Mata, Oscar, Lukas Podolski, Sandro, David Silva,...

In a previous article I made the prediction that Arsenal would win the Premier League this coming season. However one key thing they may need to address is their goalkeeper.

This position never seemed to be an issue through a great deal of Wenger’s rein, with Seaman filling the gloves till 2003 and Lehmann coming until 2008. Since a handful of keepers have been given the chance and ever step forward is greeted with 2 steps back. As last seasons first choice showed , Wojech Szczesny, at times he showed promise but had lapses which sadly often cost his team.

All summer Júlio César, who produced some great performances in a woeful Qpr team last season, has been tipped to join the Gunners and has spoke of his desire to remain in the capital. However lately with talks that he’d have to take a wage cut and other clubs like Napoli and...

• An in-depth look at the Ajax soccer academy, making boys into pros. [New York Times Magazine] • Is Júlio César Brazil’s best player? [New York Times] • Italy is weak up front. [Goal] • England’s tortured World Cup history, post-1966. [Espn] • Liverpool offers Benitez exit deal. [BBC] • South Africa struggles with promise to house the poor. [Nutmeg Radio] • Will Scotland supporters back England in South Africa? [When Saturday Comes] • Ten staff members at Manchester pub change their names to “Wayne Rooney.” [The Spoiler]...