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Ready, set, Go! Joseph Kosinski’s F1 brought plenty of excitement, stars and cars to the film’s European premiere in London’s Leicester Square last night.

Deadline hit the black carpet for interviews with director Joseph Kosinski, stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Sarah Niles, and Tobias Menzies, as well as producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Also among the star-studded guest list was producer and F1 legend Lewis Hamilton, Tom Cruise, Naomi Campbell, footballer Gareth Bale, musician Tate McRae and actress Simone Ashley, despite her scenes being cut from the movie.

Below, you can watch all of our top interview moments, which touch on the challenges of shooting in real Grand Prix races, advice from real-life F1 drivers such as Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton as a producer, Simone Ashley’s reaction to her scenes being cut from the movie, F1-inspired fashion, and Brad Pitt’s upcoming film The Adventures Of Cliff Booth...

Eagle Eye Hires Drama Director

The Couple Next Door producer Eagle Eye has hired a drama director. Carolina Giammetta, who is currently completing production on Bookish with Mark Gatiss, will develop and direct new dramas for Eagle Eye while coming aboard as EP on the growing slate. Eagle Eye was recently bought by ITV Studios and counts Channel 4’s The Couple Next Door, ITV’s Professor T and UKTV’s Hotel Portofino among its roster. It recently launched Patience, a crime drama starring Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis. “Our 100% success rate for winning re-commissions on all our new dramas has meant the Eagle Eye slate has grown very rapidly,” said Chief Creative Officer Jo McGrath. “Carolina is a brilliant team player, a superb director with a visual eye and strong editorial instincts.”

CAA Sports Hires Senior Duo In London

CAA Sports has hired senior sponsorship exec Lucy Englander...

If you're watching Blue Lock you may be wondering if the characters are inspired by real soccer players. Does their style of play resemble famous soccer stars? The answer is yes, and I'm here to help you enjoy the anime while learning more about the beautiful game, the King of Sports. Muneyuki Kaneshiro , the writer of Blue Lock , has been quite open about the direct inspirations behind the characters. This has been revealed in an interview and the official Blue Lock Character Guide, the Egoist Bible , which spans two volumes so far. In some cases, Kaneshiro hasn’t confirmed specific parallels, but don’t worry! You're in good hands. I’m a former sports journalist with a lifelong passion for watching (and playing) soccer who's ready to draw connections to real-life players who I feel fit alongside various Blue Lock characters. Without further ado, let’s dive into the real-life...

Tom Cruise has long been one of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood. Known for his passion for cinema and his extreme stunt performances, Cruise recently also showcased his dedication to his fans as he surprised one of his admirers with a sweet gesture.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible | Credit: Paramount Pictures

The social media creator and artist Wilf Elliot described it as “the most surreal moment” when he was invited to personally deliver his charcoal painting of the Mission: Impossible star.

Tom Cruise Surprised Artist with a Dream Encounter

Hollywood action star Tom Cruise is known for many things, from his passion for cinema to his often intense behavior on film sets. Beyond that, he’s also recognized for his genuine appreciation of creativity, something that he recently did with a social media creator and tattoo artist.

Top Gun: Maverick | Credit: Paramount Pictures

The tattoo artist, Wilf Elliot, recently...

Ventana Sur Heads To Uruguay

The 16th edition of LatAm market Ventana Sur is heading to Uruguay this year. Taking place between December 2 and 6 in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo, the market is backed by Canne’s Marché du Film and will see a wealth of players from the local industry and from abroad attend. The festival is a partnership between the Marché du Film, National Institute of Cinema, Audiovisual Arts of Argentina and Uruguayan Film & Audiovisual Agency. It is taking place in Uruguay for the first time. There were fears over its future earlier this year when Argentina President Javier Milei’s government threatened to cut funding. Since its inception in 2009, Ventana Sur said it has brought together more than 4,000 accredited participants annually, including more than 250 buyers and sellers from across five continents.

CAA Signs Gary Neville

CAA has signed British former soccer player and pundit Gary Neville. The U.

Exclusive: CAA Sports Media has made one of its first major signings under new UK and Europe boss Alex McGuire.

Former racing driver-turned TV presenter Naomi Schiff has been signed in all areas by the London-based division.

Schiff made her debut in 2021 as the main pundit for the W series on Channel 4 before joining Sky Sports as an expert analyst for the 2022 season, a position she still holds today, along with analyzing Canal+’s F1 coverage. She is an integral part of the pair of pay-tv networks’ racing programing, providing insight on live race action, post-race interviews and car launches. She has also co-presented Any Driven Monday, a 60-minute live show on Sky Sports, along with Bangers: Mad for Cars, a Channel 4 series with Tinie Tempah.

The Rwandan-Belgian pundit began her racing career in 2007, representing South Africa at the Karting World Championships before moving to racing in prototype, Gt,...

Last year’s World Cup is proving to have legs, as Netflix shared the first trailer for its forthcoming soccer-centric series Captains of the World.

The streaming giant and FIFA+ are behind the six-episode project launching Dec. 30, going behind the scenes of the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament that took place in November and December of that year. Produced by Fulwell 73, Captains of the World is a follow-up to the 2022 series Captains, which documented players’ efforts as their teams fought to qualify for the highly anticipated sports event that took place in Qatar.

Released Friday, the trailer highlights some of the footage and exclusive interviews featured in the new series. Among the notable figures offering insight throughout Captains of the World are Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and Simon Kjær.

“This is a World Cup, and it’s really tough,” Messi tells the camera at one point.

Exclusive: Fresh from reflecting on his Real Madrid career in his Netflix series, David Beckham is now preparing an ESPN documentary about the Galácticos.

Beckham’s Studio 99 has teamed up with Fulwell 73 to develop the project, which has not yet officially been greenlit by ESPN but is gearing up for production.

Spotlighting one of sport’s most iconic teams, the documentary has echoes of ESPN series The Last Dance, which won acclaim for its depiction of Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls.

The so-called Galácticos were assembled by Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, who had a mission to sign superstar footballers from the best leagues in the world.

Real Madrid broke the world transfer record five times by signing the likes of Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Gareth Bale across two Galácticos eras.

The first of these eras, when Pérez was president between 2000 and...

Ryan Reynolds’ love affair with Wales is getting stronger.

The actor, producer and investor has signed a deal with Welsh public service network S4C for a ‘Welsh Wednesdays’ block on his Fubo channel in the U.S.

This will see S4C providing six hours of Welsh-language content per week that he will curate on his Maximum Effort streaming net. These include drama series Bang from Joio and Artists Studio, Petrol Head (Welsh title Pen Patrol) from Rondo, Red Wall (Y Wal Goch) from Afanti, Wrexham Our Club (Wrecsam Clwb Ni) from Wildflame, Vets (Y Fets) from Boom and Gareth Bale: Living the Dream (Gareth Bale: Bwy’r Freuddwyd) from Burn Media.

Reynolds is the owner of Welsh football club Wrexham Fc along with Rob McElhenny. The pair oversaw a promotion from the National League into the English Football League for the first time in well over a decade in the recent 2022/23 season.

On the last Empire Podcast of the year, we have something of a The Prestige reunion, which is nice. First, Christian Bale, star of The Pale Blue Eye, talks to Chris Hewitt about being mistaken for Gareth Bale, and his experiences working with directors on multiple occasions, including Adam McKay, Scott Cooper, and Terrence Malick. Then Hugh Jackman, Golden Globe-nominated star of The Son (which opens here in February), talks to Amon Warmann about his experiences on that movie, working with Anthony Hopkins for a day, and why he's about to play Wolverine again in Deadpool 3. Then, Kate Hudson and Jessica Henwick, neither of whom were in The Prestige, more than make up for it by having a freewheeling and very funny chat with Chris about their new movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, life with an assistant, British sitcoms, and John Carpenter and Kurt Russell.

And if that weren't enough,...

With the World Cup in full flow FIFA 23's latest promotion is underway with World Cup Stories in Ultimate Team. The second season of this year's Ultimate Team is all about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with several promotions running including the chance to earn World Cup Swaps tokens in FIFA 23. The latest promotion which started on the 2nd December 2022 provides players with cards for stars past and present that have made their mark on the FIFA World Cup.

World Cup Stories is brand new for FIFA 23 to coincide with the 2022 World Cup. It provides a host of big upgrades for players starring in the tournament. 12 main cards have been included all of which feature players competing in this year's World Cup. Other lower-rated cards are also included in the promotion some of which are available for players to earn by completing Objectives.

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Doha, Nov 30 (Ians) Wales coach Robert Page insisted he was proud of his players despite a 3-0 defeat to England on Tuesday night, which sent them home from their first World Cup in 64 years with two defeats and a draw.

Wales were never really in the game that England won with two goals from Marcus Rashford and one from Phil Foden to give Page’s men a disappointing end.

“It’s an amazing performance from that group to get here,” Page said, reports Xinhua.

“I told everyone including the staff what an achievement it was to get here and the fans were amazing. We are frustrated that maybe we didn’t do all that we wanted, but we have had a taste of it and we want to experience it again,” said the coach.

Page admitted he was frustrated that England’s quick-fire goals undid his side’s good defensive work from the first half.

Good Morning Britain has aired Michael Sheen’s rousing speech to the Wales squad ahead of their match against England.

Wales will be playing England on Tuesday night (29 November) in the group stages of the World Cup for the first-ever home nations clash at the tournament.

On Tuesday’s episode of Gmb, the programme broadcasted footage of Sheen’s address to the Welsh squad from earlier this year.

In September, the Damned United star gave an impassioned speech to the football team during a visit to their training facility.

Sheen’s visit followed after his impromptu monologue on Sky’s A League of their Own went viral. Host Romesh Ranganathan had asked the actor to improvise the sort of message he would give to the Wales squad.

Wales manager Rob Page praised the on-air moment and said that the Wales squad would like to meet Sheen in person.

The speech,...

The Welsh national anthem has become a talking point around the world since Wales’s team began competing in their first World Cup since 1958.

Wales’s stirring anthem is called “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”, which translates to “Old Land of My Fathers” in English.

When the Welsh team, headed up by captain Gareth Bale, and 3,000 Welsh supporters belted out the anthem at the country’s opening match against USA on Monday 21 November, it gave goosebumps to footballs fans around the globe.

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg tweeted at the time: “Well Wales have won the national anthem singing contest. Their players looked proud to belt out their anthem while the US team looked faintly embarrassed to be singing in public.”

This year marks the first time the anthem has been sung at the tournament. The last time Wales were at a World Cup, they sang “God Save the Queen”.

Here are the...

Doha (Qatar), Nov 25 (Ians) Iran received a dramatic late boost to their Qatar 2022 hopes after goals from Rouzbeh Chesmi and Ramin Rezaeian in the 98th and 101st minute respectively, secured a historic 2-0 victory over ten-man Wales at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium here on Friday.

French football coach and former professional player Robert Pires, who played for clubs like Metz and Marseille prior to his time with Arsenal where he won two Fa Cups, was puzzled about Gareth Bale not being aggressive enough around the penalty area.

“I think the Wales players were without energy which was strange. Normally, this guy (Gareth Bale), needs to be in the box area because he’s a very good finisher, he can score goals. But I don’t understand — he was very far away from the box,” Pires said during the programme on Viacom18 Sports’ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 presentation.

Wales were...

Iran scored twice deep into stoppage time to stay in the World Cup and spoil Gareth Bale’s record 110th cap for his country.

A long-range effort by Cheshmi in the eight minutes into added time gave Iran the lead while Rezaeian coolly made it 2-0, three minutes from the second goal.

The turning point of the match turned out to be and a disastrous one for Wales turned out to be the sending off of goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, who got the yellow card upon video review in the 88th minute.

Hennessey, who has over 100 caps for his country was sent off for reckless challenge on Mehdi Taremi far outside the penalty area with his right leg high up.

He became the third goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup to have received a red card and the first player to see the red card at the current edition.

The Welsh national anthem has become a talking point around the world since Wales’s team began competing in their first World Cup since 1958.

Wales’s stirring anthem is called “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”, which translates to “Old Land of My Fathers” in English.

When the Welsh team, headed up by captain Gareth Bale, and 3,000 Welsh supporters belted out the anthem at the country’s opening match against USA on Monday 21 November, it gave goosebumps to footballs fans around the globe.

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg tweeted at the time: “Well Wales have won the national anthem singing contest. Their players looked proud to belt out their anthem while the US team looked faintly embarrassed to be singing in public.”

This year marks the first time the anthem has been sung at the tournament. The last time Wales were at a World Cup, they sang “God Save the Queen”.

Here are the...

The Welsh national anthem has become a talking point around the world since Wales’s team began competing in their first World Cup since 1958.

Wales’s stirring anthem is called “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”, which translates to “Old Land of My Fathers” in English.

When the Welsh team, headed up by captain Gareth Bale, and 3,000 Welsh supporters belted out the anthem at the country’s opening match against USA on Monday 21 November, it gave goosebumps to footballs fans around the globe.

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg tweeted at the time: “Well Wales have won the national anthem singing contest. Their players looked proud to belt out their anthem while the US team looked faintly embarrassed to be singing in public.”

This year marks the first time the anthem has been sung at the tournament. The last time Wales were at a World Cup, they sang “God Save the Queen”.

Here are the...

While the Americans piled up pressure on the Welsh through the match giving scant ball possession as Timothy Weah scored in the 36th minute, Wales tried to make a comeback into the game in the second half.

Six yellow cards were shown by match referee Abdulrahman Al-Jassim in a match that saw several fouls and exchanges among players.

The star player of Wales, Gareth Bale, struck with a penalty in the 82nd minute to score the equaliser.

Wales have made it to the World Cup after a gap of 64 years. And it showed in the eyes of Welsh fans in the stands after Bale’s successful shot.

Earlier in the day, the Iranian team was under the spotlight as players remained silent as their national anthem was being played ahead of the match against England at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha.

There were also reports in the international media...

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The United States’ national team is about to play their first World Cup game in Qatar against Wales. It’s a crucial match for Usmnt’s morale, as their second game will be against England on Friday, but it won’t be easy with Wales captain Gareth Bale (of Lafc) leading a formidable group. Of course, it’s also the U.S.’s first World Cup game since...

Ryan Reynolds has shared a video message wishing luck to the Wales men’s football team ahead of their opening World Cup fixture.

The Wales squad is currently in Qatar for the controversy-hit 2022 World Cup, which will see them compete against England, the US and Iran to qualify from the group stage.

Reynolds has recently emerged as a prominent figure in Welsh football after buying a controlling share in Wrexham AFC, in partnership with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney.

Wales have not participated in a World Cup tournament since 1958, when they reached the quarter-finals.

Reynolds expressed his support for the side in a video recorded for WalesOnline.

“Hey, this is Ryan Reynolds,” he says in the clip. “I just wanted to send all my best wishes to the entire Welsh football club on their way to Qatar to compete at the World Cup.

“I’m actually sitting...

Update (5 a.m. Pst): Iran’s players have poignantly refused to sing their national anthem as the nation’s World Cup opener against England kicks off.

Some in the crowd appeared to be jeering during the anthem, which came to the backdrop of protests over the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini in custody in September and on the day that two prominent Iranian actresses were arrested. The majority of the backroom staff also appeared to be refusing to sing.

Iran’s national football team refused to sing Iranian national anthem at the #FIFAWorldCup in solidarity with ongoing protest against the regime in Iran. pic.twitter.com/K8A0z6lj9a

— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) November 21, 2022

Protest by Iranian fans – booing their own national anthem ahead of match against England. #Qatar2022 #iran pic.twitter.com/3YN5V2y7BO

— Jonathan Swain (@SwainITV) November 21, 2022

Iran fans with a message before their World Cup opener: pic.

Madrid, Nov 9 (Ians) A quick look at Group B implies that England should be the clear favourites to breeze through into the last-16 of the FIFA World Cup, and a possible three straight wins will allow Gareth Southgate’s side to gain confidence ahead of the knockout rounds.

However, any England fan will tell you it’s rarely as simple as that, with memories of their struggles in a group comprised of the United States, Algeria and Slovenia in 2010 coming to mind, and a look at other teams in the group also suggests things may not be as straightforward as they seem.

On paper, England have a better squad and record than Wales, the United States and Iran. They qualified for Qatar with no real problems and travel as the European Championship runners-up.

Southgate will build his team around striker and captain Harry Kane, and midfielders Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham.

Exclusive: The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team (Usmnt) is set to be the subject of a new documentary series as they gear up for the World Cup.

Park Stories and H.wood Media have teamed up with the U.S. Soccer Federation and Soccer United Marketing on the untitled all-access docuseries. WME is running the sales process with the series expected to launch on a streamer around the Qatar World Cup in November.

The series will bring fans into the locker room and visit the players in their hometowns as they prepare for the tournament.

The team is competing in its first World Cup since 2014 and has an exciting team of youngsters including Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic, Juventus’ Weston McKennie, Barcelona’s Sergiño Dest and Borussia Dortmund’s Gio Reyna.

Led by head coach Gregg Berhalter, the first person in U.S. history to represent the country at the...

Madrid, June 26 (Ians) Wales forward Gareth Bale has confirmed on Sunday that he is set to join Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Fc when his contract with Real Madrid expires this summer. The forward, a free agent after leaving Real Madrid this summer, had other offers but he has chosen to move to […]...

London, March 8 (Ians) Manchester United ended Manchester City's record breaking 21-game winning run on Sunday when they won 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium.

A second-minute penalty from Bruno Fernandez and a 50th minute goal from left-back Luke Shaw on Sunday gave United a win that still leaves them 11 points behind their neighbors, but will give them local bragging rights and confidence for the rest of the season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side defended magnificently and were lethal on the break, with Anthony Martial in excellent form in their win, and the only negative for Solskjaer was an ankle injury that forced Marcus Rashford off midway through the second half, Xinhua news agency reports.

Daniel Amartey's header two minutes from time had momentarily lifted Leicester City into second place ahead of United after a 2-1 win away to Brighton on Saturday night.

The defeat leaves Brighton deep in the battle to avoid relegation,...

Facebook has scored the rights to Spanish soccer league La Liga in India and will make the games available for free via its social media platform.

The company has inked an exclusive three season deal with the Spanish football league, starting with the 2018/19 season, which kicks off this month. It means that fans in India and the Indian subcontinent including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be able to watch the likes of Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale play every week.

The matches will be streamed on the La Liga Facebook page as well as individual club pages and marks the first deal between La Liga and a social media platform.

Peter Hutton, Facebook’s Head of Global Live Sports Programming, said, “As home to the two most-followed sports clubs on Facebook and some of the world’s most iconic footballers, Laliga has a huge global presence on our platform.

Winners for the 2018 ESPYs were announced Wednesday, June 18, during ABC’s live ceremony hosted by pro racer Danica Patrick. The ESPY Awards, which honor the best achievements in sports, have been handed out annually since 1993. This year’s champions were decided by fans voting online at ESPYs.com after the 2018 nominations were determined by the ESPY Select Nominating Committee. ABC started hosting this kudosfest in 2015 after it was initially broadcast on sister network ESPN.

Athletes from the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang dominated many of the categories for this 26th ceremony. As for the top two categories, Best Male Athlete featured a battle between Tom Brady (New England Patriots), Jose Altuve (Houston Astros), James Harden (Houston Rockets) and Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals). And the Best Female Athlete competitors were Mikaela Shiffrin (Ski), Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx), Chloe Kim (Snowboard) and Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars/United States Women’s National Soccer...

Nominations for the 2018 Espys were unveiled Wednesday, June 20. As you’d expect, athletes from the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang dominate many of the categories for this 26th annual ceremony. For Best Male Athlete, Tom Brady (New England Patriots) earns his third nomination and now competes against Jose Altuve (Houston Astros), James Harden (Houston Rockets) and Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals). As for Best Female Athlete, Mikaela Shiffrin (Ski) is back for the second time and now faces off against Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx), Chloe Kim (Snowboard) and Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars/United States Women’s National Soccer Team).

Sports fans can start casting their votes right now for their favorites at Espys.com. The winners will be announced live on July 18 on ABC in a ceremony hosted by pro racer Danica Patrick. Below is the complete list of 2018 Espys nominations.

SEE2017 Espy Awards winners led by Golden State Warriors, New England Patriots,...

Check out the week’s most emotionally reacted-to TV personalities and characters.

A Real Madrid player, a forensic scientist, Danica Patrick and Will Power had viewers talking passionately on social media over the past seven days.

The Wrap has partnered with Canvs, the emotion measurement AI company, for a weekly look at some of the characters and personalities that have TV viewers the most worked up on social media. The data below covers May 23-29 and is drawn from the most emotionally reacted-to television programs, including broadcast, cable, streaming and PPV.

Viewers expressed shock and awe when Real Madrid player Gareth Bale made a stunning bicycle-kick goal during his team’s UEFA Champions League match against Liverpool Fc. Bale had just come into the game mere minutes before as a substitute and his goal put Madrid up 2-1 (they eventually won 3-1 after Bale scored again).

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YouTube’s first European original “Jack Whitehall: Training Days” is from the producers of “Carpool Karaoke,” and will look to take some of the production smarts of that series to the world of soccer, the host told Variety.

“The genesis of the idea was trying to make ‘Carpool Karaoke’ but for football,” Whitehall said. “Doing it in a World Cup year meant that we could also try to create the perfect format to get everyone excited for the biggest sporting event on the planet.”

Comedian and actor Whitehall meets some of the biggest names from the beautiful game in the ad-supported show, including Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, and Colombian star Radamel Falcao (pictured). James Corden’s Fulwell 73 is on production duty.

The host deliberately took the stars out of their comfort zone and the stunts include sneaking England player Kyle Walker onto Simon Cowell’s “Britain’s Got Talent.

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To celebrate the Home Entertainment release of the rousing feature-documentary Don’T Take Me Home, we have 2 Blu-ray copies to giveaway.

An inspiring documentary from Welsh filmmaker Jonny Owen (I Believe In Miracles) following Wales’ remarkable journey to the final stages of the 2016 European Championships.

For the last 60 years Wales have tried and failed to qualify for a major football tournament. Having gone through the grief of previous manager Gary Speed’s tragic death, heavy defeats, and positioned as a tiny country team with no pedigree, all bets were off for how the underdogs would perform.

Led by star player Gareth Bale, the team quickly became the outside favourites, dazzling millions of viewers. There’s an ancient Welsh saying, “Yma o Hyd” which translates as, “we’re still here” – a defiantly apt statement from the smallest country in the history of the game getting to a major tournaments semi finals.

Money in the world of football has become a big talking point within the game. Be it transfer fees, ticket prices, imaging and TV rights, or even the odd FIFA related bribing scandal, the financial element of the game will now always be questioned. With figures nearly exceeding £100,000,000 for a single player it’s beginning to feel that clubs can demand stupid money for any player within their squad. You only have to look at players like Dwight Gayle, Jake Livermore, and Robert Snodgrass who are being bought for £10 million plus. I mean, Crystal Palace bought Jeffery Schlupp for £12 million! Am I missing something here? It’s like money doesn’t have any value within the game anymore.

Of course, there are some transfers that warrant clubs splashing out large amounts of money to get their man. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Luis Suarez, and Neymar to name a few.

A brisk documentary follows the Welsh football team from 2012 to their incredible European Championships performance four years later

Were it not for the Premier League-winning exploits of Leicester City, the Welsh national football team’s performance in the European Championships would have unquestionably been last year’s great sporting underdog story – remarkable not only because of Wales’s minnow status in international football (this was their first tournament appearance since the 1958 World Cup), but also because it came just five years after the team lost their manager Gary Speed, who took his own life. Jonny Owen’s film takes up the story as new manager Chris Coleman is put in charge in 2012 and follows it all the way through to the Euros and ultimately Wales’s semi-final defeat to eventual winners Portugal, with Coleman, the team’s star player, Gareth Bale, and some of the fans who went along for...

Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are, unsurprisingly, among the highest-ranked players in FIFA 17, but for the first time in seven years, the latter Barcelona superstar is no longer the pick of the bunch.

Buoyed by a standout performance at this summer’s European Championships, it is Cristiano Ronaldo that has become the Mvp of FIFA 17 with a ranking of 94, with the Argentine nipping at his heels with an overall stat value of 93. Between them, Barcelona playermakers Suárez and Neymar, along with German shot-stopper Manuel Neuer, each hold a value of 92. You’ll be able to find the full breakdown over on EA’s official site.

There’s plenty to decipher, too, with cover star Marco Reus checking in with 88 stat value.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 94 (Real Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi – 93 (Barcelona)

3. Neymar – 92 (Barcelona)

4. Luis Suárez – 92 (Barcelona)

5. Manuel Neuer – 92 (Bayern Munich)

6. Gareth Bale – 90 (Real Madrid)

7. Zlatan Ibrahimović – 90 (Manchester United)

8. Jérôme Boateng – 90 (Bayern...