Andriy Shevchenko. AC Milan legend Shevchenko won the Ballon d'Or in 2004 without winning the UEFA Champions League, which was won by Jose Mourinho’s Porto, and the Euro 2004, which was won by ...

Football is not demarcated by black and white any more; not since colour television sent broadcast rights spiralling and the Champions League ball was stitched from a shade named “solar slime”.

PSG’s Desire Doue runs with the ball during the French League 1 soccer match between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthieu ...

For more than a decade, Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari owners have spent lavishly to attract big stars. Their goal was to make the club profitable, to erase the amateurish image of a side often… ...