Behind the glamour, there’s an unmistakable shadow: a group of high-profile stars who, for varying reasons, won’t be there when the curtain rises.

Man United legend Rio Ferdinand stirred a debate after claiming Spanish star Lamine Yamal is already better than football ...

This weekend, the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will kick off, but stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lamine Yamal will be absent ...

Cristiano Ronaldo (the best player in his 40s in the world) comes up against Lamine Yamal (the best teenager in the world) in ...

Lamine Yamal may have fallen short in the Champions League and Nations League, but that will only motivate the Barcelona and ...

How seriously should we be taking the Nations League? Not an easy question to answer for the English, given our only ...

A clip was released showing the moment before the UEFA Nations League final, in which Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is in tears as he wins a third trophy with Portugal - could the Nations League save his manager Roberto ...

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has said that Lamine Yamal is a better player than what Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel ...

Ronaldo, 40, is 23 years older than Yamal, 17, but Yamal's international résumé already stacks up well against one of the ...

The global media have praised Cristiano Ronaldo for outshining teenage football sensation Lamine Yamal in the UEFA Nations ...

But Ronaldo and Portugal did just that. Nuno Mendes too, with the Portugal full-back keeping Spain star Lamine Yamal quiet and scoring a goal himself. Ronaldo said: "Winning for Portugal is always ...