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      Ian Hawkey

      Ian Hawkey

      European Football Correspondent
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      Ian is an award-winning journalist and author. He has lived in and reported from Cairo, Johannesburg and London and, based in Barcelona, was The Sunday Times European football correspondent for 12 years. His books include Feet of the Chameleon, The Story of African Football – winner of the National Sports Council’s Football Book of the Year – and Di Stéfano, shortlisted for the Cross Sports Book of the Year.

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      Luis Suarez has scored 27 goals in 53 games for Brazilian side Gremio this season. AFP
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      Suarez eyes glorious final chapter in Miami alongside Messi and Co

      Uruguayan striker, 36, is set to join Barca band of brothers at MLS club after prolific spell with Gremio in Brazil

      FootballDecember 06, 2023
      Then Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, left, and Ajax coach Erik ten Hag after the 2019 Champions League semi-final. The pair meet again as Chelsea and Manchester United play on Wednesday. Reuters
      Ten Hag and Pochettino clash for first time since European epic

      Premier League face-off between Manchester United and Chelsea will pitch former Ajax and Tottenham managers against each other once more

      FootballDecember 06, 2023
      Paris Saint-Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma reacts after being sent off. Reuters
      Donnarumma and Onana among the top keepers facing heavy criticism

      As the season approaches the halfway point, several of Europe's leading clubs have problems in the goalkeeping department

      FootballDecember 05, 2023
      Antoine Griezmann kisses the Atletico Madrid badge after scoring against RCD Mallorca. Reuters
      Griezmann at the peak of his powers and right at home with Atletico

      French forward edging closer to becoming Atletico's all-time record goalscorer while Barca's Portuguese playmaker Felix motivated to face his former boss Simeone

      FootballDecember 02, 2023
      Paris will hold the 2024 Olympic Games with a targeting of producing half the emissions of Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Reuters
      Can the 2024 Olympics help Paris clean up its environmental act?

      The hosts want to make next year's Games the greenest yet - but will they live up to the ambition?

      OlympicsDecember 01, 2023
      Jamie Bynoe-Gittens celebrates after scoring Dortmund's second goal during the Champions League group F match against AC Milan. AP
      Future stars breathing life into Champions League group of death

      Dortmund's Bynoe-Gittens and Miley of Newcastle shine on night of high drama in Group F

      FootballNovember 29, 2023
      Benfica's Antonio Silva during the Portuguese club's 3-1 Champions League defeat at Real Sociedad on November 8, 2023. Getty Images
      Benfica set to pay Champions League price for selling star players

      Portuguese club host Inter Milan on Wednesday having lost all four Group D games so far and facing prospect of no European football in new year

      FootballNovember 29, 2023
      Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon celebrates scoring the team's fourth goal against Chelsea. AFP
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      PSG and Newcastle look to Dembele and Gordon in Champions League

      Magpies were 4-1 winners in England but their qualification hopes are hanging by a thread ahead of Tuesday's return in Paris

      FootballNovember 27, 2023
      Darwin Nunez celebrates after scoring Liverpool's second goal against Nottingham Forest at Anfield on October 29. PA
      Nunez's evolution a major boost for Liverpool as they face Man City

      Striker's exceptional form for Bielsa's Uruguay proves he is a player transformed this season

      FootballNovember 24, 2023
      Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann issues instructions from the touchline against Austria. Getty Images
      Euro 2024 hosts Germany hit rock bottom after two more defeats

      New boss Nagelsmann struggling to turn things around ahead of next summer's major tournament on home soil

      FootballNovember 22, 2023
      Harry Kane, left. celebrates after scoring their England's second goal in their Euro 2024 qualifer against Malta at Wembley Stadiumon November 17, 2023. PA
      Kane's form and Italy's struggles add to drama ahead of Euro 2024

      Injuries to promising youngsters Gavi and Zaire-Emery worrying signs for Spain and France

      FootballNovember 21, 2023
      Lionel Messi and Argentina head into the game against Brazil on the back of a 2-0 home defeat by Uruguay. Reuters
      Brazil v Argentina: Messi set to face young pretender Endrick

      World champions continue 2026 qualification campaign at Maracana, which could pit veteran superstar against exciting teenage talent

      FootballNovember 21, 2023
      Wydad are one game away from winning the inaugural African Football League. AFP
      WAC aim to maintain Moroccan momentum in AFL final

      Inaugural tournament reaches its climax in South Africa on Sunday with Wydad defending 2-1 lead from first leg

      FootballNovember 10, 2023
      Ciro Immobile scores Lazio's first goal in their Champions League match against Feyenoord. Getty Images
      Giroud and Co lead memorable night for old-fashioned strikers

      Veterans show in Champions League that they still have a lot to offer in era of ‘false nines’ and fluid tactics

      FootballNovember 08, 2023
      Sporting Braga's Libyan midfielder Al Musrati, left, fights for the ball with Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior. AFP
      Al Musrati: Braga's secret weapon against Real Madrid

      Libyan midfielder has been in great form at Portuguese club and should attract attention of many top European sides

      FootballNovember 07, 2023
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