Steve Luckings
Deputy Sports Editor at The National
Sports editor at The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi. Writer and podcaster. Family, Tottenham, Metallica - Nothing Else Matters.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Steve Luckings
Pep Guardiola praised the immediate impact of his summer signings as Manchester City began their Fifa Club World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Wydad Casablanca. On a sweltering afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, new arrivals Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki were thrust straight into the starting XI and helped steer a reshuffled City side to three points in Group G.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Steve Luckings
Paris Saint-Germain stroll into the Club World Cup with the swagger of newly crowned European champions, while Bayern Munich gleefully savaged a team of part-timersIt was the French giants who left the more ominous mark on Fifa's revamped club competition, dismantling Atletico Madrid 4-0 in front of 80,000 fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
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2 weeks ago |
thenationalnews.com | Steve Luckings
There were tears again. But this time, they were of joy, not heartbreak. At 40 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo – the eternal talisman of Portuguese football – knelt on the turf, overwhelmed, as Portugal lifted another international trophy on Sunday night. The Uefa Nations League was theirs. And with it, more records, more legacy, and one more moment in a career already bursting with them.
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2 weeks ago |
thenationalnews.com | Steve Luckings
December. The month when the cold sets in and the fire in Manchester City’s engines traditionally begins to roar. A month once synonymous with acceleration, not hesitation. A season once known for harvest, not famine. And yet, as 2024 drew to a close, Pep Guardiola’s perennial juggernaut found itself not in overdrive but in free fall. This was not the slick, silky City we all knew. Not the side that suffocated opponents, all geometric precision and unrelenting rhythm.
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3 weeks ago |
thenationalnews.com | Steve Luckings
Cristiano Ronaldo’s remarkable appetite for success showed no signs of waning on Wednesday night as the 40-year-old forward fired Portugal into the Uefa Nations League final with a decisive goal in a 2-1 victory over Germany. The Al Nassr striker, whose future at club level remains the subject of intense speculation, proved once again why he remains central to Portugal’s ambitions, slotting home the winner in the 68th minute – his 137th goal in 220 international appearances.
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