Has any one person had a greater impact on football than Johan Cruyff? World class player. World class manager. Innovator. Genius. Nine years on from his untimely death, the Netherlands, Barcelona and ...

Cruyff led Ajax to eight Eredivisie titles, five KNVB Cups, three European Cups, a European Supercup and an Intercontinental Cup over his two stints at the club. He left for Barcelona in 1973 and ...

The Athletic is delighted to announce the release of The Soccer 100, profiling players from Pele to Puskas, Maradona to Messi ...

After a quiet but entertaining first half, the unofficial friendly between Catalunya and Argentina exploded to life in the second period with five goals as the hosts strolled to a convincing 4-2 win.

MANCHESTER, England, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland's spectacular winner in Wednesday's victory over Borussia Dortmund reminded him of former Dutch great ...

The classic image, however, is a still. It shows a rangy man with scruffy hair in an orange shirt, imperious with or without the ball, always pointing: you go here, you there, now do this, then that.

If there was ever a man who knew one or two things about football, it was Johan Cruyff – and his chosen best XI in the sport’s history certainly ruffled feathers. The gifted player turned managerial ...

The Netherlands hosts Lithuania today at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, in a crucial match for matchday 10 of the ...