Longstanding Admiration from Camp NouBarcelona’s long-held admiration for Sandro Tonali appears to be resurfacing at a curious time. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Catalan giants have been monito... ... Read full Story
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Leandro Paredes is expected to return to Argentina in 2026 when his contract with Roma expires.Following the recent controversy surrounding Leandro Paredes’ statements following Argentina’s victor... ... Read full Story
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As per VoetbalPrimeur, Johan Derksen shared a remarkable story on Vandaag Inside about Donny Huijsen. Just like his son Dean, Donny Huijsen was a footballer, but according to Derksen he had ‘wrong f... ... Read full Story
Real Madrid star Rodrygo Goes has been in fine form in 2025 after a tricky 2024, which involved him again adapting his role to the addition of Kylian Mbappe this time round. However the Brazilian has ... ... Read full Story
As FC Barcelona get set to take on CA Osasuna in La Liga on Thursday night, preparations for the game continued today at Ciutat Esportiva.Barça manager Hansi Flick welcomed the likes of Fermin Lopez,... ... Read full Story
Beth Mead, Fran Kirby and Khiara Keating will all return to the England squad for next month’s UEFA Women’s Nations League double-header against Belgium.The Lionesses continue their UEFA Women’s... ... Read full Story
Three of Liverpool’s most important players are facing uncertainty regarding their long term future at Anfield.The Premier League giants are on their way to win the Premier League this season but ma... ... Read full Story
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the former Fifa president and former Uefa president, have now won twice in court over charges relating to financial wrongdoing at Fifa ... Read full Story
After our fan writer suggested Tottenham captain Son Heung-min "needs to show his team how to fight", we asked for your views on the forward's leadership over the final few weeks of the season. Ange Postecoglou and his coaching is to blame for it. ... Read full Story
Roma star Paulo Dybala will undergo surgery to his left semitendinosus tendon in London on Tuesday, remaining out of action until the end of the season.Argentinean striker Dybala is set to undergo a t... ... Read full Story
With Chris Cadden signing a new deal at Hibs, Alasana Manneh snapped up in January on a three-and-a-half-year deal, and Aberdeen's Jamie McGrath secured on a pre-contract, things are starting to shape up ahead of a huge season for Hibs. There's still much to play for this season, but the decks have been cleared to allow David Gray the opportunity to really strengthen the squad in the summer. Hibs' recruitment has been fairly shambolic in recent times, and this left the squad bloated and expensive. ... Read full Story
Bild reports that Chelsea’s Jadon Sancho is looking to return to Borussia Dortmund for the third time in his career, and his desire to return grows daily.Since moving to England in the summer of 20... ... Read full Story
Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi has done phenomenal things since replacing Antonio Conte in the dugout four years ago.According to Tuttosport via FCInterNews, the 48-year-old is on the verge of ent... ... Read full Story
Manchester United target Jarrad Branthwaite is reportedly evaluating his future at Everton this summer after being overlooked once again for a place in the senior England squad. United, having pulled ... ... Read full Story
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.The Brazilian National Team arrived on Monday night (24) in Buenos Aires, for th... ... Read full Story
After months of negotiations, AC Milan and Inter have presented their San Siro project to the Municipality of Milan.Per La Repubblica via FCInterNews, the new stadium project ought to transform San Si... ... Read full Story
"Hobbits were no part of Tolkien's original plan. They entered rather late and through a side door, as the unexpected central characters in a children's story, The Hobbit, which Tolkien invented for his own children but which found an immediate and lasting worldwide audience. And of which The Lord of the Rings was the commissioned, long-awaited and trebly successful sequel." — Verlyn Flieger, LitHub.com, 24 June 2025
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"What is a hobbit?" wrote J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1937 fantasy novel that introduced Mr. Bilbo Baggins. The author then answered himself: "They are (or were) little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded Dwarves. ... There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along ..." Tolkien tells us that hobbits "are inclined to be fat," and that they "dress in bright colours"; they "have good-natured faces, and deep fruity laughs (especially after dinner)." Tolkien, a professional linguist who taught at Oxford, coined the word hobbit (and many other terms—in fact, a whole new language) for The Hobbit and for his enormously popular three-part novel The Lord of the Rings.