Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo admits he ‘joked’ with Gigio Donnarumma about tonight’s Manchester City-Napoli clash and feels Scott McTominay and Kevin De Bruyne are ‘accustomed to big cha... ... Read full Story
Under-fire Rangers manager Russell Martin has taken his squad open-water swimming this week - but away days don't always work out as planned. ... Read full Story
Long-serving Kilmarnock midfielder Rory McKenzie admits reaching a cup final with a chance to lift silverware is a driving force at this stage of his career. Kilmarnock host St Mirren in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals on Friday evening with the victor guaranteed a trip to Hampden in the last four. McKenzie was out on loan in 2012 and watched from the stands when the Ayrshire side lifted the League Cup, a feat he thinks the club should have come closer to repeating in the intervening years. ... Read full Story
Bayern Munich has confirmed a significant loss in their defense. The Bavarian club has issued an official medical report stating that Josip Stanišić has suffered a partial injury to the internal lig... ... Read full Story
The Premier League couldn't have started better for Nick Woltemade at Newcastle. In his first appearance for the Magpies, he scored his very first goal. And things also seem to be going well for the f... ... Read full Story
Real Madrid star Rodrygo Goes has taken the time to thank Carlo Ancelotti, after helping him through what he has described as ‘a very difficult time’ before the end of last season. The Brazilian f... ... Read full Story
Real Madrid welcomed two players back from injury earlier this week for their game against Olympique de Marseille as Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga returned to the squad after lengthy absences.... ... Read full Story
Manchester City are amongst an array of Premier League sides keeping tabs on Ajax and Belgium defensive midfielder Jorthy Mokio, as per a new report.City have undergone a major rebuild in the recent t... ... Read full Story
Penzance captain Brad Wadlan says his side's National Club Championship final at Lord's is the culmination of a decade-long ambition. ... Read full Story
Inter Milan defender Stefan de Vrij praised Marcus Thuram after last night’s Champions League win against Ajax.Speaking to Ziggo Sport via FCInterNews, the Dutch center-back waxed lyrical about his ... ... Read full Story
The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has come out in defense of his coach, Hansi Flick, and has publicly backed his recent criticisms of the Spanish national team for the handling of the injur... ... Read full Story
Jamie Vardy has undergone medical tests due to suspected muscle fatigue, and it remains to be seen whether he’ll be available for a home game against Parma on Sunday.Local newspaper La Provincia rep... ... Read full Story
Former Newcastle United defender John Anderson believes the squad's recent Champions League experience will "stand them in good stead" for their opener against Barcelona at St James' Park. "The fact that most of the players have played in the Champions League before most definitely stands them in good stead," Anderson told BBC Radio Newcastle. Hopefully that's what we will see against Barcelona, who are one of the best in Europe. ... Read full Story
Emanuel Emegha has experienced backlash from his own Strasbourg supporters after announcing his imminent move to Chelsea next season. Fans held up banners in the crowd, baying for the forward’s revo... ... Read full Story
The road to Budapest begins tonight for FC Barcelona as they take on Newcastle United in their 2025/26 UEFA Champions League opener at St. James’ Park.The La Liga champions are one of the favourites... ... Read full Story
Liverpool have looked really promising so far this season, winning all four of their opening Premier League games. The results have been a little touch and go, but the potential is absolutely massive.... ... Read full Story
Highly-rated 20-year-old center-forward Francesco Pio Esposito is the present and future of Inter Milan.According to Corriere della Sera via FCInterNews, the prodigious youngster is a ‘breath of fre... ... Read full Story
Rangers are enduring their worst start to a league season in 47 years, but what are the stats behind this landmark? The Ibrox side are not in Scottish Premiership action this weekend but more pressure could be heaped on Russell Martin and his players if they exit the Premier Sports Cup to Hibernian. Rangers have four points from five Premiership games, their lowest since the three they took at the start of the 1978-79 campaign. ... Read full Story
Marcus Thuram scored a brace in Inter Milan’s 2-0 win over Ajax to equal a Champions League feat set by Hernan Crespo in 2002.According to Gazzetta dello Sport via FCInterNews, the Frenchman matched... ... Read full Story
There has been so much to like about Dundee United so far this term. In seven games across all competitions, they have kept just one clean sheet while shipping 14 goals. In the Premiership, United's eight goals conceded in four matches is the joint highest with Kilmarnock and Livingston, who have both played a game more. ... Read full Story
“There is a rationale for commercializing seagrass production, but ecologically sustainable production needs to be at the heart of that business model, and the numbers for doing that simply don’t add up at the moment.” — Richard Lilley, quoted in Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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If someone asserts that the word rationale refers to a ration of ale, they are wrong, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an actual rationale (a reason, explanation, or basis) for such a claim. “Rationale looks like the words ration and ale jammed together,” they could offer, and while that is true you’d be justified in responding: “Appearances can be deceiving.” Rationale is a direct borrowing of the Latin word rationale, with which it shares the meaning “an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena.” The Latin rationale comes from a form of the adjective rationalis (“rational”), which traces back to the noun ratio, meaning “reason.” While the Latin ratio is also the forebear of the English noun ration, referring to a share of something, rationale has nothing to do with a tankard (or stein, or even a pony) of beer.