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Erling Haaland's record-breaking debut season in the Premier League was underpinned by a burning obsession for the sport. Pep Guardiola is hardly a relaxed individual and spoke in reverential tones when he gushed: "Haaland lives 24 hours for his profession, his work, his passion, what he loves." In the immediate aftermath of the Champions League final, the greatest success of Haaland's career, he was already plotting a route of improvement. "From when I signed from [Borussia] Dortmund to now there's such a big difference from so many things," he said. "From how I think after games, how I think before games, how I motivate myself, how I speak to others. "You get experience through people and on the pitch. I agree - I can develop so much more." After a record-breaking 52 goals across all competitions, including a Premier League-high 36, it's a frightening thought that Haaland could get even better in 2023/24. Yet, with that tunnel-vision...

The UEFA Super Cup always comes around sooner than expected and acts as the traditional curtain-raiser for European football each season. The match is contested each year by the previous campaign's Champions League and Europa League winners and is one of the earliest ways to see if a team has built on its success or allowed standards to slip. This year, Manchester City and Sevilla are the two teams facing off at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis in Piraeus, Greece. City are playing in the Super Cup for the first time, while Sevilla have won the Europa League seven times and seen it all before. Here's the complete head- to -head record of Manchester City and Sevilla and how well each team has traditionally fared against sides from the other's countries. Manchester City and Sevilla's complete head-to-head record There have only been four matches played between City and Sevilla, although that may not be a huge shock given neither side have been considered traditional Europ...

I have to applaud the rookies of the 2022 NBA Draft because, by this time on the NBA's calendar, we typically see first-year players fall off as the regular season comes to a close. We're also typically not seeing rookies still steal the show on nights when some of the league's biggest stars are playing. But in a single night this week, we got Jalen Williams knocking down a game-winner to keep the Oklahoma City Thunder on pace to make the play-in round in the West. We also got Keegan Murray breaking the all-time rookie 3-point record, in the same game that earned the Sacramento Kings a playoff berth for the first time in 16 years.  Elsewhere, we're seeing rookies earning their first 30-point performance and ruining opposing teams' chances of making the playoffs, looking at you Mark Williams and the Charlotte Hornets. Part of it is due to the play-in round creating more meaningful basketball tow...