On this day in 1992, current Sunderland midfielder and captain Granit Xhaka was born. Born in Basel, Switzerland, in September 1992, Xhaka’s football journey began very early, when he was only five. Alongside his older brother, Taulant, he played for Concordia Basel, before joining the youth academy of FC Basel at the end of 2002. In 2007, he was a member of FC Basel’s under 15 team who won the Swiss Championship and he repeated this feat in 2008 and 2009 with the under 16 and under 21 teams...

Regis Le Bris has demanded that the lads don't take their foot off the gas, with an aim for at least 10-12 more points to guarantee our...

Sunderland Empire and Sunderland AFC are excited to announce the return of The Sunderland Story, coming exclusively to Sunderland Empire...