What happens when your world falls in? When your job, your house and your business are turned to dust? What are you left with? Detroit residents have been answering those questions for…
LINIERS DIDN’T CHANGE much on 1 July 1943. Crowded trains still carried exhausted workers from the grimy, industrial barrio into the centre of Buenos Aires. The San Cayetano church still welcomed worshippers…
In 2013,Readers Digest confirmed what everybody already knew. In 16 cities across the globe, they arranged for a stooge to drop their wallet in a crowded space, somewhere it was bound to be…
Few who have witnessed Jeffrey’s titanic impact on the Northern Irish game would bet against him securing his 32nd domestic trophy in short order
“I still think about Middlesbrough and the times I had there all the time,” said Juninho Paulista. Ask any Boro fan and they’ll tell you the same
WHO IS THE ONLY SCOTSMAN TO SCORE IN A WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL? It wasn’t Kenny Dalglish, who despite his God-given talent could never take his country past the group stages. Nor was it…
FOOTBALL DOESN’T CARE WHERE YOU’VE COME FROM. It doesn’t care how hard you’ve worked, or how much you deserve a break. It’s a brutal business, unsuited to the weak of spirit and brittle…
The 2010 World Cup is remembered for all the wrong reasons. Yelping vuvuzelas, squalid football and the infamous Jabulani mean the tournament’s sporting legacy lies on shaky ground. When Andrés Iniesta brought the football…
Kingston: 16 November 1997. The National Stadium is heaving as 35,000 Jamaicans unite in bustling prayer. The opponents are Mexico and the prize is a place at the 1998 World Cup in France.…
Had Wynton Rufer been Italian or German – and not a Kiwi – he would be recognised as one of the greatest goalscorers in modern European football
Despite his troubles since retiring, Dean Windass was a much better footballer than he was given credit for. And it’s that that we should cherish
The invasion came just seconds after the final whistle, floods of dark jackets spilling onto the pitch armed with knives, rocks and broken bottles. Swarming from left to right, thousands of delirious…
“He has pneumonia,” said the bald-headed surgeon, his eyes narrowing at the patient lying prone in the bed. “He’s on a life support machine. I’m not certain how long he will live.” The…
WHAT MAKES A GOOD MANAGER? For some, it’s an innate ability to motivate a group, a natural charisma that can unite a team around a common goal. For others, it’s tactical acumen…
Becoming a professional footballer aged 22, Ian Wright had to contend with numerous challenges before he went on to become a legend at Palace and Arsenal
With a minute left of the 1996 Champions League final, only one result remained beyond question. Despite a field brimming with attacking talent, Juventus’ rampaging full-back had been the undisputed man of…
“We should be trying to win the World Cup, not just qualify for the finals.” The date was 13 February 2003, and Australia had just beaten England 3-1 at Upton Park. In…
AFTER 66 MINUTES of the last game of the season, Dennis Bergkamp did what he’d always done. Receiving the ball from the wing, the masterful Dutchman threaded an inch-perfect ball into the box…