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How Angola and Togo briefly flirted with the world’s best
For the first time in 36 years, there was no African nation in the last…
How a dated promotion system is facilitating Salford City’s heavy spending
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Now a 33-year-old winding down his career with Al Ahli, in 2010 Nigel de Jong…
How the unflappable Igor Akinfeev cemented himself in Russian football folklore
Awaking across Europe on the morning of 1 July, fans were left to reflect on what…
How Fabio Grosso became an unlikely Italian icon
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The destruction and recovery of Ankaragücü
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A Tale of One City: Sofia
It’s a warm afternoon in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. Emerging from the metro…
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How George Weah united a broken Liberia in his last days as an international footballer
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