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By the mid-1980s, the landscape of the United Kingdom had become synonymous with mass protests and…
Ottmar Hitzfeld was a genius. A managerial legend and incalculably respected coach, his legacy cannot be…
The Arctic Circle conjures images of bleak, cold, inhospitable landscapes, but also of beauty and…
THERE ARE MANY PURPORTED REASONS for Thessalonians to dislike Athenians. It just so happens that football…
High farce in the midst of the projected hosting of a major international football tournament wasn’t…
As featured on Guardian Sport ARRIGO SACCHI INSISTS that his comments were misinterpreted and not racist,…
Chasing a lofted ball high into the October night sky, the player pushed himself hard to…
Sometimes, all you have to do is watch a single play to figure out if someone…
AT THE 1958 Congress of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in Rio de Janeiro,…
AS BRUISING MIDFIELD LAWRIE SANCHEZ cemented himself into English football folklore by heading in the…
BEFORE THE PAGEANTRY and red carpet of the FIFA Ballon d’Or much of the pre-award discussion…
FRIDAY JULY 12, 2013 – Istanbul, Turkey: José María Giménez was 24 hours away from the…
IN GLOBAL FOOTBALL, THE NARRATIVE NEVER STAYS THE SAME. Success on the pitch is not…
Few men have won the adulation and love of the Newcastle faithful quite like Kevin Keegan. This is the love-affair between a city and its Messiah
A TEN-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION, six-time Russian Super Cup winner and the first Russian side to…
Óscar Tabárez is kicking time in the teeth. He’s spitting in its eye, elbowing it in…
WHEN THE QUALIFICATION ROUND was drawn for the 1954 World Cup, French and German diplomats looked…