AT THE 1958 Congress of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in Rio de Janeiro,…
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AS BRUISING MIDFIELD LAWRIE SANCHEZ cemented himself into English football folklore by heading in the…
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FRIDAY JULY 12, 2013 – Istanbul, Turkey: José María Giménez was 24 hours away from the…
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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…
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It was the first match since being comprehensively beaten 4-0 by Fabio Capello’s Milan side in…
LIKE IT OR LOATHE IT, football and politics are intrinsically linked. If you look to every…
As featured on Guardian Sport “POOR OLD PACO PAVON, an honest but not exceptional central…
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A WHILE BACK, Major League Soccer’s website put together a short mash-up video asking the question,…
Rome, the Eternal City, has hosted some of the game’s all-time greats – among them…
FOOTBALL THRIVES ON THE ECCENTRIC CAST OF CHARACTERS in its court. In it, we find…