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Moscow and Saint Petersburg are two cities in the same country that have traditionally been…
Winning the World Cup is a matter of pride for many, but the individual glory…
Russia’s epic World Cup victory against Spain in the round of 16 unleashed celebrations throughout…
Croatia wrestled their independence from the iron grip of Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. Just…
Leonardo Da Vinci once said: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Life is full of complexities, yet…
The World Cup is a stage for players to perform. The greats have all shone…
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. In the centre of the field, shaded from the…
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Awaking across Europe on the morning of 1 July, fans were left to reflect on what…
Achieving something that the politicians couldn’t, Ayrton Senna and Brazil’s football team offered hopes and dreams to the masses in a beleaguered nation
There were 95 minutes on the clock as Toni Kroos and Marco Reus stood menacingly,…
In 1976, an energetic and exuberant 41-year-old Bosnian Croat named Miroslav Blažević was appointed as…
Twenty minutes into France’s 4–3 victory over Argentina in the World Cup round of 16,…
When US border police found over half a million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine stashed inside…
In 1991, Japanese football was at its lowest point. Their top flight was played by amateurs…
When Neymar officially signed for Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017, the dominant narrative surrounding his…
It was a goal that was impossible to ignore, the kind of high-level showboatery that’s…