August 2011. Football in Belo Horizonte struggles to keep its track. Cruzeiro were prematurely eliminated from…
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To taste the sweet, you must first have faced the pain. The joy of finally achieving…
“When life suddenly reveals itself as intense, gripping and meaningful; when time passes and…
The excellent book Pointless by Jeff Connor charts a season in the life of East…
When Roy Hodgson took charge as manager of Fulham in December 2007, the outlook for the…
Before Gigi Buffon there was Lorenzo. The latter’s career, inclusive of legend at Milan, was also notable for a bitter personal and professional rivalry
This feature is the first in a three-part series looking at why English football…
One September evening in 1998, Arsène Wenger sat down to watch some of his Arsenal…
On the penultimate day of the Turkish 1. Lig season, a scoreboard in the western…
Ajax Amsterdam are one of the most successful football clubs in the world and the…
The 17-year-old Brazilian wunderkind sealed the game in the final minute, heading home to give…
After navigating a tricky early period, Sir Alex Ferguson often appeared to have everything under…
We begin in the French town of Le Havre. The town’s French character does not…
These are heady times for the Egyptian national team. They have qualified for their first…
The date is 5 June 1985 and, in Copenhagen, Denmark have just beaten the Soviet…
Quiz time. How many players can you name that have played in consecutive World Cup…
One of the most annoying by-products of the blanket coverage that football has enjoyed over…
The expected flood of nostalgia that’s ramped up over the past couple of weeks following…