IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. But then an actual snowstorm…
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Illustration by Akinyele Lexain Olalekan IT’S JANUARY 2004 and Bolton Wanderers are playing Aston Villa in…
Think of African football and some would cast their minds back to the days of…
As Christian Cueva dribbled towards Diego Barretto’s goal, rounded the Paraguayan goalkeeper and scored Peru’s…
Another round of international fixtures yielded another unsavoury incident in the stands in the Balkans…
IT WAS AT THE ESTADIO AZTECA with a mesmeric swipe of his right boot that…
Despite boasting the largest youth population in the world and a rapidly advancing economy, Indian…
There’s a wonderful simplicity that characterises Jermain Defoe’s career: a love of playing and a…
IT MAKES SENSE to start with a record lost and a record gained. On 28 May 2016, in…
German sporting dominance was often viewed with an air of suspicion on the British Isles,…
The tenure of Pep Guardiola at German giants Bayern Munich will be remembered for a number…
EACH PREMIER LEAGUE season provides a stark reminder of the global reach of the English…
It’s fair to say that Englishmen don’t have the best reputation away from home. Overbearing, lobster…
With 404 goals for Hamburg and 43 for the national team, German star Uwe Seeler has every right to be labelled as one of the greatest players of all-time
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There is nothing new in international teams seeking an edge through claiming talent with even…
I can’t think of a specific watershed moment where the adulation of specific players changed…
It is often the players who seek the elusive who find the ‘what might have been’…