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It’s the 84th minute of a helter-skelter contest between Shijiazhuang Ever Bright and Jiangsu Suning…
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Illustration by Dan Leydon. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram I’M OFTEN ASKED a question…
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Mention the name Dundalk to most football fans a year ago and very little would…
It was blatantly uncomfortable, but we simply could not take our eyes off our television…
As featured on Guardian Sport ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2016, the small town of Sassuolo in…
The random and unprovoked memory of some games has the power to make you clench…
In 1977, Pelé predicted that an African team would win the World Cup before the…
The story of Stanley Matthews is full of lessons. And, much like those loyal to…
As featured on Guardian Sport In the 1990s, the Norwegian national team was one of…