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The World Cup Series: 1986 and 1990
Join host Jim Hart and World Cup experts Steven Scragg and Stuart Horsfield as they…
The World Cup Series: 1978 and 1982
Join host Jim Hart and World Cup experts Steven Scragg, Dan Williamson and Stuart Horsfield…
What do Napoli and Diego Maradona mean to a generation of younger fans?
"WHAT DISTINGUISHES NAPLES from other large cities is something it has in common with the…
The unfulfilled career of Gianluigi Lentini, once the world’s most expensive player
IN THE SUMMER OF 1992, Fabio Capello and AC Milan found themselves within the enviable situation…
Giorgio Chiellini: for the love of defending
RARELY HAS A single photograph encapsulated the quintessence of one footballer and, by extension, his team,…
The 2006 World Cup: a tournament better than many remember
THE WORLD CUP IS MAGICAL. For any fan of the sport, whether your country is…
Comedy, turmoil and power: Florence through Viola lenses
THERE IS NO CITY quite like Florence. Quintessentially Italian in culture, its history is both…
Remembering Dino, the other Baggio
As featured on Guardian Sport IT'S 23 JUNE and USA 94 is nearly a week…
The understated finesse of Roberto Donadoni
HE WAS A creative midfielder who never piled on the goals but was rather known for…
The World Cup Series: 1930-1966
The first of an eight-part series. Join host Jim Hart and World Cup experts Gary…
Patrick Cutrone: the AC Milan star ushering in a new dawn for Italy
FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET in today’s era of plastic footballs and packed defences…
How Ciro Immobile reclaimed his status as one of calcio’s deadliest goalscorers
THE COMMON ATTRACTION we often have with footballers derives from what these individuals accomplish with…
Lost in translation: why the Italian game is never the same in English
AS A FOOTBALL FAN living in the United States, it blows my mind how many…
Not fixing what’s broken: the World Cup and its troubling relationship with dictatorships
FOURTEEN MINUTES INTO EXTRA-TIME, after he opened the scoring for Argentina and Dick Nanninga equalised…
A potted history of key South American figures in Serie A
THE CROWD AT THE GIUSEPPE MEAZZA WAS DELIRIOUS. Mauro Icardi just converted a penalty in…
Why Claudio Marchisio is still the prince of Turin
AFTER 73 MINUTES of an all-action display, the fans in the deafening Juventus Stadium stood…
Gianluca Vialli: the Juventus diaries
In part three of a four-part series looking at the career of the iconic Gianluca…