What a kerfuffle about big bronze blokes (hardly any women) there is in Britain today.…
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Caribbean football administration – inches from the precipice
Sporting excellence in the Caribbean could be understandably thought to lie within the domains of…
Man City, Sportwash, and A Battle For Equality
It seems to me that the real political task in our contemporary society is to…
Antonio Conte: The Philosophy of Work
Football managers who had their genesis on the other side of the touchlines tend to…
The postwar years: 1945 to 1947 in English football
Not many people have been bringing up the last time football had to restart after…
The sweat of clarity – Football in Trinidad & Tobago
Football in Trinidad and Tobago has a long history of popular following in the country.…
Theo Walcott: The story of the prodigy who didn’t make it, but almost did
” What are we going to see from Theo Walcott in the second half?”, the…
Football Fiction: Grudge Match – Part III
Read part 1 of this story here and part 2 here. Sundown was at around…
Zinedine Zidane: Understanding the unknowable
Everyone remembers where they were on 9th of July 2006. I was at home, about…
Playing on the left – football’s dalliance with politics
The existential contradictions between football and leftism make life as a leftist football fan a…
Manchester City: An Illustrated History
In Jules Verne’s 1874 novel, Around the World in 80 Days, protagonist Phileas Fogg wagers…
Russia’s World Cup: The Politics In Review, Two Years On
Nearly two years have passed since the 2018 World Cup, and establishing the overall outcome…
Panyee FC – When Football Challenges Nature
I was born and raised in a centuries-old slum in the heart of Cairo, Egypt,…
Football Fiction: Grudge Match – Part II
Read part 1 of this story here. “Winner stays.” Arun said, lounging on one of…
Andres Iniesta – El mago con la pelota
We know Andres Iniesta as Andres Iniesta, the diminutive artisan who made every match he…
Premier League 2019-20: The skirmish for top six
It wasn’t long ago when the position of the country’s biggest and best clubs seemed…
Sani Haruna Kaita – The fool is us
My earliest memory of football was in 1998. I was five and must have been…
Football Fiction: Grudge Match – Part I
Gully sports exist in a realm of their own. We devote ourselves to mimicking our…
Lir: A part of Boston where football holds a different meaning
A stone’s throw away from Hynes Convention Center sits Lir. Just one of the many…
CONIFA, Gender Equity, and the National Team Giving Karen Athletes a Chance
A new football team is taking root in the all-too-often frozen soil of Minnesota. While…