Hugo Viana to Manchester Town: from the ‘easiest teenager on the planet’ to the...
It did not take long for Viana to return to football, this week as director of the global family subsequently being appointed by Porting, based at Lisbon-based Belenenses, in...
Nile Ranger: “I would still be playing in the Premier League if I had...
Ranger's promising occupation almost ended before it had begun.He signed for Crystal Palace aged 10, but was exempt two years later for misbehaving in class.Aged 15, he was sentenced...
Chelsea: Vinay Menon, the Premier League’s first wellness coach
"Didier was the first: Chelsea are like a big family and we sat and ate in the canteen with the players, so we started an organic conversation while we...
Zambia: The Wind Clash of 1993 and the Afcon Losers of 2012
For the Zambian community, their football group was once a ray of hope.The price of copper, the country's main export, had almost halved over the next four years, sinking...
North Korea: the sleeping giant of women’s football
"Normally, when there are 30 shots in the game, the United States takes about 25. Not today!"It wasn't just the ESPN commentator who was surprised.Heather O'Reilly had set the...
Spain-France: Kylian Mbappé continues his bid to become football’s most decorated player in the...
Playing against Bondy's top was a cruel and wrong feat given the number of professional footballers among his pupils, including Arsenal defender William Saliba, is in double figures.The Mbappé...
Tottenham’s John White and his son’s search for missing superstar
Too often, though, the character lacked intensity: as thin as the comic book page from which he seemed to emerge.“He was a bit of a Roy of the Rovers...
Antonin Panenka: the 1976 Euro penalty that ended a career and sparked a dispute
Back at home, Panenka was interested in every single penalty shootout, almost every day.Closer to training at his Prague club, Bohemians, Panenka and goalkeeper Zdenek Hruska stayed back to...
Hungary’s Euro 2024 ambitions and Viktor Orban’s politics
His football mission has added an unused layer of history to Hungary, where communist-era tower blocks, shiny Austro-Hungarian buildings and Ottoman baths betray a tumultuous life.If the Pancho region...
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