North Korea: the sleeping giant of women’s football
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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
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Antonin Panenka: the 1976 Euro penalty that ended a career and sparked a dispute
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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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