Category: Tournaments
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Football & The Olympic Games: Curious sporting bedfellows
Football has a curious relationship with the Olympic Games, holding a very different place in the hearts of Latin Americans and Europeans – but why?
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Scotland: Braveheart of Football
Is it ever acceptable for an Englishman to support Scotland? When club loyalties merge into international football, it just might be.
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Euro 2004: A Tournament for the Aegeans
Greece may have pulled off the biggest shock in football history by winning Euro 2004, but the joy of some Turkish fans at their success might trump even that.
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Rooney’s Euro 2004: When Wayne ruled the world
“Remember the name, Wayne Rooney!” The above piece of commentary by Clive Tyldesley in October 2002 has aged like a bottle of Barolo. Commentators and supporters alike are fans of superlatives and the hyperbolic. It is oh-so-easy to get excited about a young player. Everyone wants to be the one to ‘discover’ the next big…
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CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote D’Ivoire 2023: Elephants stampede to their kind of glory
The pressure is on Côte d’Ivoire to deliver as hosts of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 – what kind of success will they achieve?
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AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 Preview
We take a deep dive into all 24 countries taking part in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup kicks off in Qatar on Friday to bring you right up to speed with the world’s second-oldest continental competition.
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Celebrations, Commiserations and Embarrassing Ignorance.
Colombia beat Germany There is just something about seeing Germany get beat. Being English, it is something of a rarity to see the Three Lions triumph over their historic rivals but it does occasionally happen and when it does it just feels good. Germany are obviously a heavyweight among footballing nations, regardless of gender. Although…
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The Greatest Penalty Shootout Ever?
Is there anything that epitomises tournament football more than withstanding 120 minutes of attack after attack from arguably the best team in the world and knocking them out on penalties in the most dramatic fashion? That is what Sweden have just delivered against USA. We’ve all seen some absolutely belting penalty shootouts over the years.…
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Women’s World Cup: The Story So Far
As the Women’s World Cup kicks off, here are five stories that have piqued our interest in the run-up to the tournament itself.
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The Island Games
You may or may not be familiar with the Island Games; I wasn’t. I stumbled across them while researching another competition of the same name – the second season of the Canadian Premier League which was held in the isolated location of Prince Edward Island under the strict shackles of Covid restrictions. Once I had…
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