Tag: football
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Calcio Fantasia: The Great Movie Character Showdown
Buongiorno, amici di Calcio Italia! Here we are once again, with an espresso in hand, the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper on the table, and the sun-drenched piazzas of Rome as our backdrop. But today, we take a delightful detour from the green fields of Serie A to an extraordinary realm where movie characters don their…
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Guess who’s back, back again? Malky’s back, hang your head
A decade on from Malky Mackay’s racist WhatsApp message scandal, and he still walks into top football jobs. He says he’s a changed man – but is he?
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From doubters to believers – Boom!
As English football hears the last booming chuckles of Jurgen Klopp, what will his legacy be? What is success? Bryan Moore delves deep into what makes Liverpool’s iconic figure so unforgettable.
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Football everything everywhere all at once – Give us fans a break!
Football football football football football…
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War in Ukraine: Football’s humanity tested through conflict
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already tested the world’s humanity, but what of football’s? Hope, corruption, pride, morals; the war for the heart of football is one we can’t ignore.
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Interview – Tuesday Night Football Eastbourne
When all’s said and done, football is just a game. Two teams kicking a ball about is as rudimentary a past-time as it gets, however loudly the Champions League anthem may blare out. However much one tries to distill it to its simplest form though, there are powerful effects of playing the game that stretch…
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Matchdays: Turin & Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
Blinking into the blazing Tuscan sunshine I had to stop for a moment and catch myself. Looking back, it was verging on scandalous that I didn’t appreciate the sumptuous charm sprawling out before my aching eyes, but at that point I wasn’t in any state to take stock. Not a soul stirred as the valley…
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Matchdays: Prague
Saturday 26 October 2019, Prague, Czech Republic. Just over a year to the day when I was last in the Czech capital on holiday and day four of my trip. Vacation is a time to relax, discover or explore, or even in some cases – including mine – all three. Saturday has arrived, and while…
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