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Why Arsenal Became Africa’s Premier League Club
Arsenal won the Premier League this week after a 22-year wait. In London, the wait felt eternal. Across most of Africa, it did not really matter. The continent had decided long ago that Arsenal was its club. The Tuesday-night title only…
Ernst Kuzorra: Belonging and playing in Nazi Germany | Part 1
Through the grainy monochrome of a minute-long footage from a match that happened more than ninety years ago, one can still see a robust footballer dribbling past a nagging defender with confident ease. He enters the box, which came without…
An All Time Real Madrid Best XI With No Two Players from a Country
Formation : 4-4-2
Keylor Navas (GK) - Costa Rica
"He's spectacular between the posts, he's brave, skilful and very agile. He maintains his concentration and he's also intelligent. For me, he deserves all the respect he gets for…
Unsung Heroes in World Cups: Tostao | 1970 Mexico
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was held in Mexico. It was the first World Cup to be televised in colour, staged outside of Europe or South America, and allowed for in-match substitutions. Red and yellow cards were introduced for the first time in…
Messi, Maracanã and Memories
As someone who has been following football since childhood, there are indeed a handful of matches whose memories bring a smile to my face. The unforgettable scenes of Aguero smashing it in virtually at the last moment of the game and the…
La Remontada: The Biggest Comeback in Footballing History
Being a Barcelona fan is an easy job. Now, there’s a club you can almost always count on, irrespective of the bad day you’ve been having. You know you can trust the Blaugrana to win it for you.
But even in the life of a culé come certain…
The St. Bernard and the Pub Owner: Manchester United Through Ages
The world knows Manchester United as the Red Devils who dominated the English Premier League and housed the biggest footballing names of not just England, but the whole world. But to become the giants of Europe that we are familiar with,…
The Grass Is Greener Where You Water
At 18, I was introduced to football (Yes, the same age Messi signed his first contract as a senior team player). My short-lived experience in football was not marked by great achievements or awards, but it was one that made me fall in love…
The Greatest to Not Win It
Hated, Adored, and Never Ignored. Steven George Gerrard has lived every football lover’s dream life. The local boy, who etched his name in the folklore of his hometown with some of the most audacious individual performances, led his team to…
The Enigmatic? On ‘Arshavin of Arsenal’
‘Arshavin of Arsenal’ is simultaneously a signifier and a non-signifier in many ways. The Russian baller’s stellar career of ten years at Zenit st Petersburg is glossed over to captivate the ebb and flow of his tumultuous days in North…