Emotions were at the heart of celebration in Kaliningrad, Russia during the World Cup group E match between Switzerland and Serbia on Friday night, as nationalist symbol of Albania, two-headed eagles flapped from the ground attacking the…

As the first round of Russia World Cup group stage came to an end, it's been well and truly a tournament of the unexpected. Almost all of the pre-tournament favourites failed to put up a convincing show with defending champions Germany…

In Italy, football is a complete way of life, like a beautiful symphony played in the city of Venice, watching Michelangelo’s sculptures or looking at a painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Buffon, the Old Lady’s departing goalkeeper, is a living…

There is no country on Earth with as nuanced an understanding of space and time as Japan. Ma, for instance, is a Japanese word which conveys such complexity - "space between two structural parts", "consciousness of space", "simultaneous…