Players out of control
The past few days suggest that you can find out things you did not want to know about footballers even when they’re on cloud number nine.
United for football, divided right after?
“United by football.” UEFA bosses picked the slogan to show their tournament would welcome everyone while less welcoming politics are on the rise.
Another senseless death in the Balkans
Greece’s police and UEFA’s rules proved inadequate to prevent a predictable tragedy this week.
Football’s most inhospitable host?
Indonesian officials couldn’t have guessed who would qualify for their FIFA U-20 World Cup. Now, they might be left without a tournament.
But could Putin do it on a cold night in Chisinau?
Partizan’s black and white colours weren’t good enough camouflage for some would-be coup plotters.
What if the World Cup had 48 teams already?
New Zealand, Nigeria and North Macedonia would all be there, hoping they get to play last in their groups.
Three fingers in the air, Jules Rimet still reeling
Serbia and Croatia managed to dominate FIFA World Cup headlines for reasons that had little to do with their on-pitch performances and all to do with the troubled 1990s.
‘What racist crimes?’: Greece’s new football chief
A disgraced official who lost his job over colluding with Nazis is now running Greece’s football federation.
Don’t give whataboutery a chance
While asking to “give peace a chance,” Red Star Belgrade ultras forgot a war close to home – and their bloody role in it.
Free choice or driving drunk: Football’s unvaccinated headache
Players, clubs and leagues are caught between a ‘right to choose’ and the pandemic. Europe’s governments are taking turns in announcing new measures to tackle yet another ‘wave’ of a pandemic that seems certain to drag on for months – if not years. As before, these policies also impact football, alongside every other aspect of our lives. The Netherlands already […]
