Rage against the regime: the Belarus ultras who stood up to Lukashenko
How war in Ukraine and repression at home steered diehard football fans towards protest, prison and exile.
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Football is full of tech. Isn’t it time for managers to catch up?
While the rest of the game embraces innovation, coaches remain steadfastly analogue – and they’re missing all the action.
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You might support your local team – but don’t expect the same in return
The cost-of-living crisis is presenting football’s fans and finance chiefs with some difficult choices.
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Women’s sport is growing fast – but so is the dominance of a few elite teams
The breakaway brilliance of Australia’s cricketer and FC Barcelona Femení highlights the celebratory mood of top-flight female competition.
By Owners and investors are all just passing through. But fans are here for life
There is no point in hating owners: they are not your club. You don’t follow them, you follow the team.
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B is for Baddiel and Skinner: When football came too close to home for England
Inclusive patriotism and the ugly side of football fandom were both exposed when an inspiring England team lost the Euros…
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How David Beckham backed the Qatar World Cup – and got away with it
Beckham inhabits a liminal space between sport and celebrity – it is never quite clear where his benevolence ends and…
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John Barnes: “Boris Johnson doesn’t know he’s racist”
The former England star discusses his new book The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism.
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The Saudis have promised Newcastle United the world. But what do they want in return?
For all the lavish boasts about potential signings, and investment in club infrastructure and the wider city, we don’t really…
By After 72 managerless days, Spurs were desperate. Then, my phone rang…
“Hi Hunt, how you doing?” Dan Levy said. “How would you like to manage Spurs?”
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Why England and Germany have more in common than their historic rivalry suggests
Both countries have reasons to be anxious about sport’s ability to fuel toxic forms of nationalism, but they have also…
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The European Super League and football’s place in politics
The gendered issues around football in public discourse
Football promises to be a book no-one will like – and delivers
Football by Jean-Philippe Toussaint is a strange mix of heightened prose and stilted banality.
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A rich and unaccountable institution decides to host a massive public event in a country which doesn’t welcome gay people.…
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