Harry Maguire is on the move for a record fee. But generally, there was a lack of buzz this year.
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Clubs are more wary about buying and selling.
Samoan-American quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is a preseason favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s top award.
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A key tenet of Samoan culture emphasizes community, deference to authority and confronting fears – a mindset that makes an ideal football player. But it can extract a physical toll.
Adam Goodes in The Australian Dream: in the film he talks of finding an identity in football and with The Sydney Swans.
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A new film chronicling the impact of racism on Indigenous football star Adam Goodes is both a damning and hopeful portrait of contemporary Australia.
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Medicals will be happening left, right and centre ahead of transfer deadline day, here’s what a screening actually entails.
Women footballers are still fighting for stable footing.
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Survey of 3,000 players in 33 different countries outlines how difficult it is for women footballers.
German referee Felix Brych looks at a replay of the video assistant referee (VAR) during the UEFA Nations League semi final soccer match between Portugal and Switzerland, June 2019.
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Many fans think the VAR is ruining the Women’s World Cup.
Egyptian policemen pose in front of the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt, where Afcon takes place.
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The nervous Egyptian state hopes that fan-instigated stadium riots will not occur during the Afcon, following a clampdown on some fans.
Juventus has been struck by scandals.
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High-profile cases of corruption, ticket touting and match fixing have led Italians to lose faith in the beautiful game.
Sam Kerr has found plenty of goal-scoring opportunities for the Matildas at this year’s Women’s World Cup.
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Analysis of every goal-scoring opportunity at the 2015 Women’s World Cup reveals the most effective ways for footballers to gain possession and create a chance to score.
The beautiful game may be an art, but it’s also a science.
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The science of why people prefer to watch games with teams that are close in ability levels rather than a game where one team is far better than the other.
FIFA defends the pay imbalance with the usual claim that it reflects the difference in revenue produced by the men’s and women’s tournaments.
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For years, women footballers have resorted to everything from strikes to lawsuits to fight for gender equity. Why is it taking so long to close the pay gap?
Here comes the big one.
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Why wait for the Scottish men’s team to make it to a senior international tournament when the women are showing them how it’s done?
Glittering prize: the FIFA Women’s World Cup on display in Paris.
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They are the best in the world, but compared to men they are still treated as second best.
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The English Premier League has long topped the football finance rankings but seeing this translate on the pitch in Europe is relatively new.
Mohamed Salah shows us how it’s done.
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It can be difficult, emotional and expensive following a football team. A sports sociologist explains why it’s worth it.
Egypt’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring a goal during the Afcon qualifying match between Egypt and Tunisia, 16 November 2018.
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Here is a run-down on everything you need to know ahead of the championships.
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The ongoing conflict between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours could be about to spill onto the football fields of northern England.
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The English Premier League was established in 1992 to do exactly what it is now doing.
So much for gender balance.
Micholas
I went to talk to men at football matches about why they don’t want to become nurses – here’s what I found out.
The Lake Tyers football team in the late 1930s. The club was incredibly successful, winning the East Gippsland League in 1934, 1938 and 1939.
Colin and Paul Tatz, Black Pearls: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Hall of Fame
With the AFL’s indigenous round about to take place, it’s important to recognise the full history of Indigenous involvement in the sport, including the many obstacles players faced.