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It’s not all about United and City – sport defines Greater Manchester, boosts the economy and is essential to the overall health of the region.
The game is changing.
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Is it time the Premier League developed an on-demand, Netflix-style football watching service?
A fast-paced soccer game in Zambia.
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Getting involved in sports-based projects offers young Zambians a sense of community and helps them to build new support systems.
Is Arsene Arsenal?
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The French manager brought flair and fitness to the home of football.
Lots of ground staff are on minimum wage.
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The wealth bonanza enjoyed by top flight football clubs does not trickle down to many of their employees.
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Most businesses can ignore the long term effects of climate change. But not football clubs.
Lining up at Argentina 1978.
Scotland faces another exit at the World Cup qualifiers stage. Time for radical thinking.
Kosovo fans cheer as their team takes on Finland at a September 2016 football match.
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In Kosovo’s long struggle to gain international recognition of its statehood, football has helped the country achieve major goals.
Game time.
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How to get the best result from a £1.1 billion bet on football.
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There’s a good reason why Tony Blair and David Cameron were keen to boast about their footballing allegiances – Theresa May should take note.
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To what extent do hours of practice, development squads and role models really make a difference?
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Methods used to get athletes to their peak would be unacceptable outside of the stadium, but success papers over a lot of cracks.
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Does sport really improve young people’s development?
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Ten months after guiding outsiders Leicester to the Premier League title – arguably the greatest shock in the history of the English game – the club’s manager has been unceremoniously sacked.
Liverpool v The Sun.
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Liverpool FC has banned the newspaper from its matches. It’s a fair result.
Liverpool fans campaigning for a boycott of The Sun at the FA Cup semi-final in 2012.
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Liverpool FC has imposed a complete ban on The Sun but it cannot prevent the tabloid newspaper from continuing to cover the club.
The statue outside Ewood Park of former Blackburn Rovers owner “Uncle” Jack Walker.
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Can social media and a high profile clash with Manchester United help disgruntled Blackburn Rovers fans lodge a protest that will resonate in India where the club’s unpopular owners reside?
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Multiple ownerships, mega-transfers and a foot in the door at FIFA. Beijing’s bid for football power is a challenge to world soccer.
Before the AFL, there was the much better, much cooler, much more local SANFL.
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Footy isn’t just the dominant spectator sport and topic of conversation in South Australia. It’s a salve.
Latrobe Ladies Football Club in 1921, one of Australia’s first women’s football clubs.
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Women’s soccer had just found its feet in the roaring ‘20s when state ruling bodies began to force female players from the field.