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The best team to lift the trophy was Brazil’s star-studded 1970 team.
The French set up FIFA and the World Cup.
When France won the world cup in 1998, the team was celebrated for its multiculturalism. What has happened since?
Football presents itself as a neutral, universal and, in a way, desexualised sport. Yet despite widespread campaigns against homophobia, deeply negative attitudes about gay players persist.
The 17-year-old prodigy thrilled the world and set the scene for Brazil’s decades-long dominance of the World Game.
Sometimes diplomacy won the day, sometimes it didn’t.
You can’t understand the Euro 2016 violence without looking at police failings and trouble caused by fans from other countries.
France’s performance at Euro 16 could provide the country with a much needed boost – if its footballers can stand up to the test, that is.
Some Gallic goals might cheer up the French, but they certainly won’t save Hollande.
The beautiful game, the global game, the people’s game – football. This great sport, belongs to everyone and it unites us all.
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