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Brazil
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A Beleaguered Beautiful Game

Football is turning increasingly ugly but its defects are merely symptomatic of the wider flaws of a modern capitalist society out of control. Football. A divisive topic at the best of times, an obsession for some and an irri...
by Kishan Koria
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour Day 4 – Mostar

The conclusion of our ground-breaking multi-ethnic tournament that brought together fierce city rivals Velez Mostar and Zrinjski Mostar onto the same pitch playing in harmony was upon us, and it was those two teams who were to ...
by James Appleby
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour Day 6 – Sarajevo

Football Beyond Borders’ latest recruit, TransConflict contributor and SOAS Global Diplomacy student Heidi Green, gives her first impressions as we arrive into Sarajevo knowing that the tour effectively begins again here ...
by James Appleby
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Africa

Out of Africa: The Evolution of Football in China

Six months after leading Chelsea to their first Champions League triumph, Didier Drogba returned to London last month to present a number of his teammates with commemorative rings to honour that fateful night in Bavaria. In t...
by Patrick Bourke
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour 2013 – Preview

Hello, one and all, and welcome to the first in a series of daily blogs covering the activities of Football Beyond Borders in the Balkan regions. During the next 19 days we will bring together communities across the Former Yugo...
by James Appleby
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour Day 7 – Sarajevo

We were one week into the Football Beyond Borders tour, yet it was plainly evident that this was no time for reflection. All of our days in Mostar had been a resounding success, but we had challenged ourselves in coming to the ...
by James Appleby
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Cricket
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Struggling With Life After Sport

The recent plight of Kenny Sansom raises again the issue of life after sport for former professionals. The ex-Arsenal captain and England full back has admitted this week to being ‘in a bad way’ as he fights alcoholism, gam...
by James Daniels
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Balkans

Football: A Way of Life in Mostar

A special article from Football Beyond Borders founder Jasper Kain on his experiences promoting tolerance through football in Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina:  We buy our tickets in a hole chiselled in the stone wall nestled...
by James Appleby
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour Day 2 – Mostar

In the opening day of our Balkans tour, we saw the inspiring work that Our Kids Foundation does to give orphans in Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina a quality of life that is so unique in a nation lacking in welfare money and havi...
by James Appleby
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