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It Started With a Kiss: Footballer opens homophobia debate in Brazil

One week after Russian athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed in celebration at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow as well as three-time pole vaulting champion Yelena Isinbayeva spoke out in favour of an an...

by Fernanda Canofre

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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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Casual racism? The not so funny side to the Australian Football League

AFL is arguably Australia’s national game and it encompasses so much of the Australian way of life. It’s known affectionately as footy to its fans, and even ‘aerial ping pong’ to his haters. Fans are passionate about th...

by Trudy McIntosh

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Footballers After Football: The Sustainability of the Game & Potential Gains for the British Government

Footballers after football – financially set for life, attractive wife, worshipped by thousands after a career living every boy’s dream. What could possibly go wrong? Well, recent studies show that quite a lot can, and ...

by Jack Gregory

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Haway…La Fascista?

I went to my first ever Newcastle match when I was 12. I was given my season ticket as my 13th birthday present, for purely selfless reasons I’m sure as it meant my Dad was going to have to go to St James’ every other week ...

by Hannah Johnson

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Romance & History in Exchange for the Swank of Modern Football: The Intriguing Debate Surrounding West Ham’s Stadium Move

It is now official. The deal for West Ham to own the 2012 London Olympic stadium has been completed (subject to an ambitious legal challenge from disgruntled Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn). On first looks, there seems to b...

by Jack Gregory

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Nineteen Eighty Four Four Two: The Very Average State of Football Journalism

Sometimes, you will read a really interesting article. An article that unashamedly grabs your attention, tells you things you didn’t know, and is written with genuine panache. Then, when you turn your newspaper to the back pa...

by Jack Gregory

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Frankly, Boys Aren’t Reading Enough

It was revealed earlier this week that Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard has signed a deal with publishers Little Brown, and is set to write a series of children’s books. The midfielder breaks the stereotypical, a...

by Urban Times

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Football: The New Force Behind Social Inclusion

The UK is one of the world’s largest economies. However, it is also a country where the divide between the rich and the poor is growing greater by the day, and it is the poor who are suffering the most. In 1990, the UK’s ri...

by Kieron Blake

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It Started With a Kiss: Footballer opens homophobia debate in Brazil

Struggling With Life After Sport

Casual racism? The not so funny side to the Australian Football League

Footballers After Football: The Sustainability of the Game & Potential Gains for the British Government

Haway…La Fascista?

Romance & History in Exchange for the Swank of Modern Football: The Intriguing Debate Surrounding West Ham’s Stadium Move

Nineteen Eighty Four Four Two: The Very Average State of Football Journalism

Frankly, Boys Aren’t Reading Enough

Football: The New Force Behind Social Inclusion

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