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What We Can Learn From the Sneijder Situation

Wesley Sneijder has seen his reputation and value diminish spectacularly in recent times. One of the stars of the last World Cup, his steady downfall at the age of 28 is largely due to his standoff with Inter Milan; a mix of fi...

by Mustafa Sharif

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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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The Murky Depths of Football

Last weekend’s Manchester derby proved to be a truly majestic game of football, epitomising everything that English football stands for. A game full of twists and turns, passion, commitment and most importantly, overridin...

by Alex Roberts

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UEFA announces ‘Euro for Europe’ to be held in 2020

UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) has announced that the 2020 European Championships will, for the first time, be hosted across the continent. The decision to go for a one-off ‘Euro for Europe’ to celebrate...

by Matthew Barnes

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No Easy Game to Play: Nationalist Incentives from War to the Olympics

Nation-states have recently come under attack, as several scholars have argued that a global world requires novel forms of governance that will eventually make old nations a relic of the past. For the time being, however...

by Lorenzo Piccoli

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Greece-Germany: Politics of EURO 2012 Quarter Final

Once the Euro 2012 quarterfinal between Greece and Germany had been set an article was posted on UEFA’s website with the cruelly ironic headline, “Greece Hope to Profit from German Lessons”. As if the European community...

by Colin Busby

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EURO 2012 UPDATE: Nationalist Riots

Nationalism and footballing sympathies came to a head in Warsaw on Tuesday prior to the second leg of the EURO 2012 group stages, in a match between historical and political rivals Russia and Poland in their first meeting since...

by Colin Busby

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What We Can Learn From the Sneijder Situation

Out of Africa: The Evolution of Football in China

The Murky Depths of Football

UEFA announces ‘Euro for Europe’ to be held in 2020

No Easy Game to Play: Nationalist Incentives from War to the Olympics

Greece-Germany: Politics of EURO 2012 Quarter Final

EURO 2012 UPDATE: Nationalist Riots

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