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The Greatest Football Team In History. Top Story - March 2021.
Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia were once a single nation by the name of Yugoslavia. The country split up in the 1990s as a result of a series of conflicts that stretched for years.
By Oberon Von Phillipsdorf5 years ago in Cleats
Sports and Politics Walk The Line. Top Story - March 2021.
Football’s greatest legends: Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Neymar and now Kylian Mbappé, choosing a worthy candidate for the title ‘Greatest Player in the History of the Game’ is both spectator sport and blood sport, and changes with the times.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Cleats
Liverpool City Council Approve Plans For New Everton Stadium
Plans for a new 52, 888 seater stadium for Everton Football Club have been unanimously approved by Liverpool City Council's planning committee. The vision will see the stadium being built at Bramley Moore Dock and the committee has urged the government to make a positive decision on the plans and not to cause any delays to acquire more investment and employment for the region.
By Ashish Prabhu5 years ago in Cleats
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It. Top Story - February 2021.
Are you an NBA or Major League Baseball fan? Not many sports fans in North America follow the machinations of the European soccer leagues — “football” to those in the UK — but citing the NBA or MLB seems the most effective way to tell sports fans here about a crazy new proposal called “the Super League” that has the potential to upend everything footie fans have grown to like and love about Premier League soccer in the UK — and La Liga, the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 in other countries as well.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Cleats
Brain Injuries in Sport: The Role Medical AI Can Play
It feels like barely a week goes by without a head injury in sport. And, with many of us experiencing a lockdown and all but elite sports cancelled, we’re engaging with football, rugby, and other televised sporting events more than ever to keep ourselves entertained. This laser-focus on high-profile head and brain injuries has led to a better public understanding of the issues, as well as more focus from the medical community on preventing the neurodegenerative after-effects.
By Adam Johnson5 years ago in Cleats
What We Don't See
Héctor Bellerín is a sportsman, playing for Arsenal football club, who divides opinion. Even among the Arsenal faithful, he is sometimes viewed negatively. A young, multi-millionaire at the peak of physical fitness, in one of the best cities in the world, getting paid to do a job that many would pay to do, brings a lot of attention. Especially in this day and age. Unfortunately, much of that attention is negative.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Cleats
No Room for Racism. Top Story - February 2021.
The ritual has become set in stone. Before each and every game, across the major leagues in UK soccer but most notably in the top-flight Premier League, players from the opposing sides kneel around the center circle. They kneel partly in homage to Colin Kaepernick, the one-time NFL quarterback who sacrificed his career to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement, but mostly as a statement against racism in general, not just in soccer but at every level of society.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Cleats
You’re wrong, Facebook - Football is not to blame for racist abuse
Long overdue efforts to punish people who subject black footballers to racist abuse online have to be applauded. But deflecting the blame from social media to football itself is wide of the target.
By Mark Campbell5 years ago in Cleats
Setting the Foundation
I consider myself born into the most progressive generation for women in soccer. Being able to watch women like Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, and Shannon Mac Millan take over the field with their determination and raw skill was nothing short of astounding. To a five-year-old girl, whose entire life was centered around soccer since the day she took her first steps, these women were absolute super heroes. They paved the way for girls all over the world to believe they were enough, that they could play next to the men and make something for themselves.
By Mindfully Wandering5 years ago in Cleats
