Whilst European champions Italy and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal must sweat it out in next March’s World Cup playoffs, Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina side have serenely booked their tickets to Qatar for ...

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When you think about travelling to an away game in one of the main western European leagues, you don’t normally think of a trip of over a thousand miles. Even Marseille fans going to see them against ...

It’s been 30 years since Sampdoria lifted the Scudetto. Where has the time gone? As part of the celebrations, These Football Times and Cult Kits have joined forces for a weekend of fun, with features, ...

A World Cup quarter-final. As a team, you are getting to the stage where you can smell fame and glory, but to be eliminated at this point still represents so near and yet so far. Semi-finals are ...

FC Barcelona’s membership have placed their trust in former president Joan Laporta to restore sporting glory and a sense of identity as he overcame the challenge of Víctor Font and Antoni Freixa with ...

Originally featured in the sold-out River Plate magazine, support high-quality, wholly independent journalism by ordering our magazine. It’s what keeps everything online free. . When Juan “Tano” ...

Originally featured in the sold-out PSV magazine, support high-quality, wholly independent journalism by ordering our magazine. It’s what keeps everything online free. . When the Olympics rolled into ...

Justin and John Fashanu were two of the most talented brothers to ply their trade in the English First Division, but their story unfortunately begins and ends in tragedy. Born in inner-city London in ...

Lifted from Fluminense to the opulence of Old Trafford without having played a senior match, there was a romance and a pleasing symmetry to Fabio and Rafael da Silva’s start to life in English ...

From the relentless Grand Slam dominance of the Williams sisters to the squabbling rock ‘n’ roll petulance of the Gallagher brothers, there are few things in life capable of compelling the masses more ...

On 9 November 1989, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) opened its borders to West Germany. Less than a year later, on 3 October 1990, Germany reunified after over four decades of separation. These ...