Vans packed with football kit, colossal piles of laundry and more than 200 boots to take care of -- spare a thought for the kit man of Switzerland's national team, one of the unsung heroes of Euro ...

A man holds a sock ball as others play soccer with a sock ball on a street in Alexandria, Egypt March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany. 5 of 5.

Sock ball was long considered a poor man’s game for Egyptian football lovers, but more recently it has become a show of celebration during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and takes over the streets.

Slowed by some health issues, Santa Rosa’s ‘Sock Man’ still giving away small bundles of warmth to the unhoused. For more stories of gratitude, go here. Ray Tilton isn’t doing as many of ...