Some international tournaments capture the imagination with their sheer energy and joy, featuring footballing flamboyance or ground-breaking, era-defining tactical revolutions. The triumphs and ...

It has taken 60 years of varying philosophical approaches from across the world to shape Diego Simeone and his famed Cholismo ...

In 1966, North Korea dealt one of the greatest blows in football history by defeating Italy at the World Cup. Their reward back home? Torture and death.

So much promise; so much talent. But for braver, more inventive tactics, England could've genuinely challenged for the 2002 World Cup ...

With similar backgrounds in Suriname, the families of Gullit and Rijkaard settled in the Netherlands and started a chain that would transform Dutch football ...

The wind blows hard and cold across East Anglia during the winter. With barely a hill in sight, there is nothing to stop the progress of the icy chill in this south east corner of England. An ...

Sam Kerr and Vivianne Miedema face-off in the Continental Cup final, with each having a contrasting back story of toil. This is how they reached the top ...

The rarest of talents, at his best Robert Pirès was a joy to behold, often unplayable, and the man Arsène Wenger called Arsenal's "oil in the engine" ...

Leeds were relegated from the First Division in 1982. Perhaps it wouldn't have happened if Clough or Stein’s stay stretched beyond 44 days ...

One of Europe’s deadliest strikers, the only thing Sweden and Feyenoord hero Ove Kindvall cared about more than scoring goals was his family ...

NORTHAMPTON IS A perennial middle-of-the-road town. Located almost equidistantly between Birmingham and London, it represents an interestingly unmemorable stopover. Sitting staunchly somewhere between ...

Born on the same day is just the start: the life and times of legends George Best and Howard Kendall are fit for a movie on the enigmatic duo ...