Racism and Euro 2012: Football’s Ongoing Struggle
The rosters of many Euro 2012 teams are a melting pot – one that modern-day Europe should start getting used to.
The rosters of many Euro 2012 teams are a melting pot – one that modern-day Europe should start getting used to.
Previewing the Champions League Final
Premier League champion Manchester City has vowed to spend millions more this summer to further strengthen its already formidable roster — and hopefully win the title again.
Liverpool and Chelsea will meet in the FA Cup final on Saturday–a clash between two teams moving in dramatically different directions.
English soccer’s Premier League has none of the playoffs or finals common in American sports: A team wins the title by finishing the regular league season with the most points, or the lead on goal-difference (total goals scored …
Those prone to see national fates reflected in a country’s performance on the football field may have clucked knowingly, earlier this week, at the improbable demise of both Barcelona and Real Madrid to arguably inferior teams in …
Watch the pre-kickoff handshake between the players of Barcelona and Chelsea ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League semifinal showdown and you’d be forgiven for believing the Catalans had sent a youth team to face the big men from …
The producers of American reality-TV shows a decade ago figured out what European soccer administrators (and before them, promoters of Roman gladiator bouts) have always known: There’s a compelling spectacle in any clash where …
How a TIME 2010 honoree didn’t quietly cede the mantle of representing the global game
Jose Mourinho’s obsession with beating Barcelona may have reached Captain Ahab proportions since he took over as coach of Real Madrid two years ago, but — statistically at least — his chances of getting one over his Catalan …
A soccer official claims that the game has been “stolen” from England. Here’s why that argument is flawed.
Real Madrid’s New Theme Park-Resort in the Persian Gulf targets well-heeled, emerging market
Over the past week, both Manchester United and Chelsea, in their improbable 4-1 Champion’s League win over Napoli, have served up reminders of the importance of history, and institutional memory, in the English game.