For soccer fans in the U.K., it’s been a week to bury your head in the sand out of utter dismay when it comes to the woeful wave of racism stories roiling the world’s most popular game
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Ronaldo Roars, Paris Purrs, Messi Magic: Three Highlights from Week 1 of the Champions League
The main talking points as the Champions League makes a welcome return
Manchester United: The Team is Better Than The Stock
The legendary soccer club’s first public earnings results were far from championship-caliber
QPR vs. Chelsea in the EPL: John Terry Returns to Loftus Road
Would there be pre-match handshakes? Would there be crowd ejections? And would a soccer match actually break out amidst the bad blood between the West London rivals?
Prime Minister David Cameron “Profoundly Sorry” for the Hillsborough Disaster
The truth revealed about a tragic incident from 1989
U.S. Gains Revenge Over Jamaica in World Cup Qualifying
The Yanks are not making this qualification run look easy
Should Belgium Be Considered a Genuine Contender for the 2014 World Cup?
Most of its players ply their trade in the English Premier League. So when will the world start taking the Belgians seriously?
Soccer Star Zlatan Ibrahimovic Joins PSG — and Qatari Owner’s Business Empire
The transfer of Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Milan to Paris Saint-Germain provides unprecedented star power and offensive punch to the French club — and a new asset to the wider business plans of its Qatari owner.
Is This Spanish Team the Greatest Soccer Squad of All Time?
Scoring the Goals That Sank Germany, Balotelli Says it Loud: He’s Black, Italian and Proud
As the first black player to represent Italy at a major tournament, ‘Super Mario’ can’t avoid a confrontation with his country’s racial prejudices
David Beckham Left Off Britain’s Olympic Soccer Team
He’s Britain’s most famous soccer export, but he won’t be a part of its Olympic team
Euro 2012: Why Spain Wins, But Fails to Thrill
Spain’s opponents struggle to score because they don’t see much of the ball – not even to retrieve it from the back of their own net
Go Home, England: The Curse of Penalty Kicks Strikes Once Again
Utterly outclassed by Italy, but hanging around to lose, again, on PKs.
