World Cup 2018: Whither Africa?
Africa should be a continent on the rise, but in the 2018 World Cup not a single team has qualified from the group stage. With an enviable pool of talent, what’s behind this failure?
Category: Football
World Cup 2018: A tournament of makeweights
Will it be Argentina, France, Germany, or someone wholly unexpected? There are no favourites for this World Cup, but I wouldn’t bank on an upset.
Little Letterhole: Footballers can’t use ignorance as an excuse
MESUT Özil doesn’t talk about politics, at least according to an interview he gave with the Süddeutsche Zeitung last year.Continue Reading
World Cup 2018: Should Russia be hosting?
When Russia was awarded the hosting rights of this year’s FIFA World Cup, more than a few eyebrows were raised. But did FIFA make a good choice, or was it driven by corruption and greed?
Little Letterhole: What’s a World Cup without Italy?
WHAT’S A WORLD CUP without Italy? Anyone following the draw today, will have been dismayed to see the four-time worldContinue Reading
Paris Saint-Germain’s date with destiny
Tomorrow, the UEFA Champions League begins in earnest. Europe’s biggest names will compete for the football’s most lucrative prize. This season’s champions might just be the upstarts from Paris.
Why has BT Sport axed its best show?
The European Football Show is one of the best football programmes on television. BT Sport’s decision to cancel it is an insult, and proof of how little they think of their viewers.
Little Letterhole: #WengerOut
IT’S ADMIRABLE FOR Arsenal to keep hold of Arsène Wenger, it really is. In an age where managers are tossedContinue Reading
David Moyes is a sexist, but in football, who isn’t?
Is David Moyes a sexist? Has football been abrogating its responsibility to stamp out prejudice through a ‘boys will be boys’ excuse? Is this merely the latest cause célèbre of a press desperate for controversy?
48 ways to kill the World Cup
2026 will mark the death of international football: that year’s FIFA World Cup will be saturated by lesser teams offered a place in a competition ideally reserved for the elite by an inflated pool of 48 teams.
