football

The Other Side of Brazil

Sergio Mukherjee

What the country’s recent football glories conceal

A Yellow-Black Fairytale

Sopan Joshi

The line-up for this year’s UEFA Champions League has three usual suspects and one gigantic wave of energy

Goal in Sight

Dhananjay Khadilkar

One football fan’s patient pursuit of a ticket for a Champions League Game

A Passion for Football

Shahina KK

Santhosh Kumar lives two lives and does not even wear a mask. As an auto-rickshaw driver in one and a no-nonsense, FIFA-accredited referee in the other

The Legend of Barça

Sopan Joshi

A great football club comes off a dizzy high, a star footballer-coach moves on, and football aesthetes the world over join hands in a silent prayer

Why IPL Will Remain a Wannabe

Vaibhav Vats

As the IPL comes off its worst ever season, the answers lie in the journey it has taken since it first exploded on the cricket scene in 2008

Champions League Final

Akshay Sawai

Interestingly, sometimes the champions earn less than the losing team

The Story of a Kashmiri Footballer

Atiya Hussain

Basharat Baba was selected to train in Brazil. It was only once his passport was rejected that he learnt his father was a former militant

Football or Egg?

Venkat Ananth

What are the Venky’s Chicken People up to by trying to take over the Blackburn Rovers? Is it a new-found fondness for football or a way to advance their poultry business?

Football Romps

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Wayne Rooney’s romp with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant is the latest in an indeterminably long line of marital indiscretions by high-profile football players.