It took a Scotsman to organise a professional football league in England.
- Professor of Sport and Social Theory, Loughborough University
The 17-year-old prodigy thrilled the world and set the scene for Brazil’s decades-long dominance of the World Game.
The Chinese president dreams of World Cup glory. His best first step is to win the right to stage the finals.
Without much fuss, Canada voted to make its anthem gender neutral – but other countries don’t have it so easy.
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