Made up almost entirely of West Germans, the roster of Germany’s national soccer team reflects divisions that remain almost 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Can we trust expert football predictions? Perhaps, but it’s variable.
The 17-year-old prodigy thrilled the world and set the scene for Brazil’s decades-long dominance of the World Game.
The Russian people need to show the world a different side to the scandal-struck country when the World Cup kicks off.
Each player needs a tailor-made strategy based on his own physiology.
Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football world cup.
The true bane of an organisation is a lack of engagement and job satisfaction among its employees. World Cup mania could actually help.
The tournament featured teams from Tibet, North Cyprus, the Isle of Man and many more.
When Senegal face Poland in their first World Cup match in Russia, the whole nation will be roaring them on to victory.
Video Assistant Referees at the World Cup finals in Russia might help African teams to do better than they have done so far.
For FIFA, the tournament is a commercial and technological opportunity.
New research suggests that a football team’s rendition of its national anthem says a lot about its level of togetherness.
All the cyber threats that fans and footballers face at the World Cup…and tips for remaining safe.
The Chinese president dreams of World Cup glory. His best first step is to win the right to stage the finals.
Italy failed to make it to this year’s tournament – but we should applaud their notion of ‘fiero’.
After a series of debacles, many metropolitan areas no longer want their leaders to vie for these opportunities.
As Hitler showed in 1936, there’s nothing like a massive sporting spectacle to promote your regime.
A delicate truce between North and South Korea has been reached in the run up to the Winter Olympics. It’s a high profile win for an event which is struggling to remain relevant.
Russian officials will be hoping that excitement about one of the world’s biggest sporting events generates some goodwill for the country.
Scotland faces another exit at the World Cup qualifiers stage. Time for radical thinking.
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