Fabio cannavaro

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“I was very scared that I’d lose to France on penalties at a World Cup for a seco

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Look through the Spain line-up that won the 2010 World Cup Final, or the Barcelona side that clinched the Champions League at Wembley a year later, and you’ll find only one name who’s still playing fo

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Jari litmanen

Ask many football fans who their country’s greatest footballer is and it can often spark fierce debate. In Finland, though, there can only be one possible answer: Jari Litmanen. Thirty years ago, Litm

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Ronaldinho: undercover clairvoyant

Ronaldinho saunters into the Camp Nou lounge an hour late, all perma-smile, high fives and hugs for any of the loitering Barcelona employees. That smile isn’t suppressed by the prospect of four hours

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“growing up it was very rare to see a player who looked like me”

Next year, the New Zealand midfielder could become only the second player of Indian heritage to appear at a men’s World Cup

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“wenger liked to compare football with art – he let us be expressive and we played beautifully”

You left Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy to sign for Arsenal at 16. How did you find that experience? I was very inexperienced in both football and life. I feel that the UK made me an adult and a p

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“the lisbon lions never knew when we were beaten – that was a glorious era for celtic”

Sir Alex Ferguson and yourself grew up in Glasgow’s Govan area around the same time, in the early 1940s… That’s right. Sir Alex went to Govan High School and I went to St Gerard’s, which was very loca

Ronaldinho: undercover clairvoyant

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“growing up it was very rare to see a player who looked like me”

Next year, the New Zealand midfielder could become only the second player of Indian heritage to appear at a men’s World Cup

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“wenger liked to compare football with art – he let us be expressive and we played beautifully”

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