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No one has ever fallen for the Basque County quite like Archduchess Maria Christina. An exquisite pianist and polyglot, she left the Austro-Hungarian aristocracy to marry King Alfonso of Spain in 1879

ON THE FIRST SUNDAY NIGHT IN APRIL, DRUMS ARE beating and horns are blaring in a boisterous Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates make a humdrum regular

The Chelsea legend is now an academy coach at the club; after missing out on global domination as a player, he explains to FFT why he hopes the west Londoners can seize their chance in the US There ha

Margaret Thatcher’s administration had spent 1984 battling the miners and dismantling the coal industry. But with that fight almost won, as the clock ticked into the New Year, she had another of the U

Gianni Infantino had been FIFA president for a mere nine months when he unveiled his grand vision. “Today, football is not just about Europe and South America,” he declared in November 2016. “The worl

All eyes are on Inter Miami, AKA Barça Old Boys: Lionel Messi has been playing alongside Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez, and Javier Mascherano replaced Gerardo Martino as head coach last