“we would’ve won usa 94 if diego hadn’t been banned. we lost our lighthouse, our leader”

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

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

“The first of my great games as a professional, for Atletico Nacional, with the Colombian title at stake. Independiente had nothing to play for except attempting to stop us, their eternal rivals, from

The place where I started playing football was a dusty street, the pitch nothing more than a stretch of earth. I was seven years old and it was the only thing I knew how to do. I grew up in Jardim Pai

Aged 11, you left Reunion Island, near Madagascar, to join Le Havre’s youth team in mainland France. How tough was it to adapt to a different life? It wasn’t an easy adjustment. At the beginning, it w

How the Romanian defender became the fir s t player to win the European Champions Cup with two di f ferent clubs