New england revolution

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

There’s a simple pleasure in seeing a football shirt and immediately recognising the logo of the sponsor. A car company, a beer brand, even the title of a film – the superiority of these symbols canno

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

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

The front page of the Daily Mirror was emphatic. Less than two months after they had won an historic Treble, Manchester United were preparing to sit out the FA Cup to take part in the new FIFA Club Wo

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