Turning 50

Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member nations –and beyond

For the first time since 1993, Ligue 1 can count the reigning European champions in its ranks after Paris Saint-Germain’s historic 5-0 shellacking of Inter in the final of the Champions League. While

Very few clubs across Europe have a stranglehold on their domestic league like Slovan Bratislava.

Apart from the half-empty stadiums, the extreme heat, pitch complaints and the hour-plus interruptions to matches due to lightning, the USA’s warm-up for 2026 went pretty smoothly with the Club World

In the face of a TV rights crisis and a summer of financial uncertainty, Ligue 1 clubs are rethinking the transfer window

Saudi Arabia have achieved the kind of influence over football that China once aspired for