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Football’s Relationship With Online Gambling And How It Has Evolved
Football is one of the most beloved sports today. For decades it has brought people together in moments of sadness and celebration. The sport has united people through their shared love for their team and country. As the 2022 World Cup excitement intensifies as the start date rapidly approaches, many are beginning to place their…
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Golden Generation: The Best Norwegian Footballers in the World
Football is by far the most popular sport in Norway. Even though football is seen by the least number of people on television, 8.5% of the population actually participates in the activity, making it the most popular of all active membership sports. The Eliteserien, OBOS-ligaen, PostNord-ligaen (two leagues), and Norsk Tipping-ligaen are the four…
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Things to Remember Before the 2022 World Cup
For sports fans all around the world, few things are more exciting than the World Cup. Even if you aren’t particularly big into the sport of football, there is still going to be a good chance that you are going to tune into this tournament. The World Cup always offers amazing entertainment for the…
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Kim Min-Jae: The South Korean Defender Who’s Filling a Kalidou Koulibaly-Sized Hole in Napoli’s Defense
After another season of failed title charges, the summer of 2022 signalled a real change for Napoli. Fans had prepared themselves for the departure of club captain and icon Lorenzo Insigne to the MLS and the contract expiry of all-time top goal scorer Dries Mertens, but what was really surprising to see was Kalidou Koulibaly…
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What We Learned from Manchester United’s 6-3 Defeat to Manchester City
After four consecutive Premier League wins, Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United went into the Manchester derby full of confidence. However, they suffered their latest humbling defeat in a terrible 6-3 loss. Following impressive defensive displays against Liverpool and Arsenal, they found themselves 4-0 down at half-time for the second time already this season, with their…
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Blood on the Crossbar: The Dictatorship’s World Cup – Review
This book is the story of the most controversial football World Cup of all time. When Argentina both hosted and won the World Cup in 1978, just two years after the coup d’etat that ousted Isabel Perón as president, it was against the backdrop of a brutal military dictatorship in the country. Under the…
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Kim Min-Jae: Napoli’s South Korean Colossus in Defense
It’s still early days, but Napoli look to have completed one of their best transfer windows in several years. Having lost club legends Lorenzo Insigne, Dried Mertens and Kalidou Koulibaly, it wasn’t looking good for the Neapolitans. All the talk this season has been about the Georgian wonderkid Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, but another new signing has…
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Vitinha: Braga’s Portuguese Talisman in Attack
The Portuguese league has become a popular place for the top teams around Europe to scout and snap up talent. There is a real focus on this league and especially the Premier League are taking full advantage of this market. In today’s piece, we will be looking at a player from Braga who is off…
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Ben White: Arsenal’s Jack-of-all-trades in Defense
£50 million for a 23-year-old defender with only one season of top-flight football seemed like a lot of money at the time. Marcelo Bielsa was keen to sign him after Ben White played every minute in their promotion-winning campaign together at Leeds a few seasons back and was unsuccessful with a £25 million bid. A…
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Erling Haaland: Manchester City’s Norwegian Phenom in Attack
In a philharmonic orchestra, there tends to be a lot of emphasis placed on the importance of the conductor. And whilst this is a well-placed assumption, each great orchestra tends to have an established chain of command that makes it run smoothly. In addition to being a great conductor, the role of the principal…
