They say the gods speak in strange tongues. In football, their language is often curved, airborne, and impossible to decode. For those who never watched Juninho Pernambucano strike a football, you missed a dialect of divinity. You missed sorcery disguised as physics—a combination of laces and breath.   To call him the greatest free-kick taker…

After more than a decade of unforgettable moments at the King Power Stadium, Jamie Vardy will depart Leicester City on a free transfer at the end of the month. While this isn’t the end of his career, it marks the close of one of football’s most improbable and inspiring chapters. Vardy’s journey has never followed…

There’s a Shakespeare quote that says “when this body contained a soul, an entire  kingdom was too small to hold it. But now two paces of wretched earth is plenty of  room”. Five years ago, we lost an icon in the game of football, one Diego Armando  Maradona. Loved not only by his fellow Argentines…

Donna Summer’s 1975 hit “Love to Love You Baby” is playing in the background as I write this, the bassline rolling in slow, hypnotic waves, the beat simmering just beneath the surface. It stretches time, makes it elastic. Seconds don’t tick—they breathe.   The song doesn’t hurry, doesn’t rush to conclusions. It lingers. Anticipates. It…