Fighting in France is an eager business, and when the country’s irate residents put down their notices, they search out food. However, not for traditional French cuisine. Demonstrators demand spicy hotdog sausages above all else. The street food of France is beef and lamb merguez sausages, seasoned with cumin, chile, …
Read More »Cruyff, Johan: Everything was altered by World Cup and total football
BBC Sport tells the story of how Johan Cruyff and the Netherlands’ Total Football captivated the world in 1974 in the fourth installment of our World Cup icons series. The summer went by in a haze of orange light. One of the floppy-haired Dutchmen who cavort their way into the …
Read More »Scheuer, Jens: The force behind Brighton is getting ready to make Women’s Super League history.
Jens Scheuer’s ferocity and enthusiasm for English football will begin in a village in south-west Germany. In 2010, Scheuer took on his first full coaching position with Bahlinger SC, an amateur regional league team that was established nearly a century ago in an agricultural region with a population of less …
Read More »Felix Joao: Up until the end of the season, Chelsea acquire a forward from Portugal on loan from Atletico Madrid.
Joao Felix has been signed by Chelsea over Man Utd and Arsenal; After Benoit Badiashile, David Datro Fofana, and Andrey Santos, the Portuguese forward becomes Chelsea’s fourth January acquisition; Felix was let go by Atletico because he had a bad relationship with Diego Simeone. Joao Felix has been signed by …
Read More »Cup Carabao: Despite the uncertainty off the field, League One Charlton aim to upset Man United in a big way.
On Tuesday, League One Charlton will travel to Old Trafford to play Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarterfinal. It is the club’s largest away crowd in more than a decade and probably their largest ever traveling contingent for a midweek cup match. Those who know the club well say …
Read More »Bennett and Bowers led the champion Bulldogs in their defeat of TCU.
As he made his way through the confetti and cameras to the stage at SoFi Stadium to celebrate his second consecutive national championship at Georgia, Stetson Bennett waved his cigar like a conductor’s baton. Brock Bowers was the best player in Bennett’s band on Monday night. The tight end from …
Read More »No. 1 Georgia defeats TCU 65-7 to win its second title in a row.
Stetson Bennett walked off the field with a wry grin on his face and stopped to hug coach Kirby Smart as the crowd roared. In the fourth quarter of the most lopsided title game in college football, there were only standing ovations and snacks on the sidelines. Georgia proved that …
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