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The Conte Verde’s trip to Uruguay in 1930Simon Burnton·The GuardianMay 2018·12 min readWorld CupWorld Cup 1930
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Three Nations Went to Mexico to Fight for One Spot at the World Cup. These Are Their Stories.Franklin Leonard·Vanity FairMay 2026·20 min readDR CongoJamaicaNew CaledoniaWorld CupWorld Cup 2026
Inside Arsenal’s mammoth 63-game season: Premier League glory, UCL heartbreakJames Olley·ESPNJun 2026·10 min readArsenalPremier League
Own Goal: The Inside Story of How the USMNT Missed the 2018 World CupMultiple Authors·The RingerJun 2018·45 min readUSMNT
Mousa Dembele, the Alkmaar years: The one-in-three forward who became a unique midfielder PaywalledElias Burke·The AthleticMar 2025·8 min readAZ AlkmaarMousa Dembélé
The 1994 World Cup draw: FIFA’s Vegas show that ‘will never be matched’ PaywalledHenry Bushnell·The AthleticDec 2025·12 min readFIFAWorld CupWorld Cup 1994
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Thierry Henry’s assist record of 2002/03: how Arsenal’s talisman reinvented the Premier League strikerThore Haugstad·FourFourTwoDec 2020·7 min readArsenalThierry Henry
In search of the real Neymar: heir to Pelé or fallen star? PaywalledJames Gheerbrant·The TimesMay 2026·20 min readBrazilNeymar
The Political Street Fighters Of Israeli SoccerAmos Barshad·The LeverDec 2023·18 min readBeitar JerusalemHapoel JerusalemHooligans
England’s boys of 1966 – when football really did ‘come home’Richard Martin·GOALMar 2026·11 min readEnglandWorld CupWorld Cup 1966
The House that Johan Cruyff Built PaywalledKaran Tejwani·Football ParadiseDec 2025·30 min readBarcelonaJohan Cruyff
