Sandwiched between the continental giants of Argentina and Brazil, and with its tiny, ageing population of barely three million, Uruguay is one of South America’s oft-overlooked destinations. Aside from the…
Jamaican hegemony in world sprinting can hardly be questioned. Culminating in an extraordinary showing at the London Olympic games where they took away gold and silver medals in the men’s…
For a nation with one of football’s historically most powerful and successful national teams, France might be expected to boast a league that ranks alongside the best in the world in terms…
According to some, the UEFA Europa League is a competition better avoided. High profile managers have often been quoted as saying they would prefer not to have to make the…
Born in war-torn Sudan, raised in the boroughs of South London, before crossing the pond and working his trade in the United States, Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls is…
One of the powerhouse brands from the early years of professional soccer in the United States, the New York Cosmos have an aura of mystique that few, if any American…
The issue of Team GB within the context of Olympic football has sparked controversy and debate since the prospect was first mooted following London’s victory to host the games in…
There can be no doubting that Ben Johnson, and indeed that race in 1988, are remembered now in infamy. The story is one that has been dredged up and regurgitated…
It isn’t Formula 1, and there are no races in Europe. No mainstream global broadcasting, and no fame back home across the Atlantic. The cars may carry a passing resemblance…
Brazil and football are hardly strangers. The world’s most successful national team with 5 World Cup triumphs to their credit, the country has a long and storied love affair with…