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Attack, Attack, Attack As the tireless cliché goes: football is an art form – creative and elegant. That’s what we want it to be, anyway. Never have football teams been so heavily criticised if they didn’t exhibit The Beautiful Game in its glorious entirety. It seems passes are being praised more than goals. And as for the appreciation for a…

Monika Kemp December 21, 2012

International

Should UEFA be in partnership with fossil fuel extracting Gazprom?

In 2012 Gazprom signed a sponsorship deal with UEFA to be one of the six official partners of the UEFA Champions League, a competition with an alleged global audience of 4.2 billion. The partnership allowed Gazprom to “cement their involvement with Europe’s most prestigious club football competition through exclusive services and products,” the UEFA website says. Gazprom has essentially been…

Grace Saville November 3, 2014

Premier League

‘Chelsea are not special at all:’ Is Samir Nasri right in his analysis?

Samir Nasri responded to Chelsea’s seven point lead over Manchester City defiantly on Thursday. The Frenchman called Chelsea out as a team that are not impressive and are not special. “I’m a big fan of Mourinho, but I am not impressed with his team, not at all. We have played them twice, one time with 10 men, and we were…

Audrey Mitchell February 16, 2015