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Subbuteo Superheroes
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superman in Subbuteo form!
TIL: Football Manager speedrunning is a thing
Gotta go fast, gotta go fast!
Efren Reyes and the Z-shot that shocked the pool world
Where were you when Reyes pulled off his Z-shot?
A 2022 FIFA World Cup review by Rikesh Chauhan
‘There was much to be said about the build up to Qatar, but the World Cup itself does what no other sporting competition can—it unites and brings the world together, even if for just a month.’
55 goals from Kylian Mbappé in 2022
One of the greatest individual sporting efforts in history. And he’s only 23.
It's 1925, it's Christmas Day... fancy a Copa America final?
Some things never change, eh?
The wild story of soccer con artist Carlos Kaiser
‘Kaiser was fortunate in the early stages of his scheme to befriend soccer stars such as Romário, Carlos Albert Torres, and Renato Gaucho’
Looking back at ITV's F1 website in 2000
Remember Jenson Button at Benetton?
The World Cup, yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (in terms of return on investment)
Money, Money, Money by ABBA is played out in this context but that about sums it up.
CULT TENNIS on Björn Borg's failed comeback in the 1990s
From cool to fool? Not in my opinion, but I wanted something to rhyme for the excerpt.
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe on the SNES but it's very broken
This would never happen in real life, let’s put it that way.
Renee Montgomery on Ora Washington, a forgotten hero of tennis and basketball
‘It’s the struggle to be one that counts. Once you’ve arrived, everybody wants to take it away from you.’