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2026
Roberto Baggio · Legend
What Baggio Was Carrying
Italy reached the 1994 final on Baggio's goals and lost it on his penalty. The piece follows the whole tournament, the injury he played through, and how one kick in Pasadena came to outrank everything else on his record.
15 min read · 30 August 2026
José Mourinho · Legend
The Special One
From an unfancied Porto side to three Premier League titles and the Inter treble, this is the story of a manager who made the press room part of the game, and of what that eventually cost him.
14 min read · 26 August 2026
France 2010 · History
France 2010: The Week French Football Fell Apart
Three matches, one point, a striker sent home and a squad refusing to leave the bus in Knysna. A day-by-day account of how the 2010 France camp came apart in public.
12 min read · 18 August 2026
Ronaldo Nazário · Legend
The Second Ronaldo
Two ruptured tendons, almost two years out, and then eight goals in Japan and South Korea. The story of a forward who came back as a different player and won a World Cup anyway.
14 min read · 10 August 2026
Adriano Leite Ribeiro · Legend
The Emperor Who Never Really Disappeared
He was the most feared striker in Italy at twenty-two. Then his father died, and the reasons stopped being football ones. A portrait of talent that never actually went away.
9 min read · 02 August 2026
Carlos Tevez · Legend
The payback that resulted in a decade of dominance
A sky blue billboard, a cross-town transfer and a title won on goal difference. How Carlos Tevez's move in 2009 marked the point Manchester's balance of power changed for good.
6 min read · 28 July 2026