Author: Futbolgrad
Rouble Crisis in Russia Adding to World Cup Preparation Fears
Russia’s well-documented rouble trouble and recession is having a major impact on the country’s football clubs who have already signed a memorandum to ...
Georgia to Host European Under-19 Championships in 2017
While Georgia’s European integration at the political level plods along at a pedestrian, sometimes stationary pace, the country appears to have been w ...
The Return of the King – Yaroslavsky and Metallist Kharkiv
The King is dead, long live the King! This may very well hold true for the ownership of Metallist Kharkiv, when their long-term owner Oleksandr Yarosl ...
Overpriced and Overvalued?: Russian Players and the Curse of the Quota
Last week, Sport Express listed the 10 Russian players with the highest transfer value playing in the Russian Premier League (RPL). The players were: ...
Shakhtar Face Identity Crisis Upon Return from Brazilian Beach
Happy Brazilians playing footvolley on one of their native beaches is not normally news worthy, but it is when players in question are of Shakhtar Don ...
The tragedy of Gasan Magomedov: a timely reminder of Russia’s troubled Caucasus region
The news of the shooting of Anzhi Makhachkala’s youth player Gasan Magomedov after traveling home having played football with his friends represents a ...