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Uzbekistan – The World Cup’s First ‘Stan?
By David McArdle -
With three games remaining, in a group that would make many American political scientists more than a little nervous, Uzbekistan h ...

Eduard Streltsov – The Russian Pele
By Alastair Watt -
Outside the former Soviet Union, the name Eduard Streltsov means little to anyone other than scholars of the beautiful game. Few h ...

Georgian Football’s Grounds for Concern
By George Mirashvili -
If the announcement that the 2015 UEFA Super Cup was to be held in Tbilisi’s Mikheil Meskhi stadium (below) raised a few eyebr ...

A Brazilian in Belarus – Renan Bardini Bressan
By David McArdle -
Safely avoiding any tasteless (not to mention obvious) gags referencing Sting’s Englishman in New York, like a football chant that ...

Tajik Football Match Erupts into Violence
By Chris Rickleton -
Tajikistan’s footballing prestige was dealt a triple blow this month as FIFA rankings published on November 7 confirmed that the ...

Championship Manager All-Time Greatest (Post-Soviet) XI
By David McArdle -
Championship Manager (or Football Manager, when referring to its modern-day appellation) crystallised a band of binary football le ...