Why Were Leather Footballs Laced? The 1930 World Cup Anomaly
"A World Cup Final decided by ball type!"
Football
Mohammed Salim: The “Barefooted juggler” whose feet defied colonialism.
"The first Indian to play European football."
A History of the Copa Libertadores - Hipsters welcome
Copa Libertadores - Not just for Hipsters
A journalist once said that the Copa Libertadores was the hipster’s favourite event, and he might be right. But he is also extremely wrong to denigrate the competition as some meaningless competition only relevant in South America.
New writer, Sam Harris, decided to
The 10 Most Popular Sports in the World: Fan Numbers and Participation Analysis
A ranking of the most popular sports in the world - an in-depth analysis of fan numbers and participation stats!
The Early Years of the Anglo-Italian Cup: Including Glory for Swindon
"Glory for Swindon Town!"
Intertwined - Notts County x Juventus
"How Juventus adopted the kit of Notts County"
Bury Football Club: Is this the end? A Football story
Bury Football Club - The fall, as told by those that were there, and how it might rise again
Charlie Rowan returns to The Sporting Blog with a 4-part feature on the fall of Bury Football Club, and the potential second coming through Bury AFC.
Charlie has interviewed players, a