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Last week was a tough one in Algeria. A terrible plane crash near the capital Algiers, saw the death of 257 people, after a wing of a transport military airplane caught fire, and led to the horrific disaster.

During the past weekend the Arab Club Championship was opened in Egypt. In the next two weeks, teams from the Middle East, North Africa and the region will compete in the form of three groups, four teams

After a long wait, the world's most enjoyable league (well, maybe I’m a bit biased) is coming back to action this weekend. Morelia will host Monterrey on Friday night at the Apertura tournament´s opening.

Being a "son of" is not simple. Even before you are born, another person's actions, greatness, manners and life, are automatically sat on your shoulders without you being asked if you are interested

In Iran, women are not allowed in stadiums to watch football. For years, this has triggered many protests, worldwide, in almost every international match of an Iranian national team in any sport. Want

If you have thought that we have no more football until the domestic leagues kick off, we get one of the most none-covered and most exotic continental tournament: the Gold Cup, known also as Copa de Oro.

You can never imagine how fast your dream can turn real. Ramazan Kizil, a Kurd from Borlänge, Sweden, isprobably sitting at his office and cannot believe how his aspiring project for immigrants like him

Omar Abdulrahma should have taken this penalty. He had to take this penalty, and to score it. The AFC Champions League trophy was written under his name, and he missed it. 2016 was the year of Amoory.

Football in South America is a religion. South America is probably the only region in the world that you can see female football fans as much as male ones. While in most parts of the world football is

The game is played in fast pace. Full of fouls and chances for both sides. The home team scores a goal after a bizarre fault from the defenders. In need of a goal to advance in the competition, the visitors

He is like an experienced bus driver or a veteran construction worker, who’s navigating his co-workers from the back seat of the tractor. In certain moments, he is the tractor itself. But mostly, he is

"It's true we did not know much of Hapoel Be'er Sheva before the draw, we heard only about teams from Tel Aviv, but after the last few weeks - there is no detail that we do not know about this excellent

On 1997/98, Ammar Salman, a young right back at Hapoel Jerusalem, played his first ever cup final. His modest club had a positive season in Israeli National League, but surprised the whole country after

The Brazilian football calendar began at the end of January and now the well awaited continental competitions are starting. In this year's Copa Libertadores, not less than eight Brazilian clubs will

The first African player to win the PFA Player of the Year Award. Mahrez (AP©) Riyad Mahrez. What a guy. By 2014 he was a complete no-name, and Wahid Halilhoditz, the coach who took him to the World Cup

Mohammad Salah’ signing at Liverpool for £36.9M, is a pretty big deal. For many reasons. Mohammad Salah puts pen to paper. A pretty big deal (Photo: Liverpool FC)© First, Salah is the most expensive African

Although it’s hard to point out the political preferences of Adenor Bachi, the brazilian coach better known as Tite, it’s safe to say that he would have vote for Hillary over Trump. But the slogan that

Football and politics. What a perfect match. In the past two weeks the Qatari crisis took the world by storm, and around the world, the news was welcomed in great surprise. But for those following Middle

A story of horrific wars, fleeing asylum seekers, activist students, hope and football. Watch it on our Youtube channel here.

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon is over. A good tournament football-wise and a fascinating sport event politically. Here are ten points I took from the tournament which ended this Sunday in Libreville,