This is all about Ireland and the country’s history, its footballers, and their space in a messed up world. From Debrecen. nytimes.com/athletic/7636549…
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFCnytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
“When I arrived at Pumas, people asked me whether I’d come straight from the beach. I had!
“I always loved the stuff the surfers wore, the Bermuda shorts, the colours. I wanted to bring something from that world with me. So I started my own style.”
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What does ‘brotherhood’ actually mean?
Watch the last 25 minutes from the Azteca.
My piece on the night when the word became real
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What a night at the Azteca. Could barely keep track of the drama.
It was also valedictory. The World Cup now loses its dislocated heart. This occasion was one final explosion, a proper game in a proper stadium. It showed us what we could have had nytimes.com/athletic/7424898…
At the Azteca. Last one of these this summer. Can't get enough of Juan Gabriel. We're live with weather updates and the actual football here
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Trying to work out what the worst part of that Neymar penalty was. Don't actually think it was the grin or the argument afterwards. I think it was the time he took to actually take it
"I used to tell people that I was one of a kind. That was my catchphrase, my mentality."
Spoke to Jorge Campos about his 22-goal season as a striker, starting games in goal & ending them up front, surfing and – yes – the secrets of kit design.
What a guy nytimes.com/athletic/7421677…
“When I arrived at Pumas, people asked me whether I’d come straight from the beach. I had!
“I always loved the stuff the surfers wore, the Bermuda shorts, the colours. I wanted to bring something from that world with me. So I started my own style.”
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“That was my catchphrase, my mentality: ’I’m the best, I’m one of a kind…”
Jorge Campos is not wrong.
He was a surfer, designed his own kits and was a formidable striker - despite being Mexico’s most legendary goalkeeper.
He tells @jacklang about his extraordinary career.
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"I used to tell people that I was one of a kind. That was my catchphrase, my mentality."
Spoke to Jorge Campos about his 22-goal season as a striker, starting games in goal & ending them up front, surfing and – yes – the secrets of kit design.
What a guy nytimes.com/athletic/7421677…