"It all feeds back to Csikszentmihalyi’s sentiment of flow, finding that place where nothing else matters."
"We don’t talk much about politics like that, but Trump is a dangerous guy.”
the Chinese national team captain and the star striker would wear Partizan’s famous black and white shirt 57 times between them.
The region is as geographically and culturally diverse as any in Western Europe
“I saw on television an old fighter who warmly paid tribute to him, and explained that he had saved his life and the lives of others in their barracks, by sharing his extra rations. That without him they would never have survived.”
“We check players’ skin for acne, knees and other joints for growth and we even check the genitalia of our academy players for maturity signs.”
"The orchestra played and the chorus sang as never before, ‘All mankind are sworn brothers where thy gentle wings abide!’ I could not see the notes because of my tears."
IBWM chats to Pierre Navarro, the football boot artist whose designs are worn by some of the world’s most stylish and unique players.
Speed, Touch and Control silos have all been updated with the distinctive new Pastel Pack.
adidas Football has today released the NEMEZIZ 17+ 360 AGILITY, part of the new Deadly Strike pack.
“Design is a powerful tool, as it communicates energy and a message, and it offers a unique capacity to make someone do a double take on-pitch — I feel like it would be intimidating to see this boot.”
With the adidas Football mantra of authenticity to progression at the heart of each design, the kits have been inspired by kits of the past or iconic landmarks.
“Poland has a great team at the moment with lots of very good players. We can play really well and have a lot of potential,”
The 2018 Saudi home kit pays homage to the federation’s 1994 team, which reached the final 16 in the United States
Designers took a color swatch book to the Football Museum in São Paulo and matched the yellow with the one used in Mexico in 1970.
If Denmark have a chance of going to the 1986 World Cup Finals in Mexico there is little doubt Olsen will be around if wanted. However he has no ambitions to go into soccer management.
Ronnie Allen - and Presideat Oraa - rebuilt the sliding Athletic Bilbao league side in six short months. It was a football miracle in view of the alarming decline of the club's fortunes since 1956.
The province of Varese is far to the north of Italy, almost a part of Switzerland, a narrow corridor of land sandwiched between Lake Como and Lake Maggiore.
One of the most popular ideas of the moment it seems is that Brazil have learned the lessons of 1966, modernised their game and are all set to stage a really serious bid for the 1970 World Cup - the Mundial as it is known in Mexico.
Without the streets or dusks of Buenos Aires, a tango cannot be written
There are few cities like Marseille- the theme for our fourth IBWM Assignment. From romance to deceit, from honour to despair; Marseille offers it all.
Not just home to two of the most decorated clubs in European football history, but also an epicentre of cutting edge design, an artistic and cultural beacon that has radiated influence across the globe for centuries.
The home of Wednesday and United, the location for snooker's most exhilarating clashes. The epicentre of a DIY musical explosion in the late 1970's and a steely, grinding corradiation of the Industrial Revolution
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