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"Soccer is the only religion without atheists" - Eduardo Galeano

Today, a study revealed that 73% of football fans are at a loss for things to occupy their time once the season finishes.

All good things....etc.

In response to the mounting criticism of Qatar’s ability to host the 2022 World Cup, the Gulf state is considering developing floating hotels, luxury villas and a water park off the coast of Doha called Oryx Island to house the influx of visitors that will need accommodation during the games. 

Outstanding artwork from the supremely talented Madrid based illustrator Ana Galvañ.

For many, there is a perception that football stadiums in Brazil, preparing to don their finery for next summer’s jamboree, resemble little more than half arsed building sites. 

Ballon D’raw is a collaborative project between SPIEL and Liverpool School of Art & Design which took the winners of the Ballon d’Or as a start point of an examination of the links between football and design.

AECOM, in association with Zaha Hadid architects (as consultants) have been appointed to design Al Wakrah, the 2022 FIFA world cup stadium in the precinct in Qatar, just south of Doha.

The Futbol Artist Network has brought together 25 of the best football artists from around the world for an amazing art exhibition displaying the beautiful game.   The exhibition will take place at the 5th Annual Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival June 18-21, at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City.  

Lehel is a freelance illustrator based in Budapest.  With a window-dresser degree and a graphic designer past, his illustrations are eye-catching, colorful and joyful.

"Each artist involved in the Fussbalhelden Gold project was asked to illustrate four or five portraits. I had the honour of illustrating Maradona, Romario, Didi, Zito and Domingos da Guia."

Fascinated by typography, graphic designer Sophie Friedrich turned her hand to football club sticker art recently.

"We came up with our list of the 35 greatest players of all time (this took a while, with many arguments) and have presented them as an A2 Alphanumeric / Alphabet print in the style of 1960's trading cards.

Mogwai are set to perform the entirety of their 2006 score for 'Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait OST', a work that was released on Wall of Sound back in 2006.

Look, we know it was a short exhibition right? And we know it was only on in London (south of the river, mind), but we had our reasons.