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“We hope that there is no need for our project anymore.”

Those are the words of Hagar Groeteke, one of five all female coaching staff of FC Lampedusa St Pauli, an all refugee team based in the…

Sep 15, 2016

“We hope that there is no need for our project anymore.”

Sep 15, 2016

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Is DeAndre Yedlin a long term fit for Newcastle?

Newcastle’s inability to defend has been a source of criticism and ridicule since the turn of the century. After a succession of back fours…

Sep 2, 2016

Sep 2, 2016

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Nuclear weapons, mass poverty and ISIS.

In an episode eerily similar to what Raheem Sterling experienced earlier this summer, Goal tweeted a story accompanied by this disturbing…

Aug 13, 2016

Nuclear weapons, mass poverty and ISIS.

Aug 13, 2016

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Individual of the Week: Ahmed Ben Bella

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Dec 2, 2015

Individual of the Week: Ahmed Ben Bella

Dec 2, 2015

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Playoffs and Politics: FIFA, The Suez Canal and Wales

There was such a time that FIFA knew a farce when it saw one (imagine that). It didn’t, however, stop Wales from representing Africa and…

Nov 19, 2015

Playoffs and Politics: FIFA, The Suez Canal and Wales

Nov 19, 2015

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Competitive Mourning; Remembrance and Football

A minutes silence at football once or twice (depending on how the dates fell) every November was something that I never questioned until I…

Nov 11, 2015

Competitive Mourning; Remembrance and Football

Nov 11, 2015

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Football and politics: a unique relationship

Oct 29, 2015

Football and politics: a unique relationship

Oct 29, 2015

Copa Politics

Copa Politics

Blog focusing on relationship between politics, culture, identity and football. Follow on Twitter @copapolitics

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