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Russian blindly back to action
Alan Moore has the latest from Russia where it hasn’t all been plain sailing since football came back in a hurry.
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Coronavirus and me (and football)
Alan Moore discusses his experiences around the global pandemic that has caused the football world to grind to a halt.
A new dawn for Russian Football?
Alan Moore returns with a round up of all the latest controversies from the domestic game in Russia
England’s hooligan army – a great lie or a media delusion?
As England get set to face the Netherlands in the Nations League, it’s their fans who are doing their best to once hog the media limelight.
Assessing the FIFA World Cup legacy in Russia
Six months on from the action on the pitch, Alan Moore casts his eye on FIFA World Cup legacy in Russia
The violent end to the careers for two of Russian football’s biggest stars
Evgeny Kolpinskiy brings us all the details of the criminal charges brought against two of Russian football’s biggest stars – Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev.
World Cup Final win will be delayed justice for Hrvoje Custic
In 2008, Croatian footballer Hrvoje Custic died while playing because Croatian authorities refused to remove a concrete wall that surrounded his pitch.
The double standards of England and Belgium’s doping agenda
Ahead of the World Cup clash between Belgium and England, Alan Moore looks at the hypocrisy of repeated investigations into Russian football doping.
Unfancied Australia will aim to surprise under Van Marwijk in Russia
The Australia squad lacks the household names of yesteryear but they aren’t heading to the World Cup just to make up the numbers.
£13 billion – the cost of absenteeism during the World Cup
Some will tell you that football is more important than life and death, but the addiction to sport comes at a cost for many employers.