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Nicholas Anelka is a confused man
The Quennelle that attacks the system but carries no anti-Semitic barb exists nowhere but inside the Frenchman’s own head…
Author: Robert O'Connor
Qatar World Cup – Defying parity
The decision to move the World Cup to winter shows once and for all what FIFA thinks of the democratic process.
United front
Withdrawing the World Cup from Qatar could pull the issue of workers’ rights out of the spotlight and entrench the status quo, writes Robert O’Connor.
Land grab
Robert O’Connor reports on Romanian football which is getting set for a new era under Gino Iorgulescu’s presidency.
False promise
Football in Belarus has few friends, even amongst those organisations charged with promoting its cause.
Northern lights
With UEFA’s 54th member Gibraltar preparing for their first taste of ‘official’ international football, Greenland might be reluctant to follow them down the path.
Super man?
A French president is making strokes to paint a new future for football finance, but it isn’t Michel Platini, writes Robert O’Connor.
Border control
Robert O’Connor weighs in to the debate on nationality with some thoughts on Adnan Januzaj and the wider issue.
Struggles in Kosovo
Robert O’Connor looks at a country looking to work their way into the FIFA family.
Orient Express
Leyton Orient’s manager is showing his chairman why he might just be the man to pull the club out of the Olympic shadow, writes Robert O’Connor.