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Writers on their World Cup Panini collecting days: ‘We all remember the playground twerp’

The much-loved football sticker album is to be discontinued after 2030. Guardian writers recall their thrills and frustrations With this summer’s World Cup already mired in controversy over politicisation , potential travel bans and rows over ticket prices , fans were dealt another piece of sad news this week: the tournament’s much-loved Panini sticker album will be discontinued after 2030.…

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Into the Ronaldo-verse: sludge of content is eating up sport and the adults are to blame | Barney Ronay

Footballer has 664 million followers but his boring presence is a reminder of how reel-life destroys what it touches Buy the backpack airlines hate. Fawn strangely at a child athlete. This TV presenter drank olive oil for a month and absolutely nothing happened. The streets (no actual streets involved) won’t forget (robots can’t forget) Paul Pogba (or equivalent coding). Nineties dance hits.…

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Football Daily | Real Madrid and some truly toxic vibes. Next up … El Clásico

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! This feels like a good day to distract ourselves from [ gestures in general direction of outside world ] … so let’s check in on the latest events at Real Madrid. Have they finally found dressing-room harmony? Ah. Eek. Oh boy. Two statements from the club on Thursday revealed an “incident in the first-team training session” involving midfielders…

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Like huge team crests in a stadium tunnel, football’s confected controversies are hard to avoid | Max Rushden

Many of us struggle to not get sucked into the content machine, even if we simply say: ‘This doesn’t matter’ Last week a video did the rounds of Diego Simeone getting annoyed with Ben White for walking over an enormous Atlético Madrid crest-doormat placed literally in the middle of the tunnel entrance which Ben White had to walk into to get to the room Atlético Madrid had themselves selected for…

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‘We bring in hungry, humble players’: How Cesc Fàbregas is leading the incredible rise of Como

The tiny Italian club are flying high with the help of the former Arsenal player, ambitious owners and a scouting guru inspired by Football Manager The serene sound of lapping water is broken only by the whir of a seaplane engine swooping to land. Outside the hangar to which the aircraft will soon return, a crowd has gathered well before kick-off. Later, most will scale the steep steps of the…

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PSG set up date with Arsenal as Bayern and Kane fall short – Football Weekly podcast

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Mark Langdon and Archie Rhind-Tutt after PSG progressed past Bayern Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email . On today’s podcast: Bayern and PSG didn’t provide another nine-goal thriller, as per the first leg, but it was an entertaining game in Munich as PSG progressed with a 6-5 aggregate win to the final, as the…

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