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As the plane touches down in the middle of a ploughed muddy field, you would never guess that the world was coming to town. The first 10 minutes on the bus from the tiny airport past the most barren, featureless landscape do little to alter your perception. As the suburbs lurk into view, it isn’t […]
Lionel Messi and Fatos Bećiraj may not have anything immediately in common. One is widely regarded as the most talented footballer in the world today, and by some even of all time; the other plays as number 10 for Barcelona. Oh come on, you knew what you were getting yourself in for by reading this […]
It seems quite some time since a World Cup was hosted by a country without serious question marks hanging over their suitability. Brazil’s stadia have for the most part become hideously over-sized white elephants, not to mention the hysteria over fears of crime and mass protests at public spending in the run-up to 2014. South […]
