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Analysis: Peak age of Ballon d’Or winners and runners-up

Analysis: Peak age of Ballon d’Or winners and runners-up

  • September 6, 2016
  • 110

It has been quite well established that the Ballon d’Or votes tend to go more in favour of the attacking players than their defensive counterparts. But does age also play a significant part in the

Dictators who used football as a propaganda tool. Part 1: Hitler

Dictators who used football as a propaganda tool. Part 1: Hitler

  • April 17, 2016
  • 117

Germany lost 2-0 against Norway in the second round of the 1936 Berlin Olympics and that too in presence of Adolf Hitler. It was a major blow to the ego and prestige of the Nazis