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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
  • 91

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
  • 97

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