The controversies behind the Champions League underdog, Sheriff Tiraspol — explained
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ad agency takes a stand against racism in Bulgarian football by launching Scarf of Respect 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The power of football is helping this flood-hit village find new life
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        On the road with the football fans bridging Moldova’s divided nation
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        How football brought Moldova and Transnistria together, despite 27 years of frozen conflict
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Join the women’s football team fighting for equality in the Caucasus
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Unite fashion and football with The Calvert Journal in Moscow
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        On side: how Samara brought North and South Korea together on the pitch — for one minute
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Hometown values: after years in the wilderness, has Nizhny finally found a football team of its own?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        One night in Barcelona: Kazan’s football team was once on top of the world. What went wrong?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Year abroad: on the road with FC Rostov during their season challenging Europe’s elite
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Long distance love: meet the Kaliningrad fans who travel 7,400 kilometres to support their team
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Take the field: meet the aspiring youth competing in the iconic Leather Ball football tournament
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Nike has just dropped its first Russian collection
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Home from home: the football club giving Moscow’s Armenian diaspora something to cheer
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Northern soul: how I fell in love with St Petersburg — through its football team
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Kick about: uncover Moscow’s rich football history on this capital tour
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Victory days: how Volgograd changed the history of Russian football in two matches