COMPETITIONS
Emerging from the Pack – Tim Stillman
How Sarina Wiegman’s decisiveness and settled England side won Euro 2022
The Eruption – Alasdair Howorth
South Africa won the Wafcon, Nigeria faltered but the real story was the rise of Morocco
Nurturing the Seedling – Paul Myers
After a successful tournament, how does women’s football develop further in Africa?
Next Levels – Tim Vickery
Brazil continues to dominate the Women’s Copa América, but are there signs of progress?
BIGGER PICTURE
Building Qatar – John McManus
Aspire, imports and the struggle to give the World Cup hosts a team to be proud of
Dissident in Inverted Commas – Kit Holden
Was supporting Union Berlin really an act of opposition in Communist East Germany?
War Games – Ronny Blashcke
The contested meaning of football in a region racked by conflict
Sacred Space – Ben Gilbert
Ken Bates, electric fences and the worrying return of pitch invasions
PHOTO ESSAY
The Ball’s The Thing
The journey made by the Spirit of Football ball
GENIUSES
The Death of Beauty – Felipe Almeida
Zico remembers the 1982 World Cup and the trauma of Brazil’s defeat to Italy
Fish Out of Water – Sean Cole
How Christophe Dugarry helped Steve Bruce’s Birmingham City avoid relegation
Two Ties – Günter Netzer
The Borussia Mönchengladbach great on two European games that defined his career
Piksi Dust – Vladimir Novak
How Dragan Stojković’s positive outlook has transformed Serbia
The Winner – Emile Avanessian
The astonishingly successful career of the astonishingly popular Dani Alves
THEORY
Street Footballers – Ben Welch
Is there a danger that academies can remove useful rough edges?
GREATEST GAMES
Liverpool 1, Arsenal 2 – Rob Smyth
Premiership, Anfield, Liverpool, 23 December 2001
