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For a fan of football, the Dana Cup is a well-known event. With thousands of youth players participating from around the world, it makes for one of the largest football tournaments in the globe, taking place every year in the North Jutland town of Hjørring in Denmark at the end of July. We caught up …
The Dana Cup: 40 years of youth football for the masses Read More »
Alexander Jibrin, a 21-year-old Finnish Footballer, talks to Sportageous, as we follow his career from Nigeria to Finland. The young midfielder shares what it has been like to have MAAT Sports represent him as an emerging player. Hear his story alongside MAAT sports, the agency that supported him through the journey. Zushan Hashmi: What has …
Alexander Jibrin talks football in Finland and working with MAAT Sports Read More »
Kumar Thapa is a former professional footballer who played for Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC), Armed Police Force club (APF) in Nepal, represented his country, internationally, and more recently coached the Nepal Women’s football team between 2015 and 2017. Kumar Thapa shares his journey navigating through Nepalese football, leading the women’s team to success, and the …
Kumar Thapa on the dire state of women’s football in Nepal Read More »
James Craig is a professional footballer, who has overcome injuries, played across the world from the US to Australia and through his faith and beliefs, continued to push on at the beautiful game. In this exclusive, James shares his story. Zushan Hashmi: In a very short period of time, you’ve moved to several places and …
James Craig on football in the US & Australia, overcoming injury & God Read More »
Keith Hackett is an English former referee, known for officiating an FA Cup final and leading from the front on changes and innovations to refeering and officiating. In this exclusive, Keith shares his officiating stories, including the infamous 21-man brawl between Arsenal and Manchester United players in the 1990-1991 season. Zushan: You are one of …
Keith Hackett talks refereeing, FA Cup finals & football Read More »
Macey Fraser is a central midfielder vying for a sport in the New Zealand women’s football team. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, she kicked a ball at the age of 4, having seen her brothers play the game. Since then she has never looked back. Her run with the team at the U-17 World Cup …
Macey Fraser on New Zealand Women’s Football & the U-17 World Cup Read More »
I’m not a psychologist, but as a mental skills trainer with two university degrees in the subject, Sport psychology is a subject that has always been close to my heart. It’s not without its challenges though. Throughout my studies at university, I discovered that one of the biggest challenges Sport Psychology faces is its shortcomings …
Alice Fougeray is a freestyle footballer from Nice, France. A former player in the OGC Nice women’s team, Alice had the ambition to become a professional. Her dream quickly turned into a nightmare when she had a severe ankle injury. Yet, she decided to find comfort through another footballing creative path, that of freestyle football. …
Alice Fougeray on overcoming injury and becoming freestyle football’s best Read More »
Rebaz Mohammed is a 24 years old Professional Football Freestyler and a multiple World Record Holder from West Bromwich, UK. A migrant due to political discrimination, Rebaz moved to the UK from South Kurdistan in Iraq and took the freestyle football world by storm. We caught up with him to talk about his journey in …
Rebaz Mohammad: from Kurdistan to the UK, a freestyle football journey Read More »
Antonio Dell’Atti has been involved in the football world for over 30 years, as a player, a coach, an assistant and now a player agent. He regularly works with some of the biggest football clubs and players in Italy. In this feature conversation, we catch up with Antonio, to talk about the inner working of …
Antonio Dell’Atti: The journey of an Italian football agent Read More »
