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Clubs Sell Community. Now Is the Time to Pay It Back.
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Rory Smith On Soccer Soccer embraces the idea that its teams are not just businesses, but social institutions, part of their cities. Right now, that can’t just ...
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Onetime Relic, Then Hipster Fad, Milkmen Embrace Flood of Clients
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An industry that symbolized the distant past has grown in recent years. Now, with the coronavirus, milkmen are deluged with customers. LEEDS, England — The prob...
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All Alone, Belarus Plays On
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On Soccer Every soccer league in Europe has closed down in the face of the coronavirus pandemic except one: the Belarusian Premier League. When the authorities ...
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Soccer Is a Habit. But Habits Can Be Broken.
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Rory Smith On Soccer Sports are never just sports. And it’s OK to miss them now that they’re gone, and to wonder if they’ll be the same when they return. Enjoyi...
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The 48 Hours When Liverpool’s Title Run Screeched to a Halt
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The club has waited three decades to claim its first Premier League championship. It was two wins from its goal. And then everything stopped. LIVERPOOL, England...
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In Pausing Their Sport, Soccer’s Leaders Put Everyone on the Clock
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on soccer UEFA moved back the Euros, which was helpful. But setting a hard deadline for its leagues to make up for lost time will only cause new problems. MANCH...
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Soccer the Sport Must Stop. Soccer the Business Probably Can’t.
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Rory Smith On Soccer The sport’s hand was forced by the mounting number of cases within the game, but the decision to halt matches was slowed by the potential c...
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Atlético Madrid Stuns Liverpool as Coronavirus Pierces Champions League
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On Soccer Two goals by Marcos Llorente made for another dramatic night in Europe’s top club competition, but news of an infected Juventus player threatened the ...
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Be Quick, Press High, Cut Back: How to Score in the Champions League
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Analysis of the goals scored in Europe’s biggest soccer matches in recent years offers some clues on how the world’s best teams go about their work. Sign up for...
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The Bruno Fernandes Effect: How Manchester United Turned the Tables
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On Soccer Manchester United has become a club trained to expect the worst. In its win over Manchester City on Sunday, it was at its best again. MANCHESTER, Engl...