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At Matador, we go ground level with team sports, like playing pickup football in Paris, working as a ref, and half-time entertainment at a basketball game.

We also report on world events like the Olympics and the World Cup or more niche sports like Jamaican dogsledding and laundry badnminton.

And we have the controversial – which is tougher: rugby vs. American football, soccer coaches we’d like to canonize and those we’d like to excommunicate, and more.

I found myself feeling completely unprepared, despite my hockey-loving pedigree.
It was literally the ice-breaker with the kids next door.
Even if you don’t follow football.
Juma was a Chelsea man, while we were for Tottenham.
Roadtripping with dad through the Sonoran Desert to a baseball game in Phoenix.
The nucleus of futbol culture will always be Brazil.
At a local sports bar, we screamed at TV screens and got really drunk.
“What else is new,” the striker chuckled as he jogged back into position.
This young Egyptian kid sure knows how to handle his balls.
"We will just work on developing his shooting skills during training."
Chances are, Solo's commercial viability will help propel organizational recognition of...
A group of 7 year-old footballers with an endearing losing streak.
The claw marks on my sweaty back stung as my teammates’ arms pressed around me.
Nine out of ten England Premier League games will take place this weekend.
Japan wins women's FIFA World Cup in penalty shoot out.
This dude jetted out onto the field and pulled out some serious skills.
Morgan deBoer reflects on how politics and soccer collide on an Egyptian soccer pitch.
Megan Wood recounts her first experience with soccer in Asunción.
As the government considers new safety legislation for youth football players, Benita...
With the holidays over, there is just one more winter tradition left: The Rose Bowl.
The history of the NFL's Thanksgiving Classic, from the 1930s until today.
A look inside spot-fixing, a new method of match-fixing in cricket that’s giving...
With attendance at their games dwindling, an Italian soccer team comes up with an unusual...
The coach threw a football shirt and boots at my feet and watched impatiently as I pulled...
The Institute of Aesthletics mixes art and sport to drum up community pride. Now, they're...