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'FRIDAY THE 13TH' OF ALGERIAN FOOTBALL

Last week was a tough one in Algeria. A terrible plane crash near the capital Algiers, saw the death of 257 people, after a wing of a transport military airplan...

TWEETING FOOTBALL IN THE ARAB WORLD - The numbers behind the first full football tournament, to be broadcast live on social network.

During the past weekend the Arab Club Championship was opened in Egypt. In the next two weeks, teams from the Middle East, North Africa and the region will comp...

WORLD'S MOST ENJOYABLE: 2017 LIGA MX APERTURA GUIDE - The 2017 Liga MX Apertura is kicking off, Meir Lozowick providing us with the complete guide for the new season.

After a long wait, the world's most enjoyable league (well, maybe I’m a bit biased) is coming back to action this weekend. Morelia will host Monterrey on Friday...

THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY RIVALRY Ronald Lima, Ronaldo' son, was in Israel with Brazil U-18 - team for the Maccabiah. Uri went to see him and came back with toughts about fathers and sons.

Being a "son of" is not simple. Even before you are born, another person's actions, greatness, manners and life, are automatically sat on your shoulders without...

LET THEM INSIDE Iranian women wants to watch football in their home country. They deserve it. Notable Iranian football figures are joining the struggle, among them the 'Persian Maradona'.

In Iran, women are not allowed in stadiums to watch football. For years, this has triggered many protests, worldwide, in almost every international match of an ...

ORO MEXICANO - In such an intensive schedule, Mexico decided to send its youngsters to CONCACAF's Gold Cup. Can go all the way? Meir with an 'El-tri' focus.

If you have thought that we have no more football until the domestic leagues kick off, we get one of the most none-covered and most exotic continental tournamen...

THE DREAM OF KIZIL - DALKURD'S RUN FOR GLORY - The Kurdish club who aspire to conquer the Swedish top flight.

You can never imagine how fast your dream can turn real. Ramazan Kizil, a Kurd from Borlänge, Sweden, isprobably sitting at his office and cannot believe how hi...

MESSI IN 2014, AMOORY IN 2016 - How the Arab world wonderboy lost his chance for glory

Omar Abdulrahma should have taken this penalty. He had to take this penalty, and to score it. The AFC Champions League trophy was written under his name, and he...

BFF: BRIGHT FEMININE FUTURE Full stadiums and amazing atmosphere, how did the Colombian women's league became a success since day one?

Football in South America is a religion. South America is probably the only region in the world that you can see female football fans as much as male ones. Whil...

COPINHA: A CHANCE TO DREAM - The tournament of future Brazilian stars.

The game is played in fast pace. Full of fouls and chances for both sides. The home team scores a goal after a bizarre fault from the defenders. In need of a go...

'ALL EGYPTIAN': ESSAM EL-HADARY; THE EGYPTIAN DREAM IN ONE MAN Egypt's AFCON - hero and its social significance.

He is like an experienced bus driver or a veteran construction worker, who’s navigating his co-workers from the back seat of the tractor. In certain moments, he...

THE OTTOMAN DERBY - The historical significance of the most Middle Eastern clash in the history of the Europa League.

"It's true we did not know much of Hapoel Be'er Sheva before the draw, we heard only about teams from Tel Aviv, but after the last few weeks - there is no detai...

FROM JERUSALEM TO HEBRON: AMMAR SALMAN'S CUP CLIMAX IS SOLVED - Ammar Salman journey for cup glory from Jerusalem to Hebron, Israel and Palestine.

On 1997/98, Ammar Salman, a young right back at Hapoel Jerusalem, played his first ever cup final. His modest club had a positive season in Israeli National Lea...

BRAZILIAN RUSH FOR COPA LIBERTADORES - A complete guide for the Brazilian teams in the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

The Brazilian football calendar began at the end of January and now the well awaited continental competitions are starting. In this year's Copa Libertadores, no...

12 REASONS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH RIYAD MAHREZ - The Franch-Algerian has set the world on fire and BabaGol is in loved.

.jpg) The first African player to win the PFA Player of the Year Award. Mahrez (AP©) Riyad Mahrez. What a guy. By 2014 he was a complete no-name, and Wahid Hali...

A PRETTY BIG DEAL - Why the matching of Liverpool and Mo Salah is much more than a football transfer

Mohammad Salah’ signing at Liverpool for £36.9M, is a pretty big deal. For many reasons. .jpg) Mohammad Salah puts pen to paper. A pretty big deal (Photo: Liver...

BabaGol - MAKE BRAZIL GREAT AGAIN

Although it’s hard to point out the political preferences of Adenor Bachi, the brazilian coach better known as Tite, it’s safe to say that he would have vote fo...

A WAR MINUS THE BULLETS: QATAR CRISIS IN FOOTBALL

Football and politics. What a perfect match. In the past two weeks the Qatari crisis took the world by storm, and around the world, the news was welcomed in gre...

BabaGol TV - FOOTBALL UNITES

A story of horrific wars, fleeing asylum seekers, activist students, hope and football. Watch it on our Youtube channel here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE...

10 KICKING POINTS FROM 2017 AFCON

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon is over. A good tournament football-wise and a fascinating sport event politically. Here are ten points I took from the ...