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A new Guardian documentary follows the story of the Kurdistan team in football’s world cup for unrecognised territories
There is a section of Italy that it using football as a way of campaigning for independence. Matthew Barker tells all
Last month’s European and local elections saw the Lega Nord increase its support base beyond the traditional heartland of the Veneto and Lombardy in the north-east of Italy, reaching as far down as Emilia Romagna and the northern edges of Tuscany. The Lega, seeking to break away from the national government in Rome and the Mezzogiorno south, forms a strong coalition with Silvio Berlusconi’s ruling People of Freedom party, and has been steadily winning over disgruntled voters with far-right policies based exclusively around twin obsessions of immigration and security.
There is a world outside of FIFA. Steve Menary reports on plans for a world cup of "non-countries"
The breakaway republic of Northern Cyprus is set to host the first ever world cup for nations that don’t exist. Recognised only by Turkey, which invaded the Mediterranean island in 1974, Northern Cyprus will host the 16-team Viva World Cup in November 2006.
Jon Rea explains why the fun of Euro ’96 never quite made it to Nottingham
The disappointing support from local fans is only partly helpful in explaining why, for Nottingham at least, Euro ’96 was the story of the party nobody came to.