Football is more than just a game
BRUSSELS: I have never been a footballer. Yet during nearly 20 years at the UN, I witnessed something that profoundly changed the way I see the game: Football is far more than a sport.
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Former Chelsea owner Ken Bates, who bought the club for one pound, dies at 94
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