Yousif Nur

In a world of money, fame, and living to excess with footballers stumbling outside nightclubs and strip joints at 2.45am on the morning before a match, it appears that now more than ever, the gap widens between the loyal blue collared fan and the fly-by-night, cash-strewn footballers in the Premier...

At the time of writing, Khader Adnan, a Palestinian baker from the West Bank village of Arabeh, near Jenin has been on hunger strike for 62 days in protest to him being detained without trial, charge, evidence levelled against him or questioning.

He was taken from his home by...

Luis Suarez did neither himself, team mates or his manager any favours at Old Trafford, succumbing to a 2-1 defeat. Though it's not the manner of the loss on the field that will run deep for many a year to come. Matches come and go. Results between the two sides...

In November 2002, the former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon demanded that the Bush administration should turn its full attention on Iran "the day after" the Iraq invasion was over.

True to form with the tail wagging the dog -- and it's clear to know full well who does...

In 2010 when Barcelona played away at Real Zaragoza, Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick and practically won the game single-handedly. That came off the back of another three goals scored in a previous league game before scoring a couple against Stuttgart in the Champions League a few days later. A...