football
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Like everywhere, the world's smallest island nation has been gripped by football fever for the past six weeks.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Counterfeit football shirts worth over £18m were seized in the UK during the course of the World Cup because of safety concerns.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
While there is interest in big Premier League matches, and children wear Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo kits, any attempts to actually play football tend to be mocked, unless it's Aussie rules.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
"They are trying to change the image for the better and get involved in more sport," says Pomroy, technical director for Nauru Soccer and one of eight volunteers aiming to develop football on the island.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
After breakfast they did calisthenics and other physical exercises and played football or other games.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Long before the World Cup kicked off, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t shy about setting extraordinarily high expectations for a country that believes footballs are oblong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The people waiting outside our ports of entry are not footballs stopped at the 1-yard line, letters suspended in a mail carrier’s hand, or dinner guests lingering on a porch.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
“I’ve thrown a lot of footballs, and it’s May and June and I didn’t think it was as necessary to throw as much now,” Herbert said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Among the whistles on colorful coiled plastic key chains, small blue rubber footballs, Frisbees, yo-yos, bubbles, and glow jewelry, I saw green and red and blue glitter pens.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
