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"It feels incredibly good to be back": Why Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg returned to play for Norway at Euro 2022
PROFILE Norway star Ada Hegerberg refused to play for the national team for four years, unhappy with the treatment of the women's side. Now she's back, and one of the best players in the world...
Nadia Nadim exclusive: “My father was killed by the Taliban… now I want to help people believe the world can change”
Nadia Nadim was forced to flee Afghanistan as a child, before finding asylum – and football – in Denmark. Now, nearing her 100th cap and a newly qualified doctor, the forward takes FFT through her incredible story
Women's Euro 2022 favourites? Rise of the Lionesses: How England became the team to beat
EURO 2022 England last hosted a major women’s tournament in 2005, when the landscape looked very different for the Lionesses. It’s taken snubs, blunders and heartbreak to make serious progress – but at Women's Euro 2022, Sarina Wiegman’s ambitious side have a nation dreaming of glory
Grenfell: How football helped a community heal – through the most fascinating of friendlies
When Grenfell Athletic faced the London Fire Brigade in an emotionally-charged clash, FFT was there to see the action unfold. Friendly? No chance
How to win the Champions League – by the men who’ve done it
UEFA Champions League Twenty-five fascinating (and often hilarious) tales from the triumphant chaps who've lifted Ol' Big Ears down the years
Bobby Robson at Barcelona: How one stormy season became the making of Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Ronaldo
In a Barcelona team that brought Bobby Robson, Jose Mourinho, Ronaldo and Pep Guardiola together, not even success was enough to avoid a bitter ending
Ben Brereton Diaz exclusive: "It's crazy!" The unlikely Championship Chilean superstar on his incredible rise
INTERVIEW Blackburn forward Ben Brereton Diaz took South America by storm at the Copa America last year – and with 20 goals to his name makes FourFourTwo's list of best EFL players. We spoke to him about his journey...
He's building a hospital, a school and a mosque – Sadio Mané's incredible journey
AFCON WINNER The Liverpool forward has won African Footballer of the Year, a Champions League, and the Premier League glory. Now he's lifted the Africa Cup of Nations. This is his story
The FA Cup's greatest upset: Hereford vs Newcastle, told by Ronnie Radford, John Motson and Malcolm Macdonald
MAGIC OF THE CUP In February 1972, Ronnie Radford's rocket from the mud gave the FA Cup its biggest-ever giant-killing. Leo Moynihan caught up with Supermac, John Motson and one carefree copper to get the full story
