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  • 20 Jun 2008
    Euro 2008 star mixes football and faith

    Swiss soccer player Johan Vonlanthen says he has undergone phenomenal changes since he made his debut as an international soccer player, which he attributes to his faith. But his country have still made an early exit from Euro 2008.

  • 24 Feb 2008
    Football benefactor brings Glasgow virgin into play

    The managing director of one of the world's most illustrious football clubs, Barcelona FC, has joined other Spanish philanthropists in donating a statue of the Black Madonna to St Aloysius' Roman Catholic Church in Glasgow.

  • 16 Nov 2007
    Become the owner of a football club

    An ideal present for Christmas or birthdays, or just as the fulfillment of a fantasy - now you can be the manager of a real football club. The People's Club - a football club owned by the fans for the fans, means you become the joint owner of a real-life football team.

  • 15 Nov 2007
    Mixing football and morals

    Football, money and morals make odd bedfellows, concludes Giles Fraser after his experience of preaching to an uncertain congregation at a service marking the 150th anniversary of the world’s oldest club - Sheffield FC.

  • 11 Sep 2007
    Wembley protest at denial of entry to youth Palestinian soccer team

    Some 250 supporters of human rights gathered to protest at the new Wembley Stadium during the England-Israel qualifying match for the Euro 2008 competition - highlighting the plight of a Palestinian youth team denied a visa to visit Britain.

  • 25 Aug 2007
    Close the pay gap, survey says

    People in Britain think that Premiership footballers should be paid a lot less, and that those in service jobs at the bottom of the pay scale should get a good deal more, says a new survey for the Fabian Society.

  • 12 Mar 2007
    Churches show sectarianism the Red Card

    Scotland's religious leaders yesterday made an unusual addition to the stands at a football match between Celtic and Rangers.

  • 19 Jun 2006
    Football teaches non-violence to Colombian street children

    Club Deportivo in Colombia, a partner of the UK Christian aid agency Tearfund, is using football to help children likely to be caught up in violence to learn reconciliation skills.

  • 10 Jun 2006
    Football gives faith communities a common goal

    While world attention focuses the soccer superstars taking part in the World Cup 2006 in Germany, religious leaders hope to use the month-long event to promote peace between the faiths, writes Frauke Brauns for Ecumenical News International.

  • 9 Jun 2006
    Give injustice the Red Card - World Cup ideas from Ekklesia

    Love it or loathe it, the media will be full of the World Cup over the next month, as football-lovers and football-haters make their respective preparations for Germany 2006