Following Barcelona’s 5-1 win against Ferencvárosi on Tuesday, Salvador Sostres, a prominent journalist for Spanish newspaper ABC, compared 17-year old winger Ansu Fati’s pace to that of a “Black street vendor fleeing the police” in […]
2011: A Year in Sport
Image Credit- The Telegraph The sporting year began in spectacular fashion for England Cricket, who clinched their first Ashes win Down-Under since 1986/7 with an innings defeat of Australia in Sydney. The result clinched a […]
Best Weekends Away In Europe
Asha Hipperson gives her top European weekend getaways on a budget.
A World on Fire: What widespread protests worldwide mean for the future of political activism
As I write this, there are protests happening in Ethiopia, Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Australia, Paris and London – to name a few examples. With people around the world subjecting themselves to tear […]
Miraculous Messi’s Moment of Magic
Image Credit [OptaJoe] Lionel Messi scores his 600th goal amid Barcalona’s 3-0 rout of Liverpool. Before Wednesday’s thrilling encounter between two of the best sides in world football, Barcelona and Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp had said […]
The Benefits of a Year Abroad
Should more British players opt to play their football abroad? 12 months ago, I wrote in the Gryphon about Carli Lloyd’s signing for Manchester City, and how, with more foreign stars coming into teams like […]
The Battle of Catalan Independence
Until you experience things, you never quite believe what they are going to be like. Imagination is a wonderful thing, and we as human beings would be lost without it. But imagining what something is […]
From Newell’s to Nanjing: Messi theme park unveiled
Although Paul Pogba made headlines when he became the first football player to have his own emoji, it seems that Lionel Messi is about to go a step further in the engagement of football fans […]
Luis to leave Barca
Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola have a lot in common. They were Barcelona team-mates in the late 90s, played together for the national side, and, can both lay claim to being two of Barcelona’s most […]
Postcards from Abroad: Barcelona VS Madrid
Hola everyone! So Madrid or Barcelona? Barcelona or Madrid? Their rivalry is legendary and it doesn’t just stop at football, especially at the moment with the Catalan independence movement in full swing.They’re the two biggest […]
Postcards from Abroad: Barcelona, Spain
When I think about the fact that I’ve spent a month abroad already, I have to pinch myself a little bit. That’s a whole month without ringing my mum, crying about how much I want […]
Spanish champions a class apart
Barcelona’s star-studded team ultimately proved too strong for Juventus in an enthralling Champions League Final. Both teams were looking to complete the treble, but given that Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar had scored 120 […]