In the lush, rain-soaked valleys of Malappuram, Keralam, football is more than a pastime—it is a vibrant pulse of daily life.

Football crept into my consciousness slowly during the 1960s in Chicago. I enjoyed sports, of course. But the Chicago Bears in those days were not offering much to capture a boy's imagination. My ...

A new book by Erik Kessels features a series of found photographs of football matches gone by, which demonstrate the balletic qualities of the beautiful game Described as both ‘the artbook for ...