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Drew Brees on "The rise of Russia and its football"

Drew Brees — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:34:22 +0100

Marc, thanks for the great article. I never knew a thing about Russian football. Sounds great.

Chekov on "The rise of Russia and its football"

Chekov — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:39:51 +0100

Hugely interesting article. I'm looking forward to reading the book in the summer. I'm taking it to Russia as holiday reading.

http://threethousandversts.blogspot.com

The rise of Russia and its football, Marc Bennetts

Marc Bennetts — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:59 +0100

Following Zenit St. Petersburg's stunning victory in the UEFA Cup final in Manchester in front of hordes of howling Glasgow Rangers fans, and the upcoming Champions League final in Moscow between those two giants of English football - Manchester United and Chelsea - the football world has fixed its attention firmly on Russia. And it has realised that it knows next to nothing about the subject.

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