The Saudi shimmy: Oil’s well with football
by Rashmee
Posted on August 19, 2023 / The Times of India
Petrodollars flowing to football isn’t novel, but European jibes betray an outdated mindset. Stars like …
Read More’42 per cent of Africa’s 130 players at Qatar were born outside the continent’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 5, 2022
More than half the 26 players in Morocco’s national football team are born in other …
Read MoreFootballers often ask themselves: Where am I really from?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 4, 2022
The BBC World Service documentary ‘Which country should I play for?’ tells an …
Read More‘When you win, you’re English; when you lose, you’re Black’. Sad but true, not just for Britain
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2021
/ BLIMEY BLIGHTY So, Italy and England faced off for the Euro Cup and England …
Read More‘Maybe, just maybe_ Good luck England!’ Football and the art of understatement
by Rashmee
Posted on July 11, 2021
/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND Walking past a shop, I saw the sign in the …
Read MoreWhether or not football’s coming home, there’s a limit to sport’s transformative power
by Rashmee
Posted on July 10, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… Ahead of the England-Italy play-off in the Uefa European championship, it’s striking …
Read MoreFootball could be the great equaliser when it comes to the wealth of nations
by Rashmee
Posted on June 20, 2018 / The National
Even for those of us who are not football fans, the World Cup in Russia …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK