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FROM THE EDITOR

THE WORLD THIS MONTH

2022 Calendar

On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players and coaches making waves

ESM XI EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA • SEASON RANKINGS Cumulative votes through the season

Keir RADNEDGE THE INSIDER • English football must address its relationship with gambling

Jonathan WILSON TECHNICALLY SPEAKING • PSG are a broken team

BOOKS THIS MONTH

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

A new way forward • This season’s knockout games in UEFA’s elite competitions will be without the away goals rule for the first time since the 1960s

Canada • The Canucks are on course to reach their first World Cup since 1986

Samuel Eto’o • Legendary striker elected president of the Cameroon Football Federation

Elkeson • The naturalised forward’s departure from China hints at a wider malaise

A new trio of superclubs

El Tri under pressure

The BIG stories of 2022 …before they happen • Nick Bidwell takes a look ahead to the stories that will dominate the headlines in the New Year…

FULL STRETCH • Chelsea and Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has had to take the long route to the top…

Timeline

Edouard Mendy

ACHIPOFF THE OLDBLOCK • Marcus Thuram, son of former France defender Lilian, sits down with World Soccer to discuss his famous father, nearly joining Internazionale, and bouncing back from injury…

WHEN ALASTAIR METPETER… • Aconversation between Alastair Campbell and goalkeeping great Peter Schmeichel…

“Winning Euro 2017 changedwomen’s football in the Netherlands” • The Wolfsburg and Netherlands midfielder sits down with World Soccer to reflect on her career…

WSL clubs still waiting to make mark in Europe • Champions League group stage ends with Arsenal the only English team remaining

Round-up

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World Service • Exclusive reports from our worldwide network of correspondents

The month in numbers • The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month…

Cast away • Tiny Pacific island of Niue are attempting to bounce back after expulsion from the Oceania Football Confederation

UAE hosts Club World Cup • Could the title move away from Europe for the first time since 2012?

River Plate back on top • Marcelo Gallardo’s side win their first title since 2014

SOUTH AMERICAN LEAGUES REVIEW

The big trophy in the Big Apple • New York City FC end their wait for MLS glory

At last for Atlas • Atlas finally end their long wait for a Liga MX title by winning Apertura

Algeria triumph inQatar • Fennec Foxes victorious in World Cup...