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Mats Hummels dyed his hair because he lost an Oktoberfest bet

The start of Hugo Meisl’s Wunderteam

Understanding the proliferation of fake news through soccer transfer rumors

Qatar says they’re giving stadium workers “cooled helmets” so everything is OK now

Hospital patients bring holiday cheer to downtrodden Sunderland players

David Luiz does magic tricks in the dressing room

The day the World Cup trophy was stolen…again

The day Barcelona won a record sixth trophy in one year

Youth teams in financial danger after FA bans tattoo shop and night club sponsors

The 95th anniversary of Poland’s first official match

Referee experiments with not sending off Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid win Club World Cup

Ilkay Gundogan assures the world he is still alive after weird Man City tribute