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Diego Benning Wang charts Azerbaijani club Sabah FK’s remarkable rise from obscurity to the Champions League.

Diego Benning Wang shows how Georgian-Ossetian ties shaped a national football identity that politics later fractured.

Diego Benning Wang revisits “Lev Yashin: The Black Spider” as more than a tribute to a football legend: a powerful story of genius, scapegoating and rehabilitation that restores Yashin’s dignity, [...]

Diego Benning Wang examines how, despite the absence of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, clubs and players connected to the Caucasus give the region a modest but [...]

Mathieu Lemoine explores how Uzbekistan’s World Cup debut could turn a sporting breakthrough into a wider moment of national pride, diaspora visibility and recognition for Central Asian football.

Diego Benning Wang explores the overlooked legacy of Greek footballers from Soviet Central Asia, showing how displacement, exile and Stalinist deportations helped shape both Uzbek football [...]