Sid Lowe  

• José Mourinho clear to rejoin Chelsea as Real Madrid confirm his exit
  Mourinho to leave Spanish club at end of the season . Chelsea will not have to pay compensation for Portuguese

  about 4 days ago
   
• Atlético end 14-year Madrid curse with a Copa Del Rey win for the ages
  Atlético's fans had tasted only pain against Real since 1999. Now, at last, they can begin the first day of the rest of their lives

  about 5 days ago
   
• Atlético beat Real Madrid to win Copa del Rey after Ronaldo sent off
  Real Madrid 1-2 Atlético Madrid . José Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gabi all sent off

  last week
   
• Atlético in with a shout at Real Madrid's home in Copa del Rey final
  They call Atlético the jinxed one, and that has become excuse and millstone wrapped in one. But can the mental block can be surmounted at last? Can the spell be broken?

  last week
   
• David Beckham was one of the most popular players at Real Madrid
  The England player is remembered fondly in Spain for his 'Stakhanovite' endeavour during the galáctico era

  about a week ago
   

Jonathan Wilson  

• The great European Cup teams: Ajax 1971-73
  In the second of our six-part series, we remember the revolutionary Ajax team created by Rinus Michels, and the Total Football that won them three successive titles

  yesterday
   
• Champions League proves the era of super clubs has begun
  The competition is now effectively contested by a handful of sides, and domestic leagues are becoming more predictable

  about 2 days ago
   
• Sepp Blatter's World Cup plans show no respect for logic – or football
  The Fifa president wants more Asian teams in the World Cup, but his proposals will help nothing except his own political future

  about a week ago
   
• Sunderland, Stokoe, Montgomery: football would never be the same again
  Sunderland's FA Cup final victory over Leeds 40 years ago was a poignant one for my father. There is nothing better than underdog stories and this was the greatest one of all

  about 2 weeks ago
   
• Alex Ferguson was as adept at evolving tactically as any manager in history
  The Manchester United manager was always willing to cut and adapt his team, no matter how successful it was

  about 2 weeks ago
   

Simon Kuper  

• What David Moyes and Sir Alex really do
  There is a global fascination with football managers: serious media devoted more space to Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure than to Pakistan’s elections

  about 6 days ago
   
• Sir Alex Ferguson: football’s last Boss
  The Manchester United manager’s exit marks the end of an era for the game in which one man could rule a club in the face of growing player power

  about 2 weeks ago
   
• The French elite: where it went wrong
  Globalisation has hurt France’s “énarques”, who weren’t trained to succeed in the world but in central Paris

  about 2 weeks ago
   
• Alex Ferguson’s managerial lessons stretch far beyond football
  Despite his success, Sir Alex never kidded himself that he knew everything – he always kept learning; for him, knowledge was power

  about 2 weeks ago
   
• Lunch with the FT: Xavier Niel
  The telecoms billionaire, regarded as France’s Steve Jobs by some, tells Simon Kuper about why he’s happy being an outsider among the country’s elite

  about 3 weeks ago
   

Paul Hayward  

Barry Glendenning  

Paolo Bandini  

Marina Hyde  

Sean Ingle