Alima Hotakie

Play­ers and ex­perts dif­fer on luck’s role in foot­ball and how crit­i­cal it is in teams’ suc­cess in big tour­na­ments.

Lack of op­por­tu­ni­ty, not in­ter­est, is hold­ing big num­ber back from man­age­r­i­al po­si­tions in coun­try’s top four di­vi­sions.

Is a coin toss re­al­ly fair and what is it about shootouts that strikes over­whelm­ing fear in the hearts of play­ers?

It’s not fair to use foot­ball to paint rosy pic­ture of the coun­try but it pro­vides mod­el and les­son for its politi­cians.

Born to Lebanese par­ents, the Toron­to Maple Leafs for­ward is now in­spir­ing chil­dren as ice hock­ey fights against racism.