I can actually understand why FIFA might be a bit touchy about emblems on shirts.

They've got it wrong before.

For example, in the 1934 FIFA World Cup tournament the Italian team (who won both that competition and went on to win in France in 1938) wore the Fascist symbol on their shirts: it's clearly visible on the official tournament poster and TOFFS are still making and selling that particular shirt.

Samuel Eto'o has continued to hint that his long-term future lies way from the Russian league, implying that he might end up at Chelsea in the coming years.

Eto'o was rising to prominence at Mallorca when then-Blues boss Claudio Ranieri attempted to bring the striker to Stamford Bridge.

However, the Cameroon international opted to join Barcelona in 2004 and went on to enjoy five great years in Catalunya before moving on to another two successful seasons at Inter.

By Chris Wright

While it's yet to be rubber-stamped, there's a good possibility that the fastest goal ever scored cropped up in the third-tier of Russian football earlier this month, when veteran Mitos midfielder Michail Osinov stepped up and cracked one home from kick-off against Olympia Gelendzhik on September 11th.

By Alan Duffy

The latest nouveau riche football club to start flashing its jewellery at the game's old money are Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala, who are bankrolled by businessman Suleyman Kerimov, a man reported to be worth around $20 billion.

After enticing the legendary Samuel Eto'o to Russian football with a massive money offer which sees the former Internazionale man earn £5675838,34353853885,1239232.

The Eto'o mega deal has put Anzhi Makhachkala on the map, but what sort of reception will he get?

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Here's Russian football expert Eliot Rothwell on the mega money deal that's shocked world football.

Nine days left of the transfer "window" market & the situation has heated up with "last moment" operations & player movements. One Club that is experiencing the "last minute" rush is Italian Club INTER MILAN who is about to lose forward Eto´o to Russian Football & will needed to find a substitute forward & a World name to excite the fans.

On Wednesday night, as Scotland held on for their essentially-meaningless-yet-pretty-damn-encouraging-all-the-blinking-same win against Denmark, I was locked in footballing discussions.
Scott Johnston of theFootyBlog.net asked me to join him and his co-host Brent Atema of GlobalFootballToday.

By Chris Wright

It's now just seven years until Russia host the World Cup and bananas are still being thrown at black players in their domestic leagues...

After refusing to rise to the bait after being issued with a banana by a racist Zenit supporter three months ago, it seems Carlos wasn't prepared to take the repeat offence quite so lightly substituting himself off in protest.

Former AC Milan and Netherlands forward Ruud Gullit has been dismissed as coach of FC Terek Grozny after a disappointing start to his first spell in Russian football.

In 1917 Russia was gripped by a revolution that sent shockwaves throughout the west, as governments agonized over potential repercussions upsetting their own status quo. Today Russian football is experiencing a revolution of its own, yet western reaction is surprisingly ... Continue reading →

In 1917 Russia was gripped by a revolution that sent shockwaves throughout the west, as governments agonized over potential repercussions upsetting their own status quo. Today Russian football is experiencing a revolution of its own, yet western reaction is surprisingly ... Continue reading →

In 1917 Russia was gripped by a revolution that sent shockwaves throughout the west, as governments agonized over potential repercussions upsetting their own status quo. Today Russian football is experiencing a revolution of its own, yet western reaction is surprisingly ... Continue reading →