The weekly column that explores football in the most intense region of them all, with stories from Jerusalem, the Gulf and the winter transfer window.
This Week in Middle Eastern Football: Transfer Window & Qualifications
Coronavirus Outbreak Breaks Chinese Football
While China is trying to handle the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese football is facing cancelled and delayed matches and the Chinese Super League opening matchday is in doubt.
Iran against the AFC, Palestine's Future and the Lebanese Tragedy: This Week in Middle Eastern Football
Iran and the AFC home venues saga, history in the Palestinian national team and the sad story of football in Lebanon. The past week was full of stories in the Middle Eastern football universe. Uri has picked three major of them.
The Best of 2019
2019 was a year of the unpredictable, of new perceptions, of challenges, of ‘no rules’.
The traditional yearly summary of BabaGol is here. Keep it real.
Between Money and Ideology, China and Europe Can't Agree
China’s fight against Mesut Özil wasn’t the only political issue that the country has faced in the last week. With domestic conflicts and criticism abroad, football wasn’t left behind, and Europe had to chose between its ideology or Chinese money.