Eden Hazard: Right or wrong?

NN World Sport examines why racism continues to be a problem in football and what is being done to tackle discrimination.

June 13, 2013 -- Updated 1207 GMT (2007 HKT)

Germany's Under-21s may bowed out of the European Championship Finals in Israel this week, but their experiences left a lasting impression.

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CNN's James Masters has had a close look at the next generation of European football stars at the U21 championship in Israel.

June 6, 2013 -- Updated 1425 GMT (2225 HKT)

A former Palestinian player, once held without charge for three years, is campaigning for a boycott of Israel's staging of a major European tournament.

May 23, 2013 -- Updated 1052 GMT (1852 HKT)

When Germany's two biggest soccer clubs go head-to-head in the Champions League final, there can only be one winner: German industry.

May 22, 2013 -- Updated 1356 GMT (2156 HKT)

The Bundesliga model of sustainability is very much in vogue. But are Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund creating a dangerous duopoly?

May 23, 2013 -- Updated 1015 GMT (1815 HKT)

CNN takes an exclusive look at the venue of the Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

May 17, 2013 -- Updated 1710 GMT (0110 HKT)

David Beckham embraced his tag as a "gay icon" and has been credited with breaking the big taboo -- homosexuality in football.

May 13, 2013 -- Updated 0750 GMT (1550 HKT)

'King' Alex Ferguson is quitting Manchester United but the $3.17 billion brand will survive, according to experts.

May 7, 2013 -- Updated 1418 GMT (2218 HKT)

Italian football lags behind its other European rivals commercially, but newly-crowned Italian champions Juventus is showing Serie A clubs an example of revival.

April 24, 2013 -- Updated 1434 GMT (2234 HKT)

Luis Suarez's biting of Branislav Ivanovic is the latest episode of moments of madness when soccer stars behave badly.

March 29, 2013 -- Updated 0938 GMT (1738 HKT)

Sunderland's partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation is part of its bid to woo the African market.

March 28, 2013 -- Updated 1558 GMT (2358 HKT)

Each year as many as 700 Cameroonian young footballers leave Africa in search of a professional career abroad.

May 6, 2013 -- Updated 1201 GMT (2001 HKT)

Referees across Europe are feeling the heat. Insulted, threatened, chased off the field, attacked, hospitalized and, tragically, killed.

February 26, 2013 -- Updated 1225 GMT (2025 HKT)

Footballers have a battery of physios, fitness trainers and doctors all striving to fine-tune their physique -- but are they missing a trick?

February 26, 2013 -- Updated 1424 GMT (2224 HKT)

No Englishman has won the EPL title in over 20 years, while a leading manager reveals that English coaches are now "not respected abroad."

June 10, 2013 -- Updated 1041 GMT (1841 HKT)

Hardcore Italian football "ultra" Federico is a Lazio supporter who happily admits directing monkey chants at black players.

March 5, 2013 -- Updated 1123 GMT (1923 HKT)

When Jupp Heynckes made his Bundesliga debut as a player in 1965, the name of Bayern Munich was a new one for the nascent German league.

February 19, 2013 -- Updated 1902 GMT (0302 HKT)

Football's world governing body FIFA has confirmed it will use goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

February 19, 2013 -- Updated 1403 GMT (2203 HKT)

Match-fixing has become a worldwide issue, with hundreds of matches under investigation -- but how do you actually fix a football game?

February 11, 2013 -- Updated 2231 GMT (0631 HKT)

The wealth of owners like Chelsea's Roman Abramovich often fuels success, but for other clubs such backers prove a mixed blessing.

January 30, 2013 -- Updated 1342 GMT (2142 HKT)

The Secret Footballer reveals the complex issues surrounding racism in the English Premier League.