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Two of the greatest athletes in the world, hanging out at the oldest basketball court in the world.

You need those kinds of people in the locker room. It’s a long season, so you gotta have … gotta have some jokes and some good vibes.

My son was at school with his friends and a TV ad was going on. If I’m not mistaken, it was an ad for Brazil’s match. And then I was on TV.

The Jamaica's women's national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time ever. The Players' Tribune takes you inside the week when they made history.

Eric Cantona pens an open letter to the world of football.

"""We were a generation of kids with simple dreams. We just wanted to play football in peace."" This is Edin Džeko's story."

I'm a professional soccer player, but this is not a sports story.

I called a bunch of coaches in men’s soccer. They told me that there was no way I was ever going to play on a men’s team. They were wrong.

Going from China to Barcelona is incredible, but it’s not a miracle.

In many ways, you are living a dream. And in many ways, you are a prisoner of that dream.

For six months, my best friend wasn’t anyone in Lisbon. It was Vincent Chase.

Our aim is not to beat Argentina. Our aim is to win the World Cup.

Emil Forsberg tells The Players Tribune how his wife Shanga (aka The Sheriff) is responsible for giving him the strength to succeed.

We were a few blocks from our street when we looked up … and saw the plane falling to the earth.

At times, the negativity and criticism is out of control. It is not healthy. We are all human beings.

World Cup winner Julian Draxler recalls the pain he felt leaving FC Schalke - the club he had dreamed of playing for as a boy

If you grew up the same way I grew up, don’t listen to what certain tabloids want to tell you.

Xherdan Shaqiri discusses leaving Kosovo to grow up in Switzerland, and how his family made ends meet in their new homeland.

Rakitić explains why he chose to play for Croatia after his family had fled the country during the war

Going to my first World Cup in Russia … how can I describe it? Not with words, but with a feeling.

"Tomi, do you ever imagine a stadium of 50,000 people chanting your name?”

Every journey to the World Cup starts the same way — with a dream. Through 24 exclusive interviews in 10 different languages, some of the most talented athletes

My passion is soccer, but I also have a burning desire to give chances to people who might not receive them otherwise.

People in football love to talk about mental strength. Well, I’m the strongest dude you’re ever going to meet.