Ryan Herman
16 August 2023
Ahead of the pack: Europe’s greatest rugby grounds
As the World Cup looms, rugby union is in flux. What remains constant is the beauty of many of its European homes
Read the full article17 November 2022
Pitch perfect: Europe’s most incredible football grounds
Football can often serve as an entry point to learning more about the history, politics and architecture of a country, city or village
Read the full article04 July 2022
A tournament beyond compare – a guide to Euro 2022
When the Women’s Euros begin this week, some will carp about a quality gap with the men’s game. The rest of us will just enjoy the skill and the spectacle
Read the full article27 January 2022
Meet the Brooklyn boy who can’t stop buying Italian football clubs
Lawyer Joe Tacopina has represented the great and the not-so-good. But what’s he doing as the owner of a club in Italy’s Serie B? By RYAN HERMAN
Read the full article11 November 2021
Meet the football club making a stand for human rights
The case of an Italian Cambridge graduate who was murdered in Egypt has attracted the attention of Amnesty International. But protests to keep Giulio Regeni’s death in the public eye were kick-started in earnest by a little-known team made up of refugees and prisoners.
Read the full article24 July 2021
30 Europeans to watch at the Olympics
A 13-year-old skateboarder, a German policewoman, an Afghani woman cyclist attacked for daring to ride her bicycle... some of the most absorbing European stories at this Olympic Games.
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10 April 2021
How a Spanish aristocrat became Grand National’s most reckless rider
