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Why is Mesut Ozil so divisive?

Anyone with an outward eye doesn’t need the vilification and subsequent international retirement of Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil to remind them of how polarised opinions have changed our political landscape across the western world.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 15: Pitch invaders are chased by security staff during the 2018 FIFA World Cup final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki S...

Pussy Riot at the World Cup

The World Cup was disrupted on Sunday afternoon as activist group, Pussy Riot, invaded the pitch, but do you know who they are and what they were protesting?

KAZAN, RUSSIA - JUNE 27: Mesut Ozil of Germany during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group F match between Korea Republic and Germany at Kazan Aren...

Ozil hypocrisy in full swing as football embraces Putin

As Mesut Ozil trudged off the pitch against South Korea, a few fans hurled insults in his direction. He’d just been part of the first ever German team to crash out in the group stages of a World Cup and he knew, if the last few weeks had anything to go by, that his life was about to get worse.

KALININGRAD, RUSSIA - JUNE 22: Granit Xhaka of Switzerland celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia gro...

Granit Xhaka hits out at Swiss FA official

Granit Xhaka has hit out at the Swiss FA’s Secretary General after he ‘disappointed dual citizens’ with recent comments claiming that players should have to drop their second country to represent Switzerland.