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From Africa: Iñaki Williams, “A son of Bilbao”

Inaki Williams of Athletic Club celebrates victory after the Copa del Rey final
An article in an African publication explains how this player whose family is from Ghana is a Basque soccer player

Jon Maia and Amets Arzallus at the Wal Goch festival,...

Festival de Futbol y Cultura en Gales
Two Basque 'bertsolaris', Jon Maia Soria and Amets Arzallus, are taking part in the Welsh Wal Goch festival, bringing together poetry and soccer

More info about the Basque Boys who triumphed at King Arthur’s...

The Basque Boys: Enrique Garatea, third right, back row (Credit:The Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University and Gaizka Garamendi of the Basque Children of ’37 Association)
More info about the Basque Boys who triumphed at King Arthur's Court in the Welsh daily Nation Cymru

Soccer, European nations, and Basque War Children in Wales: an interview...

Aitor Elizegi  presidente del Athletic Club de Bilbao  (Credit: Athletic Club website)
This isn't the first time we've brought you an article from Welsh journalist Christopher Evans, nor the first time we've brought you an article...

Wales and the Basque Country, two friendly nations, two rival sides...

Partido entre las selecciones de Euskadi-Gales  en 2006
A review of a soccer match between the new national teams, and many other things regarding the relationship between Wales and the Basque Country, covered in this article

The two best previews of the Athletic Bilbao–Real Sociedad cup match,...

Los capitanes Inaxio Kortabarría de la Real Sociedad (izquierda) y José Ángel Iribar portan la bandera vasca aún ilegal antes del derbi de diciembre de 1976. Fotografía: Cortesía Real Sociedad
Two preview articles about the cup match between La Real and Athletic that we love, and a video summarizing our thoughts about the match

The Real Sociedad goal-announcing Rocketman

Juan Iturralde lanzando un cohete en Donostia (Nacho Hernandez)
The story of the flares announcing Real Sociedad's home 'txitxarros', as told by the 'New York Times'

Brazilian soccer historian, grandson of one of the founders of Athletic...

El historiador John Mills en SPAC Biblioteca en Sao Paulo Rafael Valente / ESPN.com.br
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We found this story, penned by Rafael Valente, on the ESPN Brazil website.  It's the sad news of the passing...

The Basque exile who made Caracas the world capital of soccer

This article was translated by John R. Bopp The stories we hear about Basques around the world never cease to amaze us.  Just when we’d thought...

Iñaki Williams is Black? My God, we had no idea!*

As we always say, soccer doesn't really interest us.  But what does interest us is the image of the Basques that is projected to...