Ukraine | ‘The Dynamo Team,’ by Anatoly Kuznetsov (chapter 38)

Forty years ago Ukrainian writer Anatoly Kuznetsov arrived at a London newspaper office, rolls of 35mm film concealed in his jacket, and declared political asylum from the former USSR. The film contained images of the uncensored manuscript for Babi Yar and what would become, when translated, one of the first English-language accounts of Dynamo Kyiv’s deeds during World War II. (Image: Zenit Stadium on Kerosinnaya Street, Kyiv, 1942, courtesy fcdynamo.kiev.ua)

Whither the 'soccer mom'

Introduction | The world’s game as America’s game

An introduction to The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, the first anthology of soccer writing produced for a North American audience. Taking a cue from Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (left), what do we talk about when we talk about soccer?

Video & archives »

• Translations | No último minuto (‘In the last minute’), February 2009, Comment »
• Classroom resources | Playing a ‘cascarita’ with words, January 2009, Comment »
• The Writers’ League | Israeli trophy leads to ‘emptiness of the day after’, December 2008, Comment »
• The Writers’ League | For 3 days in Tel Aviv, football becomes more than metaphor, December 2008, Comment »
• Translations | How ‘newspapers’ become ‘body bags’ when translating the global game, November 2008, 2 comments