Al Jazeera Correspondent
Summary: From addiction to digital devices to the search for the roots of yoga, Al Jazeera correspondents take us on their journeys of discovery.
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Rogan Taylor, a university lecturer, Liverpool fan and the former chairman of the Football Supporters' Association, speaks about the value structure of football, the global fascination with football and explains why it is "the most democratic, physic
The Premier League is the self-styled "biggest league in the world", but most top clubs are in debt, over-charging their fans for tickets and hoping for a Gulf petro-dollar bail-out. While the Premier League becomes a play thing for foreign owners and tourists, football is re-emerging elsewhere. Many fans who grew up supporting Manchester United or Liverpool are taking their own kids to watch lower league football where they can feel they are part of the team. What has happened to the beauty of the beautiful game in Britain? Al Jazeera's Andrew Richardson goes in search of the soul of British football.
Andrew Richardson goes in search of the soul of British football.
Barnaby Phillips travelled to Nigeria to meet Isaac Fadoyebo, one of the so-called 'Burma Boys'.
Andrew Richardson, Al Jazeera's sports reporter, explains how the British league has evolved from when he was watching it in the 1970s and 1980s and what has changed for the fans who feel disenfranchised from their own clubs.
John Aldridge, a former Liverpool FC player, grew up supporting the club and became a crowd favourite during the time he spent playing for the team between 1987 and 1989. In an interview with Al Jazeera's Andrew Richardson, he speaks about his gener