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Radar 12min

Why does second place haunt more than it should? From the sub-2-hour marathon to a Formula 1 race decided by a hundredth of a second, a tour through the psychology of the near miss, and through the one sport that decided to have no silver: soccer.

The silver curse

There's a spot at the World Cup final almost no one can reach: the pitch itself, at the instant the trophy goes up. For the first time, it's for sale. Find out what it means to stand where history happens, and what that reveals about the market for the ultra-rich.

A Place in History

Techniques, sweet and victory! The best of sports in one place. 

Sports

The largest audience in sports history turns every spectator into a coach. Why the hero's narrative outweighs tactics, and why pleasing a billion people is impossible while displeasing them is easy.

1 billion soccer coaches

What brought Brazil down in the 1998 final was not tactics or bad luck, it was the way pressure hijacks the attention of the person who prepared the most. Using Timothy Gallwey's classic, this Radar shows why we freeze in decisive moments and what it takes to come unstuck.

Choking under pressure

Take a sneak-peek into the private lives of people who left a mark in world history.

Biographies & Memoirs

Step inside the mind of Andrea Pirlo — the footballer who turned calm into a competitive weapon. From a bullied prodigy in Brescia's youth academy to World Cup winner and Champions League champion, this microbook reveals how one man learned to read chaos, outthink opponents, and stay lucid when everything around him fell apart.

I Think Therefore I Play

From a coal-mining village to Wembley's floodlights, Bobby Charlton's story is about surviving the unthinkable and honoring those who didn't. This microbook traces how grief, loyalty, and an unbreakable love for football turned a quiet boy from Ashington into the conscience of Manchester United — and one of sport's most enduring figures.

Sir Bobby Charlton

Bobby Charlton's journey from a grief-stricken survivor of the Munich air disaster to World Cup champion is a story about more than football. This microbook traces his England career across twelve turbulent years, revealing how one team turned shared sacrifice, tactical discipline, and an unbreakable will into the greatest prize in the sport.

My England Years

Steven Gerrard lays bare twenty-seven years at Liverpool — the Istanbul miracle, the infamous slip against Chelsea, psychiatric sessions in Monaco, and the quiet cost of carrying a city's hope. This microbook delivers the unfiltered truth of loyalty, heartbreak, and what it really means to bleed for one club your entire life.

My Story

Roy Keane takes you through the turbulent years after his captain's armband: the disciplinary hearings, the ten-minute meeting that ended twelve years at Manchester United, the painful transition into management, and the hard-won lessons of learning to lead others. A blunt, honest account of what it costs to stay hungry after the glory fades.

The Second Half

In elite sport, the upset is almost always an optical illusion. This radar uses Leicester, Greece, and the science of Gould and Ericsson to show why what looks like luck is usually preparation.

Why upsets don't exist

Behind the legend of the greatest footballer ever lived was a shoe-shiner boy, a broken family, and a promise made at nine years old. This microbook reveals the human weight behind the myth — the financial ruin, the physical pain, the absent father, and the iron discipline it took to remain Pelé without losing Edson.

Pelé

What great leaders are made of? Learn from the people who have more to offer in the realm of leadership than just words. 

Management & Leadership

What if the quietest person in the room is also the most powerful? Carlo Ancelotti — winner of three Champions League titles — reveals how genuine care, emotional intelligence, and calm authority outperform intimidation. This microbook unpacks how shielding your team from chaos, managing egos with honesty, and staying radically authentic unlock peak performance in any high-pressure environment.

Quiet Leadership

Sir Alex Ferguson built the longest dynasty in modern English football not by being loved, but by setting extreme standards and making the decisions others avoided. This microbook distills his 26 years at Manchester United into hard-won principles on discipline, building lasting organizations, managing people, and leading with clarity when everything is at stake.

Leading

What happens when the world's most obsessive football mind takes over a team that already won everything? This microbook goes inside Pep Guardiola's first season at Bayern Munich — the tactical experiments, the crushing defeat against Real Madrid, and the private oath that reshaped his entire philosophy as a coach.

Pep Confidential

Football is not chaos — it is geometry in motion. This microbook traces how tactics evolved from Victorian brawls to Pep Guardiola's possession machine, revealing the hidden intellectual war behind every formation. Discover how rule changes, cultural forces, and unsung coaching geniuses permanently reshaped the way the game is played.

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