football
Stojan Vranješ for HEDONIST: Goals Are My Fuel
The English often say that goals are like double-decker buses - you wait and wait, and then several arrive at once. Few understand that better than Stojan Vranješ, who recently made his 300th appearance for FK Borac Banja Luka. One of the most decorated footballers ever to come from the city on the Vrbas River, Vranješ won four Bosnian Premier League titles with the red-and-blue side.
How Panini Created the First Social Network
Before Instagram, TikTok, and endless scrolling, there was a different kind of algorithm. It didn’t run through the internet, but through school hallways, parks, apartment courtyards, and lunch breaks. Its name was simple - Panini.
Zdravko Mamić for HEDONIST: I Spent Two or Three Million Euros on Music
“I have to thank all the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not just here in Međugorje, but everywhere. It’s incredible how kind people are to me. I have a close relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina. I don’t miss Zagreb at all, but I do miss football matches. I’m a ‘match addict’ - I watch everything: the leagues of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, and of course European competitions.”
Gone with the Wind: Has Sport Lost Its Soul?
At the end of the promenade, near Ciglana and Vitanova Bara, right by the large bend where the Danube forms whirlpools capable of spinning the boats of careless fishermen for hours, lies Ledine. It is a meadow where a small-sided football tournament is held every sunny Sunday, and where, every other day, rain or shine, muddy kids from the surrounding alleyways chase a ball day and night.
