Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at the geopolitical ramifications of the Manchester City crisis:
The acquisition of Manchester City by an Abu Dhabi royal was always much more than a billionaire buying himself [...]
January
20,
2026
Via Culture Custodian, a look at the recently concluded African Cup of Nations in Morocco will go down in history for the most vivid and vibrant display of geopolitics in the continent’s most eminent sport, and for good [...]
March
30,
2025
Via CNN, an article on the challenges facing the new incoming IOC President:
It’s the most powerful position in world sport with high stakes, high expectations and high consequences.
Its occupant holds huge sway in [...]
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the potential impact of a boycott of Israeli soccer and a broader look at the convergence of soccer and activism:
FIFA, global soccer’s governing body, is facing growing calls to ban [...]
October
27,
2023
Via The Economist, a look at North Korea's women’s football team which is an explosive propaganda tool:
George Orwell — who is too good a source of aphorisms to worry about their truth—once opined that sport was “war [...]
October
9,
2023
Via The Economist, a look at how India's Narendra Modi has seized and politicized Indian cricket:
“Cricket is an Indian game accidentally discovered by the English.” The first line of Ashis Nandy’s “The Tao of [...]