Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at the complicated legacy of Qatar’s World Cup where Qatar and FIFA say the event brought change to the country, but activists aren’t convinced: In 2010, when FIFA announced that [...]

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October 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 [...]
Via the Wall Street Journal, a look at how detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s former high school soccer team dedicates a contest to raising awareness—and bringing a beloved champion back home: Had you hurried by, [...]
Via The New Yorker, an article on the history of feminist activism in Spain and why the World Cup controversy marks a new phase: Late last month, amid a roaring crowd, members of the Spanish national soccer team walked up the [...]