Via Equator, commentary on how - despite Palestine's pitches being in ruins - the game lives on:
Palestine will not be at the 2026 World Cup. The national team has never qualified for the competition, because producing a [...]
Via CNN, a look at how the World Cup is bringing rare unity to Haiti:
When gangs set fire to the FIFA Goal Center in Haiti’s capital this year, it wasn’t just a key sports ground that went up in flames. It was the [...]
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on Barcelona FC, the oil business, and sportswashing allegations in the Amazon:
The River Caqueta snakes nearly 1,800 miles into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Here, in the [...]
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how - under Pyongyang’s new “two states” policy - sports diplomacy has been repackaged as inter-state, not inter-Korean, exchanges:
Last week, North Korea sent a sports [...]
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how, while diplomatic relations between the two Koreas are near a historic low, a rare trip by athletes from the North triggered intense emotions in some older South [...]
Courtesy of World Politics Review, commentary on the opportunity ahead for North American soccer diplomacy during the World Cup:
This summer, the United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the World Cup, organizing a [...]