Via the New York Magazine's Intelligencer, an article on one football superstar's lonely, galvanic fight against racism:
In the 49th minute of the first leg of a Champions League knockout game between Benfica and Real [...]
Via ImpactAlpha, commentary on the sportswashing implications of World Cup 2026:
Football (soccer to us Yanks) is “the beautiful game.” The sport’s best players combine physical grace, mental agility, and joy on the [...]
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 [...]