While Argentina continues to celebrate their World Cup win, a disturbing soccer trend has re-emerged and is impacting runners-up France: racist social media comments aimed at national team players in the wake of Les Bleus World [...]
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Japan’s strong World Cup will play a crucial supplementary role in Tokyo’s efforts to wedge itself between Southeast Asian states and China:
The 2022 World Cup held in Qatar had several [...]
December
17,
2022
A reminder from Bill Gates about a unique non-profit organization called Grassroot Soccer, which leverages the power of soccer to equip young people with the life-saving information, services, and mentorship they need to live [...]
December
11,
2022
Via the New York Times, a look at how Arab fans and Arab teams have been using the World Cup tournament’s global stage to elevate the Palestinian cause in the stands and on the field:
In the tumult, in those minutes of [...]
December
4,
2022
Via The Atlantic, commentary on the Black athlete's experience in America:
In a press conference yesterday, Tyler Adams, the 23-year-old captain of the U.S. men’s national soccer team, was chastised by an Iranian journalist [...]
November
29,
2022
Via Axios, a report on how U.S. Soccer briefly altered an Iranian flag on some social media posts in show of support for protesters:
The U.S. Soccer Federation in a post on social media over the weekend temporarily displayed [...]