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 [...]
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 [...]
January
16,
2026
Via The Guardian, commentary on how the 2026 World Cup is set to be a polarizing event but, even if it will not be the first to be politically contentious, it will expose a growing unease:
Five months out from the [...]