Via Sportsnet, a report that FIFA is diversifying its referee pool for the upcoming Qatar 2022 World Cup:
Female referees will make World Cup history this year by working games at a major men's tournament for the first time in [...]
Via the BBC, an article on why Blackpool forward's decision to come out is a watershed moment for British football:
After all, it's 2022, and the idea that a footballer's sexuality should be newsworthy will seem, to most [...]
March
7,
2022
Via The New Republic, an article on how people have become more aware of the deleterious influence oligarch owners and there is a push among fans to move soccer past its ugly racist history:
Not so long ago, Chelsea FC’s [...]
February
24,
2022
Via SI.com, an article on USWNT players' decision to wear wristbands to denounce the Texas Governor’s Anti-Transgender order:
A day after Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered state child welfare agencies to consider children [...]
Via SI.com, a report on how UEFA and FIFA find themselves confronting the nexus of geopolitics and global football's showpiece events:
Geopolitics and global football often find themselves intertwined, and current events have [...]
Via Jezebel, an article on the momentous settlement marking the end of a six-year fight, while illuminating just how far women’s sports still have to go:
On Tuesday morning, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, and 28 other players [...]