Via The Guardian, an article on the impact that women's football has had upon the sport and lives of women worldwide:
hen you look at football in its rawest form, it is initially hard to see how it has become such a [...]
June
13,
2022
Via The Players’ Tribune, commentary from Finnish soccer player Tim Sparv’s about keeping Qatar’s human rights abuses at the forefront ahead of the upcoming World Cup. “We have more influence than ever before,” he [...]
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 [...]