Via The Economist, an interesting look at what a football shirt can tell you about finance and geopolitics:
ON JULY 13TH Chelsea, a team in the English Premier League, put three goals past Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), of [...]
July
16,
2025
Via The Economist, a look at the Democratic Republic of Congo's sponsorship deal with AC Milan:
The website of AC Milan, an Italian football club, lists the club’s sponsors. Recently, a new name appeared between [...]
June
30,
2025
Via Africa Is A Country, commentary on how - in Algeria - soccer stadiums have long been sites of protest, expression, and resistance. However, as public space shrinks and surveillance rises, their political future hangs in the [...]
June
30,
2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on the Vermont Green Football Club which champions environmental work and draws sold-out crowds, with the help of free ice cream:
It was game night in Burlington, home of [...]
June
20,
2025
Courtesy of The Athletic, commentary on how FIFA is happy to play politics when it suits their end goals:
Timothy Weah sounded like someone who felt he had been ambushed.
“It was all a surprise to me, [...]
June
19,
2025
Courtesy of The Athletic, a look at how - as others go silent - the NWSL's Black Women's Player Collective is doubling down over supporting Black players on Juneteenth and beyond:
In its fifth year, the Black Women’s [...]