Via Forbes, a look at how one soccer star is showing how athletes can lead on climate issues:
Canada Women’s Soccer captain Jessie Fleming continues to lead from the front on climate action. The Portland Thorns [...]
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the potential impact of a boycott of Israeli soccer and a broader look at the convergence of soccer and activism:
FIFA, global soccer’s governing body, is facing growing calls to ban [...]
July
3,
2024
Via Who, What, Why, commentary on the potential jihadist threat to the European soccer championship:
In a recent sermon, ultra-conservative Egyptian religious scholar Nashaat Ahmad praised Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World [...]
Courtesy of The Athletic, a report on France, racial politics, and 'the Mbappe effect' on the upcoming election:
The morning after France’s opening game of Euro 2024, the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) [...]
May
28,
2024
Via Fortune, a report on China's failed efforts to dominate the world's favorite sport:
About a decade ago, Xi Jinping, China’s president, had a dream: to turn the country into a global soccer powerhouse. That [...]
Via ESPN, a report on climate change's threat to soccer and other professional sports:
"God blessed Fulham with great geography," the Premier League club's owner Shahid Khan said in 2021 as he discussed his vision for [...]