Saudi Arabia is on track to host the football World Cup in 2034, raising concern among human rights campaigners.
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Money talks, and sportswashing often works. Some of football’s biggest names now call the Saudi Pro League home.
French soccer star Karim Benzema will join Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League, and others may follow.
Studying how shared identities like nationality and club affiliation impact fan support for soccer players can tell us how our group memberships affect our behaviour.
Defences win championships - and Morocco has all that it takes to lift the trophy.
A sports law expert explains why Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial Piers Morgan interview didn’t get him fired from Manchester United.
Big names, big gains?
Is the decades-old policy of not broadcasting 3pm football games in England still necessary?
A new study explores the how the celebrity and status of professional footballers in the “Big Five” European leagues can affect both performance and pay.
Africa is a deeply divided continent along ideological, ethnic and territorial lines. Religion and football can produce consensus.
Ronaldo and Messi cannot go on forever, and Neymar, Pogba and Salah are waiting in the wings.
It costs multiple millions to sponsor a global sports event. Why bother when non-sponsors cleverly associate themselves for next to nothing?
Perverse mental processes take over when the chips are down. And there’s something you can do about it.
Spare a thought for the cast of thousands that has to worry about player fitness and team logistics in a major sporting event.
When Cristiano Ronaldo scored the last goal in Real Madrid’s extra time Champions League final victory over neighbours Atletico, he put the finishing touches to a season which saw him outperform even his…
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