Arteta’s tactics include delaying the players’ meals, unexpectedly changing their travel plans, and making dressing rooms hotter.
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What will it take for the league to survive, expand and carve out its own identity in an increasingly saturated pro sports landscape?
Why streamers are paying for sports programmes with no actual sport in them.
An institution that belongs to everyone and to no one is a fragile thing. It survives on a shared conviction that some goods are not for sale and belong to the community.
Fifa’s recent sell-off controversy has reignited the debate about ownership of football and other sports.
The best modern coaches combine high support with high expectations. But they also speak openly about vulnerability and empathy – and it works.
Fifa’s expansionist strategy is pushing elite footballers beyond acceptable limits.
The threat is a response to FIfa’s proposal to sell stakes in its football competitions.
The game belongs to the fans. Fifa would do well to remember that.
Strong soccer countries invest heavily in elite player development, coach education and high performance infrastructure. Australia must do similarly.
Studies suggest that, played right, hosting large sporting events can pay lasting noneconomic dividends. But it needs sustained effort.
Several controversies before and during the World Cup won’t stop it being remembered fondly by most fans.
The scoreline might suggest a tight struggle in the World Cup final but it was all one-way traffic as Spain prevailed.
Spain is a complete team, coached by a manager at the peak of his powers. Argentina is also a great team – but a different type of great team.
Two overturned World Cup goals, in Argentina-Egypt and Norway-England, show that replay can reveal a foul, but only a referee can decide how far back the review should go.
As the 2026 World Cup draws to a close, the focus has been on packed stadiums — but in an Ontario city, connection grows on informal fields, where soccer turns diversity into shared belonging.
World Cup interceptions reveal how the brain predicts movement, how the body responds and what changes when fatigue sets in.
Soccer is already Canada’s most-played sport, but its fans have historically lagged behind its players. A recent record-breaking World Cup run may help close that gap.
Is the Trionda ball being used at the tournament traveling too fast or flying unpredictably? We asked a physicist who tested the ball.
Retired football players have a higher risk of developing dementia.
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Reader in Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Kinesiology & Physical Education; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University