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As FIFA comes to town with Saudi Aramco in tow, now is the time for Toronto City Council to revive discussions about banning fossil fuel advocacy ads.
Global soccer was in the doldrums in the early 1990s – with poor ethics and boring defensive tactics. Then FIFA set about changing the game.
An obscure Belgian soccer player arguably made a bigger mark on the world game than stars such as Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo.
While FIFA’s revenues have exploded as fans pay higher-than-ever prices, the relative share of money going to support global soccer development has decreased.
The 2026 World Cup is likely to reveal a deep ethical poverty at the heart of ‘the world game’ thanks to two leaders who have much in common.
As Canada co-hosts the 2026 World Cup, its men’s soccer team offers a more diverse and inclusive vision of national identity than the country’s traditional sports have provided.
For two decades, researchers have studied soccer ball aerodynamics. Latest tests suggest the 2026 ball is more stable, but with a slightly shorter range.
Cameras mounted on the referee, trialled at the Fifa Club World Cup last year, will show us what the ref can – and can’t – see.
Here’s what Arsenal’s sport psychologists should be focusing on ahead of a thrilling end to the Premier League season.
The show has been a fixture of Saturday lunchtimes since 1974.
The new playing fields are rolling out in stadiums from Mexico to Canada. Creating the perfect pitch in very different climates requires the right grasses and some creative tricks.
In the Premier League, the proportion of a match where the ball is in play is at a near-record low.
A proposed change to football’s offside rule will be tested in Canada from 2026, as FIFA looks for ways to reduce controversy in the VAR (video assistant referee) era.
Never before has a World Cup host been at war with a country participating in the tournament. So, what happens next for Iran’s men’s national team?
A record Women’s Asian Cup crowd was one of the many positives as the tournament ended in victory for Japan over Australia.
Intra-African trafficking, particularly through digital deception and aspirational manipulation, remains largely invisible.
News of the defections came as the government announced the deployment, in response to requests from the region, of an E-7A Wedgetail to the gulf.
The 2026 Women’s Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, represents a chance to prove the hype around women’s soccer is more than a one-time thing.
The current U.S. political climate does not provide an encouraging model to move the FIFA World Cup toward peace and solidarity currently, but the world is in desperate need for it to do so.
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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