Why has international success evaded a region that’s so in love with the game?
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Sports face a sustainability challenge: They’re under pressure to grow, but more travel means more emissions that add to rising global temperatures. The NCAA is also weighing expanding March Madness.
Further restrictions may add to the fears many potential visitors to the US are feeling of being stopped at the border.
The Saudis have won the right to host football’s biggest tournament. But its bid doesn’t seriously address the environmental issues.
For Scotland fans, it’s less about losing, but rather how the team lose.
Thousands of fans packed out stadiums for the 1971 women’s World Cup, but it has been virtually erased from history.
Messi will not start a war in China, but this is not to say that football lacks political relevance.
Saudi Arabia is on track to host the football World Cup in 2034, raising concern among human rights campaigners.
African teams take the football world cup by storm.
The world’s largest women’s sporting event is being hosted in Africa for the first time.
The US national team is the favorite going into the tournament in New Zealand and Australia. But growth in the global game has seen others catch up.
Major League Soccer is the most diverse league in the US. Its predecessor, the NASL, led the way.
Pelé’s death in December saw the world mourn one of football’s all time greats, but his contributions to the business of football were by no means less great.
The Qatar World Cup has attracted criticism of the country’s human rights. With Australia set to host the women’s world cup next year, there’s some work we need to do in this area, too.
A scholar of Middle Eastern cultural traditions explains the history and significance of the bisht.
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, many highlighted the controversial and politicized climate of the tournament, but sport and politics are rarely, if ever, separable.
After Brazil’s exit, who might be on course to win in 2022? Experts crunch 150 years of big data to predict the winner.
Shock results happen, but that doesn’t make it any easier for lower-ranked nations to rise up the ranks, a soccer economist explains.
Starry-eyed claims such as “the World Cup brings down cultural barriers” simply do not stand up to scrutiny.
How can they run and run and run for so long? What makes them so good at speedy changes of direction? Biomechanically, is there a certain body type perfect for football?
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Accounting and Sport Finance, University of Portsmouth
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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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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Reader in the Department of People and Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor, Kinesiology & Physical Education; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University
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Postdoctoral researcher of football cultures and heritage, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University