David Goldblatt’s The Age of Football shows the game’s global power
There are two great lies told about football: that it is only a game, and that it shouldn’t mix with politics. The Age of Football exposes…
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In Gabon, the current political football is the sport itself.
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What a victory cannot change
Politics and pragmatism after the Copa América.
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While Europe celebrates, the rest of the world will miss Blatter
Sepp Blatter is a consummate politician who took advantage of a shifting world order and Fifa’s history.
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Letter from Equatorial Guinea: forget human rights – here comes the football
When Morocco withdrew from hosting the African Cup of Nations, citing Ebola fears, Equatorial Guinea stepped in. But at what cost?
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After the final, the streets of Copacabana ran with urine and the bars ran out of beer
Jonathan Wilson's Brazil Notebook.
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After the World Cup final, the streets of Copacabana ran with urine and the bars ran out of beer
Even amid the camper vans and the seemingly anarchic raucousness of the beach, Sepp Blatter reigns supreme.
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