A victorious World Cup team made in the multiracial Paris banlieues
Football is the bit of French society where I’ve seen integration work best.
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A new sense of hope about what the English experience can be.
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Pussy Riot’s World Cup pitch invasion pierced the fog of unreality around Putin’s Russia
The idea of Russia as a functioning state is – much like the Fifa Land in which the World Cup…
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Political Football, the New Statesman’s World Cup podcast. Episode 6: Vive La France
The World Cup podcast series with Jason Cowley and Stephen Bush.
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Searches related to domestic violence spiked during both World Cup semi-finals
Exclusive data shows a correlation between match times and opponent goals scored, and spikes in searches for terms related to…
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Political Football, the New Statesman’s World Cup podcast. Extra: England’s Elimination
The World Cup podcast series with Jason Cowley and Stephen Bush.
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Political Football, the New Statesman’s World Cup podcast. Episode 5: Semi-Final Special
The World Cup podcast series with Jason Cowley and Stephen Bush.
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The real winner of the World Cup? Vladimir Putin
The Russian president is less visible at the World Cup than at the Sochi Winter Olympics, but he is winning…
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