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The threat is a response to FIfa’s proposal to sell stakes in its football competitions.
The province’s World Cup exemptions show that remote work can be accommodated when governments decide it matters.
The emotional side of economics.
The bid committee for the 2026 World Cup aimed for a carbon neutral event. Green groups predicted an environmental disaster. Who was right?
While such commentary can be described as semi-serious soccer banter, it speaks to the broader religious shifts taking place in Latin America.
Studies suggest that, played right, hosting large sporting events can pay lasting noneconomic dividends. But it needs sustained effort.
National football associations are lining up to endorse Infantino for a fourth term as Fifa president.
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’s passing triangles did more than create space: they forced France into making constant choices.
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.
Tired colonial tropes paint Africans as untamed, unrestrained, and lacking in intelligence.
Tournament sponsors have a captive audience.
A string of controversies look set to turn the tournament into a lesson in how soft power can fail.
If VAR catches a player offside by their toe, this is a correct decision. Whether this is what we want as fans is a philosophical debate.
It could be time for a new idea of what Englishness really means – and footballers are helping to shape it.
The German manager values adapatation and evolution.
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.
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