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As the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a scholar probes questions of identity in the American game. Is Mexico really the US’s ‘other team’?
The deadline for formal bids to buy Chelsea FC is March 18. Expect some very rich US businessmen to be in the running.
With the Japanese public against the games and a pandemic raging, the Olympics are not a simple celebration of sport and human achievement.
Crowds, albeit smaller ones, will again watch the AFL and NRL grand finals. Crowds can bring people together but, since the time of the Roman republic, they have also expressed political dissent.
While the sports sector’s environmental impact is not fully understood, it has a social platform and reach to influence a significant number of people worldwide to choose more sustainable behaviors.
Computerized systems that automatically determine whether a pitch is a ball or strike promise to make umpiring more accurate, but at what price?
A data scholar explains why playing at home doesn’t provide the boost that it once did.
It’s no wonder so many referees are quitting their jobs.
A celebration for the Winnipeg Jets turned controversial when an anti-racist group challenged a “make Winnipeg white again” headline about the city’s NHL playoff “whiteout” parties.
Some on the left view sport as a distraction. But life is a struggle. And there shouldn’t be anything wrong with finding something to celebrate.
The struggles of being a female sports fan.
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