The history of women’s cricket – from England’s greens to the world stage
Women have been playing cricket as long as men have. However, getting to the 2020 Twenty20 World Cup has involved a lot more fundraising and organising
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Women’s World Cup: why career options need to improve for these sporting superstars
They are the best in the world, but compared to men they are still treated as second best.
The challenges ahead for Brazil now the World Cup is over
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is over. It brought much joy, and huge disappointment for the hosts – perhaps even worse than the Maracanazo in 1950. Now attention in Brazil will turn to hosting the next…
And the player of the World Cup is…
Parlour game time. Who has been the best player at the 2014 World Cup finals? The usual suspects are all here: the now-stricken Neymar, the great Messi, even the non-stop German false number nine, Muller…
Under pressure: anxiety and a nation’s hope at the World Cup
The expectation placed on Roy Hodgson’s 23-man England squad is immense – each player is representing a country that proudly boasts football as its national sport, and (rightly or wrongly) considers itself…
Uzbekistan’s World Cup appearance is a moment of pride and shows off central Asia’s peaceful development
Once described as the ‘Balkans of central Asia’, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have managed ethnic and territorial tensions with great success.
There’s a sharp but pleasant symmetry to Suarez and England’s World Cup
Two staple narratives of World Cups past and present have been crammed into just one week: the enduringly dire state of the England national football team, and a convenient (for FIFA) morality tale about…
Brazil World Cup protests stir painful memories of oppression
With less than a month to go before the FIFA World Cup, Brazil has once again been shaken by strikes, protests, police repression, and promises of federal intervention to ensure public safety. Just like…
Germany triumphs in a World Cup of many winners and losers
No one can say the Germans did not deserve to win the 2014 World Cup: they remained unbeaten throughout, destroyed the hosts along the way, and then saw off those other historic guardians of South American…
Brazil paying a high price as it prepares for World Cup 2014
Perhaps it is a matter of culture, possibly it is something to do with indifference, but sporting mega-events appear to be considerably less popular in Brazil than in the UK. Whereas a majority of the…
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