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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must realise the threat posed by Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle ‘sportswashing’Sportswashing launders the reputations of thugs and despots, but it also diminishes our democratic institutions
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat Lionel Messi tells us about Qatar’s global ambitionsThe Argentine star’s move to Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain is the latest jewel in the Gulf state’s football...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionGame on for the Premier League in the Balkans?How Telekom Srbija’s push to buy TV rights to major European tournaments could undermine media freedom in the region
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTyrone Mings is right about Priti Patel: she emboldened the worst of usThe England footballer’s criticism of the home secretary punctures the hypocrisy of divisive politicians who attach...
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Published in: Home: OpinionLet’s talk less about UEFA – and more about Hungary’s new anti-LGBT lawWhere discrimination leads, corruption often follows. We need a combined strategy to tackle both
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBy not taking the knee at the Euros, Scotland exposes its national mythMany in Scotland believe racism is for the English and Americans. We, after all, are the underdogs. We’re the good...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Euros haven’t started, but Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is already a winnerThe far-Right Fidesz government has invested heavily in football to consolidate its power. But is change on the way?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEnglish football fans point the way to changeThe proposed reform of club ownership is an opportunity for a wider debate about society, so let’s make the most of it
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsEuropean Super League hired former Tory spinner as PR just hours before launchRevealed: Ex-Number 10 communication chief was hired only on Sunday to run PR strategy for ill-fated ‘comms...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureVenezuela’s ‘warrior women’ fighting for equality on the football fieldWomen players go without salaries, sometimes without water in the showers, but their drive and determination remain...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo see how the European Super League will change football, look to AmericaThe only alternative to the hyper-commercialisation of football is to put ownership and control in the hands of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightAre Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?Did Poland’s notorious far-right football fans find solidarity with a popular protest stemming from the liberal...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightHoly war in the city of knives: anti-semitism and football on the streets of KrakowIn Krakow, what seems like blatant anti-Semitism is often normalised as nothing more than football-related banter.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSpring into SportAs one sport’s contest approach its climax another has barely begun. Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy are there no women in Iraq’s football stadiums?Iraqis are suffocated by a rampant militarization and hypermasculinity.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMo Salah, the revolution and Egypt’s defeatThe real trouble with Egypt is that it’s a place where hope never lives, but never truly dies. العربية
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUnhappiness and Mohamed Salah’s EgyptSalah is a hero of disruption, a political voice without talking politics.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco’s World Cup bid and the last colony in AfricaAwarding Morocco the World Cup would send the message that the injustices in Western Sahara can continue without...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of the Ultras Ahlawy?Are communities that are not directly political more effective today? More capable of resisting repression and able...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReturn of football to Aleppo highlights regime’s political theatricsOn January 28, locals from western Aleppo gathered to watch a football match, as a testament to how powerful the...
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