Alison Cooney Jugeant par le traitement des footballeuses par la FIFA, le Coupe du monde de femmes est un tournoi de seconde zone, et le plupart des gens ne disputeront pas cela. C’est vrai : le football féminin (ou peut-être on devrait dire des sports féminins), ne reçoit pas souvent des fans comment le football masculin.… Read More »
Last month, FIFA reached out to the Justice Department to ask that some of the money be returned to the organization from the pot the authorities will collect from the defendants of its corruption case, including $190 million that convicted defendants have already agreed to pay though many have yet to be sentenced.[i] But this… Read More »
Quand j’étais petite, le père d’un de mes amis pouvait dire les histoires magnifiques. Il savait tout—les sciences, les maths, et en particulier le sport. Nous n’étions pas certains pourquoi il savait tout, mais il y avait une raison. Avant qu’il fût le père de mon ami, avant qu’il fût résident des Etats-Unis, il était… Read More »
Despite a lackluster 17-65 farewell season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant capped off a stunning NBA career with authority on Wednesday April 14th. In front of a sold-out Staple Center crowd against the Utah Jazz, the Black Mamba ended the 1,346th and final game of his 20 year career (1) with 60 points on 50… Read More »
When FIFA awarded Qatar the 2022 FIFA World Cup in December of 2010, the general public responded with a mass outcry for answers as to why the FIFA executive committee decided to choose Qatar as the host nation. Among the many complaints by fans, players, and the media were… Read More »
The Iranian film Offside focuses on a group of dedicated female Iranian football fans desperately trying to get into a World Cup qualifier match. While the film misses much of the presumably exciting competition between Iran and Bahrain, it succeeds in emphasizing Iranian women’s place in their society outside of the immediate football stadium. The… Read More »
In early 2015, an anonymous source began corresponding with German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, eventually submitting encrypted legal documents from a Panamanian law firm named Mossack Fonseca. The firm sells anonymous offshore companies, or shell companies, to owners around the world, enabling them to hide their business operations and engage in illegal practices such as tax… Read More »
Photo Credit: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists This week the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the Panama Papers. The Panama Papers are a massive list of records that were leaked from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, illuminating a large network of offshore holdings from high ranking foreign leaders and wealthy individuals.… Read More »
In the wake of the U.S. Women’s National Team filing a lawsuit demanding equal pay from the U.S. Soccer Federation during the past week, the USWNT and the soccer world received shocking news about one of its former superstars Sunday morning. After being pulled over at 11:05 p.m. Saturday, former U.S. forward Abby Wambach, 35,… Read More »
Two days after the end of another South-American world cup qualifying week we can see why South American world cup qualifiers are known by many people as the “toughest qualifiers on earth”. As of right now, there is a difference of 3 points between the first place team (Uruguay) and the 5th place team (Colombia)… Read More »
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