A nail-biting Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier has sent political ripples far beyond the Azadi Stadium’s soccer pitch in Tehran. In…
Qatar’s successful bid for the right to host the 2022 World Cup has put the Gulf state at the forefront…
Human Rights Watch (HRW), in an initial probing of the impact of the rise of US President-elect Donald J.…
The Palestine Football Association (PFA), in a first testing of Palestine’s ability to fight its battle with Israel in…
Pressured by human rights and trade union activists leveraging Qatar's exposure as a World Cup host and influenced by subtle…
Sunni scholars in Saudi Arabia and their Shiite counterparts in Iran may be at war over who is a Muslim,…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused world soccer body FIFA of allowing FIFA-sanctioned matches to be played on occupied land…
An Egyptian businessman with close ties to general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has submitted a bid for the broadcasting rights of…
The reputational risk associated with autocratic investment in high-profile soccer clubs threatened to catch up with the UAE as a…
Walking around Qatar's monumental Aspire Dome sports academy, coach Fred Engh noticed kids playing soccer on an indoor field big…