#457085918 / gettyimages.com The last time I sat down to write about the Portuguese national team, I was flat-out annoyed at the performance that I saw against Albania. Maybe it was a build-up from the dismal display in Brazil during the World Cup, where they crashed out before making the knockout rounds, who knows? But … Read more
The Hero Indian Super League has been heralded as the Birth of Footbaling nation in a country where cricket is a religion. The much hyped and talked about Tournament kicks off at tomorrow the Salt Lake stadium amidst a glittering opening ceremony. Soccer Acme caught up with India’s leading football expert and commentator Novy Kapadia … Read more
The struggle for women’s rights to engage in sports and attend sporting events has commanded increased attention with the hunger strike of a British-Iranian national incarcerated in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, the expected arrival in Saudi Arabia of Australian women fans for the Asian Champions League final, and the rare appearance of Saudi women in … Read more
At face value, a recent one minute video clip on You Tube leaves little doubt about support for the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls a swath of Syria and Iraq, among supporters of storied Moroccan soccer club Raja Club Athletic. The clip released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) shows fans … Read more
Republic of Korea 1-0 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aet) History No, not that kind of history; we all know the troublesome history between these two nations whom remain technically still at war, but rather let’s review the footballing history between South and North Korea. The first meeting between the two opposing ideological nations occurred … Read more
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are locked into a propaganda war with public relations agencies and front organizations as proxies that is backfiring on both Gulf states. Disclosures of the proxy war have hit Qatar at a time that its image as the host of the 2022 World Cup is under renewed fire. In … Read more
One group has been conspicuously absent in the battle for greater transparency of global soccer governance symbolized by multiple corruption scandals and match-fixing: football fans, a key stakeholder with a vested interest in demanding a thorough cleansing of the management of the sport. That however may be changing as Israel appears to be mobilizing a … Read more
Newly elected Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined this week a host of Middle Eastern and North African leaders seeking to portray protest as terrorism or a threat to national security with the indictment of 35 militant soccer fans on charges of trying to topple his Islamist government. Turkish prosecutors have demanded that they be … Read more
An expected decision by Egyptian soccer authorities to ban as terrorist organizations groups of militant soccer fans builds on the definition by Arab autocrats of legitimate, democratic opposition forces as violent threats to their grip on power. By leaving youth with ever fewer, if any, options for venting pent-up anger and frustration, it risks pushing … Read more
How Does The Football Transfer Process Work [Infographic] by the team at Thomas Cook Sport