Of all the sports, football manages to elevate its star players to a greater level of stardom than perhaps any…
The annual battle between the FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series of computer games is almost a fixture in…
Little better illustrates the inextricable link between sports and politics than the frequent perception of Middle Eastern and North African…
The temperature outside has been soaring and the rays of sunshine are starting to wear on more than just your…
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has announced a series of measures to prevent soccer stadiums and university…
Although many Premier League managers may view international friendlies with much distain, especially just a few days before the new…
A soccer brawl last year in which more than 70 militant soccer fans died galvanized significant numbers of Egyptians against…
The wave of popular defiance and demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa parallels twidespread protest acrosss the globe…
The recent sentencing in the United Arab Emirates of scores of dissidents on charges of plotting to overthrow the government…
Militant, highly politicized soccer fans who played key roles in the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, opposition to post-Mubarak…