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FIFA Announces New “Peace Prize,” Weeks After Trump Fails to Win Nobel Award
The award comes as FIFA is under fire for refusing to sanction Israel and Saudi Arabia for their human rights abuses.
Amid Genocide, Palestine Attempts to Qualify for Its First World Cup
FIFA has joined the long list of international bodies unwilling to sanction Israel.
Brother of World Cup Whistleblower Imprisoned in Qatar Speaks Out
Abdullah Ibhais's family and human rights organization FairSquare says FIFA is complicit in his imprisonment.
US Women’s Soccer Win Was a Victory for Title IX and the Fight for Equal Pay
The soccer team's high-profile fight for pay equity is focusing the spotlight on the pay gap for all women.
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Brazil’s Unending World Cup: Twenty-Two Communities Still Fighting for Home in Fortaleza
After a World Cup light rail project forced them to relocate, residents continue to fight for fair compensation and housing.
When “Winning” Gold Doesn’t Require Stepping on a Field
What does it take for a country to host the World Cup or the Olympics? Empty economic promises, bribery, corruption and extravagantly staged events, apparently.
Dictatorship’s Shadow Rears Its Ugly Head in Brazil’s World Cup
The World Cup may be over, but its legacy of repression lives on, reflecting Brazil's own legacy of military dictatorship.
The Surprising Truth About Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist talks about how hosting the World Cup or Olympics can help a city, but more often results in waste and sometimes even a decline in …
Target Favelas: The Neoliberal Scramble for World Cup Wealth
In this excerpt from"Brazil's Dance With the Devil," Zirin describes the history of the poor Rio communities known as favelas, targets of a real-estate land grab.
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Soccer Is Democratic. The World Cup Is Oligarchy
Thousands of poor Brazilians were evicted from their homes to build multimillion-dollar World Cup stadiums that may never be used again. Now Brazilians are fighting back.