Studies show South Africa did a lot right when it hosted the football World Cup. Qatar can do the same if it learns from South Africa.
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African teams at the World Cup are proving that they deserve their seats at the main table.
This could just as well be the year that an African team is crowned champion.
How can they run and run and run for so long? What makes them so good at speedy changes of direction? Biomechanically, is there a certain body type perfect for football?
Support for Brazil’s football team may be breaking down political division in the country, at least for now.
The mighty power of football across the globe.
Qatari law underpins a patriarchal and misogynistic system. The discrimination women, including female football fans, face contravenes international human rights.
Fifa has enacted little change to its culture to ensure corruption doesn’t occur again.
New data mapping death sentences in the Gulf states once again highlights Qatar’s questionable human rights record.
World Cup 2022: the risk of playing on with concussion and why the rules in football need to change.
Speakers of minority languages (like Welsh) often insert words from a majority language (like English) while speaking.
The decision to only pay lip service to discrimination could have long term impacts.
Football provides a ‘possible dream’ for people in a precarious immigration situation.
Research shows the strength of team loyalty.
Staging the spectacle in Qatar has raised rights issues and concerns about the heat. But away from the controversy, there will be the usual mix of sporting moments, supporters’ joy and heartache.
No amount of technology will ever remove the role of human judgement in refereeing the messy, complex world of football.
As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, researchers take a look at the impact of climate change on the future of soccer.
And how have FIFA and Qatar manoeuvred to deflect criticism?
A win is possible - but only in 2026 or 2030 and only if African teams get to play more high level internationals more regularly.
No African team has reached the semi-final stage. Out of Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, the most likely to do so is Senegal.
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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