Tag: Football
Coach of Thai boys trapped in cave offers apology to parents
AFP | The coach of a youth football team trapped for two weeks in a flooded Thai cave has sent his "apologies" to their parents...
Israel furious as Argentina cancels match, while Palestinians celebrate Messi
News Analysis | Isreal is fuming over Argentina's decision to cancel a pre-World Cup exhibition match following political pressure and criticism against the football club....
Chinese-owned Mediapro grab French football TV rights in mega 1bn euro...
AFP | Chinese-owned Mediapro crashed French football's television rights party in style Tuesday, snapping up the right to broadcast Ligue 1 matches domestically for the...
Manchester United named most valuable football team
AFP | Manchester United may have finished second in the English Premier League this season but the club is top of the table in terms...
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the Politics of Middle...
James M. Dorsey | The virtually continuous role of soccer as a key player in the history and development of the Middle East and North...
#MeToo throws new spotlight on International Women’s Day
AFP | As the world marks International Women's Day this week, it remains to be seen whether campaigns such as #MeToo and #Timesup can really...
Iraq, Saudi face off in bout of football diplomacy
AFP | Iraq is hosting a football international against Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time in almost four decades, in a friendly encounter...
US & China fighting over a nuclear football?
AFP | The US Secret Service denied Monday reports that one of its agents and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly wrestled with Chinese...
Ronaldo follows in the footsteps of Messi
News analysis | Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are said to be the best footballers of this generation, in fact, many argue they are...
Battle of Jewish settlements being fought on football ground..!
James M. Dorsey | Next month’s annual congress of world soccer body, FIFA, is likely to become the first international forum since US President Donald...
Plane with championship-bound Brazilian soccer team crashes into mountainside
RIO DE JANEIRO — A charter plane carrying 81 people, including players from a rising Brazilian soccer team headed for a championship match, slammed...
Rare agreement between Saudi and Iranian Islamic scholars: soccer poses a...
Sunni scholars in Saudi Arabia and their Shiite counterparts in Iran may be at war over who is a Muslim, but there is one...