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China’s Failed Efforts To Dominate World Soccer

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May 28, 2024

Via Fortune, a report on China's failed efforts to dominate the world's favorite sport: About a decade ago, Xi Jinping, China’s president, had a dream: to turn the country into a global soccer powerhouse. That [...]

Soccer’s Climate Change Threat: Flooded Stadiums, Too Hot To Train

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April 22, 2024

Via ESPN, a report on climate change's threat to soccer and other professional sports: "God blessed Fulham with great geography," the Premier League club's owner Shahid Khan said in 2021 as he discussed his vision for [...]

Newcastle United Unveil Shirts For Deaf Fans To ‘Feel’ The Noise

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April 14, 2024

Via Sky News, a report on some innovative shirts worn by fans with hearing loss at a recent Newcastle United game, converting the noise around the stadium into vibrations: Newcastle United fans who are deaf or have [...]

Vinicius Junior Delivered His Strongest Message Yet Against Racism In Soccer

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March 28, 2024

Via The Athletic, a report on Vinicius Jr's efforts to battle racism in soccer: It was no ordinary day at Valdebebas, Real Madrid’s training ground on the outskirts of the Spanish capital. On Monday, 100 accredited [...]

Leveling The Field In Women’s Athletics

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March 19, 2024

Courtesy of Power Plays, a look at the opening of Kansas City's CPKC Stadium, the first stadium designed and built specifically for a NWSL team and what it means for women's athletics in general: In Kansas City, they say that if [...]

Can Soccer Be Used for Peace? What Congo’s AFCON Protest Really Needed.

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March 18, 2024

Via The Republic, commentary on the Congolese team, the Leopards, which used their platform at the recent AFCON tournament to call for peace and an end to the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo but were failed by [...]

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