From Hitler and Mussolini to South American dictators, world leaders have long seen in football's biggest tournament an opportunity to further an agenda
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will mark the most significant transformation in the tournament's nearly century-long history. For the first time, football's biggest event will be jointly hosted by three…
One of the world's best players in recent years, the striker is now 33 and after a few poor games, he found himself on the substitutes' bench. It was a long journey to here. Where next?
Camera crews go behind the scenes at the Kingdom's top clubs to reveal the impact of global football superstars joining the league, starting with Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of 2022
Saudi Arabia continues to boost its global prestige while diversifying its economy and showcasing its rich national heritage through its love for the game
Politicians have used football to score political points, while some footballers have felt compelled to weigh in on national politics amid the rise of the far right
From the Ottoman era through the French Mandate and beyond, football's development in Syria is a tale of cultural change and social adaptation, charting a pattern of development followed by decay.
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
A forgotten lecture by the renowned Italian writer at the University of Bologna in 2008 traced the history of hatred through language, myth, and imagination, all of which still apply today