Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...

The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.

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Andy Burnham confessed he would be ‘really concerned’ if Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners sold but, as Miguel Delaney writes, the prime minister’s view clashes with those inside football and a pressing nee...

City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.

By: David Kilpatrick, PhD  I fell in love with Santos long ago. It’s been almost half a century since my teammates and I were shown the film, Pelé: The Master […]

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Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.

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The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and the beautiful game. Volume 20, Issue 2 of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

New franchise USL Long Island plans to launch a third-division men's team at James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University, a direct competitor for nearby The Island FC launching in 2027 in MLS Next P...

Middlesex College Stadium in Edison, New Jersey, a soon-to-be-completed 6,500-seat multi-purpose stadium, would become the new home for a relocated and rebranded version of New York City FC II as part...

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Every World Cup is meant to have a legacy, this one could be the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins.

United Soccer League Job Title:  Director, Content Position Type: Full-Time Location: Tampa, FL (USL Headquarters)Overview of the United Soccer League (USL)The United Soccer League (USL) is shaping th...

Gianni Infantino seems to exist independently of FIFA rather than as an extension of it, doing with the game whatever he believes is right

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Uefa leads backlash against plan, saying it 'crosses line' and 'football is not Fifa's to sell'

A new entity created by MLS and a private-equity firm will offer to take control of the business operations of MLS Next Pro teams in order to rebrand them and relocate them, a potentially seismic chan...

Object Lessons Impressions are 500-word essayettes on the hidden lives of ordinary things, published in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Review of Books. Recalling the brief run of Mini Object Lesson...

The congresswoman can run a serious national campaign on the left and pull a movement in behind it. She should get in early