... or: an Economist and a Tactics Nerd on what the last 6 weeks tell us about where the game is going. A spontaneous and incomplete post-final reaction.HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:The recent CNN p...

For many Argentinians, Wednesday's World Cup semifinal against England is a chance to restore national pride lost in the 1982 Falklands War.

Some of the most thrilling matches in this World Cup have resulted in a 0-0 score. Thanks, Cape Verde!

Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity

Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner

Sturm Graz is and was a workers club when I came to the club in the 90s, one year before Ivica Osim arrived. We knew he was a mathematician, soccer player and coach, and he knew workers clubs, from Že...

If you're old enough — what do you remember about the 1994 World Cup?And if you're not, try to picture it. Soccer in the United States before MLS existed. Matches inside the Pontiac Silverdome, a dome...

The attorneys general said they plan to probe “a range of issues that have arisen with FIFA’s ticketing process."

Fort Wayne is a city of around 260,00 in the very east of the northern half of Indiana. Like many mid-sized midwestern cities, it has been shaped by the industrialization of the late 19th century,&nbs...

Clapton Community Football Club is a very special member-owned club in East London, just two Tube stops east of West Ham United. Its members saved its own ground, rebuilt it, host workshops on how to ...

SC Freiburg, a former yoyo club from a pretty progressive town on the very southwestern edge of Germany is now firmly established in the Bundesliga. The club is 120 years old this year, and just a few...

The FAB had a positive meeting with the new CEO, Karim Virani, at the stadium last night.

Today, we are taking a Fall break trip to Vallecas, a working class neighborhood in the Spanish capital Madrid. La Liga - the Spanish first league - holds global appeal chiefly due to its two dominato...

Hungary’s strongman has built his regime on a fusion of football and politics. Can it carry him to another term?