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Bahrain

F1 and Domestic Politics: Should it Matter?

The F1 world exists in a bubble of its own. Although highly political, its politics are usually internal, and as such the domestic politics of the host nation rarely rates a mention. Granted, (by and large, with exceptions of c...
by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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Football

Haway…La Fascista?

I went to my first ever Newcastle match when I was 12. I was given my season ticket as my 13th birthday present, for purely selfless reasons I’m sure as it meant my Dad was going to have to go to St James’ every other week ...
by Hannah Johnson
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Brazil Violently Ousts Indigenous Village Ahead of World Cup

Brazilian riot police violently evicted a group of indigenous people from a former museum they had occupied in Rio de Janeiro to make way for 2014 World Cup construction. Baton-wielding police agents stormed the one-time Museum...
by Global Voices
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Football

Romance & History in Exchange for the Swank of Modern Football: The Intriguing Debate Surrounding West Ham’s Stadium Move

It is now official. The deal for West Ham to own the 2012 London Olympic stadium has been completed (subject to an ambitious legal challenge from disgruntled Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn). On first looks, there seems to b...
by Jack Gregory
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Baseball

World Baseball Classic: The “Other” Global Tournament

The third installment of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) began this weekend in five cities around the world. The tournament was established in 2006 as a response to the Olympic Committee vote in 2005 removing baseball from the...
by Colin Busby
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Football

Nineteen Eighty Four Four Two: The Very Average State of Football Journalism

Sometimes, you will read a really interesting article. An article that unashamedly grabs your attention, tells you things you didn’t know, and is written with genuine panache. Then, when you turn your newspaper to the back pa...
by Jack Gregory
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Football

Frankly, Boys Aren’t Reading Enough

It was revealed earlier this week that Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard has signed a deal with publishers Little Brown, and is set to write a series of children’s books. The midfielder breaks the stereotypical, a...
by Urban Times
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Football

What We Can Learn From the Sneijder Situation

Wesley Sneijder has seen his reputation and value diminish spectacularly in recent times. One of the stars of the last World Cup, his steady downfall at the age of 28 is largely due to his standoff with Inter Milan; a mix of fi...
by Mustafa Sharif
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Olympics

A Funding Body as Competent as Its Athletes: Why UK Sport Got its Rio 2016 Funding Strategy Just Right

Few would have been envious of UK Sport towards the back end of last year. As the official body solely tasked with allocating Team GB its funding for Rio 2016, their decision was never going to be universally popular. Indeed it...
by Jack Gregory
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