soccer
Will Europe boycott biggest soccer tourney of the year?
Ukraine's treatment of its ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in jail for abuse of power, has raised an international outcry. Now, European leaders have called for a boycott of this summer's Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Will they derail the world's second biggest soccer tournament?...
Harvard beats Haiti in soccer match, but real goal is kicking cholera
In the wake of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, Harvard soccer coach Carl Junot wondered what he could do to help. He made some calls and "Haiti Leve" ("Haiti Rises") was born . . . ...
Blood and guts on ice, but compared to others is hockey just a sissy sport?
Fighting in the NHL playoffs was described by one player as "out of control" this week but ice hockey doesn't make the top team in a worldwide comparison of all-things-violent. Take a soccer match, for instance, and then there's bull running ...
Paying billions for sports shrines
(Almost) everyone likes sports, right? But should taxpayers' money be used for a new super-stadium when there's a war going in Afghanistan. One woman in Minnesota, a Vikings football fan, wonders about whether more important issues should take precedence....
Germany, er, the U.S. beats Italy 1-0 in soccer
The best young American soccer players used to come from big states with large immigrant populations like California, Texas and New Jersey. That might not be true anymore. These days the U.S.A is developing a promising crop of youngsters from a surprising place: Germany....
Oligarch spends fortune on soccer in Russia’s poorest province
LatitudeNews Sports Thursday: For twenty years Russian forces have battled Islamic guerrillas in poverty-stricken Dagestan. Now, a secretive Russian billionaire is trying to turn the local soccer team, Anzhi Makhachkala, into a global force . . . ...
Soccer, stray dogs and love songs
A clash of heroic myths at Africa's Cup of Nations. How the Indian city of Kashmir is under attack from stray dogs. And a sad case of convoluted lyrics at Italy's San Remo Song Festival. Top picks from the world's media ...
At the heart of English soccer: racism?
When the Fenway Sports Group bought Liverpool Football Club they knew they were buying their way into the heart of English football culture. What probably they hadn’t bargained for was the persistence of racism in the game. Now there's no ignoring it ...
Egypt’s political football
In Egypt and throughout the Gulf region, football is politics. The stadium is a place for displays of power as well as fanfare. What happened in Port Said was a message, not a mistake... ...
Italian footballers bond to save the world
Italy's debt-soaked economy looks an awful lot like Greece's. Italy's famously self-indulgent soccer players have pitched in to help their country, by buying Italian debt. Their effort was part of a rare show of unity in a bitterly divided country. ...
US and England: the soccer ties that bind
One quarter of England's top soccer league - the richest one in the world - is owned by Americans. ...
Man versus machine
What’s happening to the umpire in the age of the instant video replay? In baseball, man still has the upper hand. But in other sports, technology is proving seductive. Tim Mansel takes a worldwide look ...
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