PSG V M.I.A. – The Big Picture
Paris Saint-Germain’s legal threats against rapper M.I.A illustrate how footballs biggest clubs and stars ignore human rights violations and humanitarian crisis over commercialism.
From Russia With Love
Events at the World Athletics Championships have shone the spotlight on Russian law and the merits of the country hosting major sporting competitions. Actor Stephen Fry’s recent open letter called for them to be stripped of the Winter Olympics because of draconian homophobic laws just passed in the state. All this raises yet more questions about FIFA’s criteria for World Cup host nations as Robbie Duggan writes.
Good On Paper: End of the World for England
THE fall-out continues over the decision to award the World Cup Finals to Russia and Qatar and the English smell a FIFA-sized rat.