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As soon as the clock winds down on the final FIFA World Cup soccer match in July, the country will resume preparations to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Football, Brexit, and UsCAMBRIDGE – Of the 24 teams that qualified for this year’s UEFA European Cup football (soccer) tournament, only one came from Germany.
With the stakes so high, many media owners have chosen to leave the game entirely, selling their outlets to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, many of whom were, fittingly, previously asked by Putin to buy soccer clubs.
In its World Cup group-stage matches, Russia competed against other low-ranked countries like Egypt (45th in soccer and 161st on RSF’s press freedom index) and Saudi Arabia (ranked 67th by FIFA and 169th by RSF).
On paper, only Uruguay (14th in soccer and 20th in media freedom) was a well-rounded opponent.
In January, Liberians witnessed their country’s first peaceful transfer of power since 1944, when former soccer star George Weah was sworn into office.
During the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil, a country with a chronic shortage of hotel rooms, more than 100,000 people used home-sharing Web sites to find accommodation.
If Macron’s visit were a soccer game, it would have included some beautifully executed plays – such as Macron’s speech to the US Congress – before ending in a draw.
So is the behavior of soccer crowds, which can sometimes turn violent.
In the US, in particular, that is the vision of immigration and inclusive nationalism that we should be working toward – including the better soccer team.
A key problem lies in the intricacy of the EU, which is poorly equipped to function amid chaos, much as Germany’s highly disciplined soccer team was ill-prepared to face their Mexican opponents’ frenetic play early in this year’s World Cup.
(This is not the first case of a soccer match taking on symbolic significance in the EU: in the summer of 2012, at the height of the eurozone’s debt crisis, the decisive European summit occurred at the same time as a European Cup match between Italy and Germany.)
The month-long soccer tournament in Russia offered an enchanted respite from a tumultuous world and revealed the better angels of our nature.
Moreover, it is clear that Africa is the soccer continent of the future, whereas Latin America is the continent of the past.
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s dream of turning the US into a great soccer power has proved to be more difficult than he had hoped.
And China under President Xi Jinping remains a soccer lightweight, despite having invested billions of dollars in the sport.
The strange divergence between the real world and the world of soccer this year was also evident in expressions of nationalist emotion.
No one can deny that “France is back,” at least in terms of soccer.
Usually a soccer powerhouse, the German team was eliminated in the first round of this year’s tournament, just as its politics were entering a deeper malaise.
Why Governments Should Invest in SportsWASHINGTON, DC – As the World Cup unfolds, captivating soccer fans around the globe, the broad appeal of high-level sports is on full display.
Such programs often combine the sport itself (namely, soccer) with vocational training and internships.
A project carried out in El Alto, Bolivia, used soccer to enable more than 600 girls to learn leadership and other useful life skills.
Even weeks before the event, soccer stories have been dominating the media, and not just in the sports pages.
Uruguayans still derive immeasurable satisfaction from their soccer successes, including two World Cup triumphs (albeit back in 1930 and 1950) and a semifinal in South Africa in 2010.
Non-governmental organizations working for social improvement can, and sometimes do, find ways to draw attention to their campaigns through soccer.
Great soccer may sometimes carry the narrative power of a novel, the rhythm of poetry, ballet’s mesmerizing sense of wonder, and the adrenalin rush of a rock concert; but, unlike great art, it struggles for influence beyond its realm.
It would create its own set of incentives, which, on balance, would pressure individual countries to avoid demotion, just as top-tier football (soccer) teams seek to avoid relegation to the minor leagues.
In the United Kingdom, the last month has brought harrowing reports about child abuse in youth soccer teams, where promising young athletes attempt to play their way to the professional level.
The five-year review of child safety measures, launched by the Football Association (the governing body of UK soccer) in 2001, was dropped after just two years, reportedly in response to resistance from some FA staff.
Yet the scandal plaguing UK soccer is hardly unique.
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