Death in Qatar, but No Just Compensation for Families Back Home
Qatar’s migrant workers died, but their families struggle on.
Qatar Claims the 2022 World Cup is Carbon Neutral. It’s Not
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame.
The Home Run Should Be Cancelled If the World Is to Be Saved
Consider banning both The Bomb and the home run as the first crucial steps toward a safer, more peaceful world.
‘Behind the Shield’ Documentary Challenges Idea Sports Should Be Apolitical
Dave Zirin's provocative examination of the 'Power and Politics of the NFL' foresees a day of reckoning for a sport that 'revels in the violence of the Black body for…
Sportswashing Saudi Arabia’s Bloody Crimes
Is the Kingdom of Golf being used to sportswash the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Or is it the other way around?
Organizers Don’t Care That 2028 Olympics Could Be on Fire
In the face of climate catastrophe, the 2028 Olympics steam ahead unconcerned that they are making the crisis in Los Angeles County worse.
Why Palestine’s Sports Victories Should Inspire Us
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch The Palestine National Football Team has, once more, done the seemingly impossible by qualifying for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. By any standards, this is…
A Football Coach’s Prayer is Not About Freedom. It’s About Coercion.
In a decision riddled with lies, the Supreme Court rules that a football coach can, should they choose, become a dictator-priest.
Deadly Games: The Labour Casualties of Qatar’s World Cup
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch A sordid enterprise, nasty, crude and needless. But the World Cup 2022 will be, should anyone bother watching it, stained by one of the highest…
The Tragic Absurdity of Qatar’s World Cup Sportswashing
Labor abuses, homophobia, corruption? Qatar and FIFA will use the men’s World Cup to put a happy gloss on it all.