One thing I love about the World Cup is that it gives a certain set of liberals who love to shout SPORTSBALL most of the time an excuse to root for the United States in sports every four years while promoting the most corrupt sport...
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That Qatar World Cup is really setting a new standard for labor rights: Thousands of migrant labourers from North Korea are toiling for years on construction sites in Qatar for.
Remember the Congo.
A surprisingly harsh and direct article by Juliet Macur in the Times on the complete idiocy of stadium building for the World Cup. A lot of these new stadiums not only cost a ton of money, but they weren't even built in cities with functioning...
It'd be nice if FIFA had the least interest in human rights or labor rights when it made the choice for where to place the World Cup. Given the gargantuan.
Chuck Blazer weighs in. I still believe that this is an admittedly risky tactic that Blatter is using to ensure his reelection, and once that's secured normal business will resume.
This hasn't really been picked up by the media, but according to Prost Amerika Soccer, FIFA is entertaining the possibility of overturning Qatar's sensible victory in hosting the 2022 World Cup. Slightly more here at The Guardian. Of course, refusing to rule out a re-vote...
I have created an LGM World Cup Challenge group at ESPN: Group Name: Lawyers, Guns and Money Password: zevon Deadline is June 11. Speaking of pointless competition, here are the.