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Soccer Politics Blog- This Sporting Life July 26, 2010My colleague at Duke University, Wayne Norman, has written some great material reflecting on the place of soccer in the U.S., available here. Peter Alegi, meanwhile, offers up this nice ode to the recent World Cup, via the blog Football is Coming Home:Laurent Dubois
- This Time for South Africa July 18, 2010Marcus Gilroy-Ware, who I went to several games with in South Africa, has produced this interesting short video about South African perspectives on the recent World Cup, featuring Achille Mbembe and Sarah Nutall (Visiting Professors at Duke this coming fall) among others. I also published a set of final reflections on the World Cup, with Achille [...]Laurent Dubois
- Finale July 14, 2010Two days after the World Cup final, the whole event seems slightly surreal. I’m returning from South Africa today, having survived on my last day here a gauntlet of baboons and a march up a gorgeous mountain, after arriving on the 26th of June just in time to see Ghana beat the U.S. I’ve had [...]Laurent Dubois
- Univision, Latino (Dis)Unity, and the World Cup July 9, 2010In this past month of World Cup football, I have seen my facebook stream lit up by “friends” claiming that they are loving to watch coverage in Spanish. In many cases, these friends speak Spanish as a second language; I even have friends who don’t speak Spanish well at all, yet watch the Spanish coverage [...]Joaquin Bueno
- The Daily Show’s Take on the Social and Political Import of the World Cup July 8, 2010Video: World Cup 2010: Into Africa – Goal Diggers | The Daily Show | Comedy Central A brilliant piece on the “First African World Cup!”Joaquin Bueno
- World Cup Waterloos July 8, 2010I’ve just returned from several days in Cape Town, where I saw the Uruguay-Netherlands game and once again learned the limited power of football to offer up moral clarity. After the Ghana match, I was sure I’d be able to take out all my rage and spleen at the Uruguayans in the next game, savoring [...]Laurent Dubois
- Black Star Tragedy July 3, 2010Football, we learned last night during the Ghana-Uruguay game, is the most effective tool for mass torture every devised by the human race. A vast majority of the over eighty thousands fans in the stadium, and millions of viewers throughout the world, were left speechless and unwound by what we saw unfold. For me, it [...]Laurent Dubois
- Why We Love the Vuvuzela July 3, 2010With apologies to my many vuvuzela-hating friends, here’s an essay (in French) written by Achille Mbembe and myself on experiencing the vuvuzela in South Africa. An English translation is available here.Laurent Dubois
- Domenech becoming international political outcast June 30, 2010World Cup 2010: Raymond Domenech fails to take blame for France fiasco | Football | guardian.co.uk This article from the Guardian highlights the extent to which the French football crisis is becoming one of international proportions, now being taken up at the highest levels of the French government. At first glance, one might think: why should [...]Joaquin Bueno
- Facing the Two-Day Football Fast June 29, 2010It’s alarming to even consider, but for the next two days there will be no World Cup matches. After gorging ourselves on football of varying quality for the past weeks, we suddenly have to think of others things to do. Read a book? Take a walk? But to what end and purpose, when all we [...]Laurent Dubois
- This Sporting Life July 26, 2010
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- South Africa’s Search for a National Playing Style July 29, 2010 Peter Alegi
- Phillip is Here! July 25, 2010 Peter Alegi
- Podcast: Reflections on Africa’s First World Cup July 22, 2010 Peter Alegi
- The Global Game
- Taking a turn ‘in the woods,’ confronting the goalkeeper’s choice July 11, 2010 John Turnbull
- Koman Coulibaly, refereeing and the electronic scrum over ‘truth’ June 19, 2010 John Turnbull
- Excavating American soccer fields, uncovering buried layers of sport June 16, 2010 Martha Saavedra
- When Saturday Comes
- Brentford and Fulham briefly resume a rivalry July 29, 2010
- The rehabilitation of Roy Hodgson's reputation July 29, 2010
- Diego Maradona pays for his controversial tactics July 27, 2010
- Pitch Invasion
- To Asia, Taking La Liga Beyond Real Madrid and Barcelona July 29, 2010 Tom Dunmore
- Growing Recognition For American Supporters Groups July 28, 2010 Tom Dunmore
- College Soccer and American Youth Development July 28, 2010 Tom Dunmore
- The Searching Cross
- From history to immortality July 6, 2010 noreply@blogger.com (Remy Lupica)
- Video of the Week: Jon Stewart tackles "futbol" July 2, 2010 noreply@blogger.com (Remy Lupica)
- Video of the Week: "Oh Africa!" June 21, 2010 noreply@blogger.com (Remy Lupica)
- Der Spiegel (Germany)
- Europa-League-Qualifikation: Stuttgart siegt nach turbulenter Schlussphase July 29, 2010
- Streit um Doppelfunktion: Siegenthaler sagt dem HSV ab July 29, 2010
- Fotostrecke: Die 18 Anführer July 29, 2010
- Persian Football (Iran)
- Big Sam still keen on Ando July 29, 2010 Ramin Ahmadzaeh
- Perspolis defeat Teraktorsazi [VIDEO] July 29, 2010 Ramin Ahmadzadeh
- Iran to take on Armenia in August July 29, 2010 Martin Reza Babry
- The Guardian (U.K.)
- Hughes signs deal then plots to hijack Spurs bid for Bellamy July 29, 2010 David Hadert
- Unwanted Robinho heads back to City July 29, 2010 Daniel Taylor
- BBC
- Ngog brace secures Liverpool win July 29, 2010
- Hughes confirmed as Fulham boss July 29, 2010
- Aalesunds FK 1-1 Motherwell July 29, 2010
- Jornal dos Sports (Brazil)
- Presidente do Santos chefiará Brasil em jogo July 30, 2010
- Preparador do São Paulo integrará comissão July 30, 2010
- El Pais (Spain)
- El Madrid se atrinchera en Los Ángeles July 30, 2010 ELEONORA GIOVIO
- La Liga se lanza a la conquista de Asia July 30, 2010 AGENCIAS
- El dueño del Hércules intentó comprar cuatro partidos para subir a Primera July 30, 2010 SANTIAGO NAVARRO
- Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
- Couch-bound critic upbeat about Boks July 30, 2010
- Emotional Maradona lashes out at 'treason', 'lies' July 29, 2010
- So Foot (France)
- L'été dangereux So Foot
- Didier Deschamps : « Rendez-vous le 31 aout » So Foot
- Maicon bloqué par une « taupe » ? So Foot
- La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy)
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- Football Italiano
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