Tag: Soccer

Istanbul bombings: soccer in the bull’s eye

Twin bombs in central Istanbul may not have targeted Besiktas JK’s newly…

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A study in soft power strategy: Iceland 1, Qatar -1

The soccer soft power contrast between Qatar and Iceland speaks volumes. A…

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Rare agreement between Saudi and Iranian Islamic scholars: soccer poses a threat

Sunni scholars in Saudi Arabia and their Shi’a counterparts in Iran may…

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Israeli-Palestinian struggle returns to the soccer pitch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused world soccer body FIFA of allowing…

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Egypt hopes soccer will help polish its tarnished image

An Egyptian businessman with close ties to general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has…

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With mosques under surveillance, IS turns to soccer for recruitment

Abu Otaiba, the nom du guerre of a self-taught imam and Islamic…

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Jihad v soccer: the Islamic State’s convoluted love-hate relationship

If Islamic State (IS) was serious about attacking Euro 2016, its plans…

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Russia’s soccer hooligans eclipse their teachers

There are two games going on at Euro 2016 in France now…

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US and China soccer leagues revitalised

Major League Soccer (MLS) was founded in 1993 as part of the…

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Soccer highlights domestic drivers in Saudi-Iranian dispute

Saudi Arabia and Iran, highlighting the domestic drivers of mounting tension that…

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