Damir Kulas on the dangers of mixing nationalism and football In 2015, the satirical…
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On Missing the World Cup (and Supporting Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk)
I miss the World Cup. I miss the passion of it. I miss the heartbreak…
FIBA World Cup Live Blog: Serbia vs USA
The FIFA World Cup seems like it happened a long, long time ago, because…
Boys Cry: Tears, Football and High Politics
What’s the connection between “manly tears”, football and high politics? Gregor Zupanc looks at Yugoslavia…
The World Cup Report from a Gin Joint Near the Copacabana
Arséne Wenger had lost enough. He’d gone more than a decade without winning anything, not…
José Mourinho and the Group Stage Losers
José Mourinho, The Special One – even if he did have to say so himself…
Nigeria, Bosnia and National Unity
On Tuesday night, a bomb exploded at a World Cup viewing center in Damaturu, Nigeria,…